Lympha

**Lympha** is the third planet from Amplus Nova, and is the primary producer of food, lumber, and other “natural” and forestry products within the Venezia System. Lympha, due to its abundant native wildlife, is referred to as the “Green Planet” and due to the extreme amount of vegetation, Lympha appears green even from space.  Lympha takes 478 standard days to orbit around Amplus Nova. Lympha consists of 88% forest and jungle - enormous stretches of jungle that dwarf those found on Venezia Prime are quite regular, and trees within Lympha can grow to be hundreds of feet high and several feet thick. The remaining 12% of Lympha is water - mainly coming from the extensive amounts of groundwater under the surface, and the minority from lakes and rivers on Lympha,  Terrain of Lympha is quite diverse and varies across the different landscapes; much like Venezia Prime, Lympha’s crust is fractured into a variety of continental plates, and thus earthquakes and volcanic eruptions do exist in Lympha. The interaction of these plates leads Lympha to have quite a diverse geography; although the areas that are mountainous tend to be *extremely* mountainous and especially treacherous to traverse.

These qualities of Lympha make planetary travel and construction on the planet difficult and expensive to do; old-growth forests of Lympha are especially treacherous to explore and thus efforts to penetrate these woodlands are rarely done. As a result, the majority of colonies on Lympha are rural and often suburban, and even several decades after the original colonization of Lympha, much of its land is viewed as “unclaimed” or “wild”, or otherwise as new, unexplored frontier. Life on Lympha is viewed as (comparatively) low-tech compared to other planets, however, housing on Lympha is extremely cheap and the air lacks pollutants in general. Life on Lympha attracts the adventurous and the wild, who enjoy exploring the interiors of Lympha despite its dangers, and biologists from across the Venezian system see occupations for studies on Lympha as their dream career, and as such, Lympha has a considerably large portion of its population that consists of intellectuals and university students.

Quite ironically, Lympha has an extremely close relationship with the planet on the opposite side of its spectrum, Sicca. Whereas Lympha produces an extreme surplus of food, Lympha’s industrial capacity is lacking at best, and Lympha imports much of its industry from Sicca in return for exporting the much-needed food to Sicca to keep its workers fed and healthy. Siccans and Lymphans in general are quite culturally different, however, with Lymphan colonies having seldom contact with colonies on other planets and keeping to themselves. Disregarding this, Siccans and Lymphans still have a close relationship, and the ties between the two planets are seen as some of the closest within the system.

Military presence on Lympha is limited due to the cost and difficulty in clearing enough land to support military bases; the military’s general purpose on Lympha is to protect the populace from the native wildlife (Lymphan apex predators are biological monsters). The Department of Advancement has established the FEAR Military Academy within Lympha, presumably because the local environment is considered optimal for a learning environment.