Valtois

**Valtois** is a tropical planet in another universe. Its unifying country is the **League of Valtois**.

## History

Valtois was mostly uninhabited for much of its history, aside from occasional ruins left behind by interstellar armies covered in jungle.

It was settled by Terrans who supported the Bujanski Revolution, but were unable to become citizens because of their religion. They were given supplies and machines to build new cities of their own on a planet they randomly discovered.

With the technology provided by the Jerde Alliance, the Terrans built many futuristic cities all over Valtois. Some were cliffside settlements accessible by flying cars, others were rustic farming towns, and still more were domed settlements that opened their laser domes for the cool, misty air and sunlight.

Having known each other as supporters of the Bujanski Revolution, the people of Valtois formed a federal republic from all of their settlements. They rejected the violent and dysfunctional parts of their own faiths, creating more peaceful versions of their religions. As they opened portals and embassies to other friendlier Terrans, the Terran visitors noted that the religions practiced in Valtois are much closer to their faiths than the Churches of Tyrska and Q.
Aside from the usual tourists, mechanics, students, and diplomats, the Valtoisians are known for four major visitations:

* Exhibitions that explained about the motives, cultures, and practices of the Terrans and their predecessors. In spite of heavy security, most of the exhibitions went on without any outbreak of violence, as the Bujanski were very eager to study about their enemies.
* They helped members of the Jerde Alliance prevent their fleets from exterminating everyone in Earth 27. Later, they were members of relief forces sent to heal the survivors, occasionally escorting diplomats from those Terrans against angry Bujanski extremists.
* They reappeared to fight for Bujan against the Abductor aliens, preventing their country from being overrun.
* It was they who also prevented Bujan from falling into Wannaenid rule again, and later helped the Bujanski repel the Wannaenid occupiers.

## Geography

Valtois is mostly made of river valleys and limestone hills, covered by jungles and vast meadows of wild rice.

The air is made of breathable oxygen and nitrogen, similar to Jerde and Terra, but it is a bit cooler.

## Military

The Valtoisian military is the United Forces.

## Society

While the Bujanski harshly punished anything that resembled the Wannaenid oppressors, the Valtoisians are kinder, only putting offenders into prison and rehabs, depending on what crime they committed. The worst offenders were either banished, or if they committed any murders or war against Valtois, killed and executed.

## Religion

The two main churches of Valtois are the Reformed Congregation or the Path of God. The "Reformed Congregation" is what appears to be a variant of Orthodox Christianity, albeit a less-degraded form. The "Path of God" is nothing more than people from another faith who renounced "ziraudism" in favour of absolute loyalty to Bujan.

A third, the Faithful Way, is made of former Maeranoi who wanted to "return to the cross". One of their symbols is similar to an emblem waved by Free North militias who sided with Bujan, a cross with an orange sash, representing their beliefs were more closer to the Bujanski concept of justice.

## Diplomacy

The Valtoisians wanted the Bujanski and other Jerdiskar to know that not every Terran is evil. They also supported the Free North Terrans and other opponents of the massacres of Black July, in helping Terran loyalists become integrated into Bujanski society as redeemed patriots.

After the Earth 27 incident, they encouraged Bujan to develop diplomatic relations with the Otherworlds.

"Sondoro", an Earth-like planet that was also invaded by alternate Terrans, has become a close ally and a mentor to the Valtoisians. Sondoro has developed spaceflight and advanced forms of renewable plasma energy, which it taught to the Valtoisians and some Bujanski.

## Trivia

* Valtois' geography was inspired by Limestone Valley from SimCity BuildIt.