Danielland

I mentioned before that the name is grammatically incorrect. The general consensus is that the first emperor was both an awful person and quite narcissistic. However, in spite of the fact that the Nielda must regularly point out how poorly named the planet, and empire, were; the name has stuck.

Danielland is a swampy planet. The almost perfectly uniform climate and weather are caused by the planet's unique placement within its' system. The Danieland system is a binary star system with a single planet. Unlike many binary star systems the planet is placed at the center of system with the stars orbiting it directly across from each other. The planet is dryer and rocky at the poles, but otherwise covered in shallow water and trees.

This star placement has made Danielland a world with no night. As one sun sets the other rises. The other result of the star placement is that the world is almost impossible to spot on a navicomputer, or through any gravity based detection system.

Another result of the lack of night, or moons, was the inncubation of the condition known as Lycanthropy; in laymans terms, Werewolfism. Because nothing could cause a Lycanthrope to be revealed save a failed attempt to kill, the condition went unchecked for years.


Danielland has a rather less than diverse ecosystem. It has several thousand varieties of insects, a few hundred varieties of amphibian, about three hundred types of reptiles, and about forty varieties of mammals. The reptiles consist primarily of small alligators and large turtles, with a smattering of iguana and gecko like animals. The mammals consist of squirrels, a few varieties of cats; ranging in size from a small tiger to a large house cat, and four varieties of canine; one roughly the size of a horse and the other three having wool like fur. All of the canines are found in the rocky polar regions.

Due to the nature of their homeworld the Nielda, with few exceptions, used primarily canals for travel. And in spite of a hierarchical society, never encountered cavalry in battle until after establishing intergalactic travel.