Template:Planet

A quote here about them probably a stereotype.

A short description here.

Vital Statistics (At a Glance)

Pronounced [pronounce here]. Possessive is [possessive]. Demonym is [demonym]. [If there is another popular way to refer to the place, for instance a nickname, that can go here too.]

• Major Populations: [e.g. Asanii, Seersa, no dominant populations, etc.; feel free to subdivide i.e. homeworld vs. colony Harat-Shar or by religious groups if it seems useful, but 'mostly Asanii' or whatever is also fine]
• Type: [Core world/Neighborhood world, Starbase, Crown world, Milk Run world, frontier colony, Chatcaavan world, unclaimed world, etc.]
• Population: [an approximate number]
• Gravity: [low, medium, or high, with Terra as baseline, e.g., Anseahla is notably high, Phoenix-Nest notably low]
• Native Language: [could just be Universal or could be something else or could be a mix]
• Settled: [date or context when it was settled, like 'settled after planet b' or '200 ba' or whatever]
• Current Allegiances: [Alliance member, Alliance ally, Chatcavaan, neutral zone, etc.; might also note colonies sponsored by specific planets or organizations]
• Length of Year:
• Length of Day:

History

[Settled when, why, by who? Important historical events.]

Geography

[Mostly ocean, mostly dry land, mostly temperate (by Terran standards), mostly hot and jungle-y, low gravity, high gravity, oxygen rich or poor. etc. etc. Landmasses.]

Landmarks

[Cool stuff on your planet. Could be short descriptions or links to more fleshed-out pages.]

Government and Politics

[How they rule themselves. Factions. Major points of internal agreement and disagreement. External politics: specific feelings about other worlds/cultures/species. Judicial procedures.]

Economy

[What do they make, buy, sell? Agrarian, manufacturing, high technology, some combination? Tourists? Natural resources and mining? Do they use Fin or have their own local currency? What are their debts, and who are indebted to them?]

Technology

[Energy, communications, transportation. Is their power grid robust? Do they have reliable instantaneous communication? Do their satellites work?]

People and Society

[Demographics. Nations and polities within the planet itself. Satellites and direct, non-independent colony planets. Homeworld, colony, or "other." Languages (make a separate subsection or new page for well-fleshed-out languages; a few words or sayings can stay here). Religions and religious observations (again, can link to more fleshed out pages elsewhere.) Can they move freely, both within and outside the planet?]

Stereotypes

[Could be one or more depending on if they're perceived differently by different groups of significant size. Doesn't have to be a quote.]

Customs

[Anything that doesn't fall adequately under the rest below--holidays, funeral traditions, Silly Hat Wednesday, whatever--can go here.]

Common Family Structures

[If different from species 'norm.']

Religions

[If specific to the location or different from species 'norm.']

Native or Common Dress

[If different than Alliance 'norm.']

Naming Conventions

[If specific to the location or different from species 'norm.']

Local Language

[If any.]

Famous Figures

[For "people who are notable on this planet, who may or may not appear in an actual book." Tangerina Warbelworth the excellent coffee purveyor doesn't go here, unless her coffee dynasty was important to the planet and/or plot."]

Characters

[Everybody can go here, even Tangerina.]

Appearances

[For usefulness's sake, should probably be restricted to when we actually go the planet/the planet's system in a book, otherwise this will rapidly become useless for e.g. the Eldritch homeworld which is mentioned in many more books than it's seen in.]