Silvanus

Silvanus (Silvanus 1001 B6B6998-B S Fl Hi) is a celestial object and recognised member of the Confederated Systems in Lodestar Convoy.
== Physical Characteristics ==
Silvanus is a medium-sized planet (roughly 9,500km in diameter) and is classified as a low-gravity world due to the surface being around 0.7g. One of the most notable features of Silvanus is that its atmosphere, while a similar density to that on Old Earth and Volta do Mar, contains a high concentration of ammonia and is seriously damaging to the health of those who breathe it in. This atmosphere is created in part due to Silvanus's large oceans on consisting of liquid ammonia (in a eutectic mixture with water), which evaporates into the air. Cities on Silvanus are constructed without a true "outside", as buildings are connected by large tunnel structures (which has led Silvanus to have extremely efficient public transport). Leaving a city or civilised area requires the use of a vacc suit, as simple respirators and filter masks are unable to render breathable air from Silvanus's atmosphere. 
== Government & Politics ==
In its infancy among the stars, Silvanus was very briefly an empire with several planets under its fiefdom; including Felm, Ascrea, Renato, Lodestar (which was at that time called Caspium), and Tansa (which arguably became more powerful than Silvanus after gaining its independence). But when the Emperors of Volta do Mar arrived a few decades after Silvanus was colonised, the Emperors of Silvanus was subjugated and no longer permitted to style themselves with the title of emperor and was forced to relinquish their satellite systems. Silvanus has never been as powerful since that time, as it relied heavily on its colonies to offset the hardships of living on such a harsh planet, and there is quiet resentment between the Augustus (this title itself a hollow attempt at defying the Emperor's restriction on the Silvanian head of state being called an emperor) and the Most Serene House of Tuvale.
Politics on Silvanus are heavily styled on the ancient Roman Empire of the Old World, despite the original colonists of Silvanus being from the Caspian Sea region, which was never Roman at all. There are few historians of Old Earth left to criticise the House of Gaiushvili for its poor understanding of what the Roman Empire was really like. In truth, the Gaiushvili rulers simply wield absolute power and justify it using whatever phony historical basis they can conjure up. The law is fairly strict, though careful in its application as to not shatter the façade of a utopia that the ruling class want to project.
== Culture & Life ==
Due to the idealised notion of the past that the Gaiushvili regime project, the national spirit on Silvanus is a longing to return to a false supposition of "the good old days", without the Emperor and the Federation to restrict the glory of Silvanus. This comes in spite of actual life on Silvanus being relatively peaceful for the average citizen. As long as one does not break the law (which is strict, but more in its application than in how restrictive it is), there is a stable economy and well-supported standard of life thanks to the Empire's regulation of trade, ironically something the Silvanian government is critical of.
Due to a deal between the Augustus and the LODESTAR Corporation (which allows LODESTAR to dump waste on uncultivated areas of the planet's surface since the Empire restricts ejecting waste into empty space), Silvanus has a relatively impressive starport that has been funded directly by the corporation. With a highport outside of the planet's atmosphere, travellers are able to dock their vessels at the highport and take a space elevator to the planet's downport without risk of the atmosphere contaminating unprepared spacecraft.
== Trivia ==