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-Pournelle is a large, cold, unpleasant world with a corrosive atmosphere of methane and ammonia. Its hydrographics (20%) consist of Ammonia ice-caps at the poles.
-Pournelle has a population of 931 million, of whom 5 million live in orbiting space colonies. The government is a civil service bureaucracy, In which officials are chosen for their expertise. Thus all officials are the best available, and the ruling council of three is highly efficient. Pournelle's main industries are mining and the construction and export of all manner of electronic items, from computer chips to starships. It is renowned for its well built space colonies.
-Pournelle maintains a large [[downport]] with trade and ship repair facilities, but its main star port is at Pournelle station-1, one of the colonies at the L5 orbit point. The planet has a large (3000 km diameter) moon, Baen, orbiting at 400,000 km distance. There are a total of 30 stations at the L4 and L5 points, all of a similar design, housing the rich members of Pournelle's society.
-{{Sources|S1=[[Third Imperium Fanzine]] Issue 2}}
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