Phlegethon

Phlegethon, also coloquially known as Hell by its denizens, is a rogue planet located in the farthest reaches of the Frontier. It is a high-security prison world that is used by the Department of Security of the Coalition of Congressional Republics, and leased to the Phlegethon Mining Corporation subsidiary of the United Mineral Consortium, to use prisoners as mining and resource collection labor.
Originally found in 2610 near the Scornstar system after routine astrocartographic surveys, Phlegethon was quickly identified as a planet of interest to the Coalition as a result of to its concentration of natural iridium deposits. These deposits would be readily exposed to the surface by the means of the planet's extreme volcanic activity, thus allowing teams relatively simple access to the large iridium stores. However, due to the distance of the world from civilized systems and its inherent dangers for mining, the corporation that bought the bid for the world - the United Mineral Consortium - would not attempt any large-scale mining attempts until it had struck a deal with the CCR in 2613 to have the world serve as a high security Coalition prison.
In the present day, Phlegethon is one of the largest prisons in the Coalition, with a current inmate population of five million - it is only surpassed by Terran penitentiaries. Due to the planet's extreme nature, almost all of the human population resides in its prison complex that sits within the "Ring of Fire", and reside underground, inside the stable crust of the continent. Scientists state that the planet's intense volcanism, despite not orbiting any star, is both due to its large size and relative youth in the scale of universal time; it is presumed that Phlegethon was slungshot away from its original system some fifty million years ago.
Due to using prisoners as labor, the Phlegethon Mining Corporation pays an annual tax from its mother megacorporation to the Coalition government. However, synthetic labor is also used, mainly in the forms of massive amounts of cheap mining droids equipped with vacuum-sealed "chillsuits".
== Etymology ==
== History ==
== Physical characteristics ==
== Living standards and life ==
== Human geography ==
== Government and politics ==
Due to being a megacorporate-ran prison world, the official government of the planet is the corporate authority of the Phlegethon Mining Corporation, who administrate the world on a lease from the Coalition of Congressional Republics.
For prisoners, the corporate authority is strict, punishing dissent harshly and enforcing brutal work quotas. However, due to Coalition overseership, a degree of livability persists within the prison itself, such as the offering of religious services, commissary, and nominal recreation and living space. 
== Known inhabitants ==
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