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Region
Outer Rim Territories?
Primary Terrain
mostly arid with few oceans
Points of Interest
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Nehantish is not the original name for the planet, but has become the dominant name for it among the galaxy. Originally known as Auricus, the old name was discarded as the Sultan of the kingdom of Nehantish established military supremacy and controlled the planet's first, and still primary, spaceport.
Unilke many planets whose populace has become spacefaring, Nehantish is not a unified planet, and has no one central government. Instead there are five main kingdoms, and about two dozen smaller ones still in active power. The most powerful of these is the kingdom of Nehantish, with the capitol city of Nehantish as its seat of government. The four other main kingdoms are Munjesh, Kuf, Midloth and Cathay.
While each kingdom has its own space program, the planet as a whole was woefully underdeveloped in its spacefaring technology when they encountered life outside their world less than two hundred years ago. Lacking hyperdrive technology, they posed no threat to anyone, and were often left alone for their first ten years, but the lucrative business of trade brought off-world technology, including advanced spacecraft design, to the planet, where it was quickly studied and reverse-engineered. Through this introduction to advanced technology, a dormant trait found in most every Nehantite emerged, and they quickly became a race of engineers and mechanics possessing an uncanny ability to work on and repair ships and engine systems. Over the course of ten years, the entire planet shifted focus from male work being crop and livestock-centered to becoming skilled spacecraft workers, and food was bought in, instead, while females took over much of the void left in the agricultural and business fields.
Nehantites found themselves so adept at ship maintenance and engineering that it became common for many races and empires to seek out and hire male Nehantites to run the engine rooms of their starships, or man repair facilities on planets or space stations. Being a culture used to division of labor by gender, mechanical work was considered a male task, and therefore Nehantites who were able to make it off-world were almost exclusively male. This led to a misunderstanding among other races about the gender of their species for some time until at last a few female engineers began to make their way off-world. However, the balance of male and female mechanics never evened out, and off-world population currently stands at a male dominance of 96%.
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| While possessing a primarily arid biome, Nehantish is home to a vast variety of non-sentient species. Insect, reptile, amphibian, mammal and avian species resemble those found on hundreds of other planets, with little deviance in design other than an adaptation for a more arid climate. Until the invention of motorized transport, the horse and camel were primary means of transportation, and are still in wide use in more remote areas of the world to this day. Domestication of animals appears to have taken place much earlier in the development of civilized culture, despite the Nehantite's only more recent rise to civilization itself. Conservation efforts of endangered species does not seem to be a primary concern, unless that species has been prized for hunting or medical purposes.
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Nehantish
The most arid of all the great nations. Those who hail from Nehantish are called "Nehantite" (Pronounced NEH-HAHN-tite). Nehantish is a true desert superpower and is unrivaled among its peers for its military might and weapons technology. It was because of this that the Galactic Republic chose to deal with the Sultan of Nehantish when they first came to the planet, and the Sultan agreeed to construct a massive spaceport as part of the planet's consideration of admission into the Republic. While the planet was was never fully ratified as a Republic member, they did enjoy Republic trade agreements and Republic protection along major shipping lanes. With the conversion of the Republic into the Empire, Nehantish's primary spaceport was seized by Imperial forces for several months, but eventually released as the Empire found no strategic value in the planet. Officially Nehantish is a neutral planet and kingdom, but is under Imperial monitoring for trade and military regulation. Throughout the kingdom of Nehantish, Imperial law is followed loosely, but royal law supercedes it in most cases, as is Nehantish's right as a neutral party.
Formed of vast deserts and rocky formations, Nehantish is primarily a land and air power, with a standing army of over one million soldiers. Despite its power, the kingdom is only the third most populous, behind Munjesh and Meyquan, but it boasts the highest standard of living, and is the de facto representative of the Nehantite race in interplanetary affairs.
Munjesh
The most populous nation on Nehantish. Those who hail from Munjesh are called "Munjan" (Pronounced moon-JAHN) (rest to be filled in later, basically it's India)
Kuf
The least advanced and least populated of the five great nations. Those who hail from 'Kuf are called "Kufu" (Pronounced KOO-foo) (restto be filled in later, basically it's Africa)
Midloth
The most technologically advanced of the five great nations. Those who hail from Midloth are called "Midlothian" (Pronounced mid-LOW-thee-ann(to be filled in later, basically it's southern Europe)
Cathay
The most secretive of the five great nations. Those who hail from Cathay are called "Cathanese" (Pronounced ca-thah-NEES), unless they are from the most easterly region known as Kagedo, in which case they would be called "Kaganese" (Pronounced KAH-GAH-nees) (rest to be filled in later, basically it's Asia)
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History
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| The Ivanova Incident: While most Nehantites were content to be mechanics and engineers for other races, there was growing discontent in the strength of Nehantish's own fleet, and lack of respect their race received in interplanetary politics. Thirty-seven years ago, out of this frustration, a group of fifteen Nehantite engineers from various kingdoms overthrew the staff of the luxury starliner, the Ivanova, and declared the ship now belonged to them and held its wealthy passengers for ransom. While the ship was surrounded and boarded two days later, and the Nehantites responsible were killed in the raid, the incident exploded like wildfire across the galaxy, and hundreds of thousands of Nehantites quickly found themselves unemployed. Despite a massive series of PR projects, and slashing their desired wage requests to undercut other species, the demand for Nehantite engineers has only marginally recovered since the incident.
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| Characters
Characters from Nehantish can be found here.
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