Gaia

 “Welcome to Gaia, the Cybrex of the Kingdom. Students and researcher, welcome and please scan your ID card at the Great Hall. For the others, please fill Immigration Form 9, 14 and 20 at the local Police Station.” - Automatic Welcome Message at the Gaia Immigration Hub

 Discovery

Discovered in 2406 by the Third Exploration Fleet, the green planet was spotted as an ideal colonization candidate. The 2 latest colonization, Novel Horizon and Azur, were successful but not as much as the Queen Emmanuelle Wilhemburrow II would have like. Azur was a cold desert and Novel Horizon was only habitable for 10% of its area. Wanting to create a new Secundus, tremendous money was invested in the project, with the force relocation of the Superior Technological University of Felix Prime at Gaia to bring students and high-quality job from the start.

To bring back the success of Secundus, the name Quintus was suggested. However, since the third and fourth planets were not named after number, it was judged inappropriate.

 Colonisation

The capital city of Greater Purpose was built on the most beautiful highland found on the planet. With massive investment, architects were hired to make the place beautiful and attractive. The University was the greatest building around, and many students and teacher moved there. To keep the proximity to their source of employees, some tech enterprise moved too, creating an early strong economy before the city was even built.

 Government

The government of Gaia is unique among the Kingdom, as it has a democratically elected governor. In power for 10 years, he has the executive power, while the legislative power is left to the People’s Assembly.

This form of government created a free, economically strong environment for anybody, and generate a climate of equality unseen in the autocratic kingdom.

It is to note, however, has scientific knowledge is valued above all else that the power tends to be kept by an elite of plutocrats. In the 32 different governors the planet had, 26 have been Dean of the University of Gaia or Gaian Institute of Superior Technology.

 Economy

The economy of Gaia is very knowledge-based, with low level job being usually for students during their studies or the poorest of the society.

More than half of the population is either studying, or working in a University, a College or a research center.

IT services is also a big sector, with the presence of the best school in technology of the Kingdom; the Gaian Institute of Superior Technology.

Finally, banking is the third but richest sector of the planet, filled with graduate from the area competing in financial mathematics and statistical analysis.

 Landscape

<p style="text-align: justify;">The planet is mountainous, but green, filled with forests and rivers. The temperature is warm and very humid, especially in summer.

<p style="text-align: justify;">The numerous waterfalls and the lush environment bring tourism from across the Kingdom. The presence of large insects, however, tend to make it a “wilder” attraction than more conventional tourist area.

<p style="text-align: justify;">Most animals, reptiles and mammals alike, tend to live in swamps or treetops, as the floor is covered by dense vegetation.