Editing Union Astarte (section)

==Legion States==
===[[Emperor's Dragoons|Dragoon Sovereignty]]===
[[File:Primaris_Nova_Dragoon.png|200px|thumb|right|A Primaris Nova Dragoon Soldier]]
The Dragoon Sovereignty is the oldest Legion State, and second largest, dwarfed only by the Federation. Enveloping the Realm of Ultramar and much of the surrounding space, the Dragoons reserve the honour of defending and housing the Union capitol of Macragge. Due to the importance of such a station, the rulership of the state is left to the Emperor, an elected Astartes leader bound by the constitution of the region. The role has vacillated in importance and ceremony heavily after the renouncement of Emperor Jon-Frederíc Aristide, a title thrust upon him by his Legion after defection from the Imperium, but in recent centuries it has been subject to a more robust embodiment. Subordinate to the Emperor are the three bodies of parliament, the Consulate which drafts and proposes legislation based on the needs of their representative worlds, the Tribunate which debates the value and legitimacy of fully drafted legislation, and the Grande Assembly which ratifies bills based on the debate of the Tribunate. The Emperor holds veto power as a member of all three houses, and can propose and ratify legislature, declare war, and enact policy at will within the bounds of law. Upon the death or deposition of the Emperor, any Astartes from the region may declare their campaign for the crown, which is voted upon by the parliament. The worlds of the Sovereignty are plentiful, amongst the finest in the Union, from the crown jewel of Ultramar, to the verdant worlds of the Perdus Rift. The state is not without strife however, the cut-throat politics of the Sovereignty are only matched by those of Terra and the awakening of the Sautekh Necron Dynasty coupled with Eldar raids have kept the state in a desperate struggle to protect the Union central government.

===[[Astral Wardens|The Astral Sphere]]===
[[File:Primaris_Astral_Warden.png|200px|thumb|right|A Primaris Astral Warden Crewman]]
Though the Primarch of the Vth Legion was initially loath to extend his authority beyond his homeland of Providence, the emergence of the Union necessitated the protection of additional secessionist territories. The Astral Sphere primarily incorporates systems in and around the Warp Storm surrounding Providence, as well as recruiting worlds rich in Psykers and the borderlands between Warden space and the Imperium of Man.

Calael Bishop, and those he would appoint to administrate the territory, placed a great deal of focus on maintaining that border.

===[[Iron Guard|Iron Worlds]]===
[[File:Primaris_Iron_Guard_Legionary_Colour_-_clear.png|200px|thumb|right|A Primaris Iron Guard Subjugator]]

===[[Ussaran Liberators|Ussuran Federation]]===
[[File:Ussuran_Liberator_Marine.png|200px|thumb|right|A Firstborn Ussuran Liberator Trooper]]

===[[Pale Hounds|The Regency of the Hound]]===
[[File:Primaris_Pale_Hound_Sniper.png|200px|thumb|right|A Primaris Pale Hound Sniper]]
The Regency of The Hound, otherwise known as Hounds' Regency or simply The Regency, is an elective oligarchy, and the westernmost of the Union's nation-states. It is ruled by a Lord Regent, a position that holds significant executive power, primarily filtered through a parliamentary council known as the Circle of Masters. The Circle is comprised of the Masters (though they usually use trusted representatives) of every chapter that is either officially recognised as one of the legion's founding chapters, or as a legal successor. The Circle exists to select new Regents after the death of their predecessor, and moderate or even remove them if necessary. The circle is allowed to modify or even outright veto the Regent's decisions as long as they fall within a certain level of importance. They have little say in purely military matters, or during times of crisis, but this is primarily to prevent politics compromising the Regency's duty to the Union.

Its borders with the [[Maelstrom]] have turned the Regency into the first line of defence against the forces of [[Chaos]], a duty to which the vast majority of its worlds are dedicated.

===[[Dusk Phantoms| Phantom Zone]]===
[[File:Primaris_Dusk_Phantom.png|200px|thumb|right|A Primaris Dusk Phantom Monk]]
-The Phantom Zone is centered around a number of forge worlds and their attendant supporting infrastructure.  Initially, there were several forges in the area, but after Mot's Eastern Crusade and the subsequent Engine Wars culminating in the Reforging, Gyahdred established a number of new forges in the area.  Some, like Arelon and Helios, were granted to refugees from Kincaid's purges and those from the Western Imperium that had supported Gyahdred from the days of the Brotherwar.  Others, such as Avici and Dmyal Ba, were made of magi forcibly relocated from worlds that had supported Mot but not fallen to chaos.  Not warranting purging, they were divided and relocated so that the Phantoms could keep watch over them while retaining their skills.  Worlds such as Drezhnu or Laklar were simply new foundings with rights given to Magi that had somehow distinguished themselves.  As a result, while the Machine Dharma is common in the Phantom Zone, it is not universal, with the Heirs of Ryza still following their ancient creed, and the Martian Exiles still venerating their line of reincarnated Fabricator Generals.  This said, even when not outright practicing the Machine Dharma, ritual and theory are strongly influenced by that tradition.

Beyond these forges and their agro worlds, there are also large swathes preserved as testing ranges, which include planets with diverse habitats, strange electromagnetic phenomena, mock-cities, and even warp anomalies.

===[[Corsairs Gallant|Gallant Dominion and Corsair Secessions]]===
[[File:Primaris_Corsair_Gallant.png|200px|thumb|right|A Primaris Corsairs Gallant Marine]]
Deceptively centralized, the Gallant Dominion is, on paper, a sub-confederacy inside the Union itself. Consisting of a network of aligned worlds ruled by noble houses and merchant families and connected by marriage alliances, the reality is that the entirety of the Dominion is fundamentally controlled by the house of Keita, with its cadet branches holding prime place on individual worlds. Though the Gallant Dominion is the smallest of the Union Astartes regions it boasts one of if not the strongest economics of them, being the dominant power in interplanetary shipping and mercantile ventures, a fact that gives them power despite their relatively small size. Individual worlds are left mostly to their own devices, shipping is patrolled by the swift and large Corsair fleet, and even tributes and taxes are kept low, loyalty enforced via marriage and coin. Tension between the Gallant Dominion and the other Union factions has always been high, and are often kept because of the so called Corsair Secessions, a number of worlds that lay officially beyond the borders of the Union and also that are not ''de jure'' parts of the Gallant Dominion, instead existing as merely ''de facto'' holdings. These are varied worlds, some of which that still claim public allegiance to the Imperium, but they are isolated and fall under the sway of distant merchant princes with ease. Even with these worlds, though, the Corsair's holdings remain the smallest of the Union, and they rely upon their economic might to give them outsized say in the the political realm.