Martian Empire

The Martian Empire is a large extraterrestrial empire created by humans in 2050, after rebelling against the governments of Earth. Encompassing the entire planet, the Martian Empire is the largest Empire in Human history covering over 55 million square miles or 144 million sq km. The Martian Empire, however is sparsely populated, possibly due to an "embargo" against the government.

Known natively as the Roman Martian empire, the global government of this said planet has limited resources in the beginning of times, but eventually private companies from Earth begins investing in the Martian Empire, and allows citizens from Earth to escape in order to inhabit Mars. While an Absolute Monarchy, the Empire gives all of the same rights to its citizens as the ones on Earth, with the exception of criticisms of the government, and overthrowing the government.

Being an Atheist state, the Martian Empire bans all forms of religious practice publicly. Religion is never taught, and the state proclaims that "Science is our religion".

Recently, the country has began to prosper in wealth, and began building relations with Earth, having close ties with the United States, Russia, and Europe. It is the first ever Human civilization and government to ever be established on another planet, being Mars.

History
Since the 1960s, NASA and other space agencies have been shifting their focus on the red planet. Several probes in the 1970s performed fly-bys and observed the Martian surface. Eventually in the year 1997, the very first rover would be sent to Mars- the Sojourner.

A second pair of probes were sent to Mars in 2003 one being Spirit and Opportunity. In 2011, NASA sent a fourth rover named Curiosity. In 2020, a fifth and final rover named Freedom was sent, being the most advanced of all the rovers, Freedom converted the Carbon Dioxide to gas. Eventually in 2035, The United States, Russia, and Europe all sent astronauts and cosmonauts to Mars landing humans on another planet for the first time. In 2040, a human colony was established by America and Europe. Russia also established their own colony in 2041.

While this was occurring, many items from Earth began to appear. Automobile companies began to build factories in Mars, the most notable one being Tesla Motors, whose CEO Elon Musk moved to Mars and established a factory in 2043. In 2044, China established their own colony together with Russia. Japan and India joined America and Europe in 2045.

As the world on Earth grew hostile, many people began immigrating out of Earth and moved to Mars. Eventually the population of Mars grew to a total of 40,000 settlers.

In the year 2047, the UN began enforcing stricter laws regarding immigration to Mars. The UN began using Mars and its inhabitants just for the resources. Eventually in 2048, protests erupted in Mars. The UN responded by placing an embargo, no longer shipping Earth goods to Mars. In August 2048, the Martians Humans declared war on the UN and Earth. The security forces on Earth were overwhelmed, and because of the 9-month distance, the Martians had a quick victory.

Being in an unstable state, the Martian human voted for Jack Smithson to become the leader, as he had the funds and wealth.

In 2049, the Martian Union was formed, but was quickly dissolved on January 1st, 2050. In 2050, the Martian Empire was established, and controlled the entire planet.

Demographics
Majority of the Martians comes from American descent, with over 62%. Russian is the second largest ethnic group with 34%. British, French, German, Italian, and other European nations makes up a total of 11%. Chinese and Japanese are 2%, and India is 2% also.

Religion:
The state declares thar religion practice is banned, and heavily advocates for science. 85% of the population are Atheist, 8% are Agnostic, 4% are Deists, 2% are Spiritual. The Russian Orthodox Church only holds a small presences, with 1.1% practicing, and 0.9% are Hindu, Catholic, Jewish, or Protestant.