The Taurian Concordat was once the largest and strongest of the Periphery nations, as its citizens proudly remember. So too do they have a long memory for the horrors inflicted on them by the SLDF and House Davion during the Reunification War. Those memories have made them fierce defenders of their independence, even to the point of "Davions-behind-the-curtains" paranoia and distrust for their Canopian and Capellan allies. Still, the fact that these questions can be debated openly is testament to the democratic spirit of the Concordat.

Tracing its origins back to 2253, before the founding of the Successor States, the Concordat grew to rival any of those nations before it was devastated by forced incorporation into the Star League. Though the usually wise rule of the founding Calderon family allowed the Concordat to rebuild and become an important member of the Star League, the irrepressible Taurian instinct for independence ultimately led to the New Vandenburg Uprising that heralded the beginning of the end for the League. Largely untouched by the Succession Wars and Clan Invasion, the Concordat expanded steadily, resettling worlds in the New Colony Region alongside the Magistracy of Canopus.

In the past half-decade, however, the Concordat has found itself hard-pressed both politically and militarily. The death of Protector Jeffrey Calderon on Detroit in 3060 and the threat from the Federated Suns forced the new Protector, Grover Shraplen, into signing the Trinity Alliance accords to bolster his nation's military strength. Though the treaty gained valuable war materiel for the Taurian Defense Force, it also led to numerous deployments to the Capellan front, where TDF units suffered heavy losses. This chain of events ultimately led to the secession of over a dozen worlds in the Fronc Reaches and Calderon Protectorate. Combined with the opening of the Pleiades front against the Federated Suns, the TDF is strained to the breaking point. Time will tell whether the Taurians can emerge from these trials with their territory--and national character--intact.