Parcelus Mandate

The Parcelus Mandate (Mandatum Parcelus), also known as Parcelia, was a Human autocracy that controlled what would later become the Parcelus and Circarpous sectors. Like most states that used the "mandate" prefix, Parcelia was ruled by an elected mandator. The Mandate's inhabitants spoken the Parcelian language, which was a combination of Latin and Old Coruscanti. The language was thought to have been carried over by merchants and diplomats from dozens of distant star systems. Parcelian government was heavily influence by the Core Worlds, and consequently the Mandate was legislated by a senate (Senatus Parcelus) of representatives from different major cities across the Mandate.

History
The Parcelus Mandate was founded on Parcelus Major (Magna Parcelus, "Great Parcelus") after a local Coruscanti colony successfully rebelled against the Galactic Republic in around 14000 BBY. Using centuries-old colony ships,the Parcelians began expanded into neighboring star systems and successfully terraformed and colonized Parcelus Minor, Gyndine, Ishanna II, and Fabrin. From c. 13800 to c. 11500, the Parcelians led invasions of neighboring Republic territories, most of which failed. In around 11450 BBY, a fleet led by the Alsakani general Hatto Alderis Catakos (of House Alderis, a cadet branch of Alderaan's royal house) invaded the Mandate and quickly occupied the Gyndine, Ishanna, and Fabrin systems. Parcelus Major and Parcelus Minor fell over the course of the following century, and the Mandate was soon thereafter abandoned as its former holdings were incorporated as direct territories of the Galactic Republic. Though the Mandate was dissolved, its influence was maintained for several millennia as the Parcelian language was still used in local government records, and the Governor of the Parcelus Sector continued to use the title "mandate" as a secondary title.

Culture
The Parcelians were godless and spent much of their time exploring the environments and lifeforms of their colony worlds. A scientific revolution occurred throughout the Parcelian society in around 13000 BBY, leading to their terraformation of over ten worlds using reverse-engineered Rakatan terraformer devices. Despite their avid use of terraformers and colony ships, the Parcelians were by no means an exceptionally advanced society and they lacked complex agriculture, architecture (except in Parcelus Major's capital city, which was typically known as Parcella and later as Parcelis, were marble and quartz structures were very common for millennia). Parcelian warriors wielded crude iron-tipped spears, with knowledge of ranged weapons such as longbows and catapults not appearing in Parcelian armies until the Mandate's final centuries of existence. Some ancient journalists have also reported sighting large gunpowder-based cannons at abandoned Parcelian fortifications (earliest sightings date to five centuries after the Mandate's dissolution).

Alcohol, particularly a local clear-colored liqueur made from fermented sugar-rich leaves from a plant that occurred on Parcelus Major, was apparently important in Parcelian culture was and drank by all civilians and warriors alike on a near daily basis. This drink, referred to by locals as jerggem, was still popular among Parcelians into the modern era and typically contained an alcohol of content of 20% to 25%. Jerggem tree farms were also discovered on Parcelus Minor and Gyndine. Many modern Parcelian recipes, including a stew made from the meat of a local swamp-dwelling crustacean, used jerggem leaves for flavoring, and the oil extract could be processed and used to fry other meats. Jerggem leaves and its many products became a major export of Parcelus Major even many millennia after the Mandate's collapse. Jerggem was so important that several civil wars occurred between noble families within the Mandate solely around dominance over local jerggem stocks, and its believed that the dried roots of jerggem trees were even briefly used as currency at certain points in history. In c. 8000 BBY, Parcelus Major and Gyndine were repurposed as agriworlds, and the Parcelians subsequently developed a farming culture. As the Parcelians had a poor understanding of architecture since their conception, settlements on Parcelus Major even in modern times were typically scattered farming communities, each housing no more than a few hundred farmers and hunters. Parcelus Major's capital city, Parcelis, housed 10,000 inhabitants on average, who typically served roles in business, government, law enforcement, military, and industry. In around 400 BBY, a political movement known as the Mandatists arose on Parcelus Major, whose goal was the restore the Parcelus Mandate, overthrow the local Republic provincial government, and declare war on the Galactic Republic. Nine different Republic military operations were carried out against Mandatist militias on Parcelus Major over the centuries and in 196 BBY the world was occupied by Republic Judicial Forces. Though the Mandatists ceased their hostilities against the Republicans shortly after the occupation, they remained a major faction in Parcelian politics.