Corellia is a planet in the Velpan Rim.

Known for its multispecies population and advanced cargo transportation manufacturing and shipping industries, Corellia is a major hub for heavy industry in the region.

History

First settled by Velpans, Corellia was an industrial centre even then thanks to its rich resources and economically strategic position for the Velpan regime back then due to the Corellian Hyperlane, which now traverses the western part of the Empire. After being conquered by the Ryccian Empire, Corellia was rare among these worlds for having a massive Human migration flow to it due to its industry requiring new manpower as a result of the war.

Corellia continued to boom until the last succession war, which saw various battles, where the planet was contested for its strategic and commercial importance. Due to the civil war, Corellia suffered the greatest economic crisis in its history, and often suffered terrorist attacks and even erupted in a planetary civil war of its own during the last stages of the crisis. During the Democratic Revolution, Corellia ironically recovered, as Imperial forces manufactured small warships in its factories. This did not last, as the democrats took the planet in a surprise invasion. Regardless, over the centuries since, Corellia regained its national prominence once more.

Corellia dominates the shipping and cargo transportation manufacturing industries of its region, in addition to having a presence in the Ryccian market as a whole. Corellian products are said to even be popular from as western as the Chile region to as eastern as The Imperial Rim. Corellia specializes in heavy industry and shipping overall, but also has smaller consumer industry, tourism, mining and agricultural sectors as well. Corellia’s largest shipping conglomerate, the Solo Shipping Group, is so influential in Ryccian trade that it alone controls around 6%-11% of all the trade to and from Daonlathas, the capital, despite hundreds, if not thousands of other shipping companies also competing.

Corellia’s culture and demographics are as mixed as its history: around 42% of the population are Velpans, 41% are Humans (mostly descended from industrial Core and The Rim planets), and the rest are other minorities. Corellia has its own dialects of Velpan and English, alternating from all those around it.

Corellia has some of the best universities of the Empire dedicated to industry. The Industrial College of Corellia, the best Corellia can offer, ranks fourth in all the universities specializing in industry in the Empire, bringing the planet immense prestige. Only two universities in the Core and one from The Rim surpass it, an incredible feat for a planet that was, historically, in a non-Human region.

Geography

Corellia is very Earth-like, but industry has polluted it significantly. Despite this, it has a diverse set of ecosystems. Due to its wealth and good governance, however, the local authorities have tackled the issue effectively, reducing pollution year by year. The poles are miraculously clean due to local policy, as penguin-like creatures, the Avrann, have captivated natives.

Despite the pollution, some of Corellia’s soil is still extremely fertile. This is mainly where the planet’s small agriculture sector is conducted. Corellia also has rich reserves of iron, coal, and metals crucial to starship manufacturing, but they are being depleted due to historical exploitation.

Coronet, Corellia’s largest city, dominates a peninsula as a megalopolis. Some onlookers call it “The Flaming City”, due to the city looking as if that certain portion of the planet is suffering some kind of firestorm from afar. Coronet has 4 billion people, easily holding around a fifth of the population.

Planetary Behaviour and Characteristics

Corellia has a rotation of 25 hours, forcing locals to either rely on the Imperial standard, or use their planet’s hours instead.

Corellia’s orbit is 329 days, forcing locals to rely on the Imperial standard, usually.

Corellia’s atmosphere is also composed of oxygen, hydrogen, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, and industrial gases.


Corellia is 0.98x times bigger than the Earth.

Satellites

Corellia has four moons, each visible in the night: Selonia, Drall, Tralus, and Talus. They are all smaller than Earth’s Moon, with the biggest, Selonia, only being 25% of the size of it. Interestingly, Selonia is also habitable, but it only has a poultry population of 130,000 colonists mining ores, as the moon is agriculturally barren, but rich in industrial minerals.