Csilla

"You'd think with the pick of any of the worlds in the Unknown Regions that they'd have chosen one a bit more agreeable than this."

- Jacen Solo

Csilla, the homeworld of the Chiss, is a cold world of glaciers and snowy wastes located deep within Chiss Space, and serves as the capital of the Chiss Ascendancy.

Astrographical Information
Region:  The Unknown Regions

Sector:  Chiss Space

System:  Csilla System

Suns:  (1)  Csilla

Orbital Position:  2

Moons:  3

Grid Coordinates:  F-8

Trade Routes:  (1) Path of the Houses; (2) Vaagari Corridor

Rotational Period:  25 standard hours

Orbital Period:  462 local days

Physical Information
Planet Type:  Terrestrial

Diameter:  11,080 km

Climate:  Frigid

Atmosphere:  Breathable (Type I)

Gravity:  Standard

Primary Terrain:  (1) Glaciers; (2) Caves

Surface Water:  None

Societal Information
Native Species:  Chiss

Primary Language(s):  Cheunh

Government:  Oligarchy

Major Exports:  Foodstuffs; >Luxury Goods; >Technology

Population:  8 Billion (99% Chiss; 1% other species)

Major Cities:  Csaplar; Ac'siel

Capital:  Csaplar

Ruling Factions

 * The Chiss Ascendancy  (5,000 BBY - )

History
Between 27,500 and 27,000 BBY, Humans reached Csilla in sleeper ships that colonized the planet. Genetic analysis indicated that these Humans developed into the Chiss, who quickly developed a global government. The need to manage Csilla's population and obtain resources without damaging their homeworld's ecosystem motivated the Chiss space program, which may have benefited from memories of the original colonization effort.

The planet entered an ice age in 5,000 BBY. Glaciers covered the normally warm equatorial regions of the planet, while solid ice locked the poles in perpetual winter. In order to survive, the Chiss built energy-efficient warrens beneath the ice, as close to the warmth of the inner planet as possible, with underground carriage travel routes to connect the various undergound sections of Csilla. The iceways were bored through the bedrock of the planet, so that they were unaffected by the shifting ice found on the planet's surface.

Locked in an ice age for millenia, Csilla forced many socioeconomic and technological changes upon the Chiss, but few physical changes. Contrary to beliefs in a link between Chiss skin color and the Csillan temperature, scientists concluded that the Chiss' blue skin was caused by a mineral found in the Csillan hydrosphere.

During the Great Galactic War, negotiators from the Chiss Ascendancy - the Chiss' government - and diplomats of the Sith Empire met in a summit, which resulted in the Ascendancy offering resources, tax revenues, and armies to the Empire in return for its sovereignty; as part of the decision, no Imperials would enter Csilla without permission.