Je

"'A paradise forever, A paradise, For all!'"

Je is a tropical Rim World currently being ruled under a socialist military dictatorship, lead by former Je Military Officer, Léo Garnier. This dictatorship calls itself; "Le Nouveau Régime". The Planet itself sits just off the edge of UPA space. However, since it's revolution in 2465, whether or not it is a legitimate threat has fallen under heavy debate. There has been yet any further events influential enough to ultimately decide its status. It orbits a Gas Giant, jokingly named "Nouvelle Terre", the meaning of the joke has been lost to time, but the name still remains. Je's Dictator, Léo Garnier, has yet to be located by UPA intelligence.

Je also has a non-extradition policy with the UPA.

Fun fact: French is the language of choice for Je

Geography & Wildlife
Je is roughly the size of Earth, with about 78.6% of its surface covered by water, 87% of which is salt water. The vast majority of its plant and animal life was introduced from Moeder in an attempt to preserve the wildlife of Earth in 2286 - quickly annihilating a good chunk of the already-present flora as evasive species*. Years later, in 2327, A colony was established on the world after the rights to do so was granted by the UPA, on the condition that the wildlife would *not* be hunted into extinction. The coastal beaches and tropical setting made it the perfect place to establish a "Paradise Planet", for all those rich enough to just get away from the hustle and bustle of central-space.

* Not all original wildlife was destroyed. In fact, some very peculiar plants have thrived in this new environment, although limited to a single, small island.

Population
Much of its landmass remains uninhabited, with most of its population taking up residence in small, urbanized areas scattered across the world. The former capital of Je was once one of the largest and most populated cities, however, a brief but violent struggle for power left much of the city destroyed in what was believed to be a last-ditch attempt by the old government to delay the advance of the rebelling planet-side military forces, or to delay the formation of Le Nouveau Régime by robbing them of a capital. However, it may also be that, according to Je's exiled government, Garniers forces had bombed the city due to the stiff resistance from the loyalist military faction. Either way, such an act cost millions of lives for those living inside the city. Now, it lays abandoned. If sources are to be believed, then the capital of Je has still yet to be established, even years later.

Economy
Je's biggest asset for trade seems to be the export of fresh fruit and vegetables. However, with most of its attempts to export being hampered by trade embargos, and with Garnier nationalizing nearly* every bank, the export of goods has fallen entirely into the hands of independent traders visiting Je space. Two subsequent consequences of this is that most Je-produced luxury goods, like Cigars (for a totally non-specific example), have become rare and sometimes sought after by the higher classes of the UPA. The second consequence is that Je rarely has ships of its own leaving the planet, due to the resource expenditure for doing so, leaving much of its economy based entirely around local resources. This has, however, lead to Je slowly developing a self-sufficient economy, as slow as that may be.

* The only banks not entirely nationalized not only often act outside of any UPA law, but also hold a stake on rim world planets such as Je. This move was highly criticized, even from within Garnier's government to nearly remove itself from central-space trade, instead relying completely on the odd second parties to trade.

Technology
Much of the technology used on Je, like for example, farming equipment, is primitive by central-space standards, but it usually gets the job done - and more often than not, it's easily replicable. Much of the machinery used day-to-day by the civilian population can be produced just about anywhere on-planet, provided its not too complicated. The downside is, because almost every industry is nationalized, a civilian usually has to put in the paperwork to request the production or acquisition of a certain part, with its correct designation. However, the parts are usually able to be produced in a timely enough manner, owing mostly to the factories left behind by corporate sponsors when the former government was exiled.

To give you a better idea: Most of the technology on Je is roughly equivalent to 21st Century earth equipment.

However, a small portion of the technology is about as advanced as central-space technology, if not a few decades behind. Much of it being, of course, military in nature.

Religions & Holidays
In order to distance itself from the UPA, most holidays have been completely abandoned by Je. Similarly, most religious holidays, along with most religions, have gone completely unrecognized by the Je government, with few exceptions made for a "Je-originated" minority religious group that seeks spiritual guidance from the use of hallucinogenic flowers, limited only to a small island in the southern hemisphere. They are recognized by the name; "Les Chercheurs Spirituels".

December 10th-17th has been declared a holiday; "Victory week", in which the Armed Forces of Je are celebrated through marching, music, parades, festivals, etc. At the end of the week, fireworks are usually set off, not only because fireworks are fun, but to also symbolize the final victory of Je's "march to independence", in the use of the orbital defensive system to prevent an orbital invasion. They like to really rub it in the UPA's face.

Military & Security
In the short conflict fought for control of Je, much of the loyalist faction attempted to scrap or destroy much of the advanced military systems that had been in-place previously for defensive purposes against the Writ threat. Although not much, it was feared that the installations would be used by Garnier's forces in a later date. However, not all the weapons were disposed of correctly - and hours after conquering Je, An orbital defensive system - which mainly prevented against small-scale orbital bombardments and invasions was reemployed to deflect a invasion of the planet by loyalist forces. It was originally believed that the system was completely destroyed, and so much of the loyalist movement against Le Nouveau Régime met a gruesome end, entering just into the orbit of the planet. This is the biggest reason why the UPA has not attempted to invade Je and reinstall its prior government again, instead choosing to place an embargo on Je. It's believed that the cost of taking the planet would probably outweigh the benefit, leaving the exiled government extremely unhappy with the state of affairs.

Remains of loyalist forces on the planet now cling to the heavily wooded areas, being far too few and in-between to make any real impact against Garniers government. However, the threat of Loyalists terrorists, or invasion - as unlikely as either may be - as driven a good chunk of Je's population to pursue military careers, the training for which can be described as "Brutal", thanks to the lack of new military equipment being produced. Je could hardly afford such a luxury as arming every man, woman and child, instead relying on a sort of "Grinder" to refine the soldier, and lose those who may hold down a unit in actual combat.

Due to that fact, most of Je's military forces are actually trained especially in guerilla methods of warfare, leaving conventional methods to special units assigned with up-to-date military equipment who would probably have no problem taking on an invading force. However, due to a lack of combat, most soldiers usually endure training exercises, or are assigned to public services, usually aiding in police work as Military Police, or if work is especially slow to come by, sent to aid in public works projects, which could be anything, really.

The military hasn't actually bothered establishing itself off-planet, however a division of Je's brightest military technicians work in tandem to keep the orbital defense system on-line, which does mean going into orbit occasionally to deploy satellites for readjustment purposes.

A brief history:
Before Le Nouveau Régime rose to power, Je's old government had, because of a lot of ruthless spending, acquired a massive debt which required them to empty the local treasury - as well as their civilians pockets and a good chunk of the food harvested on the planet. With no way to pay for food - and no chance they'd be allowed to keep what they grew, most civilians turned their backs on Je's government. And when things were taken anyway, rioting ensued. Because of Je's status as a planet belonging to the UPA, they were able to afford a little help in suppressing the riots- but in doing so they neglected their own military, who had grown particularly tired of the governments inability to properly govern.

And so, in the year 2465, December 10 - 17, a 7-day revolution occurred in which a majority of the local military forces, along with a good chunk of the civilian population, took up arms against the old government. In the first day, military bases across the world declared their allegiance to the revolution. On the second and third day, a majority of the cities were taken by force as the old government began to make plans to call the UPA for aid and evacuate the planet by any means possible. On the fifth day, a distress call was issued as the Capital city of Je remained as the only belonging to the old government and the loyalist faction of the military. In those last two days, a siege on the city was successful, and a plan by loyalist forces and UPA forces fell through with the reactivation of the orbital defensive system. The old government of Je was forced into exile, and those who dared to stay behind were executed.

It was one man in particular by the name of Léo Garnier, a Je military officer, who apparently lead the charge against Je's Government. In the chaos, the capital city was destroyed, and Garnier almost completely vanished from the public eye - only communicating from secure locations as he apparently became paranoid at the risk of assassination. With the planet left without a capital - it was his decision to nationalize almost everything - at first only to ensure that things would recover - but then, to ensure that Je would remain independent of central-space influence. He declared the name of his government in a speech; Le Nouveau Régime, and stated that; "Je would stand as A paradise forever, A paradise for all!".

''The UPA has since only maintained a very distant line of communication with Je, if only to ensuring that Le Nouveau Régime has absolutely no further hostile intentions against the UPA or its holdings. The UPA's lack of action against Le Nouveau Régime has left the exiled government, as well as some corporate sponsors, frustrated.''