Karthoum

Karthoum
Primary Canon N/A Demonym Karthite, Karthinian Dominant Race(s) Fumerian (Lombard/Lombeaux), Fumarian (Bulfa/Bulfau), humans Major Deities Dr. Dakka, Tulsar Official Languages Common, Karthic, Karthic-Royale
Radius 3.6 r(S) Gravity 0.83 g Orbital Period 1152 d(Kr) Rotation Period 16 h

Karthoum (pronounced /kɑɹ.taʊ.ˈum/ [kar-tau-oom]) is the largest and most populated planet in the Tulsar Star System. It is considered the capital of the Karthinian Empire and the Tulsa Star System. It has no known moons and orbits around the singular star, Tulsa. Karthoum's geography is heavily split across its equator, between a temperate northern half and a volcanic southern half.

Karthoum's world capital is the Imperial Citadel, which lies as an independent district in the City of Minestra. Karthoum is, for the most part, united under the singular banner of the Karthian Empire, though it is the Karthian Collective that administrates most of the planet. There is one main country, Kartha, which oversees its several planetary districts, as well as the many tribal nations that like to be independent of the empire.

Geography

Karthoum is divided between eastern and western regions according to its tilted equator, which is actually based off of Karthoum's magnetic axis.

The northern half is a mainly flat, temperate continent with wild weather conditions, such as "star-snow", corrosive rain, and "Tulsa's Wrath", a planet-wide hurricane that occurs every two Karthinian years. This area is where most of Karthoum's population lives, and where most Karthite history was forged. It has now become mainly urbanized, with easy protection and protocols for the more damaging weather attacks.

The southern half is very mountainous, and full of volcanoes and magma. The air is thick and toxic, making the southern half nearly uninhabitable. The southern half of the planet remained uninhabited until the Karthian Collective decided to industrialize and mine the southern half of the planet (which had very valuable materials) in order to improve Karthoum's economy. Now, industry and mining operations are abundant in the southern half, converting much of the volcanic ash and magma into pollution and power.

Continents

Karthoum is divided into two larger continents, Thrace and Torval, as well as two smaller continents, Ju and Wigsam. Thrace and Ju are located in the northern hemisphere, while Torval and Wigsam are located in the southern hemisphere.

Thrace

Lower Thrace

Thrace is the largest landmass in the northern hemisphere and the second-largest in the world. Thrace is mainly composed of the country of Kartha, as well as one or two smaller tribal nations. Thrace is largely urban and almost completely civilized, with only Imperial reserves to serve as the only place for natural wildlife.

Torval

Torval (demonym ???) is the largest landmass on Karthoum. It is situated predominantly in the southeastern quadrant, and is composed mainly of volcanoes and industrial centers. Kartha owns all of Torval, and is where most of Karthoum's industrial centers can be found.

Ju

Ju is a cluster of islands towards the north pole, and consists of all of the tribal nations of Karthoum.

Wigsam

Wigsam is a detached landmass of Torval and is almost entirely uninhabited, save for a small tribal settlement called Ash Terminal. The land is mainly used for radioactive and superweapon testing.

Countries

Kartha

Kartha is by far the largest, most populous, and most powerful sovereign nation on Karthoum. It claims all of Torval and the main landmass of Thrace, accounting for more than 70% of all of Karthoum's land. It is controlled by the Karthinian Empire, and governed by the Karthian Collective. To properly rule over the large landmass, Kartha is broken up into 50 districts, including two self-administrating sovereign districts, and assigns a specific purpose for each district.

The capital of Kartha is Minestra, while its most populous city is Pennance. Other notable cities of Kartha include Elysium, Great Gilead, and Cassian City. The world capital of Karthoum is the Imperial Citadel, which can also be found within the walls of Minestra.

Tribal Nations

On Karthoum, there lies around 20 to 30 smaller tribal nations that inhabit some of the scattered Islands of Thrace, all of Ju, and have even inhabited Wigsam, in the form of Ash Terminal. All are very small, and even though they all express their independence, they are all kept under the Empire's thumb, kept under close watch and control with imperial military.

The currently most notable tribal nations of Karthoum are as follows.

• Caridon: A tribal nation in lower Thrace, on the end of Thrace's mainland. It is one of the more successful and larger tribal nations, and it is the only tribal nation to occupy Thrace's mainland. It acts as a gambling district for Kartha, and because of this, the two countries form and maintain a thriving and wealthy relationship together. Its capital is Caridon City, and its largest city is the Strip.

Landmarks

The tallest mountain is a volcano by the name of Ash Mountain, and is located in Wigsam.

The lowest elevation point is at the bottom of the Great Lake, located in the middle of Thrace.

Ecology

Due to technological innovations and massive urbanization, monster presence on Khartoum is minimal, and kept to a few well-controlled environmental reservations on Thrace.

Culture

Theology

Most people who live in Kartha are free to express whatever religion they like, to legal extent. However, as there is no funding for religion at all, most Karthian citizens (being Fumerians) simply practice a form of monotheistic agnosticism that was one of Fumerian history (simply called Fumerism). There is, however, a branch of Fumerism, called Tsumerism, that also tends to be favored among the Karthite people. Tsumerists believe that their sole deity is actually their sun, Tulsa, and that it should be praised daily for the miracles it brings to its people.

There is a small sect of thought-to-be-crazy historians, turned into a powerful and dangerous cult, that also roam around on Karthoum, called the Cult of Dakology, or CoD. The Cult of Dakology believes in Dr. Dakka, an ancient supercomputer that is located in a space station that seems to have been around longer than the Fumerian race has. They believe that Dr. Dakka is a deity that exists to spread his wrath all over the galaxy, and by following him, he will grant them unfathomable power and immortality, to which he actually has.^[unclear]

Technology

Karthoum is considered to be in the space age. While some nations are very much behind in technology, Kartha is very well off both technologically and magically, as there are many schools of different types of magic, and even two entire districts dedicated to the art. Because of the government's focus on both scientific and magical research, magitech is seen very commonly in Kartha. For example, it was magic that made quantum levitation possible for ships of any size and stature to be sent into space.

Politics

Karthian Collective

The Karthian Collective is the current government of Kartha that was formed some 250 years before Standard Canon Time. It is a utilitarian monarchy that is ruled by one of three emperors, and governed by three different houses: the House of Ministries, the House of Districts, and the Imperial House.

The House of Ministries rules over the civil rights of Kartha's citizens, and controls what is considered socially moral and immoral for Karthians. This house specifically is divided into further "ministries" that specialize in specific civil aspects. Some ministries include the Ministry of Kinship, the Ministry of Justice, and the Ministry of Love.

The House of Districts rules over each of Kartha's districts more separately and in detail, and they are responsible of making sure each district is doing its respective job.

Finally, the Imperial House is in charge of the relationship between the Karthian Collective and the Karthinian Empire. It is ruled by the Emperor of Karthoum, and is placed to ensure that it is the Karthinian Empire that controls this planet.