Taurian Concordat Ministry of Information

    In 2250 the Calderon Flotilla leaves Aix-La-Chappelle heading for the outer reaches of known space to form their own government and settle whatever planets they may find.  3 Years later they settle on Taurus and founded the Taurian Homeworlds under the Protectorship of Samantha Calderon. In 2335 Richard Calderon becomes the Protector of the Taurian Homeworlds and under his rule, the Taurian Homeworlds become what is now known as the Taurian Concordat.

    Of the many states in the Periphery, the Taurian Concordat maintains the closest resemblance to a Successor State. Under the direction of House Calderon, the highly independent Taurian's have a strong central government, a high literacy rate, and a strong military. They appear to be the Periphery community most likely to survive the next century, as well as to become a leader in Periphery affairs and even an influence on the Inner Sphere.

    The Taurian Concordat began as a desperate venture into the unexplored space of the Hyades Cluster. Beyond the reach of Inner Sphere governments, the Calderon expedition colonized mineral-rich worlds and quickly transformed them into centres of political and social equality. In turn, these worlds attracted thousands of refugees uprooted by wars in the Inner Sphere.

    As early as the mid-24th century, the Taurian's were forced to fight aggressors from the Inner Sphere. The Concordat maintained a tense state of armed neutrality in the Age of War but, unlike its Inner Sphere counterparts, it also devoted a major portion of its resources toward improving life for its citizens. On occasion, the success of the Taurian way of life benefited the Inner Sphere as well, as when the Federated Suns revamped its educational system along Taurian lines in the first decade of the new millennium.

    In the late 26th century, the Taurian's were forced to fight for two decades against Star League forces during the Reunification War. Though eventually battered into submission, the Taurian's never renounced their dream of a free and independent state. After two centuries of increasingly harsh rule under the Star League, the Taurian's revolted in the latter half of the 28th century. With the fall of the League and the start of the Succession Wars, the Taurian's became free of interference from the House Lords of the Inner Sphere, and their independence has grown stronger.

    

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