Big Five

The Big Five was a cobelligerency of human nations which resisted invasions of the Race's Conquest Fleet shortly after that Fleet's arrival in 1942.

The Big Three
These countries were part of the original Big Five, but eclipsed the other members to the point that they came to be considered on an entirely different level by both human powers and the Race.
 * [[Image:Worldwar_Germany.jpg|20px]]Germany
 * [[Image:Soviet.jpg|20px]]Soviet Union
 * [[Image:USA.jpg|20px]]United States

The Other Big Two
These countries were part of the original Big Five but gradually came to be considered second-rate powers as the above three eclipsed them in terms of industrial and military capacity.


 * [[Image:Britain.jpg|20px]]Britain
 * [[Image:Japan.jpg|20px]]Japan

Victorious Members
These nations are not considered members of the Big Five, but their governments did successfully resist the Race, usually with extensive support of Big Five members, and remained intact after the invasion, though some were later absorbed by human powers, usually the Greater German Reich.


 * [[Image:Canada.jpg|20px]]Canada
 * [[Image:Croatia.jpg|20px]]Croatia
 * [[Image:Finnland.jpg|20px]]Finland
 * [[Image:Vichy.jpg|20px]]France (soon annexed outright to the Greater German Reich)
 * [[Image:FreeFrance.jpg|20px]]Free France
 * [[Image:Haiti.jpg|20px]]Haiti
 * [[Image:Hungary.jpg|20px]]Hungary
 * [[Image:Ireland.jpg|20px]]Ireland
 * [[Image:Italy.jpg|20px]]Italy (soon annexed outright to the Greater German Reich)
 * [[Image:Romania.jpg|20px]]Romania
 * [[Image:Serbia.jpg|20px]]Serbia (soon annexed outright to the Greater German Reich)
 * [[Image:Slovakia.jpg|20px]]Slovakia
 * [[Image:Sweden.jpg|20px]]Sweden
 * [[Image:Switzerland.jpg|20px]]Switzerland

Vanquished Members
''The following is a partial list of nations which were supported by the Big Five or its members in their resistance of the Race but were ultimately conquered. In some cases, they continued to rebel after being defeated, with Big Five support even after the Peace of Cairo; in others, the natives became content citizens of the Race's Empire.


 * [[Image:Argentina.jpg|20px]]Argentina
 * [[Image:Australia.jpg|20px]]Australia
 * [[Image:Brazil.jpg|20px]]Brazil
 * [[Image:China.jpg|20px]]China
 * [[Image:Egypt.jpg|20px]]Egypt
 * [[Image:India.jpg|20px]]India
 * [[Image:Iran.jpg|20px]]Iran
 * [[Image:Iraq.jpg|20px]]Iraq
 * [[Image:Mexico.jpg|20px]]Mexico
 * [[Image:Nicaragua.jpg|20px]]Nicaragua
 * [[Image:Palestine.jpg|20px]]Palestine
 * [[Image:Poland.jpg|20px]]Poland
 * [[Image:SouthAfrica.jpg|20px]]South Africa

History
When the Conquest Fleet arrived in 1942, the members of the Big Five were locked on struggle against one another in World War II. However, they put aside their differences when the Race arrived.

These nations collaborated as closely as possibly early on in the invasion, holding periodic strategy conferences in London--but their relationships were often tense as many of them still considered each other enemies.

After several years of fighting, it became clear that the US, Soviet Union, and Germany, which built and used atomic bombs, were more powerful and more important than Britain and Japan, which did not. However, all five were represented when Atvar convened a peace conference in Cairo, and all five were granted recognition as sovereign entities by the Race, though only the "bigger three" were allowed full diplomatic relationships with the Race--until Britain and Japan developed their own atomic weapons after the war.