Post by 0ez on Feb 1, 2011 1:09:41 GMT -5
View of O from its satellite Pekol
Özkraine
Capital Planet O
Background
The planet O was the first settlement in the Belevan system, and its base establishment meant to study the unique mineral and resource composition of the planet. The first journey consisted of a population of ~110 inhabitants (~30 couples, ~40 scientists, ~20 Civilians, ~40 children). They founded a base near O's Equator. Later, the next inhabitants were nothing like the educated class before. The base needed more work, and they accepted debtors, indentured servants, and criminals into their colony to begin work. By its 30th year since it was founded the population rose with 50,000 more inhabitants, however the colony was afflicted with a high proportion of male to female (70% male). The colony prohibited all male colonists from entering and prevented all female emigration from the colony. The ratio turned the other direction with a 60% female majority when immigration was finally closed in 2249. The scientists established a sort of Oligarchy to provide their children and a select handful of other children among the colony to join the ranks of the scientists. After two generations this failed, and what was the O colony The history of what happened is unclear and unrecorded. What we do know is that the first known record since 60 years after the colonization was about 100 years later by a figure named "Saint Öz". He established order to the anarchy across the whole planet with the foundation of his Divine Republic, based on the popular belief of Gaeanism on the planet. Around the turn of the 24th Century, with increased and scattered population across O, the Divine Republic that Saint Öz formed under his named became fractured and unstable. The political entities with the most power for the individual is a local sietch (nomadic travelers commonly comprised of a Gaean Listener and a Resource Manager) or a direship (lead by warlords who fight for power in the Divine Republic). In the present day, what lives of the Divine Republic is their legislative council combined of sietch representatives and direship representatives, the Listener's Fleet, the "Council of Aggregate Management" (central bank), and the Sancta herself (ultimate head of state).
Geography & Economy
Terrain
A desert planet located third from the sun that is seismically dead. Once thought to be highly active until the discovery of the activity's source. Many mountains, glacier structures in the northern and southern hemispheres, devoid of any large water mass, large aquifers found in cave networks, high number of cave structures in the mountains, and the rest of the area is vast dune sand seas.
Climate
Humidity is always near or at 0%, most weather consists of sandstorms, the planet experiences two seasons (Hot and Cold), the atmosphere doesn't retain heat well and keeps the planet cooler than its neighbors with an average surface temperature of 5 degrees Celsius.
Atmosphere
~75% Nitrogen
~20% Oxygen
~5% Unknown Trace Gases (Extremely low CO2)
Resources
-to be entered-
Flora and Fauna
Among the only plants on O are imported and raised with hydroponic techniques, their keepers are highly respected merchants named Krulleks. The only naturally occuring "plant" is a small weed that is hard to spot by its camouflaged sandy look called Zuavka. By the time the Zuavka weed hits its maturity it's already buried in sand. The bulbs of this weed are highly nutritious and are the main ingredient in 90% of Özkrainian dishes. The leaves of the plant are usually dried (if not already) and left to slowly burn around campfires, smoked in bone pipes, or smoked from wrapped zuavka leaves. The effect of smoking it is a small hallucinogenic buzz. However, higher concentrations and better refinement of the Zuavka leaves give a more substantial buzz.
Animals are much more abundant than was expected for the first settler, especially around the discovery of what caused the seismic activity. It is thought that the reason for O's dark ages is the result of a giant Sand Worm (known now as "Devkurta") attack. The largest recorded devkurta was 1km long. Among smaller animals are various desert mammalian like foxes, rats, lizards, snakes, and bats. A certain region in the northern hemisphere named "Jakarta" is commonly avoided for its piranha like sand swimmers that were known to drag people underneath the dune never to be seen again.
GDP
~100 Billion Belevan Kugels.
Income Tax
5%: Total income was 3 billion Belevan Kugels
Other Economic Info
Economic Goals: MAKE MOE MONEY!!
And.
Create the most expensive hat in the galaxy (made of a fine rare fur)!!!!
Distribution of GDP throughout Sectors:
40% Nomadic and Direship Services
20% Resource Refinement
10% Krullek Agriculture
10% Research Firms
10% Drug Trade
5% Archaeology
5% Other
Government
Head of State
Sancta Adara Revia: 9th Saint "descended in spirit by Saint Öz"
12 Member Council of Advisors
Enlightened Admiral: Adm. Dahlia Nefandi
Özkrainian Rats Leader(General Militia): SubCmdr. Io Staii
Senate
Primav (Prime Minister) Vendeki Parpaski (Member of Parpaski Direship)
189 member senate Majority Alliance
48 seats for Parpaski direship
29 seats for Staii direship
36 seats for Iseltov Direship
26 seats for Blue April Movement
18 seats for the Enlightened Sietch Alliance
17 seats for Zuavkan Polpaipas Sietch Front
13 seats for Southern Fre'zhi Intiative
2 independent sietch representatives
Council of Aggregate Management
10 Member Council with lifetime appointment
Chairman Aemolo Iseltov (Iseltov Direship)
4 members for Iseltov Direship
2 members for Parpaski-Staii alliance
2 members for Blue April Movment
1 member for Aggregate Sietch Proposal
1 independent member for the Sancta
Society
Titles
Long title (Dev-Sancti Respublica fer Özkraine): The Divine Republic of Özkraine
Short title: Özkraine or O
Adjective: Özkrainian
Person: Özkrainian
Language(s): Ön, bastardized old languages (English, French, German, Spanish, Chinese, and Arabic)
Population
Census came up with ~15 million people, however estimates suggest there are ~25 million total inhabitants.
Language
Ön, SOV language with a 4-case noun system. 2 writing systems, the Roman Alphabet and the Revised Ön Alphabet (a combination of Greek, Hebrew, and Roman letters, derived from mathematical papers discovered almost 100 years ago and put into practice). Inhabitants can read both
Literacy: 100% (Lack of literacy is a religious sin punishable by death.)
Religion
Gaeanism- Belief in a greater spirit in the universe that inhabits non-living objects such as the planets and stars. Also a belief that (almost) every living thing has a living soul or spirit that returns to the great spirit Gaea. The formation of this religion is unknown, as the only historical records since the great silence was Saint Oz's books at a time when the belief in Gaea was already highly popular.
Military
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