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| - The Botchok Planetary Congress (BPC) was the alleged government of the Orion homeworld, Botchok (Rigel VIII), and of the Orion Colonies as a whole. However, it had very little actual power over them, and mostly only served as a front to other interstellar states, mainly the Federation and the Klingon Empire. It controlled the Orion Space Navy (OSN) and the Orion Colonies Intelligence (OCI). Several Orion Colonies, such as Zchol, Namezk and others close to Rigel, had planetary civil governments based on the BPC model, such as the Zchol Planetary Congress.
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| - The Botchok Planetary Congress (BPC) was the alleged government of the Orion homeworld, Botchok (Rigel VIII), and of the Orion Colonies as a whole. However, it had very little actual power over them, and mostly only served as a front to other interstellar states, mainly the Federation and the Klingon Empire. By history, tradition and the central location of the Rigel system in Orion space, the BPC always had a loose authority and influence over the Colonies, and when alien powers sought a central Orion leadership, they came to the BPC. However, any real power it had had declined over time; it was only the diplomacy of those alien powers that kept it above the rest. It controlled the Orion Space Navy (OSN) and the Orion Colonies Intelligence (OCI). Several Orion Colonies, such as Zchol, Namezk and others close to Rigel, had planetary civil governments based on the BPC model, such as the Zchol Planetary Congress.
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