Shudusham/Core (Core 2214)
Milieu 0	E849555-6 Starport E Frontier - no facilities Size 8 Large (12,800 km) Atmosphere 4 Thin (tainted) Hydrographics 9 Wet World 90% Population 5 Moderate (000 thousand) Government 5 Feudal Technocracy Law 5 Moderate Law Tech Level 6 Pre-Stellar (nuclear)
Classic Era (1115)	E849A55-A Starport E Frontier - no facilities Size 8 Large (12,800 km) Atmosphere 4 Thin (tainted) Hydrographics 9 Wet World 90% Population A High (10 billion) Government 5 Feudal Technocracy Law 5 Moderate Law Tech Level A Early Stellar (jump drive)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	A1 V
Gas Giants	4
Planetoid Belts	0

Shudusham is 94% water, with only a few small land masses peeking above the ocean's surface. The inhabitants, about 12 billion people, live in 50,000 undersea complexes, each independent for air, water, and energy life support, Trade between these complexes consists mostly of food and manufactured goods.

Raw materials can be gathered plentifully from the ocean's floor. Besides these ores, the ocean also supplies a variety of plant and animal life for food, medicine, and fibers.

During the First Imperium, Shudusham became home to about 200 million Vilani colonists, who settled at first on the surface. These early miners soon built large undersea complexes, both for better proximity to the ocean's resources and because the artificial environment was more livable than that above the ocean.

During the Long Night, Shudusham lost contact with other worlds, and in fact some of the undersea complexes lost contact with other archologies. More than 1,000 years later, when the Sylean Federation was established, it was found that linguistic drift had given different sea cities mutually unintelligible languages. Shudusham's rich mineral ores formed the backbone of the new Sylean Federation's military and industrial power.

In -110, Shudusham was the site of the signing of the Shudusham Concords, an agreement regarding the use of weapons in robots. More than 500 years later, in 404, a group of roboticists meat ad Shudusham to share their latest technological breakthroughs. Shudusham was choes as the site because of its historic significance and central location. The conference was a success; so much so, in fact, that the Shudusham Robotics Conference has continued to meed every ten years since.

Shudusham's government is a feudal technocracy. The technocratic government has made some efforts in the past to encourage tourism, but these efforts have been largely unsuccessful because of the atmosphere and crowded conditions. The government imposes a 250% import duty on interstellar trade, in an attempt to maintain the self-sufficient nature of the world.

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