Cathay (world)

Cathay/Vega (Solomani Rim 2012)
Classic Era (1116)	A866ADC-E Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 8 Large (12,800 km, 0.80g - 1.08g) Atmosphere 6 Standard Hydrographics 6 Wet World 60% Population A High (30 billion) Government D Religious Dictatorship Law C Extreme Law (no privacy) Tech Level E High Stellar (anti-grav cities)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	M1 V
Planetoid Belts	2
Gas Giants	5

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Cathay is a high-population garden world with a billion or more sophonts in population size and a near-ideal utopian environment conducive to most sophonts.

• Its economy and population are rapidly growing and living conditions are expected to quickly rise barring outside forces.
• It is a member of the Third Imperium in the Vega Subsector of Solomani Rim Sector in the Domain of Sol.
• This world has an Imperial Naval Base, capable of handling warships.

Description (Planetology)

Cathay has a solitary primary star.

Primary
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M1 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.5	3620 - 3660	0.08839
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0047	0.0247	0.31 - 0.59	0.47	4.7
	Orbit #	*	*	1	1	6
	Remarks

Mainworld Data

It is a Terran Norm garden world.

IISS GURPS Astrographics Survey

2012 Cathay (Imperial)

Starport: Class V - Naval Base.

Diameter: 7,800 miles (12,500 km). Gravity: 1.00g.
Atmosphere: Standard oxygen-nitrogen.
Hydrographics: 63%.
Climate: Normal.
Population: 36 billion.
Government: Theocracy.
Control Level: 6.
Tech Level: 11.
World Trade Number: 6.

History & Background (Dossier)

Cathay, formerly known as Deraanasa (Anglic: Deraanasa), is a high-population garden world.

This world is actually called Zhongguo by its inhabitants, who are predominantly of Chinese-Vilani descent. Although Cathay was located in space bordering both the Vegan Polity and the Easter Concord, Cathayan society deliberately shut itself off from all outside contact during the Long Night, remaining independent. During this period of isolation, a religious movement, Tianhe, arose and spread across the planet. Tianhe was concerned with the proper way to construct an ordered and sane society.

Today, Cathay's rulers have struck a balance between cultural isolation and interstellar contact. Certain regions of the planet are defined as "Open Commercial Zones", and offworlders are free to live and move about within those zones. The rest of the planet is off-limits to foreigners.

Imperial Nobility

Local law forbids Cathayan citizens from accepting Imperial noble titles unless they take up residence in the commercial zones (or leave the planet entirely). As a result, an unusually high proportion of the planet's Imperial nobles have been of foreign descent.

World Culture

Cathay was never an enthusiastic supporter of the Solomani Movement, given its cultural isolationism and the Vilani elements in its population. Pro-Solomani agitation existed on the planet, but was mostly confined to those ethnic minorities who hadn't accepted tianhe or other aspects of local Chinese-descended culture.

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.

• Classic Traveller Solomani (Alien Module)
• GURPS Traveller: Interstellar Wars
• GURPS Traveller: Rim of Fire
• Mongoose Traveller: Solomani Rim