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Planet Name: Engai's Gift (official), Engai (unofficial)
Population: 47,000
Government: Parliamentary Republic (official), Local Tribal (de facto)
Capital: New Zanzibar City
Official Languages: Maa, Swahili, English

Engai is a planet roughly 85% the size of Earth with little surface water and a hot, arid global climate. During the early years of the Earth Federation the Maasai people of East Africa faced a population and culture crisis due to continued encroachment on their lands and traditional lifestyle. Many of them set out to find a world for their people to call their own, but few options were feasible. Most of the habitable planets ripe for colonization were divided up among the powerful nations of the Federation, and those that were available were unsuitable for the goal of maintaining the traditional Maasai lifestyle. Eventually a planet was found, and preparations were made to take as many Maasai that were willing to go to their new home, which they proclaimed was a gift from their god Engai. Over the years most Maasai left for the new homeworld, though many were unwilling to abandon what they considered their rightful home and stayed back on Earth. Genetic manipulation was required to get the cattle the Maasai brought with them, central to their culture, to survive on the native red plants, but beyond this the Maasai avoided any changes to their lifestyle and traditions. In order to fund this exodus the Maasai agreed to allow several corporations mineral rights in the utterly inhospitable regions of the planet they weren't going to use anyways, and the only three cities on the planet--New Zanzibar, New Mogadishu, and New Malindi--were founded by these corporations mainly as bases for their operations, housing for their employees and their families, and to give the planet some centers of commerce and government that were required by the Bureau of Colonial Affairs. Most of the population of Engai is Maasai and live their traditional lifestyles, with a few technological improvements for convenience and comfort, out in the vast undeveloped wilderness around the saline lakes and freshwater rivers flowing from them. A few other small tribes seeking to maintain their traditional ways of life have been welcomed from across Africa and thus far they have all lived and traded together peacefully. The population centers also serve as places for children to be sent for education and as centers of healthcare, both considered important even in a traditional tribal lifestyle. The planet has a parliament and prime minister that represent them as a whole to the wider galactic community, but they are considered a rather unimportant independent worldstate with little to offer in the way of trade or strategic position. They have no military or spaceports, and for the most part are entirely self-sufficient. Tourism is a big industry but their isolation makes it one of the less desirable vacation destinations. Engai is a planet that keeps to itself, the perfect place for traditions to be kept alive with little outside influence.
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PathosLegacy's avatar
Oh my your work is amazing and all your planets are beautiful