Principality of Krais

United Principalities of Krais and Mordova Principatele Unite ale Krais și Mordova
Capital	Krais, Nouă Florești

The Principality of Krais is an independent semi-constitutional monarchist state located in between the Orion Rift and Barnard's Loop, near the lower edge of the Periphery. The Principality controls a total of 32 Star Systems, while 19 of them have habitable planets, of which, all are colonized. Due to its proximity to the Orion Rift, many of the stars within the border of the nation formed close together, which brings the Principalities total territory to an unremarkable 286 Light Years. While the nation spawned from an agricultural colony on the edge of the Inner Periphery, the nation has since industrialized on many worlds; though is famously known for the near perfect condition of many of the inhabited planets, due to strict environmental regulations. The Principality holds good relations with its largest neighbor, the Federated Suns, who for long held cordial relations with the small state.

Early History

The Principalities origins lie in the colonies of Mordova and Krais, Mordova being a former mining colony of the Taurian Concordat, while Krais is a former agricultural colony of the Federated Suns. Both worlds were abandoned long ago by their former overlords, whom deemed the colonies to be far too much effort for the pay out, due to the discovery that the planet of Mordovia was not the mineral rich planet it had once thought to be. However, while both colonies were abandoned on an official level, no actual effort was made to relocate the colonists, who had been self-sustaining for many years. Due to both planets proximity to each other, after a short independence, both systems united under the Kraisian flag, following external pressure as the Taurian Concordat once more took an interest in the desolate region of space near the Principality.