The Martians

The is a nation-planet-state centered on the Planet Mars, the fourth planet of the Sulsang. The Martians are allied with the Liberators, and later became part of the Coaliation of Freed Worlds, making them a supportive people in the perspective of the story.

Territorial Extent
The Martians inhabit the planet Mars and its two moons: Phobos and Deimos, and those three astronomical bodies are the territorial extent of the sovreignty of the Martian State. During the height of the Martian Revolution, however, the Martians occupied several asteroids, gasan moons and even the planet Uranus as well. Although the Martians assert sovereignty over the entire planet, not much of the planet is actually populated, for Mars is a cold and harsh world. Nevertheless, the martian sovereignty over those remote regions of the planet have never been disputed.

Concentration
As Mars is a cold, harsh world, most of its population is centered near the equator, especially around the Valles Marineris and its outflow channels. Much of the planet is too cold for human inhabitation. Most of inhabitated regions are covered with crops, making it a very rural country, in which 60% of the population live in the countryside.

History
Before being an independant state, the Martians began their history at the colonization of Mars by the Interplanetary Federation under the rules of Grenn, Justin, and Julliane Thirdleg. At the time, they were not considered Martians, as much as the people of the gas planets were not considered Gasans.The Federation was simply considered a multiethnic state divided by language. The first city on Mars was Arote, Near Argyre. At the time, Mars was not fully terraformed yet, and Arote was an enclosed city much like the cities of the gas planets. When the planet became suitable for widescale colonization, near the end of Grenn Thirdleg's rule, the government of Gennings encouraged the settling of the planet. The city of the Arote became an important spaceport from which all of the settlers arrived, and soon later became a riverport that allowed the navigation of the Uzboi River all the way to the Chryse sea.

La Peyne and Grenna were soon founded, and then Aiglevert and Lunae. The shores of the Uzboi River, Valles Mareneris and its outflows rapidly became farmlands