Kiruna

Kiruna is a planet of the Virasana Empire, best known for having a surface almost entirely composed of elemental iron, being the source of much of House Cournicova's income. 
==Climate==
* atmosphere almost completely nitrogen and gaseous sulphuric acid, low moisture and high temperatures leading to unoxidized elemental iron on the planet's surface
* sulphuric acid rain makes life on the surface near impossible
* human life takes place in hovering cities about 2.2 km above ground, where the atmosphere is mostly pure nitrogen, with earthlike pressure and temperatures, so life support needs minimal effort beyond rebreathers.
==History==
* low N'Ptalini population
* one of the oldest Cournicova planets
* massive machinery used to collect iron from the surface, brought up to the smelters and refineries in the skyforges
* both the ground crew mechanics and the steel mill workers of Kiruna are renowned for the work ethics and can-do attitude
== Culture ==
*Middling but very popular Hoverball team, the Kiruna Slaggers, well known for their penchant for hard-earned parties and rough playing style
== Snippets ==
* no settlements, but floating cities - the so-called skyforges 
* as most Kiruna nobles do not live in the skyforges, they are run by civilian overseers / mayors - the viivotin 
* while the skyforges are numbered in order of inauguration, most of them go by rather dramatic names - best known and oldest among them is SF-1, Grandmother Thunder
* other notable skyforges are Stormnest, Anneala's Tear, Cloudfisher, Hymdallstedt, Son of Nine Mothers; Eljudnir. Niflheim Star, Nidrfjöller , Fafner's Egg, Balmung's Cradle, 
==Notable Kirunas==
Kirunas
==Other Articles on Kiruna==
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