Every galaxy has to have a republic, and the Cathedral Galaxy is no exception!

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The Axiom Republic is one of the largest nations in the galaxy, uniting 22 different starfaring peoples. It has found a peaceful balance and long-term stability, even if its bureaucracies can be frustrating. Fortunately, most worlds are left to define their own local laws.

I'm working through dedicated regional maps of each nation in the Cathedral Galaxy, filling out the larger universe as I go. I've been enlarging sections of the original galactic map, which I drew by hand, photographed, selectively inverted, and then colored and labeled in Photoshop. Each region gets annotated with the homeworlds of its people, some lore and flavor, and then its own unique focus for that particular region. The lore on this map discusses a little about how galactic governments work over vast distance scales.