Uakye (world)
| Uakye/Regina (Spinward Marches 1805) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classic Era (1116) | B439598-D
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| See also | UWP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| System Details | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary | M9 V | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Planetoid Belts | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gas Giants | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
A non-industrial world located in the Regina Subsector of the Spinward Marches. Uakye is tide-locked around it's primary, a M9 V. The little bit of available land is, fortunatly, arranged around the twilight band. The largest island, Triante, hold Uakye City on the north shore. The city is large and sprawling, with a large industrial park, several residential areas and Uakye Down Starport.
In 328-1111, Uakye declared a state of emergeny due to the first outbreak of Perruque plague. Within a few weeks, the plague had passed, leaving a large number of dead.
Government
The government of Uakye is dived almost evenly between the judical, executive, and legislative bodies, with the judical having a slight priority over the other two branches. The judical function is relegated to a system of hierarchical courts, having regional juristictions over various laws. The judges in these courts are selected by a civil service system, and must be recertified every three years. Coutness Parasii, an Imperial noble is the sole executive. Her troops, serving in a civilian capacity as law enforcement officers, are generally regared as being even-handed and efficient. Laws are made by a variety of administrative councils, each having jurisdiction over a certian aspect of life. These legislators are also chosen by the civil service system; any citizen is eligible to attempt to gain a position.
Local Customs
In an effort to increase Uakye's population, the government requires widows and widowers between the ages of 20 and 30 to remarry within a year. Divorces are not allowed between these age limits.
Directly north (toward the dark side) of Uakye City is an area of ocean known as the Shallows, because of its consistent depth of about one meter, covering about 40,000 square kilometers. Every two years, the "Race to the Depths" pits the hardiest Uakyeans against each other as teams of four citizens compete in an "overland" trek. Starting from Uakye City, each team must travel, on foot, 220 kilometers due north to reach the edge of the Shallows, where the continental shelf suddenly drops off. The winning team (or team member, in case of casualties from drowning or attacking ocean life), is awarded a cash prize of Cr50,000; the potential income from commercial endorsements is valued at about five times that amount.
- ↑ "Jump Map API" and map location from Travellermap.com