Cleotania - breatheable mix - warm (jungle) - immiscible biosphere - hundreds of thousands of inhabitants - tech level 4 - hostile biosphere - primitive aliens.
Cleotania is a jungle planet and is the most recent colony of the Hegemon. It is also the closest to the system's star. The jungle plant's pollen causes awful allergic reactions in humans. All of the human cities are near the poles of the planet, due to the reduced heat and plant life. Humans need to take a daily anti-allergen medication to be able to function without sickness. A human can survive without taking the medication they will show heavy flu-like symptoms, and they will have difficulty functioning. The colony cities around each of the poles grow a mixture of terran crops such as corn, wheat, and oats. The poles can also sustain the raising of many different kinds of earth livestock. Any plants or animals that cannot survive the sometimes harsh conditions are grown in air conditioned bubble farms. Cleotania is fairly self sustaining, and is enjoying a large influx of colonists looking to become farmers and tradesmen.
Cleotania is also home to a primitive alien race called the Savino. These lizard-like humanoids live tribal lives near the jungle choked equator, far from the lands inhabited by humans. However, there has been many clashes between raiding Savino bands and the Cleotanian Protectorate Army. In a direct fight, the weapons and technology of the Cleotanian soldiers would easily overcome the Savino, who fight will sword, spear, and bow. The Savino are masters of stealth and hit and run tactics however, and their full numbers are very much unknown, if they would fully band together under one leader and stop the tribal fighting, it is very likely that would could take over the planet. Savino that are taken while very young or still in their eggs are sometimes raised as slaves by the Cleotanian nobles, and upper class. Any Savino taken at an adult age, would be too savage and would kill it's masters. Slave Savino must be raised to love their master's and to question their race's violent way of life.
Cleotania's Governor is Sabina Vasili, a unyielding women who desires to crush the Savino with an iron fist. It was Sabina's father who started the aggressive plan to burn back the jungle life near the pole and create the infamous buffer zone that keeps the jungle and for the most part the Savino at bay. He burned and salted a massive strip of land over half a mile wide that marks the edge of the human colony. Sabina's aggressive governing is looked down upon by much of the Hegemon, however she is massively loved by her people who after seeing the violence of the Savino first-hand, stand by her stance to eradicate them. This love of the people also means that most experts believe that Sabina could declare all of Cleotania independant from the Hegemon and they would follow her; something that niether Otho or Thracious want. Cleotania's army, while small is the most veteran of the entire system, and it is unlikely that any invading army could take the colony by force without heavy losses.
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