From the lore database, compiled by Indexer from forum posts.
The Armed Republic of Urbani began as battlegroup HOLLOWPOINT of the Albion United Colonies, which fled after the Azure Combine shattered the AUC. The prime AI gestalt OVERLAND/KINGWATCHER took command, followed the Nexus Beacon to Enkon Delta, and the fleet made Planetfall ~50 years ago, building the capital Anchorhead from ship hulls. Governed by the Command Council and Civil Liaison Board, led by the High Marshal (Natasha Fox); Codex Urbani; Civic Ascension Framework. Robots called Subalterns; "Schedule 2 Printers" fabricate anything. Military: Republican Armed Services, Mechanized Cavalry Command, elite "Lancers" (mech pilots), "mosaic" combined-arms doctrine; Republican Guard now recruits Chunes. Holidays: Settlement Day, Heart of Winter, Summer's Dawn. Network: the Omninet. Intelligence: Office of External Intelligence Services (First Desk Theresa Yao).