Yaellia

Yaellia (//) was a planet in the. It was the homeworld of the insectomammalian Keerzachi and a member world of the Golden Empire.

Geography
Yaellia's surface tended to be humid, though areas with higher elevations were drier. Plains and forests made up the vast majority of the planet's surface. Yaellia had only a single continent surrounded by an enormous ocean, though numerous island chains dotted the ocean and the one continent was pocketed with inland seas.

Yaellia had two moons, neither of which was naturally habitable.

Society and culture
Yaellia's Keerzachi natives had a heavily interdependent society, with nearly all buildings literally connected by walkways or corridors to common passages. Cities themselves were almost always connected by high-speed rail or systems. A few cities on distant islands relied on ferries.

Cities tended to be planned with government and social hubs in the very center, with residences forming a ring around them and commercial districts forming a second outer ring. The Keerzachi were fond of this organizational structure, and when they ran out of room, they would often build up or create entirely new cities rather than build more rings. Major metropolises were exceptions to this general rule, and homes in the first "residential ring" were generally reserved for the wealthy.

History
Geologists found Yaellia's tectonic plates irregularly stable, which they felt explained why the planet had only a single continent despite having existed long enough to evolve a native sentient species.

Yaellia joined the Golden Empire before the Great Liberation. It was not attacked during that war, although many native Keerzachi volunteered for service in the Armada. Many aliens found Yaellia's humidity too much to bear, although some aquatic species visited the planet for vacations.