Cinu
Cinu, the second planet in the Lucina System, is an occupied planet home to several billion people. While Cinu is classified as a desert world, it has a vast number of biomes and geographical regions that do not fit neatly into an arbitrary one-biome system. Cinu has one moon, called Tanit, vastly smaller than Luna and home to only a few aging settlements, largely established during Cinu's early colonial days.
Cinu was first colonised in the mid 22nd Century, with cities like Al-Mular and Zawilah being some of the earliest to be founded. The planet is undergoing a period of desertification, leaving much of the planet's interior an arid and dune filled desert. This period is expected to end in the next hundred thousand years, with the planet flipping between dry and wet geological seasons. Like most habitable worlds, Cinu is breathable, and a roughly similar atmospheric composition to Earth. It is smaller than Earth in size, but slightly denser, resulting in a generally similar gravity. Like most planets in the Lordanian Cluster, it is divided into various continental regions, divided along geographic and cultural borders.
Cinu is home to one major government, the Cinuan Union, which represents the peaceful near-unification of many individual states. It was founded in 2284 following the collapse of the People's Republic of Lordania, and the violent struggle for independence, known as the Lordanian Revolution, known across Cinu as the Glorious Liberation. From the Lordanian Interregnum Period all the way to the end of the Serajji Conflict, the Cinuan people were considered an isolated, introspective people with little care for galactic politics. However, to the Cinu, this period was one dominated by internal politics, recovery, and a Great Debate on the nature of the Cinuan people and their duties in the modern world. At the turn of the 24th Century, the Cinuans have made their choice. Electing State Speaker Baladi Asghar, the Cinuans are once again at the forefront of most sapient rights debates, fighting passionately for liberty and tolerance beyond their own borders, often striking directly at the heart of the United Nations of Sol for its hypocrisy and inefficiency.
Politically, Cinu is a member-state of the Second Lordanian Republic, beholden to its many laws, customs, and its economic system. As a part of the SLR, it is also a de facto member of the United Nations of Sol-Aligned Systems, something Cinu is less happy about. During the Lordanian Interregnum, Cinu was close allies with the planet of Nouveaulyon, and a part of its Democratic League. As such, this means that Cinu is, technically, a founding member of the Confederate Systems of Lordania, the opposing force to the SLR. This is a serious point of contention between the two Lordanian Superpowers, with both sides claiming legitimate authority over Cinu. Of course, the Cinuans would much rather they were the ones to decide this, and have consistently delayed having to answer it. Cinu is also a member of the Interstellar Merchant Confederation, with many independent orbital stations and planetary marketplaces. Similarly, it plays a leading role in the Organisation for Cooperation Between Planets. A significant portion of Cinu's economy involves tourism and trade, reliant on other worlds to reach its full potential.
Lucina
Lucina is a bright orange dwarf, commonly known as a 'K-Type'. It lies in the Lordanian Cluster, a group of stars within relative proximity to each other, that are effectively unified under a Lordanian culture and banner. Lucina has four terrestrial worlds; Amanus, a Mercurian-like body orbiting close to Lucina and mostly inhabited by automated mining stations; Cinu, the only habitable world in the system; Ta'lab, an ammonia-rich ocean world, commonly called a Hycean world. Ships that enter its atmosphere are known to literally melt. It is extremely uninhabited; and 'Amm, an uninhabitable carbon world with no atmosphere, however as a nigh-infinite source of carbon, it is extremely important to the Cinuan industrial machine. Despite only Cinu being habitable, the only world without some form of space infrastructure or development is Ta'lab. But like with all things, rumours persist of the Lordanian War Machine having settled deep in Ta'lab's oceans during its fascist period. Rumours that are unsubstantiated, but never truly going away.Geography
Geographic Regions
Mular
Mular is the Capital region of Cinu, it is home to the capital city, Al-Mular, lying in the region known as the Sadhak Basin. Its largest feature is the Shamari Volcano, and the fertile soils that lie at its base. The Al-Kwazhi Lakes provide much of the region's freshwater, vital for the city's freshwater supply. The Sadhak Basin is fairly shielded from the harshness of the Saahati Desert, being fairly temperate and habitable. It has close ties to Kassala to its south-east.Kassala
Kassala, also known as the Three Seas Region, is one of Cinu's most inhabited regions. The Kassalans are a major player in Cinuan politics, with their largest city, Zawilah, being something of the planet's second capital. The region is located on the Cinuan Equator, and is best described as hot and wet. Careful terraforming of the landscape has transformed most of the original jungles into arable land, most of which is used for agriculture.Saahat
The Saahat is one of Cinu's many great deserts. The Saahat is home to the Saahawatiz, nomadic folk who make the journey from Mular to Warhaj, grazing animals and livestock at the various oases that dot the land. Despite this, the Saahat is moderately developed, with many highways and railways connecting the various states on all sides. The Saahat was one of the few places unconquered by the Cinuan State, and it is where much of the Majlis Alhuriya hid during their formative years. The largest city in the Saahat is Azzamagh, which lies south of Fawal.Fawal
The Fawal lies in the north-western part of Cinu. It lies directly north of the Saahat, and west of Mular. It bounds the Cinuan Arctic Circle in the north. Fawal is home to much of Cinu's Fawali people. The Fawali are often referred to as Franco-Arabic, but this term is largely inaccurate to the modern day. Fawal is a temperate region, with steppe marking the boundary between the Fawal and the Saahat. In the north, the three mountains of Guwen, Rouix, and Jarta provide a fertile and habitable woodland, home to a many great number of animals. The region is also home to two great lakes, the Fassat and the Hasset, and the city of Diade lies squarely between the two.Erfoud
Erfoud is a fertile region settled along the Bahari ya Kaskazini, Cinu's North Sea. It is bound by Mular and Kassala to the south, Jambalapat to the east, Fawal to the west, and the Cinuan Arctic Circle to the north. As a mostly maritime region, its largest city, Erfoud itself, is settled around a calm inlet, becoming one of Cinu's busiest, and most important port cities. The Erfoudites are a proud and trade-focused people. Erfoud has always been a strategic city and changed hands several times during the Glorious Liberation.Jambalapat
Jambalapat is a temperate region located in Northern Cinu. It is bound by Erfoud in the west, Kassala and Warhaj in the south, and Tarim and Abadezzig to the east. Its largest city, Ghazi, is settled in the heartlands of the Jamba Basin, the geographic feature that largely defines Jambalapat. It is mostly marshland, with temperate forests and grasslands further afield.Tarazan
Tarazan is the industrial heartland of Cinu, located in its southern hemisphere, and concentrated around the Terai Sea, a large inland body of water connected to Cinu's Southern Ocean. it is bound by Kingola and Golichiania in the south, Warhaj and Jambalapat to the west, Abadezzig and Dirja to the north, and Qalobad to the east. It is home to some of Cinu's most important manufacturing hubs, with numerous ports all across the Terai. Its capital city is Tarim, located in the east, but its largest city, Maghzed lies on the other side of the Terai.Warhaj
Warhaj is a small geographic region, most known for the breakaway state of the Warhaj Socialist Republic, granted full independence by the Kassala Republic in 2298. Warhaj is bound by Kassala in the north, with only a small sliver of land known as the Akalef Corridor, a road connection between Warhaj and Jamblapat. In the east, it is bound by Tarazan and Kingola. In the south, the Bersket Mountains creates a mostly impassable wall between Warhaj and Berbeleka, with only a few mountain passes between them. In the west, the fertile savannas of the Warhaj give way to the inhospitable deserts of the Saahat. Its largest city, also named Warhaj, gives its name to the region, which had often been occupied by its larger neighbors.Kingola
Kingola is a small region in southern Cinu. It is bound by Warhaj and Berbeleka in the east, and Tarim to the north and west. Its southern coast is Cinu's Southern Ocean, where many ships depart, bound for other places on Cinu. Kingola is a largely alpine nation, nestled in the hills of the eastern Bersket Mountains. It is a land of pine forests and rolling hills that give way to a temperate and mediterranean coast. Its largest city, Bindoro, is located high in the mountains, on the shores of Lake Odua.Abadezzig
Abadezzig is a region of northern Cinu. It is bound by Jambalapat to the west, Tarazan to the south, and Dirja to the east.Dirja
Dirja is one of the largest regions of Cinu, located in the north-east. It borders the Abadezzig to the west, the Fawal and the Saahat to the east, and Qalobad and Tarim to the south.Qalobad
Golichiania
Golichiania is a small region in Southern Cinu. It is home to the Golich Peoples, who would also settle on Tersten to found Golichistan. It is a mostly temperate region, on the northern coast of Cinu's Southern Ocean. The largest city here is Ibendo, which has grown to spread across most of its peninsula.Gauori Plateau
Berbeleka
Preshiq
Geography
Cinu is roughly twice the size of Earth with large dune seas occupying much of the planet. Settlements are built around freshwater oases and the more hospitable northern hemisphere.
Much of the planet is considered hyperarid, with little vegetation. Notable exceptions are the Tamaran Basin, Shamari Volcano, and the South Cinuan woodlands.
The Tamaran Basin is a large impact crater that impacted Cinu roughly 6 million years ago. The region has become a brackish lake, fertilized by the sand.
The Shamari Volcano is located in North-West Cinu, and is part of the Cinuan Mountains. It is the tallest mountain on the planet, which were formed by a group of extinct volcanoes. Despite this, it provides fertility to much of Northern Cinu, allowing the region to be more hospitable, and thus, open for Human colonization.
The dune seas of the planet reaches temperatures of 38 degrees C during the day, though more hospitable temperatures of 30 degrees are more common nearer the settled part of the planet.
Natural Resources
During the planet's early bombardment period, bountiful precious metals were deposited on the planet's surface. This has led to a massive rise in mining industries in the southern states of the planet. The planet is self-sufficient, able to produce much of its own food supply. Overall, Cinu's population is a net growth, with its economy fairing well under Sol's free market.
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