Merensesti

Merensesti, also known as Sestra VI, is a temperate planet near Earth. It is a semi-major trading world and is home to the sentient Eyollak species.
==Surface==
Merensesti is very much like Earth in that it possesses diverse biomes. The most common biome is oceanic, with 80% of the surface being underwater.
===Cities===
Merensi cities are interspersed between farming communities and various other smaller communes. The major cities, though sparse, are extraordinarily large. Some of the tallest towers along the equator span clear into orbit and connect to orbital facilities, effectively making them skyhooks. There are also aquatic cities that float atop (or sit below) the oceans.
===Hazards===
Due to the planet's history of inner warfare, there are many areas of the surface which are nothing more than irradiated craters, ruins, and wastelands. Billions of unexploded landmines lie strewn about on various abandoned (and sometimes active) battlefields. For people outside of the major cities, landmines and feral war constructs pose a constant threat.
==History==
Merensesti has a long history of great diversity between its many nations and races. Due to sharp differences between the many differing views on science, politics, and religion, the planet was, until around the year 2600, constantly at war with itself in one way or another. It wasn't until consociationalist policies were agreed upon amongst the elites of the various groups that the many differences became smoothed out and kept within their borders. Since then, some of the smaller Merensi nations have come to terms with each other and either merged as federal republics or formed alliances, though the extreme majority of nations still keep their distance from one another in order to prevent more bloodshed. Despite this, skirmishes along their borders are still common.
===Major conflicts===
The last major conflict that occurred on the planet was the Contention of Eighteen Nations in 2589, in which eighteen of the major nations and various smaller ones entered a free-for-all nuclear war. Three supercities were completely toppled, and over two billion lives were lost before the missiles stopped falling.
Merensesti was left untouched during the Ra-Shi War.
==Allegiances==
Certain nations are affiliated with outside factions and governments. A few of the larger nations allied with the Phoenix Alliance, while others have allied with the Crux of Yannis, Earth's Wanesta Redlaun Linowood corporatocracy, and Riesel's Obsidian Blade Syndicate mafia. Countless other affiliations also exist.
==Languages==
Of the plethora of languages that exist amongst the world's denizens, Ibenosh and Uhowtey are the two most common tongues.
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