Ishga
Seat of the Ishga Empire. Based on Victorian England, steampunk, and cyberpunk (as well as drawing heavy inspiration from Coruscant from Star Wars). Appears in every book.
Weapons:
-L-18 AR - Standard issue Ishga assault rifle
-A series of grenades (EMP, Fragmentation, Flash grenade, and the most terrifying: the wind- up box)
Air/Space Vehicles:
-A-20 Boar - A-10 Warthog, but futurized and also for space
-B-800 - A space bomber, built to be fast and carry a lot of payload
-C- 81 - F-35, but futurized and for space
-AH-64 Coyoche (basically the AH-64 Apache but futurized and modified for space)
-Battle Class Ship (Emphasis on large space warfare so have cannons on sides and top rather than on bottom for ground assault)
-Carrier Class Ship (Emphasis on carrying spaceforce planes, has a lotta protection, but no guns)
-Ground Class Ship (Emphasis on landing, has high protection, some guns meant for ground troops, but no anti-space weaponry. Use of this type of ship is not heard of often, but a type of this ship was used for the orbital bombardment on Aurea)
Other Weapons:
-Orbital bombardments
-Assassins and spies
National Animal:
Golden Retriever
Imports:
-Food
-Water
-Blue Steel
-Iron Ore
-Oil
-Exotics
-Precious metals
-Lumber
-Basilosaur Oil
Exports:
-Technology
-Manufactured Goods
-Tourism
-Steel
Geography: As an ecumenopolis (an entire planet completely covered by one gigantic city), Ishga's climate is regulated by a device in the planet's atmosphere.
Ethnic Groups:
-Humans (67.8%)
-Arturians (13.3%)
-Yiri/Dolphinesian/Platypusian/Other Atlantean Islander (3%)
-Immigrants from Elsewhere (15.9%)