Concordia is a moon orbiting the planet of Mandalore in The Rim.

Concordia and Mandalore have been inextricably linked since the Mandalorian civilization was born. It was originally founded as a farming colony.

History

Mandalore was founded by mutinous Imperial soldiers and officers, who looked down upon the “softness” of the Emperor at the time. They wished to create a new “martial, disciplined” society, proud of a warrior tradition.

Concordia was the second world the Mandalorians colonized after Mandalore itself. It was originally founded as a farming colony to provide more food to the main planet of Mandalore. The historical Vizsla clan comes from here, one of the most militaristic and respected clans of Mandalore. The Ryccian Imperial Army pays a premium salary for Vizsla clan members and other Concordians to serve in the Imperial Mandalorian Army, making remittances a noticeable part of the planetary economy.

In the Mandalorian wars, the moon served as the first frontline when the Ryccian forces faced the Mandalorians in their capital system. It was regarded as strategic to take it over as a base to properly invade Mandalore, although, in the last war, the Ryccian forces ignored it entirely and invaded the planet in order to fool the Mandalorians, who were expecting the first assault to begin at Concordia and thus fortified the moon in preparation.

After beskar iron was discovered in Concordia 2,300 years ago, the local Concordian clans and the Ryccian Empire fought over who would control the emerging mines. The Ryccian government initially attempted to suppress opposition through local rulers, but the Concordians revolted, commencing the Concordian Uprising. Although the Empire put down the revolt brutally, it was forced to concede when other Mandalorian worlds threatened to revolt in solidarity with Concordia. To this day, all mining operations are under the control of the Concordian government, which mines the ore slowly in order to both preserve the environment and avoid immigration from offworlders. Moreover, the Concordian Uprising is remembered as one of the first acts of resistance against the Old Empire in Mandalorian space. The Concordians who died in that war are seen as martyrs by both the Ryccian Empire and the Mandalorians. They are honoured every year in a local ceremony where even the Ryccian government's representative takes part.

The moon has been in conflict with Mandalorian nationalists, arguing that the central Mandalorian government and Concordia should “collaborate” on mining operations for the “[Mandalorian] national interest”. Such ambitions are fiercely opposed by both mainstream Concordian politicians and conservationists, fearing that the central government may extract ore faster than the locals desire and thus ruin the environment. The controversy has attracted national attention several times in the last century whenever a nationalist Mandalorian government is elected, with Concordian Senators repeatedly petitioning the Imperial Senate to protect it on behalf of their homeworld. The Braaschaatian Senators of all people are known to be one of their strongest allies in the chamber outside of Mandalorian Senators, which is an interesting oddity when it is considered that Braaschaat and Concordia are so far apart and share nothing historically. Due to this, relations between Braaschaat and Concordia have strengthened considerably.

Geography

Concordia is an Earth-like moon, with most of its biomes being temperate forests and mountains. It has rich beskar iron reserves that it extracts slowly.

As mentioned previously, Concordia controls all mining operations in the world. The moon owns all mines under the Concordian Mining Administration.

Planetary Behaviour and Characteristics

Concordia has a rotation of 21 hours. Unlike normal worlds, the Imperial standard is unheard of, with locals only relying on Mandalorian time.

Concordia’s orbit is 58 days. Again, the natives do not use the Imperial standard, instead making use of the Mandalorian calendar.

Concordia’s atmosphere is also composed of oxygen, hydrogen, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, and argon.

Concordia is 0.16x times bigger than the Earth.

Satellites

Concordia has no satellites.