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Name: Vullain
Region: Outer Rim
System: Orrenu
Suns: 1 B type star: Orrenu.
Orbital Position: Far-end of orbital zone.
Moons: Kareck- Uninhabitable.
System Features: No other planets.
Galactic Position: One hex north of Esfandia, south of Rhadamanthus.
Rotational Period: Thirty-two hours.
Orbital Period: 11,076 Earth Days/Thirty Earth Years.
Class: Terrestrial
Atmosphere: Type 1
Climate: Frozen
Gravity: Standard
Primary Terrain: Glaciers in the north and south of the planet, and tundra everywhere else.
Native Species: Zhornee
Immigrated Species: None
Primary Languages: Zhornai and Galactic Basic.
Government: Absolute Monarchy
Population: 8 billion
Demonym: Vullainian.
Major Imports: Food, Luxury Items, Cloth.
Major Exports: Titanium, Duranium, Bronzium.
Affiliation: Zhornee Empire
Major Locations:
Gurlanii- The capital of Vullain, this cities sole purpose is to house the Empress of the Zhornee Empire. As such, it’s main focus is on comfort and pandering to the rich. Every establishment was created to serve the Empress in one war or another. The city is colorful compared to the rest of the planet, and it’s streets are lined with propaganda praising the Empress. The Temple of the Goddess is also found in this city, along with the majority of the Holy Crusaders, the Zhornee religious police. It is believed by many to be the first city ever founded on the planet.
Kai-Ren- Kai-Ren is home to the planet’s major factory, producing over eighty percent of it’s durasteel products. It is made up entirely of the factories’ workers and their families, and is home to over thirty million Zhornee. Apartment buildings are wall-to-wall, and the skies are choked with smoke from the factory. It’s crime-rate is the highest on the entire planet, along with it's death-rate. The Grey Plague is rampant in this city, with 50,000 dying of the disease a day.
Gender Roles: Due to a 6:1 female-male ratio, they are traditionally a matriarchy; male Zhornee traditionally work the fields and the homes, only allowed near politics and business-owning as servants. However, also due to this ratio, men are allowed to have as many mates as they please.
Food:Due to it's rough and frozen terrain, farming is nearly impossible, with only the tuber Kallin growing naturally; and this tuber is present in nearly all of their meals. Kallin is also used to make Xanna; an alcohol that is nearly poisonous to most other species, but just safe enough to drink.
Military: The Zhornee have never been technologically advanced, relying on pure numbers to win battles. They rely mostly on trench-warfare and massive charges. Their infantry are mostly made up of conscripts ages 12-17. Land vehicles consist mostly of troop transports, specially made to move in the snow with large tracks. Their navy is almost non-existent, comprising of ten primitive starships armed with mass-drivers.
Living Conditions:Most of the population is spread out among small Kallin-farming villages near the equator, with few living in the glacial poles of the planet. Because of constant wars, plagues, and the environment around them, most Zhornee live to be around twenty years old.
Average Life: The Zhornee Empire has an iron grip on it's people, and seeks to control every aspect of their day-to-day lives. The average Zhornee has little-to-no news of the world outside their village, and even those in the cities are misinformed with propaganda. Only 5% of Zhornee are literate, mostly nobles and business-owners.
Religion: The traditional religion of the Zhornee Empire is Zhainism; worship of the Goddess of the Snow, with the Empress as the head of the Temple. Zhainism claims that the Empress is the Goddess' Chosen, and the words of the Empress are the words of the Goddess. The Holy Crusaders are the Empire's religious police, and have free reign over the fate of heretics and political dissidents.
Outside Influence: Before now, the Zhornee Empire has allowed no contact with the outside galaxy; only becoming space worthy during the Four-Hundred Year Darkness. But because of the brutality of the latest civil war, Empress Mar'Dikan has allowed outside contact with Vullain and it's people.
Clothing: Most clothing is made out of the planet's resident animals, the teronn; very similar to pampas. However, it is a tradition for the Empress to be scantily-clad, to show that the Goddess will not let the cold touch her.
Technology: Miserably behind the rest of the galaxy, the Zhornee still use projectile-based weaponry, but have access to primitive starships. They obtained these starships from reverse-engineering and scavenging ships that crashed onto their planet, and later their moon, Kareck. The only place they have an advantage is their ability to produce massive amounts of weapons and vehicles very quickly, have bodies to use them, and have replacements the next day.
History: Vullain is one of the harshest planets in the galaxy, and it shows in the history of it's dominant species: the Zhornee. Around 1,000 years ago, the city of Gurianii was founded by what would become the Zhornee Empire. Back then, the species was led by the Voidwalkers; Zhornee blessed by the Goddess with extreme power with the Force, and used that power to rule. Over time, the Voidwalkers slowly died out, until the only ones left were the Empress and select members of the Holy Crusaders.
As the Empire grew in power, it steadily became more and more authoritarian. Over the past seven centuries, it has been wracked with constant civil wars and plagues, and the Zhornee have barely managed to survive. In recent years, the planet has gone through a major industrial revolution, and factories choke it's skies with smog.
As the Gulag plague raged in the galaxy outside, the Zhornee had barely conquered their planet. But, they could not ignore the outside world, as more and more ships crashed onto their planet, and Empress Mar'Dikan decided that the Zhornee had to embrace the stars, and decreed that the Empire should turn their attention to the stars outside. The Zhornee quickly developed a primitive navy from reverse-engineering crashed starships, and declared their precense to the galaxy.
Notable PCs: None So Far.
Intent: To make a home for the Zhornee; the application for which will be submitted once the planet is approved.
However, just need a few things changed.
