The Rebel Queen: The World of Thesmora
A/N: This is a short summary of key factors about the planet of Thesmora, homeworld of the Thesmori people, which is an original planet to be featured in my Star Wars Fic: The Rebel Queen.
Location: Thesmora is a green giant planet. It has one of the smallest numbers of inhabitants in the galaxy, at less than 3 billion people. It is located near the Outer Rim Territories and shares many similarities to the idyllic world of Naboo.
Moons: Thesmora has three moons. Illis the larger moon famed for the prison fortress known as the Cairn. Yotai, the smaller moon which is used as a Military outpost base and a port between the homeworld and the rest of the galaxy. And the desolate Roh which was destroyed by asteroids propelled by the Death Star after the destruction of Alderaan.
History: Thesmora has been toeing the line between peaceful co-existence and all-out war, not only with the First Order and the Alliance, but also the Empire of old. During the first Rebellion, Thesmora publicly declared itself a non-participant and offered to host a peace summit between the warring sides. Privately, within the court of Queen Lenora Ordell, Thesmora had secretly sent troops and supplies to the Alliance Rebels stationed on Hoth while Duchess Maligma (the queens younger sister) used the planets trade routes to smuggle spies of the Empire into enemy territories -essentially playing both sides while never declaring loyalty to either side.
Hierarchy Thesmora is a matriarchal society, which means many in positions of power are women. Family names carry the maiden name and so do House names, those that marry into such families can choose to keep their own surname or change it after marriage. Princes can become Kings if they are the last descendant in a royal bloodline. If the Prince ascends the throne and becomes King, and is to marry, rulership will not be passed to the Queen by marriage, but rather, their heirs when they come of age.
Economy: Majority of the planet's income is sourced from the tourism industry. Other larger income sources are precious mineral trade, manufacturing and designing of starships and Thesmori silk production. Another large bringer of income the prison on Illis. Prison sentences are filled out with a productivity quota rather than time, this provides cheap labour. The Chairn was constructed during the administration of Queen Lexa II and finalised at the start of Queen Lenora’s administration. This took place after the rebellion and resulted in an influx of prisoners sent by other homeworlds due to overpopulation.
Populace: Thesmora has the largest percentage of living Firrerreo who have assimilated with the native human cultures of Thesmora. As a result, many Thesmorans share genealogy with Firrerreo's expressed by common phenotypes such as: two-tone hair colour, above-average height and the populations prominently tan, bronze to golden skin tones.
Politics: Thesmora may be a monarchy by design but there is a parliament that has elected representatives appointed to a Senate Seat. If a royal bloodline ends or a ruler is deposed, the seante seat is in charge of electing a new Queen from any of the main four houses: Ordell, Kiddé, Dejj and Balin.
Trivia: Despite its small population number, Thesmora is home to some of the galaxies finest engineers, pilots and spies. Thesmora has a miniscule deposit of Kyber crystals. It is rumoured that the planet once housed a single mining sight for the Jedi focus-crystals until it mysteriously collapsed. The resulting effect of the cataclysmic event was the formation of a great crater called the Shallow Pit. The Shallow Pit is a naturally occurring trench-like structure that many pilots use as an obstacle course for an extreme racing sport called the Hurtle.
