Gazetteer : Acadie

Acadie (OI-0650, C868563-9) was colonised from Amondiage during the height of that world’s colonisation craze. Despite Acadie’s importance to Amondiagian national pride, the colony never flourished. Today, it is a depressed backwater ruled directly from the mother world.

Physical

Asteroid Belt	-
Gravity	1
Atmosphere	Good
Oceans	78% water
Climate	Temperate: 10..30°C
Day Length	22 hours
Year Length	648 days

People

Population	512,000
Language	French
Religion	Christian (Roman Catholic)
Law Level	Only the capital/starport is regularly policed. In rural areas, only the most serious crimes are investigated by the (well armed) ‘investigating magistrates’.
Government	Subject to Amondiage

Historical

Exploration ship	Outward Bound
Exploration date	4945AD
Colonised from	Amondiage
Colony ship	Melmoth
Colony date	4961AD