Noricum

	HAZARD - remnant biological weapons in death zones. Extreme caution required. Containment suits must be worn in death zones. Decontamination and quarantine required. Not all death zones are fully marked.
	HAZARD - residual radiation zones present from historic nuclear weapon detonations. Monitor with radiation counters at all times. Radiation zones are not consistently marked or identified.

Noricum would be a garden world, if it were not for it's troubled history, and the parts of it that are still inhabited are a garden world, inhabited by the technologically regressed descendants of the original Sindalians who ruled the stars. Over 30% of the planet's surface is still death zones though - contaminated with lethal viruses or radiation from the orbital bombardment that destroyed the infrastructure of the world. The Sindalian Empire was notorious its wealth and for the means by which it maintained its power, and so there are no shortage of stories of undiscovered vaults containing the wealth of the Empire, or armouries of nuclear or biological weaponry. Most people who go looking for them end up dead though - the death zones are unforgiving, even to those with protective equipment.
The remaining inhabitants live in simple wooden huts tending sheep and growing crops. Technology has stabilised at Iron Age levels, and show no signs of advancing. Norician culture is tightly controlled by a great many traditions and taboos that arose out of the habits that aided survival after the destruction of Sindal. Many of these are designed to keep people safe, so for example there is a very strong taboo on travelling more than a day's walk from your place of birth. Given the number of different viruses that Noricum was bombarded with, which locals have acquired immunity to, this ensures that locals maintain their acquired immunity without encountering other viruses that they do not have immunity to, or spreading the ones they do have immunity to to other population centres. Another notable taboo is the shunning of the very name of Sindal.
World government is technically still in the hands of the Emperor of Noricum (a simple farmer like most of the others), but it is obviously impossible for there to be an active world government on an Iron Age world with a population in the tens of millions. Instead, it is the long centuries of tradition that rule Noricum, and the ever present reminder of the death zones.

Starport:	D	Poor - unrefined fuel only, very minor repair facilities
Size (Diameter):	8	12,800km
Atmosphere:	8	Dense, but breathable Nitrogen/Oxygen mix, trace elements, no taint
Hydrosphere:	6	60% surface area
Population:	7	~80,000,000 (no precise census)
Government:	B	Non-Charismatic Dictator
Law Level:	B	Rigid control of civilian movement
Tech Level:	1	Bronze/Iron Age
Resources:	9	Moderate
Labour:	6	Millions
Infrastructure:	5	Limited
Efficiency:	+2	Good
Heterogeneity:	9	Discordant
Acceptance:	7	Aloof
Strangeness:	7	Confusing
Symbols:	3	Very concrete
Classification:	Ag	Agricultural
	Ga	Garden World
	Ri	Rich
	Pz	Puzzle

Alternative Name(s)

Sindal

Type

Planet

Location under

Noricum System

Included Organizations

• Sindalian Empire