The Colonies

The Iz’kal keep their colonies few in number and creating one is an organised process after a long period of study. Many times has the State invested time, equipment, and personnel to research the viability of a planet as a colony, only to discover that it would not be worth it in the long run. Perhaps the planet would run out of some vital resources within a couple hundred years. The State has no need for expansion, as iz’kal population growth is carefully controlled, and sometimes even halted.
Therefore, they only build colonies on planets where they know that, within a few generations, they will be able to create a society as egalitarian and with a quality of life as high as in Al’ameen, where all the iz’kal standards can be achieved. This means that by principle, the State will not colonise a place that cannot become self-sufficient after a period of adaptation. However, the growth of Hexian ideologies, which are concerned with the possibility of being overpowered by the Corvo, is forcing the State to reconsider these policies - at the cost of personal liberties and the preservation of new planets’ biospheres.
== Self-Sufficiency ==
Unlike the Corvo, the Iz’kal do not have mining colonies or other places only used for their resources, as these colonies are not self-sufficient. The Iz’kal have suffered the horrors that can come from this, such as after the Uprising when the korian colonies could not communicate or share resources for years, and whole populations of iz’kal died of starvation, cold, heat, or asphyxiation.
== Outposts ==
They do create scientific and military outposts, however. Scientific outposts are created wherever they think they can make new discoveries that will further their understanding of the Universe and perhaps themselves. Military outposts are formed between colonies set far apart to protect convoys between them, or in strategic places to hinder the growth of the Corvo and to protect the State from any attempt at war.
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