Also Know as: The Universal Mutant Organization
Population Breakdown: 48 billion total
(1 million on Rifts Earth)

Drabbits: 68%
Subbits: 10%
Draggits: 10%
Other: 12% (assorted D-bee races, mutant animals, and humans) Not to mention the trillions of visitors the people of the republic get from the casino business

t this time (98 PA) the nation has a small outpost in the pre rifts country of Laos. The outpost is just under one million in population, but secret trade routes are in place with the New Phoenix Empire and Atlantis. They wish to keep the outpost a secret until the homeworld approves the settlement of two more cities. Right now the city of Kagitesti is built on the pre rifts city of Vientiane. And the outpost has sent out the usual Drabbit, Subbit, and Draggit explorers to adventure and patrol their soon-to-be world.

A nation from a pre-Rifts dimension, with a parallel time line, but from a distant star in that dimension. Where huge Mutant Triceratops battle the Republic for galactic domination. Where the Drabbit Nation rules and is in constant conflict with the galaxy it inhabits. Those who give in to the insurgence of the Republic are governed fairly and have little cares. This adds to the reputation of the Republic, and keeps it constantly growing.

Rifts earth is an experiment in which the Universal Mutant Organization explores for future and glory of the republic. By running a series of experiments with a strange new power source, (Derived from the fusion of KPA) the U.M.O. brought about the discovery of dimentional travel. This new discovery was of monumental importance to the UMR, it was the unifying factor in a 13 year Civil War, and the establishment of the United Q-13 from the 17 Warring factions.

When they went for the first test run, the craft disappeared, only to reappear in a parallel dimension. The machine returned home months later to tell of their discovery. They had discovered dimensional travel, and have since been running hundreds of thousands of experiments on other dimensions and worlds to perfect their equipment. Then they turned it over to the government, for the government could achieve all that the organization wanted and more.

Finally after years of experimentation, the Republic had returned to is origins, earth. But the earth they had left was now a total wasteland, the only trace of life that could ever be seen was a group of machines dubbed Life Killers... Dismayed that their world had turned into this demented waste, they reviewed their goals, if they couldn't stop people from destroying themselves, then they don't deserve to own that world. So with a fresh outlook and domineering will, the drabbit conquered world after world, re-establishing Drabbit worlds, culture and knowledge reign supreme on these worlds.

The U.M.O. now holds thousands of outposts throughout thousands of dimensions. Each one striping the planets they are on for raw materials and money to finance their war on the Triceratops - while bringing about law, order, and enlightenment of the Republic.

The Republic is very totalitarian in nature. The government is into every aspect of life - personal freedoms, although hard to achieve, do exist. The home worlds are run as a business, with the people working and sustaining life. The main finances of the Republic comes from the giant asteroids, which have been converted into resorts and casinos. This tourist population makes the UMR the wealthiest empire in their galaxy. And many wars have been fought over the ownership of the gambling industry. But in the end it was the UMR that succeeded in keeping their businesses open and cornering the entire market.

Now with dimensional travel, the republic is flexing said power. They want to spread their power and influence to all corners of time and space, and until they do they will always be the thorn. With outposts numbering into the hundreds of thousands, few races, outside of the Splugorth, control so much - and none with the agenda to help instead of conquer.

Every outpost is run under a supervisor. These outposts are mostly mining operations, but each has many different functions. Each one is a city of about 1 million, encased in a dome if a hostile environment is detected, if not they are huge cities, rising high into the sky. Most building are of MDC and on average are 100 stories tall. They are completely self-sufficient, with manufacturing plants, massive nuclear reactors, superhighways, every consumer good, hover vehicles, bionics, genetics, you name it you probably will find it.

The drabbit people rule by example, and usually can conquer a nation without ever blooding their hands. 79% of their conquests came peacefully. The other 11% the drabbits were attacked in an attempt to drive them out of that area, retaliation was the end of those uprisings.