Paradise
Paradise is not strictly a planet; it started as a moon. Paradise was terraformed decades ago and, in a tremendous feat of engineering, moved into a planetary orbit around its star.
The people of Paradise live both on land and beneath the waves. Domed underwater cities dot the bottom of the planet’s considerable oceans.
In size, Paradise is slightly larger than Lopali. Unlike Lopali, which was created by a single affinity group from Silver’s Home and is the most uniform ecosystem in the Five Worlds, Paradise began inhabited life as a place for experimentation and play by many aligned groups. While much of the planet is designed to test extremes (For example, underwater and high altitude living with genetic modifications), it is also a place to do business outside of the reach of the Port Authority.
Although each enclave or living area as defined by a specific affinity group has its own rules and laws, Paradise links those rules loosely through a Governing Council. This council includes one representative from each of the affinity groups that own more than five percent of the surface area. In the years leading up to the Making War, the council included thirteen people.
Keywords: five worlds, planet
stream created July 23rd, 226.