Zatrides
Homeworld of the United People of Zatrides.
Zateides is quite close to its parent star, Aldebaran, but remains just within the goldilocks zone. The planet is heated up slightly because of this.
However, there is not as much desert as one would expect for a planet like this. However, a lot of life evolved. Many have become very large, dinosaur-like creatures. The other lifeforms of this world developed ways to survive in the harsh environment, such as clear skin and, eventually, an almost entirely clear body. The Irziell evolved from this.
Zatrides also has a high oxygen content in its atmosphere which has caused it to evolve some very large buglike megafauna as well, but the Irziell have managed to build a society mostly safe from this megafauna. The world is more rich in common metals than most other worlds of its class however, giving the United People of Zatrides an advantage that offsets the dengerous homeworld disadvantage effectively. They have been allowed to expand rapidly in their very early space age, colonising several worlds nearby very fast, establishing the Irziell as a major power in the future. Their clear nature has given them significant advantages in war, being easily hidden especially when combined with transparent suits that could hide their heat signature. Zatrides itself is roughly half covered in large oceans and half land. As such, there are no clear continents or oceans on the planet, only 'sectors' of landmass or 'ocean'.
However, there is not as much desert as one would expect for a planet like this. However, a lot of life evolved. Many have become very large, dinosaur-like creatures. The other lifeforms of this world developed ways to survive in the harsh environment, such as clear skin and, eventually, an almost entirely clear body. The Irziell evolved from this.
Zatrides also has a high oxygen content in its atmosphere which has caused it to evolve some very large buglike megafauna as well, but the Irziell have managed to build a society mostly safe from this megafauna. The world is more rich in common metals than most other worlds of its class however, giving the United People of Zatrides an advantage that offsets the dengerous homeworld disadvantage effectively. They have been allowed to expand rapidly in their very early space age, colonising several worlds nearby very fast, establishing the Irziell as a major power in the future. Their clear nature has given them significant advantages in war, being easily hidden especially when combined with transparent suits that could hide their heat signature. Zatrides itself is roughly half covered in large oceans and half land. As such, there are no clear continents or oceans on the planet, only 'sectors' of landmass or 'ocean'.
History
The irziell relied entirely on transparent food sources in their early history because of the similar chemical makeup, and allowing them to remain transparent when digesting food. Eating food of a different chemical makeup is likely to harm them, not to mention it makes the irziell easier to see by predators or potential enemy combatants. Their evolution has favoured this massively.
Although this means that predators are also less likely to attack irziell food, it meant that it was more difficult for the irziell to hunt for their food sources in their very early history. This problem was largely solved when they developed agriculture.
The Irziell, much like humans, have developed civilizations that occasionally rose and fell all through their history. The doctrines of these nations typically relied on stealth strikes but they also fought many frontal battles. Many nations have tried many ideologies from fascism to democracies and even communism / anarchism. Perhaps their most well known global superpower other than the United People of Zatrides, was a democratic power known as the Zaillnalan republic, which spanned the entire continent of Zaillnal. This continent wasn't attached to the supercontinent of the rest of the planets landmass. This happened during the late industrial era.
This superpower was the first to establish a worldwide network of allies which have conquered much of the global landmass. The communist and dictatorial nations have formed a 2nd global bloc, leading to worldwide hot wars and cold wars. Evidently, the democratic bloc was victorious but this process took thousands of years. The United People of Zatrides was eventually formed. There were far more world superpowers during history.
The medieval period and earlier had relatively many as not all powers even knew of any events across the globe. Many castles are left over from this time and are still used today, sometimes as fortresses but usually for historic or cultural reasons.
Not all is similar to earth history however; oil can be found in many deposits around the world and while this resource has been made more or less obsolete it was useful in the early history. There was a much smaller focus on naval warfare because of the lower ocean coverage. The irziell thus had less experience in naval warfare, though the HF would transfer this knowledge to them much later in their space age. Almost all nations could reach each other on foot. For the most part, intercontinental undersea cables were not needed due to the high landmass content of the planet. There was also less uranium present in the planet so there were fewer nuclear weapons and power plants.
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