Xania

"The Heart of Xanus we like to call her. She's seen better days, but even the Emperor has much to fear of true decline if the Nyr get uppity and start shooting warships at us."

- Lord Cicero, speaking of Xania's recent decline

Xania is the homeworld of the Xanians and capital of the Xanian Empire, which has governed most of known space since 78 ATE. The most heavily-populated and industrialized planet in known space in all of known space, Xania is the powerful and prominent planet ever to grace the region, as well as the oldest colonized planet. Xania has a long record of firsts, including being the first planet to acquire true faster-than-light travel, rather than using the ancient wormholes that brought the Xanians' ancestors to the planet close to eight hundred years ago, and establishing the first interstellar government. Ruled by the ruthless and imperialistic House of Xanus, after which the planet and its people are named, Xania maintains its hegemonic reign over its empire and vassals by way of fear, oppression, force, and espionage.

The first of the original colonies within the Virgo Cluster following the Great Exodus, Xania was the father of all other colonies established by the Novus, and birthed the Ten Truths of Xanus, which became the bedrock upon which all religious belief in the region is based. Today, Xania has been waning in power, as the nations of the Maikalian Brotherhood have been re-directing power to the leaders on Family Pride, where the majority of the League's interests have been vested. However, as the largest power in the cluster, Xania has been seeking too re-establish itself as the undisputed power of the region, and though its military might remains undisputed, its political might and economic power have seen better days. As of late, tensions on the planet have been growing giving intelligence of a planned Nyr invasion, leading to increased survellience and police on the street.