Elafmod Afisois

Elafmod Afisois, commonly known as Karktos, is a unitary star-state comprised of 28 major systems and thousands of minor systems, with over 38 inhabitable planets. The country is a totalitarian state under the control of the Hut of Afisois, who maintain their rule through local strongmen governors and a highly mobile and politically loyal military force. Karktos is the largest star state by volume, and has one of the lowest population densities of any known star state.

Karktos emerged in its current form after early Karktosian society destroyed itself for unknown reasons around 6,000 years ago. Tradition ascribes it to a decadent lifestyle that resulted in dropping birthrates and general societal decay. A confederated tribal state soon began centralizing and consolidating its control over Karktos, and around-5,700 the Elafmod Inulas exercised control over the entire planet. Colonization began soon after, probably around -5,650. During the Second Colonial Wave (-5,400), the Elafmod Inulas was challenged by the increasingly powerful Hut of Afisois. The First and Second Holy War dominated the next four hundred years, resulting in the complete destruction of the relatively meritocratic and libertarian Elafmod Inulas and establishment of the Elafmod Afisois. For the next five thousand years the Elafmod Afisois centralized the state into the family, created a nearly religious cult of personality around the Hut of Afisois, and expanded across thousands of systems encompassing nearly forty three billion people and numerous slaves.