Gretaria

Gretaria is a rugged world of storms and volcanoes that writhes in frequent and intense geological activity. Colored by splotches of green, tan, and deep blue in a chaotic tangle when viewed from orbit, the Gretarians inhabit the jagged surface in cities built in the least likely of spaces, such as uneven cliff sides and bridging over ravines. With disaster always lurking around every corner, it's perhaps little wonder that the early Gretarians put aside their differences and abolished the very concept of warfare in favor of a regime of mutual assistance. The various Doges, each ruling their own isolated city state, realized that they benefited massively from this brotherly cooperation and established the Parliament of Doges to properly unify their species. Since so much of their history is routinely buried under ash and lahars, the species tends to be more interested in building towards the future than preserving the past. "Archaeology" in particular is a somewhat strange word to their ears.

Today, Gretarian heavy industry has mostly been relocated to vast mid-ocean platforms protected from cyclone and tsunami alike by powerful shield generators - powerful enough to resist orbital bombardment, if necessary.

The capital city, Khinallia, is a modern planned city that incorporates starship-grade structural integrity fields into its sprawling foundation, freeing it from the frequent quakes that rock most other metropoli on the world. This has caused a great deal of immigration, to the point where even the constant expansion of Khinallia can barely keep up with the meteoric growth. Naturally, the population flight from other disaster-blighted regions is causing a tremendous amount of internal friction that hasn't been helped at all by the economic downturn the planet suffered while under Sydraxian hegemony.

Elsewhere, the mysterious Bloodhounds are said to have their headquarters inside a dormant volcano in the vicinity of Gretaria's southern pole.

Gretria's orbital infrastructure is anchored by three relatively large shipyards that serve independent contracts in competition to their more established Yrillian neighbors, although it must be said that the primary holder of those "independent contracts" is the Parliament itself - or those under their employ. The famous Barque is renowned as an excellent trade vessel that fills a different niche than the standard Carryall, so there's hope for them yet. Apart from these shipyards, though, it must be said that the Gretarian orbital industry has been fairly slow to develop... and the Sydraxians are surely to thank for that.