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* Center of government: [[Tholia]]
* Center of government: [[Tholia]]
* Population largely comprised of [[Tholian]]s
* Population largely comprised of [[Tholian]]s
* Spans [[Alpha Quadrant|Alpha]] and [[Beta Quadrant]]s (VAN; TNG Novel: ''Vendetta'')
** Space borders [[Taurus Reach]] (VAN)
** Near to [[Romulan Star Empire|Romulan]] space (TNG Novel: ''Vendetta'')
*** ''By [[planet killer]] on course for Tholian space near [[Borg Collective|Borg]] encounter''


===Bordering territories===
===Bordering territories===

Revision as of 13:50, 16 March 2019

Facts

Bordering territories

History

  • Antiquity: The First Assembly is gathered (VAN Novel: Harbinger)
    • Predates the establishment of the Klingon Empire as an interstellar nation c.14th century by text
  • c.18th century: Tholian Assembly begins exploratory expansion into surrounding space, with the singular exception of the Shedai Sector, whose transit is barred by the Laws of the First Assembly (VAN Novel: Harbinger)
    • Date conjecture; described as "several hundred generations" ago, with estimated Tholian lifespan of 6-8 months
  • c.2255: The Assembly prepares to repel Klingon encroachment into the Shedai Sector (VAN Novel: Harbinger)
    • 17 generations prior to early October 2265, or approximately 120 months

Political Structure

  • Led by the Ruling Conclave of the Political Castemoot (VAN Novel: Harbinger)
    • Members known as High Magistrates (SCE Short Story: "Interphase Book 1")
    • Government rules both over the Tholian Assembly and the Tholian Lattice (VAN Novel: Harbinger)
    • Decisions made within a subsection of the Political Castemoot SubLink of the Lattice (VAN Novel: Harbinger)
  • Founding principles of the Assembly were established by the First Assembly, the first generation of High Magistrates in the distant past (VAN Novel: Harbinger)
    • Known as the Laws of the First Assembly (VAN Novel: Harbinger)
  • Annexed neighboring star systems occupied by humanoids are relegated to second-tier citizens, socially below even the lowest caste of Tholian (VAN Novel: Summon the Thunder)
    • Such territories normally positioned as servile provinces (VAN Novel: Summon the Thunder)