Venusians (Battle for Earth)

Name:
Venusian (English)/Ma'Shant (Ma'Shanti)/Veneris Stella Populus (Latin/Scientific Name) Added by Bobalugee1940==Homeworld:==

Venus, Sol System

Capital City:
High Venus, Venusian Orbit, Sol System

Biology:
Mammalian (sentient)

Appearance:
Venusians are the classic Grey Aliens. They have grey bodies, long arms, black, yellow, or red eyes, very small/no nose, no external ears, etc.

Biology:
The Venusians evolved over 650 million years ago when Venus was still a habitable planet. Venusians breathe an air that is very similar to the atmosphere of Earth.

The Venusians have excellent senses, except for hearing which is much worse than Humans, although their sense of touch and sight often compensates for this lacking sense.

History:
The Venusian history is extremley long,but here is a digested version:

650 million years ago the planet Venus was still habitable. The species evolved on its surface from primate like species into a species very much like humans.

Thier civilization began and began to explore the cosmos 640 million years ago, when they were around the same point as the present day Humans. During this time the Venusians quickly advanced as they estalished colonies on Mercury, the asteroid belt, the Jovian Moons, the Saturnian Moons, and the Kuiper Belt.

Around 620 million years ago the Venusian atmosphere began to get hotter and thicker due to volcanic eruptions and pollution. The Venusians realised they couldn't save thier planet and began a 13,000 year long project that transported the entire population of Venus, roughly 20 billion into Venusian Orbit and to the other colonies. The space station of High Venus was established above Venusian Orbit and held 1 billion people.

The Venusians soon began to establsih their reputation as expert sailors as they began to explore the cosmos. They established trade routes to distant stars roughly 500 million years ago after 100 million years of space exploration. The Venusian Space Ships began to become the most prized in the galaxy for their manuverabiliy and speed. The Venusians also continued to evolve during this time. Some of the cahnges to thier biology included the gradual disappearance of hair from thier entire bodies, but probably the most startling was their eyes turning fully black to absorb more light because of thier staying in low-light areas.

The Venusians fought a civil war between her and her colonies roughly 478 million years ago and the Venusians utterly destroyed the rebels, but in the process of the war the planet Uranus was tilted on its axis by the massive explosion that also created its ring system, the Venusians also moved the moon Umbriel from Saturnian Orbit to Uranian Orbit for being the capital of the rebellion, in the process it was bombarded with thousands of asteroids and two comets as it was being moved, nearly sterilizing the moon.

Over the next 477 million years the Venusians continued to create amazing ships and continued to expand their trade to other systems, along with their military might and naval prowress. Hail Venus!

Society:
The Venusian society is one that reveres their long history and thier naval traditions. Many Venusians become married to a partner of the opposite sex by the time they are an average of 15 years of age, and shortly after a period of roughly 6 months the couple moves into their own residence and the male usually begins work to provide for his family.

Religion:
The Venusians believe that the world is governed by two dieties, the Mother Goddess and the Father God. They believe that they created the universe and all life in it and that the two currently govern all that occurs in the universe.

Government:
The Venusian Republic is governed by the Council of the Aristocracy which elects the Prince of Venus for life.

The Prince of Venus has de jure absolute power but in de facto is severley limited in his powers by the Council of the Aristocracy.

The Council in de jure is only an advisory body to the Prince but in de facto must approve any of his acts, unless it is a Royal Mandate, which in traditionis never "advised upon" by the Council.

The smaller units are called either Duchies, States, or Provinces and are goverened by either a Duke, a Governor, or a Governor-General.

Hierarchy:

 * Prince of Venus
 * Aristocracy
 * Dukes
 * Governors
 * Governor-Generals
 * High Ranking Military Officers
 * Wealthy
 * Low Ranking Military Officers
 * Bourgeoisie
 * Enlisted Sailors
 * Enlisted Soldiers
 * Farmers
 * Miners
 * Poor
 * Serfs
 * Slaves

Relations:
The Venusians main goal is to protect the Sol System, thier home system, from threats while maintaining a high military presence galaxy-wide.