Editing Chesterton Trade League

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==History==
===Formation===
The '''Chesterton Trade League''' was formed initially as a mutual protection pact between [[Chesterton]] and [[Demeter]] in [[2193]].<ref name="HL(TCC)p10">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 10</ref> A sister state to the [[Tikonov Union]] which had formed sometime after [[2177]], the Chesterton Trade League (also sometimes referred to as the Chesterton Trade Worlds) and the Tikonov Union worked together to form buffer zones around their respective states, and both were soon embroiled in fighting along their borders against other expanding states attempting to do the same thing.<ref name="HL(TCC)p20">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 20</ref>

When the Tikonov Union was reorganized in the 2220s, it appears to have incorporated the Chesterton Trade League, with one of the Tikonov Union provincial capitals being located on [[Chesterton]].<ref name="HL(TCC)p20"/> The armed forces of the Chesterton Trade League, the [[Chesterton Army]], were restructured at that point, becoming the [[Chesterton Reserves]] within the armed forces of the [[Tikonov Grand Union]]. Three [[regiment]]s from the Chesterton Army - the [[3rd Chesterton Cavalry|Third]] and [[Eighth Chesterton Cavalry]] and the [[Chesterton Cuirassiers]] - would survive the [[Age of War]] and continue serving the Capellan state until at least the end of the [[Star League]] era.<ref name="FR:CC2765p10">''Field Report 2765: CCAF'', p. 10: "Chesterton Regulars"</ref>

After the formation of the [[Capellan Confederation]] in [[2367]], a number of the worlds historically a part of the Chesterton Trade League were incorporated into the [[Chesterton Commonality]], which would continue to remain a part of the hierarchy of the [[Capellan Confederation]] as a result of the [[Chesterton Decree]] in [[2480]]<ref name="HL(TCC)p58">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 58</ref><ref name="HB:HLp38">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 38: "Timeline: Second and Third Succession Wars"</ref> up until the decree was revoked in [[3041]] by the [[Decree of Remediation]] issued by Chancellor [[Romano Liao]].<ref name="HB:HLp90">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 90: "Decree of Remediation"</ref>

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{{S-bef|before=[[Terran Alliance]]<br />(Unknown-[[2193]])}}
{{S-title|title=Chesterton Trade League|years=[[2193]]-2220s}}
{{S-aft|after=[[Tikonov Union]]}}
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==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Field Report 2765: CCAF]]''
* ''[[Handbook: House Liao]]''
* ''[[House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)]]''


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