Nemaia

System: Nemaia

Hex Location: 0426

Star Type: Triple G1 V, M2 VI, M3 Ia (the first two are close.)

Number of Worlds: 12, 13

Gas Giants: 7, 4—Hot Jupiter on the supergiant star

Planetoid Belt: 2 Kuiper belts, 4 asteroid belts

Starport Type: C Routine

World Size: Mars-sized

Atmosphere Type: Earth-like

Surface Water: 4%

Population: Large 4 billion

Political Affiliation: Bernese Monarchy, Bechtel Marches

Tags: Mining World, Regional Dominance, Eugenic Mania

Notes: Nemaia is the capital of the Bechtel Marches, and is a highly diverse system. The data sheet describes the main planet where over 90% of the population lives, but given that it's a triple system (two stars are close enough to act as a single center of gravity for an entire system, but the supergiant outlier has its own system of planets as well) but the fact that there are so many planets here and so many resources to be extracted means that there are corporate and colonial government interests at stake throughout the entire system.

The population is heavily Bernese, although like most colonial worlds, there is a sprinkling of others. This population of others has spiked in recent years as refugees from the Altairan worlds conquered by the Civitas Ordenis Umbraci have come to the system. More of them fled to other Altairan worlds, of course, but enough have made their way here that they are now a significant minority in the streets. The Bechtelians have always been friendly with their neighbors from the Altairan Ascendancy, but following the disaster of the Saraean conquest, their friendship has been strengthened. Many interests support a strong stance against the Saraeans, although only the most radical actually propose open warfare. However, many privateers of Bechtelian origin now have letters of marque from the northern Altairan Ascendancy to prey on Saraean ships in the broader region.

Otherwise, in many respects, Nemaia is the model for what a Bernese colony system should look like. Heavily Bernese in population and culture, albeit more independent minded like Colonials everywhere who are separated from their host nation, fairly peaceful and prosperous, enough so that the population has grown to nearly Core world size, industrious, and an economic and political benefit to the Monarchy overall. Miners work the dry, often crystaline surface of the planet and various space-faring "ice truckers" to the icy planetoid belts make a prosperous (if somewhat lonely) living in the system as well. There is a growing entrepreneurial spirit in the system too, as various people have tried to come up with new methods of farming, ranching, mining, or services. Nemaia is vibrant and exciting for those who live there.

One such new enterprise that has led to a somewhat strange development is very radical (although only cosmetic) gene splicing that has created some very bizarre looking individuals among those who are wealthy enough to indulge in this weird mania. Of course, this means that Nemaia has been prosperous for long enough that there is an entire caste of people who are indulgent and indolent second (or more) generation wealthy, and don't otherwise know what to do with their time or money. This stratification and the cosmetic excess of the wealthiest class on Nemaia certainly is off-putting to the more pragmatic, salt of the earth types who otherwise make up the backbone of the Bernese Colonial worlds, but it is also seen as a strange affectation of only the most indolent of wealthy Nemaians.