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Approved Planet Via

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Image from here.

Name: Via
Astrographical Information
Region: Outer Rim
System: Viandum System
Suns: 1 G-Type main-sequence star - Signum
Orbital Position: Habitable zone, fifth planet in the System.
Moons: 1 natural satellite - Sectator
Location:
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Rotational Period: 26.4 Standard Hours
Orbital Period: 314 Local Days

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Futurum Hill - taken from here.

Physical Information
Class: Terrestrial.
Atmosphere: Type I.
Climate: Near-Temperate (lower temperatures).
Gravity: Standard
Primary Terrain: Oceans, Mountains, Grasslands, Tundras, Plains, etc.
Points of Interest:
  • Antiquus City, the cultural capital of Via.
  • Futurum Hill, the highest area on Via.
  • Memoria Museum, a museum which holds all relics collected by the inhabitants of the planet.
  • Templum Silentium, 'The Temple of Silence', a highly cultural building in Antiquus City, home of the local Force-Sensitives.
  • Arcem Pacem, the building in which the government of the planet resides in. Highly cultural and historically important (see below).
Native Fauna: The only notable non-sentient species would be the Præfecti, others are either widely known species like Banthas, bears, deer, etc.

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The landscape of Via - taken from here.

Societal Information

Native Species: Viatori.
Immigrated Species: N/A.
Primary Languages: Fabula.
Government: Varies from Theocratic Republic to Theocratic Dictatorship (explained below).
Population: 4 billion.
Demonym: Viati
Major Cities: Antiquus City, Primum (capital), Domus, Genus City.
Major Imports: Artifacts, relics, other similar.
Major Exports: Medicinal Goods, Foodstuffs,
Minor Exports: Tabula Ore.
Affiliation: Independent.

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Antiquus City, the cultural capital of Via - taken from here.

Descriptive Information
Culture:
For and outsider, Via may seem like a strange planet due to the nomadic, yet governmental society of Viatori. The government which controls the natives is not strictly staying the same for eternity, but it is constantly changing, like the planet as a whole. The singular state of Via - the Quasque Nation - may be a complete anarchy one day, yet for example, after five years, it may be ruled by a strict hand of a powerful dictator. Most of the times, the previous government gives the power to a completely new government and thus, most of the times the whole system of government changes, but the overall theocracy remains. In much rarer cases, the change of government is hostile, including minor fighting. As the type of the government changes often, its members do the same. The way it works is relatively crazy and is frowned upon by the rest of the galaxy, but it has been that way for centuries, if not even for millenniums.

The nomads of Via are often seen as cold-hearted; as people who don't care. It is not true, though, and this way of thinking may come but because of the nomadic lifestyle and carefree life of Viatori. In fact, they are very empathic and accepting as the planet has never seen a single major war yet. These 'wars' are not actually wars in the galactic standard sense, but they are more like a considerable amount of people just arguing with each other. This accepting manner has made them achieve one thing: discrimination-free society. One could do basically anything and others accept it. But nothing is perfect. This acceptance has caused too much freedom and thus, sometimes people who are too anarchic may do stupid things like thievery or murdering somebody.

Viatori, interesting because of their always changing lives and discrimination-free society, can be even weirder. As typically, a person either believes in one faith which involves god(s) of some kind, or in the Force, Viatori are interesting due to the fact, that they have faith in both religions. In their opinion, there is one god who is made by the Force which is an unifying power and a powerful tool of the god. The powerful 'being' is known by the name of Auctor the Supreme and is often protrayed as a long-bearded man who rides on a white horse, holds the Scyphum Autem Spei, the national artifact of Viatori, and shows the way towards paradise. This is is actually just one way to portray him and not a single rule states, that it has to be portrayed like this.

But how is the Force training done, then? Well, young Force-Sensitives, when found, are brought to the Temple of Silence where they start studying the ways of the Force. Interestingly, Viatori do not use lightsabers, but swords made of Tabula, and are trained to use their own sword as a part of themselves, yet at the same time, as a friend who has to be protected. Viatori are not limited to one side of the Force. Just like other people, they can turn to the Dark Side or to the Light Side or stay neutral. In the Temple, they only study the Force and never tell the students which way they have to choose.

A huge part of the culture of Viatori is made up by collecting. As most of the natives of Via are nomads, they tend to take souvenirs with them and many older nomads already have a tent full of relics and artifacts they have found. But Viatori do not only collect goods from places they have been to, but they also order artifacts from other planets. One of these ordered artifacts is Scyphum Autem Spei, which was ordered from the finest artisans of Coruscant to represent the greatness of the dual god system (the artifact resembles the Force).

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Auctor the Supreme, a way to portray him - made by Elder-of-the-Earth.

Technology: Viatori are actually very modern and most of their technology is on par with the rest of the galaxy. Only the Antiquus City is kept to resemble the old ages (medieval in our sense) for cultural reasons.

History:
The sentient life (cultural life) on Via is estimated to have started at about 1,500 BBY, which means, that the planet and the species of Via are relatively young when compared to the rest of the galaxy. Before the cultural beginning of Viatori, they had existed for thousands of years and the date when life on the planet begun is still unknown to natives. The first cultural life began on a place now known as Antiquus City where people who had lived in caves there started building real homes and developing real culture. The rest of the planet quickly followed the way of them and quickly, the whole world was highly cultural. The technology of the planet, however, was still very primitive.

Antiquus City was quickly followed up by Domus, which was the second city to be made and now the fourth most important place on the planet. The creation of it was started in 1,459 BBY, at least according to the documents which the library of Domus hosts. The central government was still not former and most of the planet was primitive.

As time passed and culture developed, technological advancement became noticeable. Quickly, the planet became about as advanced as the rest of the galaxy, as one of the first starships found on the planet was made by a native nomad in 24 ABY. This fast advancement is not found to be logical and some suggest, that it had been either caused by Celestials or there was another power which guided these primitive souls. They themselves believe it was the will of their sole god, but there is no actual way to prove anybody right as there is no documentation of that period of circa 500 years when the technology of Via powerfully enhanced.

The Gulag Plague didn't hit the planet due to isolation, yet they have had their own ups and downs. One of these downs took place in 537 ABY when an unknown virus destroyed nearly half of the planet's population. The times of depression it caused lasted even until the beginning of 702 ABY.

A central government had been made a long time ago, supposedly during the times when this phenomenon of technological advancement took place. The ways of changing the government very often had started taking place from the very beginning and every over years, the percentage of people who have been a member of the government rose.

One of the most powerful 'wars' took place in 753 ABY when some people realized, that there is no way the Force could exist. As culture was really important to Viatori, the two sides (one which supported the god and the other one which supported the Force) decided to break the bonds between the two and turn into two nations. And so it happened, that in 754, there were to countries on the planet. They were constantly arguing with each other for nearly five years, but then a young ruler of the god-believing country suggested, that maybe they could find a compromise. And so both of the sides agreed with each other, that there is the god who was made by the Force and that today, the god uses the Force as a tool.

Without any other major events, the planet has reached the current time and is ready to take on the chaos of this galaxy.
Notable PCs: None yet.

Intention: To provide the galaxy with a new hopefully interesting planet with unique culture and to give RPers some more story ideas. Also to host a new species who could give this role-play and unique twist.
 
Maria Zambrano said:
may be a complete anarchy, yet the next day, it may be ruled by a strict hand of a powerful dictator.
This is far too quick for governments to rise and fall, please make it a little more realistic in the time frame.

Also I don't like the mixing of nomadic freedoms with an ever shifting government which could be liberal one day and a dictatorship the next. The fact that they cannot hold down a government suggests that there is conflict, despite the fact you proceed to claim otherwise.

Also until the mentioned submissions for species/fauna and materials are made this will remain in a static state of pending approval regardless of if the above is fixed.

Good work, otherwise.
 
[member="Kyra Sol"]

It was more like an example to show, that their government changes, but nonetheless, I hope it's a bit better now at showing how quickly things can radically change.

I am not sure how to correct the second point as their culture is kind of leaning on this concept, though. It may be kind of like a conflict, yet it's also like willingly lending over the power to somebody else. It's complicated.

I will start with making the other factory submissions, too.
 
Kyra Sol said:
[member="Maria Zambrano"]
So it's a diplomatic procedure within quasi-takeovers? Willingly and naturally happening as opposed to by force?
Yes, most of the times. Sometimes, though more rarely, it could be an hostile takeover. I clarified it so now it looks like this:

The singular state of Via - the Quasque Nation - may be a complete anarchy one day, yet for example, after five years, it may be ruled by a strict hand of a powerful dictator. Most of the times, the previous government gives the power to a completely new government and thus, most of the times the whole system of government changes, but the overall theocracy remains. In much rarer cases, the change of government is hostile, including minor fighting.
 
[member="Maria Zambrano"]
Minor fights but not war, got it. Just waiting on the species/other subs now. Let me know when they're done via PM or Skype. Locking the topic.
 
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