United Republic of Mars

United Republic of Mars
The United Republic of Mars also known as URM is a multi-cultural, technarchy that was formed from the Mars Colonization Initiative a multi-national effort to create the first permanent settlements on Mars.

Unlike all United Earth Governing Alliance colonies, it is completely autonomous and does not fall under the Earth Colonial Administration and has it's own currency, though has mostly converted to the Alliance Credit.

It's capital is Cyndonia Planes.

History
The United Republic of Mars was formed during the Blackout when they observed dozens of nuclear detonations on Earth, and lost contact with NASA and the other Space Administrations. Together they all presumed most people dead, and for the years following, they cut themselves off from Earth, and moved past them. Together in 2049 they formed the United Republic of Mars which would unite all the colonies under one branch, and adopted the universal mars flag as their symbol.

The Capital was chosen Cyndonia Planes, where the largest habitat was, and soon they created the Mars Credit, a currency using platinum.

Relations
After the United Earth Governing Alliance made contact with URM they quickly rebuilt their relationship, but made it clear, that people may come to Mars and settle there, and people may leave Mars and immigrate to Earth they were to remain fully autonomous within the Core Worlds. They did adopt the Alliance Credit to make trade easier, and would allow volunteers from the Mars Defense Initiative to transfer into the Interstellar Naval Core, often as engineers, doctors, and scientists.

Famous Individuals

 * Jason Shaw
 * the father of modern space travel