Confederate States of Earth

Background and history
"I stand before you as President of the Confederacy Jane Zarkan, elected representative of the people of the Confederate States of Earth, each state acting in her free and independent manner, I hereby renounce the allegiance and loyalty of each member state of the Confederacy to the Union government. We seek not war nor unbrotherly relations, all we ask if for the right to our own nation and permittance to govern ourselves. We wish for continued good relations with our former Union brothers, as good neighbours we were, but we are obliged to warn you that we will not allow you to conquer us, we do not wish to see such a tragedy occur. All we ask is to be left alone. God Save the Confederacy!"

- President of the Confederacy Jane Zarkan announcing the withdrawal of her nation from the Union

The Confederate States of Earth (also commonly known simply as the Confederacy) was a Separatist nation on the planet Earth that was a member of the Confederacy of Independent Systems, it was formed in 21 BBY by Jane Zarkan and other pro-CIS Earth leaders, the C.S.E signed an alliance with CIS.

They fought against their former nation, the pro-Republic Union of Earth States, during the Earth Civil War of 21 BBY - 20 BBY, the war began following a combined Union-Republic invasion at the behest of the Galactic Republic, who urged the Union to conduct military action against the rising Confederacy, following the defeat of the Republic invasion during the battle the Galactic Republic withdrew from Earth, leaving the Union to effectively fend for themselves against a much stronger, and naturally, angry at being invaded without provocation, enemy, coupled with the Second Secessionist Crisis the Union was effectively crippled at the very start of the war by the Galactic Republic's rash action, resulting in the Union losing respect for the Republic, and accusing the Republic of betrayal.

The C.S.E had their own oaths of alleigence, these oaths of allegiance were taken by new citizens, who officially became citizens of the respective government of Confederate Earth, as well as citizens of the Confederacy of Independent Systems.

At first consisting of 59 states, the Confederacy grew to 95 states during the Second Secessionist Crisis, which was when an additional 36 nations seceded from the Union and joined the Confederacy in protest of the Republic-Union unprovoked invasion of the Confederacy, which began the First Battle of Earth, the Second Secessionist Crisis meant that the Confederacy covered the majority of Earth, and the Union was reduced from having 110 member states to just 15.

As a result of this crisis, and the weakening of the Union war effort resulting from it, the Union lost respect for the Republic due to the botched Republic-led invasion of the Confederacy, which served little than to weaken the Union's military, and drive most Union citizens and member states away from their own government and to the Confederacy.

Views from people of Earth
"God Save the Confederacy!"

- A Confederate supporter shouting a popular patriotic slogan of the Confederacy

Generally, the Confederacy was well liked and respected by the people of Earth, even amongst Union citizens, most of whom agreed that the taxation placed upon the states by the Union Senate was unfair, oppressive and unconstitutional. In addition, most Earthlings supported the Confederacy's constitutional right to secede from the Union and form their own nation.

However not all Earthlings supported the Confederacy, some supported the Union, and viewed the Confederates as traitors.

"We cannot negotiate with traitors! The Confederates have betrayed our nation, they have broken the oath they took to the Union!"

- A Union senator who opposes the Confederate-Union Negotiations