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=== Inari ===

Inari is a TL3 world with a specialty in agricultural products, and a population of one hundred million.  The common language is Japanese, and there is an unusually strong Buddhist tradition in several areas of the planet, despite the secularizing influence of contact with spacefaring civilizations.  They were roughly at the height of 1950s-era technology when Contacted, and are now beginning the slow crawl toward TL4 capacity.  There is a lively debate in the planetary government about what area (if any) of TL4 technology they should concentrate on developing first.

Inari is most interesting for its wildly varied biosphere, and the current belief is that it was seeded with life from many different worlds as part of some Mandate-era experiment (or accident?)  Even now, Inari has an unusual reliance on domesticated wildlife and a highly sophisticated agricultural system built on dozens of exotic plant and animal products.  

They don't seem terrifically excited about expansion in and of itself, and are actually slightly insular.  Their primary motivation to bootstrap up is so that they cannot be pushed around, which has produced some conflict in the State as to whether they should be ''allowed'' to be insular.

'''Vital Statistics'''
*Coordinates: 02.05
*Government: Constitutional Theocracy.
*Laws & Restrictions: Weapons are disfavored and must be justified.  Violence is heavily restricted.  Planet is effectively an enforced vegetarian state, do not attempt to import meat.
*Population: 100M
*Languages: Japanese
*Technology: 98M TL3, 2M TL4.
*Fleets: 5 non-militarized shuttles, 2nd Generation. Full NIFP Protection.  No stations.

'''Trade'''
*Supply & Demand: -2 Agricultural, -1 Livestock, +1 Medical, +2 Mineral.
*Goods: 1. Laughing Buddha Hydroponic Farms. 2. Livestock, Gengineered. 3. Livestock, Luxury Pets. 4. Metawheat. 5. Native Artwork. 6. Fine Liquor. 7. Parts, Basic Industry. 8. Postech Building Material. 9. Clothing. 10. Tools, basic hand tools.
*Trouble: As per agricultural world.
*Friction: 3
*Notes: The animals bred here are for byproducts only.  They get really serious if people start selling animals for meat.
**There is one TL4 good that Inari makes, and they make the best in the State.  They can produce unparalleled hydroponics systems.  
**The Laughing Buddha Modular Hydroponic Farm weighs 10 tons when packed for transport, and costs 50,000cr.  It includes four modules, each of which requires roughly half of a barn worth of space when put together.  Each module is enough to feed 75 people once it is running continuously.  Setup requires the addition of a great deal of water and biomass, which should be easily available in most environments, and a continuous (but not necessarily high-intensity) power source.  The hydroponics facility requires maintenance from someone with Tech/Medical or Science skills and access to the manual.