Hathor

Hathor is a major colony world of the Confederacy of Humankind. It originally did not orbit Venus, but wandered into the Sol System in the year 19 821. It was maneuverered, and put into orbit of Venus to add a moon to the planet. It was named Hathor, after the ancient egyptian god of love.

## Hathor

A orbital view of Hathor. Sekhmet is visible.

## Political and Social Data

### Major Cities

* New Egypt
* New Rome
* New Athens
* New Cairo

### Major Trade Routes Too

* Venus
* Earth
* Mercury
* Luna
* Mars

## Geography

Hathor is a Archipelago World, as seen in the Map. It has three main continents, surrounded by hundreds of large islands, and millions of tiny atolls.

### Thoth

Thoth is the largest of the continents of Hathor. It is located on the East of the map of the planet, and has the largest population, and leads into the Atoll Sea. It is shaped like a boot, and is often referred to as "the New Italy." It hosts the capital of the world, and the seat of government for the moon. It is covered in vast jungles, with many species that have evolved so much that they don't resemble their terrestrial ancestors.

### Sekhmet

Sekhmet is the smallest of the three major continents, located at the very top of the world, and in the middle of the map. The majority of its surface is covered in forest, often stretching up into the boreal areas at the top of the world. It is sparsely inhabited, with only a few million living in its two cities, situated on the banks of the Abyssal Sea.

### Ra

Ra is located on the western side of the map, and is the continent of goldilocks'. It is not too hot, not too cold, not too forested, not too flooded. Despite of this, only a few million people live on this continent, located in its many resorts.

### Island Nile

Island Nile is the largest island in the Atoll Sea. It has three cities on it, as the entire island is a savannah. Many evolved forms of lions and cheetahs roam the open fields of Nile, the largest being over 10 metres tall.

### Island Ankh

Island Ankh is a small island located in the Tail Islands of Thoth, a once mountain range now turned into island chain. It is geographically directly underneath Sekhmet, and for the most part is a scarcely inhabited chunk of land. It is covered in steep mountains, which are in turn covered in wet rainforests, with trees soaring over hundreds of metres in height.

### Island Pharaoh

Island Pharaoh, also known as Island King, is located directly beneath Ra. It is mainly a uninhabited jungle island, with many evolved forms of life wandering through it. It is the largest island in The Tail of Ra, and is rather large.

### Atoll Sea

The Atoll Sea is a large ocean with a large amount of islands south of Sekhmet, East of Ra, and West of Thoth. It is hot and steamy here, resembling the Caribbean Sea of Earth. It has three regions, The Tail of Ra, The Tail Islands of Thoth and The Northern Atolls. It is sparsely inhabited, having only a couple of million living in its scattered islands.

### Abyssal Sea

The Abyssal Sea is a inland sea located in central Sekhmet. it is the deepest place on the moon, being an impact craters before the moon was terraformed. It is home to some of the strangest lifeforms in the Sol System, including, but not limited too, a evolved blob fish over three metres in length, a truly giant squid three hundred metres long and tube fish as tall as trees.

### Frozen Lands

The Frozen lands are located at the northern pole of the moon. They are a uninhabited wasteland, with almost no life, and temperatures around negative sixty degrees. There is limited open water, and in places the ice is kilometres deep.

### Freezing Sea

The Freezing Sea is located at the Southern Pole of the moon, and is not as cold as the top of the moon. It regularly freezes, but thaws in the summer. Unlike the Frozen Lands, the Freezing Sea hosts a wide array of aquatic life-forms. There are not many islands on the vast expanse of cold water, but below the waterline there is many forms of life.

## Climate

Hathor for the most part is a tropical world, covered in steamy jungles and lush forests. But as you get farther north, things change dramatically. There is tundra, boreal forests, and ice towards the north pole.

## History

Hathor formed around the star Lacaille 8760, but was disturbed many billions of years ago with an encounter with another star. It wandered through the void, with its atmosphere frozen to its surface and its water trapped many kilometres below the surface. In this primordorial ocean, life arose, heated by the slowly-cooling core of the then planet. Eventually, it grew near to Sol, and its frozen atmosphere evaporated. It was on a hyperbolic trajectory, predicted to collide with Mars on the 31st of December, 19 813. Instead, it was maneuvered, and placed into orbit around Venus. It was at this time, that the life in the Ocean below died out. However, they never managed to evolve multicellular organisms. See, Native Life below.

## Population

Hathor does not have many people living on it. Only 1.82 billion live on it, with the vast majority of them living on Thoth. Of that 1.82, 1.23 live in Thoth City, a arcology that is located in central Thoth.

## Native Life

During Hathor's Multi-Billion year journey between the stars, life began in the sub-surface oceans. It was unicellular, based on Silicon, and rare. It survived the billion-year journey between the stars, until it was put in orbit around Venus. It died out, went extinct, because of the melting of the ice.

## Economy

Hathor is relatively rich, due to the large resorts and mega shopping complexes. Many companies are based off Hathor, with huge shopping brands often exclaiming that '[They're] all 100% Hathorians!' It is the centre of economy for the Venus-Hathor barycentre, plus all the space stations that orbit the two.