Sestris

Sestris, or The Union of Sestris and Bratis is a political entity within the Gilgamesh Colonial Confederation.

Sestris and Bratis form a system pair settled by a French colonial mission in the early days of interstellar expansion, with Sestris having claimed Bratis as a colony in the pre-GCC era. These systems were founding members of the GCC – second only to Gilgamesh in terms of political and economic power, citizens of Sestris enjoy a generally high standard of living and many can be found within the ranks of the ICCG Defense Forces.  

Sestris

Amelie

Geography

Amelie Possesses Earth-like gravity and a hot, dense atmosphere – surface conditions are survivable, but uncomfortable, and most settlements are climate-controlled. Within these domed cities, life is generally quite cushy: Sainte Marguerite, the first colony established in Sestris, is today a glittering metropolis and the financial capital of the GCC. Other major settlements include Chartreuse – an open-air city near Amelie’s relatively-temperate south pole, which boasts the planet’s largest botanical garden as well as several prestigious universities.

Culture

Amelie is a relic of the era of its colonization, with the Colonization project being the only to contain one old-Earth culture group, this comes across quite clearly in the modern day, with Amelians extremely protective of their Cultural identity. This most visibly comes across in the architecture of the planet. Maintained over the years by a byzantine set of zoning laws, if one didn’t know any better, they would think any one of Amelie’s cities could have been on earth, if not for the planet’s hot dense atmosphere.

Amelians are commonly described in terms such as ‘snobbish’, ‘uptight’, or ‘having superiority complexes’. Parallels are often drawn to the common dislike of Luna in Sol due to the wealth present on the planet, with many across the Confederation considering those from Amelie to be the highest of the upper class, and to many in who find themselves in less beneficial economic situations, the appearance of an Amelian is tantamount to the arrival of the bourgeoisie.

Politics

Amelian politics is unique in the Confederation in that most Amelians couldn’t care less about lengthy careers in overall Confederation Politics. This results in Amelian representatives in the Confederate Directory often being isolationist pragmatists content with maintaining the status quo. They are surprisingly resistant to the Militarist wing of the Confederation Directory, preferring their tax dollars be spent where they have a greater chance to return back to Amelie.

Economy

Amelie is a mostly ‘white collar’ economy, with much of the Planets GDP held within the financial and insurance sectors as Amelie is the seat of most of the Confederation’s major banks and insurance companies. Other sectors such as military and agriculture are negligible to the service industry’s share of the Planet’s GDP, with workers not employed by the banks or insurance companies likely working in the planet’s tourist industry or other civil duties.

Croixcolline

Croixcolline is a grey, barren world, riddled with a sprawling network of trenches, caverns, and caves. While currently incapable of supporting life, geological evidence suggests Croixcolline once held liquid water. Sporadic terraforming efforts have been underway for the past century, though waning interest and recent economic turmoil have ensured that few are stuck.

Bratis

Savoie

Geography

Savoie is an icy volcanic moon orbiting a gas giant and one of few rocky celestial bodies of any notable size in the system. Savoie possesses a large liquid ocean below its inhospitable surface, making it an attractive candidate for colonists seeking to spread beyond Sestris in the early days of colonial expansion.

Culture

Culturally Savoie is identical to Amelie with the notable minority of immigrants from elsewhere in the Confederation with fond memories of GCNRB or GCNOB Bratis. As well the lack of zoning laws has resulted in a much more modern look and feeling to the planet.

Politics

Politically Savoie marches to Amelie’s beat in full lock step. Although technically independent in all matters, the two are so deeply interconnected, and Amelie is vastly greater in size, thus Savoie is quite happy to wait to see what the delegates from Amelie say, and then agree.

Economy

Savoie is a small but densely-populated colony focusing on tourism and military logistics today. The Pioneer Corps maintains a research base, GCNRB Bratis, in the moon’s orbit. This outpost is dedicated primarily to geological monitoring and is considered a training assignment for recruits.

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