Iapetus

Iapetus is outermost of Saturn's large moons. With an estimated diameter of 1,469 km, it is the third-largest moon of Saturn and the eleventh-largest in the Solar System. Named after the Titan Iapetus, the moon was discovered in 1671 by Giovanni Domenico Cassini.
A relatively low-density body made up mostly of ice, Iapetus is home to several distinctive and unusual features, such as a striking difference in coloration between its leading hemisphere, which is dark, and its trailing hemisphere, which is bright, as well as a massive equatorial ridge running three-quarters of the way around the moon. Because of this, it's inhabitants' skin colour varies depending on how bright the surface is. Those living in the bright side of the moon (namely the Roncevian race and the Saragossan race) have very light and fair skin colours, while those living in the dark side of the moon (namely the Cassinians) are of a very dark, brown to black skin colour.
The huge contrast in skin colour made it racially, politcally, and culturally divided, earning it the nickname "The Fractured Moon". The bright parts of the moon are highly developed and advanced while the dark parts of the moon are poor and underdeveloped. The moon's capital, Astor, resides directly on the line between the two regions. The two regions have faced intense fighting, wars, and conflicts, culminating in an ongoing period of geopolitical tensions between the two sides. Iapetus is thus by far the most dangerous moon of Saturn to live in, the moon with the lowest human development index out of all the Solar System's round moons, the moon with the greatest humanitarian crisis overall, and the least visited of Saturn's major moons.
The war is also a reason behind numerous Iapetian immigrants arriving in other nearby moons, namely Titan, Hyperion, Kiviuq, Ijiraq, Phoebe, Paaliaq, and Skathi respectively. Of these moons, Hyperion has the greatest amount of Iapetian immigrants and is thus facing an immigrant crisis.
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