Zhdizant (world)

Zhdizant/Iadriav (Tienspevnekr 3033)
Classic Era (1116)	A959898-A Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 9 Large (14,400 km, 1.03g - 1.33g) Atmosphere 5 Thin Hydrographics 9 Wet World 90% Population 8 Moderate (500 million) Government 9 Impersonal Bureaucracy Law 8 High Law (controlled blades) Tech Level A Early Stellar (jump drive)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	G1 V
Planetoid Belts	0
Gas Giants	0

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Zhdizant is a moderate population world with over a hundred million, but not yet a billion sophonts in population size.

• It is a member of the Province of Jadlapriants, part of the Zhodani Consulate located in the Iadriav Subsector of Tienspevnekr Sector.

• There is an associated Zhodani Base, combining functions of a Naval Base and a Military Base.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

Stellar Data

Zhdizant has a solitary primary star.

Zhdizant
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	G1 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		1.03	5770 - 5860	1.109
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0099	0.0873	1 - 1.75	0.99	9.9
	Orbit #	*	*	4	3	7
	Remarks

History & Background (Dossier)

No information yet available.

World Starport

Zhdizant has a Class A Starport, an excellent quality installation which includes all the expected amenities including refined fuel for starships, brokerage services for passengers and cargo, and a variety of ship provisions. There is a shipyard capable of doing annual maintenance, overhauls and other kinds of repair, and construction of both starships and non-starships. Most ports of this classification have both a Highport and a Downport.

World Population (P)

Zhdizant has a population of 500,000,000 sophonts (hundreds of millions).

• The population consists primarily of Zhodani.

Linguistic Topography

• Zdetl, the common language of the Zhodani Consulate.

World Technology Level

Zhdizant possesses a Technology Level of TL–10 or TL-A in Hexadecimal Notation.

• Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Holovision, Personal Global Communications, and advanced Translators.
• Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Increasingly advanced fusion plants and advanced fuel cells.
• Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
  • Land & Water: Grav belts and maturing gravcraft.
  • Air: Greatly improved hybrid grav-aircraft.
  • Space: Improved interplanetary spacecraft (System Craft).
  • FTL: Jump Drive-1.

World Government

Zhdizant is governed by an Impersonal Bureaucracy. The leadership of the government takes another form (democracy, dictatorship, oligarchy), but the bureaucracy dictates government policy and its execution. Government leadership is reduced to little more than figureheads and does not select the bureaucracy leadership or its members.

The Zhodani Consulate maintains itself through a variety of taxes on goods and services. Each council -- planetary or higher -- has the authority to levy a tax on gross income to support services like hospitals, emergency and transport services, or the Tavrchedl'.

References & Contributors (Sources)

This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Mongoose Publishing or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• MegaTraveller Alien - Vilani & Vargr (dot map provided)
• GURPS Traveller
• Mongoose Traveller: Zhodani