Tholian Assembly

The Tholian Assembly is the state government of the Tholian species. The Assembly is run by a High Magistrate and the Political Castemoot of the Tholian Lattice. Its territory is located in the Alpha Quadrant, and bordered by the United Federation of Planets and the Klingon Empire.

History

 * See main article: Tholian history.

The Tholians are highly xenophobic and generally limit contact with other races. Humans had never heard of the Tholian homeworld, Tholia, until 2151, when a reference to Tholia was made in the record of a Klingon courier named Klaang, who was carrying information regarding the Suliban Cabal. (ENT episode and novelization: "Broken Bow")

Government and Politics
Despite their xenophobic tendencies, the Tholians did utilize other races to fight for them such as the Chakuun who were used as shock troopers. The Federation considered the race as nothing but slave soldiers to the Tholians while the Chakuun themselves believed that they were allies of the Assembly. (EV comic: The Fallen)

It was led by the High Magistrate and the Political Castlemoot of the Tholian Lattice. Other organizations within the government included the Leadership Conclave and the Ruling Conclave.

The Tholians and many of their brethren held an intrinsic distrust of alien races which they were forced to interact with which was the reason why their territorial annexes were one way propositions. These systems became servile provinces of the Assembly with bipedal Humanoids used in the lesser echelons but remained subservient to even the lowest ranking members of Tholian society. 

Starships

 * Feldspar-class, escort
 * Quartz-class, destroyer
 * Garnet-class, light cruiser
 * Ruby-class, cruiser
 * Amethyst-class, battlecruiser
 * Sapphire-class, dreadnought

Territory
Long range sensor probes conducted by the Klingon Empire show that the core region of Tholian space consists of a stellar nursery and a large nebula where new stars are forming. The planetary systems that were identified consist of very young planets that enter the Class C, Class F and Class H categories. These planets are, thus, incapable of supporting Humanoid life. A few rare expeditions conducted by the Klingon Empire have also revealed that those worlds within Tholian territory are reported to be rich in resources, however, there are a large number of inordinate subspace anomalies. This is one of the reasons why the Klingon Empire has not attempted to make an active invasion of Tholian Assembly territory as the costs far outweight the gains.

Though they are isolationists and xenophobic; the Assembly has been known to be opportunistic as they conduct raids against rival states. These attacks are not full scale invasions and are tasked with incorporating small territory into the Assembly the purpose of which is not known as those worlds that were taken tend to have no strategic or resource value. What is known is that once the territory is taken by the Assembly, it is as zealously defended as any other Tholian world. 

Conflicts

 * Devil Wars
 * Tholian Hive Revolt