Akorda

## Planet Information

### Post-Silence

After the Silence ended, Akorda was one of the first planets to become part of the Galactic Federation, due to its proximity to the Federation Capital, Guardiola. Its proximity to Guardiola also helped it significantly with regards to trade and tourism. While the planet's colony began as a small outpost, it soon bustled into a huge population, so large that one Colony Tower would not hold all of them.

### Colony Towers

#### Okpokwu

The government of Okpokwu consists of numerous interest groups, divided into guilds and corporations Corporations provide material goods for the tower, whilst the guilds provide services. These two groups provide for all of the colony tower’s day-to-day operation.

All corporations and guilds are lead by a member of Okpokwu’s founding family, the Ojo Family, with leadership passing down to members of the family. In the past, it was possible for people to be adopted into the family given special circumstances, however, this practice has become more and more uncommon over the years.

Outside of the corporations and guilds, the general populace treat each other as one would with fellow workers. There has been little friction among the general populace, with a few exceptions. Over the past few months, several, small groups have begun to speak out against the Ojo Family, and the business decisions made by some corporations and guilds. These groups are mostly comprised of unemployed workers, and are treated as background noise in the daily life of Okpokwu.

The lack of attention to these groups is mainly due to the fairly high quality of life that workers enjoy as an employee of a corporation or guild, and certain groups within the government have taken notice of these groups and have been making attempts to address their issues in the Colony Tower Parliament.

The people of Okpokwu enjoy, and take pride in, an honest day’s work, and there is a bustling export industry within the Colony Tower. However, currently there is no corporation or guild who has taken the industry for themselves, and so off-worlders often find a place in the tower providing for this niche industry.

#### Hubar

The government of Hubar consists of a tribal council consisting of the most prominent tribes in the tower. Tribes lower in the power structure can join the council. However, in order to do so, they must have some form of glory to their name.

In recent years, the prominent tribes of Hubar have become more and more decadent, demanding more and more from the people of their tribe, and enforcing government policies that benefit them, and and only them. For the most part, this blatant corruption hasn’t affected order among the populace, the individual tribes all keep some form of internal order for their own tribe.

Corruption is not the only threat this society deals with on a frequent basis. Hostilities between the differing religious views and conflicts over how best to exploit the resources given to them by the Galactic Federation have splintered the society further, leading to some wondering what good comes from their culture.

Thus, these people turn to off-world influences. They embrace the stories and traditions of civilisations alien to their own, but they do not accommodate harm towards any tribe or person within a tribe. A relatively small portion of the tower has been dedicated to off-worlders, complete with a starport, however, none of the tribes have taken rulership over it.

#### Xian

The government of Xian is autocratic, with the leader being one who is most popular with the leaders of Xian’s military. No potential ruler of Xian can ever be legitimised without the backing of the military.

The current ruler of Xian, Zhilan Zhang, came into power quite recently, amidst a sudden coup that lead to the death of her predecessor. The legitimacy of her rule has been questioned ever since her rise to power, and the military leaders who helped her take control are uncertain of how a woman will choose to lead the Tower.

In addition to this, there has been a rising adoption of a new philosophy of rulership brought forth by the previous ruler of Xian that has become more and more widespread. This new philosophy has been undermining Ms. Zhang’s influence over Xian’s vast military, which has also lead to questions regarding her legitimacy to rule.

With the rising concerns of a revolt, and potentially a coup, Ms. Zhang as turned to off-world assistance in order to keep control of her Tower, though time will judge how successful this will be.