Virozesum

Template:InfoboxPlanetVirozesum is an E-Class planet in the Large Magellanic Cloud, and is both the capital and most populated planet of the Virozic Republic. Orbiting the orange dwarf star Virozes, the planet has a strikingly similar natural condition with proto-earth, with photosynthesising bacteria which have only evolved on the planet for less than fifty million years.

It is located close to the Dragon's Head Nebula, in the Virozic Hollow (or Virozic Supersector) which is surrounded by 3 large nebulas.

Being the seat of the capital of the Virozic Republic, the planet has an advanced, diversified economy with multiple megacities across the planet. Many argue that the planet is the economic central of the western LMC, although the exact holder of that title is disputed and may not ever come to light.

The planet is home to a variety of unique cultures inhabiting its many cities and towns.

History

Virozesum was discovered first by explorers from the Confederacy of Humanity around the year 14,000, and was almost immediately a group of colonizers was sent to the planet to establish basic infrastructure and habitation for a large population. By 15,000, the population was floating around the range of 2.5 billion with both immigration and natural birthrates contributing to the growth.

Due to its large populace, the Virozesians were relatively autonomous within the Confederacy and developed a culture of their own. In terms of administration, the planet and several surrounding, less-inhabited systems were managed by an entity known as the Virozic Republic.

While significant trading and economic ties existed, the large population base of the planet soon saw it become a fully-fledged trade center of its own right, with ships exporting and importing goods and resources a common sight in the planet's orbit. Multiple spaceports were constructed both on the planet's surface and on the planet's main moon.

The planet was one of the first to declare secession from the Confederacy of Humanity on the peak of the War of the Decamillenial Transition. Local politicians were appointed into the leadership of the planet (and system), including the later-famous Zashary Lert.

While initially the secession was relatively peaceful, the Confederate Navy conducted an aggressive anti-secession campaign in the area and blockaded the orbit lanes of the planet to force a surrender. However, before long the fleet was withdrawn due to the secession movement spreading like wildfire throughout the galaxy and the area.

After the conclusion of the war, the now-independent Virozic Republic became one of the strongest entities in that particular region of the LMC. Both the population, economy, and industrial output of the system grossly outnumbers effectively all other planets there, and many system's economies are heavily reliant on trade with Virozesum. Hence, it was easily capable of integrating many smaller polities without a single war, allowing it to expand the Virozic Republic from about 12 systems into 105 in the first 15 years of its independence, becoming the effective controller of the VIrozic Hollow.

Later in its history, both conquests and peaceful annexations became common in the expansion of the republic towards the effective microstates scattered throughout the western regions of the galaxy, which had only slowed down in the last few years due to meeting the borders of similarly-sized interstellar factions.