Oceania

*“There are only two treatment for chronic stress. If you are poor, it’s pills. If you are rich, it’s Oceania.”*
- Dr. Elbert Lancaster

**Discovery**

Discovered in 2549 by the First Expeditionary Fleet chasing a pirate ship, Oceania was first thought to be a gas planet, as it was a blue sphere. To their excitement, the blue surface was liquid water.

At first, the King Yannick Wilhemburrow didn’t knew what to do with this planet having only 4% of his land mass emerged from the water. The planet was dismissed and left to scientists and enthusiasts. However, with his death approaching in 2555, the King demanded that the planet was colonized and named Yannick, after himself.

The King died the same year, leaving his son, Samuel Wilhemburrow, with the task of colonizing it. Wanting to leave a legacy of its own, he renamed the planet Oceania, a proper name for this aquatic planet.

**Colonization**

To kick-start the colonization, the King built a summer palace on the new town of High Tides, making it the capital of the new world.

Since the world looked like a tropical paradise, many nobles invested in mansions and dependencies, building them quickly in a race to claim the best beaches. In 2571, a great disaster struck. A typhoon on unseen force struck the coast of High Tides, destroying all the settlements and the summer palace, killing the Princess Diane who was on vacation there. The disaster cost billions in dollars and hundreds of lives.

As people lost faith in the project, the King refused to let it go out of respect for his father and as a personal accomplishment. He did, however, declared that it would be the last colonized planet of the kingdom.

The new phase of the colonization, while slow, was built properly in prevision of other disasters. The buildings were smaller, ticker and never more than three stories high.

**Government**

Like every other colonies, a governor act as the sole representative of the King. However, as the rhythm of life is smooth, tourism high and crime low, the governor is more of an economic administrator, making sure that the planet is profitable and not much else. Daily tasks are handled by the population and stat employees, with a low level of law enforcement and public services, as must of it is privatized.

**Economy**

The main economy of Oceania is tourism, with the warm climate, great beaches and easy life. Most of the economy is run by tourism enterprises, who literally buy and administer part of the coast as a small interdependent state.

Fishing is, of course, another economic sector with nearly 30% of the population working on boats.

The water of Oceania is tasty, and when dehydrated leave salt and other popular spices unique to this planet. The export of those spice is the third economic sector, but a profitable one nonetheless.

**Landscape**

As 96% of the planet is a vast ocean, most of the land is and endless sea with thousands of small islands. The three large island on the south pole contains most of the habitation, wildlife and infrastructure.

The animals are mostly birds, fishes and amphibians, with a small variety of semi-aquatic carnivorous mammals.

The main land is mostly beaches, with only the center of the island containing imported tropical trees and some harden and poor soil.