Wicknenan Empire

"A stable, unified government by the Star Barbarians? Don't get me started about how such a thing is ridiculous and impossible to imagine."

-Ashley 2401

The Wicknenan Empire is not an official governing body in the Milky Way Galaxy, but is referred to as this for the purpose of organizing the ten other sub-governments in existance. All of which are run by the mostly theocratic Wicknenan, orginating on the planet of Wickne.

Wicknenan Thirty Star Collective
This empire of the Wicknenan was the first and is the oldest one to ever exist. It's actually still in existance today, but it is crumbling and on the verge of collapse due to the lack of technological progress over the last 5,000 Earth years, xenophobia of alien life/technology, educational stagnation, and corruption via the hundreds of religious leaders eager to take advantage of the weak and easily persuadable populace.

This original empire was contacted by The Conglomerate by accident when one of their weapon pods crashed on Wickne after a Merchant-Class Cruiser exploded from a Squogg attack. The weapon pod wandered through space until it crashed directly into a Wicknenan church. The pod was confiscated by the Wicknenan Inquisition and the weapons were studied, but not too extensively, as a homing beacon brought a Conglomerate Warp-Class cruiser to the arid world of Wickne. As GGBC emerged from the ship, they were under attack by a race of orange, bipedal beasts wielding nothing but spears, knives, and what looked like partially-painted over Conglomerate plasma weapons.

Baptarion Republic
The second oldest section of the Wicknenan, with this empire actually being the most friendly, tolerant, and technologically advanced.

Physically, the Baptarion Wicknenan are similar to the original Wicknenan, except their skin is a bit of a darker orange. Mentally, they don't share their older cousin's extreme devotion to religion, but to scientific and technological advancement. This factor as well as the greater tolerence for alien races has resulted in them becoming allies of The Conglomerate and fully annexed members of the Galactic Governening Body of Civilizations, unlike the Thirty Star Collective.