Thetis Append

"Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice: all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things."
- Adam Smith

Thetan Federation
Politics and Advancement
Capital: New Sarhelion Government: Netocracy CEO: Cynia Ellis-Tuarwa Motto: Crescente luce Technology: Eng 5, Chem 5, Phys 5, Bio 5, Psyc 5 Magic: Movement 1
Population and Economy - Thetis
Population: 35,622,400 Industry: 146 Wealth: 151 Research: 18 Ether: 80 Resources: N/A
Population and Economy - Capella
Population: 355,000 Industry: 20 Wealth: 20 Research: 6 Ether: 10 Resources: N/A
Population and Economy - Sata Corvi
Population: 155,000 Industry: 17 Wealth: 17 Research: 5 Ether: 10 Resources: N/A

The Federation

Thetan Armed Forces

Genre: Transhuman Democracy

Technology and Magic

Engineering: 500
Chemistry: 500
Physics: 500
Biology: 500
Psychology: 500

Creation: 0
Destruction: 60
Matter: 59
Mental: 95
Movement: 144

Infrastructure

Industry: 183+18
Wealth: 188
Research: 28
Ether: 100

Stockpiles

WU: 359
IUU: 170.1
Ether: 2014
Geodes: 324
RP: 34

Advantages

Elite Armed Forces
The Federation's armed forces have long maintained a pragmatic tradition of a hefty educational investment in its staff; moreover, care has been paid to both recruiting and retaining talent by a combination of competitive wages and a focus on skills and performance instead of tradition. Untested for more than a generation at the turn of the millenia, conflicts from Murklim to Montpelier have given a veteran edge to an already highly-skilled force.

Space Cadets
Ever since the arrival two centuries ago the Federation has maintained control of orbital space above the watery globe of Thetis.

Ancient World
A quirk of etherway currents has seen the Zetaret system be a natural eddy in the great sprawling web and hundreds - perhaps thousands - of ancient husks dating from millenia of space travel remain to be found among the thick comet belt orbiting in the mid-system.

Minor Modifications
Nationwide Mods
Green Fields
The inhabitants of Thetis are the inheritors of pre-Godswar germline modifications that heavily modified the standard human genome. Anti-aging modifications are natively part of the package, but this is only the start. Capable of effortlessly interfacing with neural transducers and processing bulk information, the brains of Thetans are marvels of self-propagating wet nanotech. Social cognition has been tweaked as well, and when coupled with a highly attractive - if somewhat ubiquitous - appearance, Thetans are simply the best at making first impressions. Or seconds.

To the Stars!
Seeing itself as one of the few genuinely functioning democracies in the galaxy and coupled to a profit-seeking entrepreneurial spirit, the Federation has not been shy about spreading its influence to nearby star systems.

Disadvantages

Factious World
The refugee-colonists who arrived on Thetis immediately split into several groups; various loosely-associated space and surface dwellers who would eventually federalize, the inhabitants of the five Arkships (floating city-ships) that recently unified into the Dorian Confederacy and the most collectively traumatized subgroup that settled the bottom of the warm, shallow Nereus Sea. Relations have waxed and waned over the years, with the Menkent War being a particularly low ebb. In addition to these, those Menkents who did not flee the system at the end of the war - or were abandoned - inhabit a number of colonies around Zetaret Beta.

Climate

Thetis is a pleasant if often soggy world, with rain expected in most seasons. The many low-lying swamps, mangroves and island chains have resulted in the replacement of conventional ground vehicles with antigrav hover variants outside of the several major cities.