Sonsaara

Sonsaara is a planet in the Beta Quadrant, orbiting the red star Saraat. It is home to the migratory reptillian Suriin species.

Geography
Sonsaara has three main landmasses; Shiiran, Iithan, and Taasun. Due to Sonsaara's proximity to the sun, there are no arctic environments to speak of. Climates at the poles (northern Shiiran and southern Taasun) are temperate, not unlike southern Canada or the northern United States on Earth. The bulk of Iithan, the most populous of the continents, is largely composed of rocky desert. Much of the rock and sand of Sonsaara is infused with copper (as opposed to the iron common on Earth), leaving it with a green tint.

Culture
Sonsaara is home to the sentient Suriin people, a class-3 society (capable of faster than light travel, little to no combat capability, little to no involvement in galactic market, stable). There are three distinct races of Suriin (races having the same connotation as it does among humans), those being the desert (to-Asuun), coastal (to-Uwaal), and forest (to-Tiiram). Please note that the only apparent differences in these races are average height, pigmentation, and facial structure. However, each race has distince associated cultural traditions and values, which appear incredibly complex to an outside observer. As such they will only be skimmed over here.

Common to all cultures is the migratory urge. The Suriin people tend to live in large extended families, sometimes exchanging groups when two meet on the migration path in order to further genetic diversity. These families tend to be led by the Duriist, or Guide, a Suriin hatched with above-average ability to sense magnetic waves and navigate by them. There is only ever one Duriist born to a family group per clutch (determined during egg incubation by pheromones released by the developing embryos), and if all viable Duriists die, that family group must either join the nearest group or die out.

Politics
Sonsaara has only just recently come out of a fifty-year dictatorial occupation by the insectoid Space Nazis. It is stated by many political analists (most famously Chuck Numbercruncher) that if it weren't for the occupation, the Suriin people would likely have advanced to class two, or possibly class one by now.

The Suriin are rare in that they have enough presence to warrant embassies on nearby major planets and a seat on the United Starsystems, but have yet to achieve a unified government. This is likely due to the