Caecillians
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-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- BASIC INFORMATION: ----------------------------------------------------------------- Official Name in Standard: The Caecellians National Name: The Federated Republic of Caecileanna Title of the Head of Government: President of the Planetary Congress -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- GEOGRAPHY/POPULATION ----------------------------------------------------------------- Quadrant/Sector/System: Ortellia System, coreward of Federation Space Suns/Planets/Planetoids/Moons: Caecileanna is the second planet of the Ortellia system. In orbit is a SETI Satellite Array and Space Platform. Their one moon, Voliano, is inhabited by 9 000 colonists and a manned research station. Population: 19 000 000 Capital City: The Prime Sea Race(s) of Native Sentients: Caecellian(100%) Largest Cities: The Prime Sea: 4 000 000 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ECONOMIC SUMMARY ----------------------------------------------------------------- Caecileanna The Caecellians abolished money in year 38 of the Age of Humility (38 AoH), choosing instead to base their market on an administrated system of need. Private industry does not exist on Caecileanna. The Planetary Congress is in strict control of all industry, commissioning goods as determined for the needs of the populace. Exports and trade are virtually unheard of. However, the government has, in recent years, been exploring the idea of buying raw materials from offworld, in hopes of reducing further damage to their own planet. They have sold their services as environmental and reclamation consultants, as well as mediators; occassionally, too, they do run freighters on short-range courier missions. Again, these services are provided and referred by the government; all funds returning to the Prime Sea in exchange for furnishing the private citizens with a modest lifestyle at no cost. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- GOVERNMENT/HISTORY ----------------------------------------------------------------- Member of Federation? Pending. The Prime Sea petitioned the Federation Council for membership in 2407; the process is ongoing. The planet is organized as a federated republic, centered around a unicameral legislature. Local elected councils, generally comprising three or four municipalities, send liaisons to Planetary Congress at the Prime Sea. The President is elected from the Planetary Congress and serves a term of roughly eight years. There are no term limits. In addition, the council who's member is chosen as President must hold a byelection to replace their representative. The President may be unseated prematurely by a vote of non-confidence, if a 2/3 majority of the Congress votes to recall the President, he may be relieved of office and sent home. ***** According to Caecellian archaeologists, the first sentient life to arise on a younger, colder Caecileanna were bipedal felinoids who settled a now-submerged continent 40 million years ago. Apparently the culture was extremely sophisticated, but in the early stages of industrial development, radical alterations to the planet's climate created irreperable damage, and the "Beformen" died out when the planet heated up and the polar icecaps melted to a fraction of their former size. The Caecellians themselves arose out of a series of feudal kingdoms on the Prime Sea some 6 000 years ago. Finding few places on the planet without an abundance of water, they were quickly able to spread out across the planet, settling every landmass, and produce a peaceful, thriving civilization. Like their panther-like predecessors, the Caecellians found their own struggle between industry and envirionment; in fact, were it not for the discovery of Beformen settlements on the ocean floor, it is entirely likely that they too would have wiped themselves out. The Age of Humilty, beginning 1 000 years ago, sent ripples of change from all the overcrowded cities to the Prime Sea. Population (numbers and density) is now rigidly controlled. The Prime Sea conducts an annual sustainability survey to match agricultural and industrial growth with envirionmental standards. "Cities" as the Federation knows them no longer exist. The Caecellians chose to adopt small, communal villages instead, in the hopes of minimizing the noxious effects of life on their planet. The Caecellians first made contact with the Federation in 2399, when an unmanned probe contacted Deep Space 239(Now SB OMEGA). -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- RACE/SOCIETY/CULTURE ----------------------------------------------------------------- Caecileanna is a warm, watery world, boasting a 21%/79% land/water ratio. What landmasses there are consist of volcanic archipeligos, stretching across the equatorial regions surrounded by shallow, freshwater oceans. One continental mass exists at the center of the archipeligoes and coral atols, a low, swampy land which is dominated by the inland sea that the Caecelians first emerged from. An abundance of carbon dioxide and other 'greenhouse gasses' appear in the upper atmosphere, lending credit to the widely-accepted hypothesis that the current Caecelian climate exists as a new ecological equilibrium on the planet, and that early in Caecileanna's prehistory, the world was much colder and drier. According to archeological theories, this climate came about by accident, as a result of a previous, now extinct, life form's industrial development. ***** The Caecellians are an amphibious race; they must immerse themselves in water every 72 hours or they run the risk of their skin drying out. They are orange skinned, bipedal, with vestigal tails and fins. Their hands and feet are webbed. Also, the males of the species have a series of blue rings around their necks, often enhanced by silk 'chokers' to denote status. The Caecellians also have a highly developed sense of taste; in addition to a formal, phonetic language, they have developed a more primal mode of communication based on secreting various chemicals from skin pores. By sluicing the water surrounding them, or on dry land, kissing open flesh, a Caecellian can gauge the mood of a comrade. Because of a lack of a conventional "body language", the Caecellians have proved to be extremely effective diplomats. The Caecellians rarely wear clothing in the company of their own, although as they spread out through the galaxy, they have found it prudent to wear loose-fitting robes for the benefit of other species. ***** The Caecellians are a strictly pacifist, virtually druidic race who openly shun trappings of power and material wealth. Although diplomatically they have kept as high a profile as possible for such a minor galactic power (participating in every summit involving galactic peace and conservationism) they are notoriously isolationist both politically and economically. When the petition to join the Federation was presented, it surprised and mystified the council; it is now believed that their main goal as a UFP member world is to find a larger mouthpiece for their diplomatic agenda. The tendency, as a race, for the Caecellians, is toward self-righteousness, and even arrogance. It cannot be doubted that they have built something of an impressive society; war, poverty, and ecological damage have been nonexistent on the planet for almost a millenium. Nevertheless, their attitude towards the galaxy tends to be that of a guiding parent towards an infant. Although they shun any idea of imperial conquest or any offensive military action, it is clear that they believe someday all the races in the galaxy will adopt the Caecellian lifestyle. ***** Tech level: Early warp-era. The Caecellians only discovered warp capabilities some 50 years ago, comparatively, they are at a late 22nd century stage of development. They have basic warp capabilities, subspace communications, but no transporter system, no replicator, and only the most basic of weaponry. 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