Hypraxidonia

Hypraxidonia

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**Hypraxidonia** is a densely populated City world located in the Phero Ecumene. It is the nation's most populous planet and province, occupying a prime system since 18 NE. It is the financial and economic capital of the Ecumene, and has become one of several emergent cultural centers over the past century.

Originally a cloud-coated planet with a high-pressure nitrogen-oxygen atmosphere, it was terraformed by the ancient Aoshanti Empire as a gift to the Tvolii—a refuge-world while Tvolai recovered from environmental catastrophe. Vestiges of this terraforming effort remain as the "Hypraxic blues," roaming bands and masses of thick indigo haze, and fields of black and blue precipitate crystals.

Over tens of thousands of years, however, Hypraxidonia has come to be inhabited by many different species, with distinct communities of Qoens, Ataraxic Humans, Eovinjai, Saviki, and more recently, Drodo growing in size and prevalence on the planet.

## Locations

### Settlements

* Nuelita City
* Kharna Kamia
* Meosin
	+ Meosin Solyr

### Digital Spaces

* Hypraxic VirtSpace
* GladreCorp Virtual Storefront

## Quick facts

### Types of residents

As a major hub of trade and travel, Hypraxidonia is home to a mix of citizen and non-citizen residents.

* **Citizens** are Ecumene citizens. They receive most of the benefits of Ecumene social and economic policy, and can participate in the political system by training as technocrats.
* **Citizen-Aspirants** are foreign residents who are in the process of qualifying for Ecumene citizenship. They receive some benefits of Ecumene social and economic policy, but cannot become technocrats until they become citizens.
* **Metics** are foreign residents who are not applying for citizenship, but have certain privileges afforded by either their political status or contribution to the Pheroene economy.

### Transportation

Most urban areas of Hypraxidonia are serviced by maglev streets, as opposed to conventional ones. They are unsuitable for most wheeled vehicles, requiring specialized maglev cars, speeders, and hoverboards. However, many roads through less-developed regions are conventional and can be driven by wheeled vehicles.

Public transportation by either hovercab or bullet train is also common on Hypraxidonia—the latter free of charge to citizens and aspirants. Otherwise, transportation costs average 𝔛20,000 per hour of travel.

### Chain storefronts

A number of storefronts can be found virtually everywhere on Hypraxidonia, including on space stations.

* PropinQ
* GladreBurger

## Physical Characteristics

Hypraxidonia's surface is just over 50% water, the rest being dry land. It is a temperate, seasonal world, and a mixture of atmospheric engineering and urban development has permitted a strong level of habitability from equator to poles.

In the less-urbanized sectors of the planet, hilly plains of mixed blue and green phycocyanin-based grasses dominate, growing in glittering black sand—the broken-down precipitate of Hypraxidonia's atmospheric terraforming. A handful of large mountains dot the planet's surface, many of them home to alpine retreats and resorts.

### Blues

"Hypraxic blues" are large cloud masses of denser oxygen and remnant aerosols, leftover from the planet's terraforming. While most are brief and benign, rare prolonged instances may necessitate mask-wearing to avoid oxygen toxicity—the Hypraxic equivalent of a powerful storm. Subterranean and sufficiently-enclosed spaces may also use low-energy plasma windows to block out the haze.

## Wards

### Nuelita

**Nuelita Ward** is the heart of modern Hypraxidonia, its most rapidly-growing region and hub of most economic activity. Its towering skyscrapers and neon lights are the image Hypraxidonia is best known by to the rest of the cluster. As of the 18 NAC reforms, it is the site of world's capital offices, which were previously located in Syndelia. Most of its inhabitants are Tvolii and Hypraxic Qoens, about evenly.

Nuelita is home to the headquarters of many Pheroene megacorporations, including GladreCorp.

### Syndelia

**Syndelia Ward** encompasses the oldest inhabited region of Hypraxidonia, and is the largest in both geographic size and population. The ward's many preserved buildings, neighborhoods, and arcologies tell the rich history of the planet's development, colonization, and changing of hands. The bulk of its population are Qoens and Ataraxic humans.

The city of Kharna Kamia is located along Syndelia's border with Veltoria Ward.

### Meosin

**Meosin Ward** is an Eovinjai-dominant ward nestled around Hypraxidonia's equator. The third most populous of the Hypraxic wards, it is marked by a more even mix of hyperurban and suburban zones, and contains a number of Hypraxidonia's most affluent neighborhoods and residences.

Meosin is notably home to the Meosin Solyr casino and hotel complex, and is also rumored to have a Nankarya presence.

### Xinlucent

**Xinlucent Ward** is a region of Hypraxidonia whose cultural heritage dates back to the Kingdom of Ataraxis, and thus has the strongest Ataraxic and Makhairan presence, alongside prevalent Aoshanti migrant populations—mostly Lindinians, Cibaleans, and Luxrosians.

This ward is also known for being home to the *Exarchata Hypraxis*, a Post-Makhairan megachurch known on Hypraxidonia as simply The Exarchate. While it has had little success spreading off-world, on Hypraxidonia it is one of its most powerful factions, and most noticeably so in Xinlucent, where it and its adjacent organizations make up the largest single property owner in the ward.

### Veltoria

**Veltoria Ward** is the youngest of Hypraxidonia's delineated wards, centered around the Aratacian diaspora town of Veltoria. The wider ward is the nexus of Hypraxidonia's diverse immigrant population, with notable Lirana, Trillic, Kuolbinn, and Agatropian population centers.

## Politics

*See also: Phero Ecumene/Provinces#Hypraxidonia*
Hypraxidonia is the heart of an autonomously governed Prime System with its own magistrate and adjudicators divided among the various administrative wards. Its current magistrate is Morgarena, the daughter of Prime Magistrate Umbyrvraxa.

## Culture

### Aesthetics & fashion

Hypraxic fashion, architecture, and general cosmetics are extremely diverse, with many different aesthetic currents pervading all social and economic classes. However, a few key trends are most prevalent in lower, middle, and upper classes respectively.

*Syndelia street-modernism* is most common among Hypraxidonia's lower classes and urbanites. As a fashion style, it is the most cybernetics-friendly, with entire subsets revolving around the styling of prosthetics and augmentations. It is individualistic and often toes the line between expressive and practical. In architecture, its influences are seen in neon-lit spaces paired with dark, bare metal and visible circuitry. In many cases, internal trends are colored by the fashion and design choices of hackers, street engineers, bikers, and electronic bands.

*Hypraxic middle style* is a more traditional and conservative trend which prevails among the Hypraxic middle and upper classes, particularly among humans and nearhumans. It is nostalgic and simplistic, enjoying bright color palettes without being opulent or garish, influence primarily by Ecumene pop art and models. Its overlap with street-modernism is most visible in architecture and interior spaces, where neon and tech are still prevalent, but set against brighter base colors than the high-contrast of the Syndelia street. GladreBurger restaurants are often cited as emblematic of middle style architecture.

In sharp contrast to street-modernism, Hypraxic middle style is less receptive to visual augmentations, encouraging more subtle and seamless cybernetics. Fashion is an expression of taste and refinement, with individuality expressed more subtly and traditionally: in strands of dyed hair, a particular preferred color, or the occasional tattoo.

*Nuelita highstyle* has its home among the plutocrats and social elite of Hypraxidonia. It includes both the retrofuturistic and the fantastical, using high technology to emulate the once-inaccurate fantasies of centuries past. Specifics vary among different races and cultures—with highstyle fashion indeed being the most varied between species. Architecturally, highstyle is responsible for the sleek alabaster white of Hypraxidonia's most iconic spires and skyscrapers, evocative of many modern Pheroene starships.

### Hyya

Due to Hypraxidonia's terraformed and hyper-urban nature, it is rarely considered to have a true guardian soul. However, a rising number of working and lower middle class inhabits of the planet have begun to acknowledge one, referred to as **Hyya** (pronounced hi-yah). This worship often intersects with less organized and non-denominational forms of Rhyanism and neofaiths.

Hyya is often said to manifest along certain sightlines of seemingly unrelated graffiti, architecture, and large holograms, forming coincidentally similar composite images. Many worshippers of Hyya collaborate through the Ethernet to find, verify, and chart these sightlines. Her apparent manifestation is generally a humanoid wearing an avian mask, with indistinct or inconsistent clothing and recognizable cybernetics, and often various traits of other species. Most intentional depictions of Hyya retain the patchwork style of her novel manifestations, and tend to resemble the early "*Hyya Sunrise*" photograph which sparked the recent rise in her worship and recognition.

## Consulates

Consulates on Hypraxidonia can typically be found in Nuelita City, along *Asterismos Avenue*—a pleasant waterfront street offering an excellent view of the Hypraxic skyline and a short drive to both government offices and various corporate branches and headquarters. The iconic orb-topped Gladrelix Spire is visible across the River Nuelita, just a short ferry ride or skycar away.

 Ibi's Hollow - *104 Asterismos Avenue*
 Karian Star Republic - *107 Asterismos Avenue*
 Aoshanti Republic - *113 Asterismos Avenue*
 Principality of Itterbeck - *115 Asterismos Avenue*
 Republic of Naer'si - *124 Asterismos Avenue*
 Little Illaria of Northern Aoshtai - *125 Asterismos Avenue*
 Krizovian Republic - *127 Asterismos Avenue*
 Kingdom of Aratacia - *128 Asterismos Avenue*
 Argen Syndicacy - *132 Asterismos Avenue*
 Illarian Empire - *143 Asterismos Avenue*
 Bonds of Kallos - *151 Asterismos Avenue*
 Vakhan Republic - *160 Asterismos Avenue*
 Grand Princedom of Dorosani - *165 Asterismos Avenue*
 Trillic Khaganate - *167 Asterismos Avenue*
 Domain of Amestria - *168 Asterismos Avenue*
 Lindinian Republic - *174 Asterismos Avenue*
 Kuolbenic Despotate - *181 Asterismos Avenue*