Society and Culture

The inhabitants of Sultonia have been thrown together by circumstance. The population has risen sharply as the planet has been developed, but it remains relatively underpopulated compared to other Alliance planets. Outside of major settlements like Habit, dwellings are usually geographically isolated with many inhabitants living communally. The average Sultonian home is a homestead, with several low-lying dwellings attached to a farm or a series of solar/wind power arrays.

Sultonians tend to be jacks of all trades, with the planet’s harsh seasons encouraging settlers to play farmer, mechanic and nomad in turns throughout the year. There are few divisions of class or labour on the ground. The people of Sultonia have adapted to each other and to the conditions of their new world, though it remains to be seen if the camaraderie that has developed here will survive the planet’s transition from a relief zone to an autonomous member of the Alliance.

The people of Sultonia demonstrate a responsive stubbornness in all things: whether they are pushing through helium storms or working out land permits, they do so with clear heads and a focus born from survivalism. They are generally private, and dislike interference in their personal affairs. Sultonians do not have a problem with authority, but they also have no problem with pointing out when said authority is wrong.

Festivals are frequent if muted affairs, chances for communities to collectively decompress. They are for the most part descended from refugee traditions, the better to keep said traditions alive. Charity – born out of mutual survival – is a virtue, though it is often couched in terms of nothing being allowed to go to waste. There is much made of “paying it forward”, and of settling one’s debts.

Places and concepts belonging to or originating on Sultonia are “Sultonian”, while people from Sultonia are called “Sultonians”.