System: Arboris

Originally colonized by settlers from the Capellan Hegemony, Arboris was settled for its fertile ground. Arboris has three continents. The largest, Jeruc — named after the scout who surveyed the planet — is located in the northern hemisphere. Covering over 38 percent of the planet, Jeruc produces the majority of the planet’s agro-products from its vast flat plains and valleys. The largest plain, Kansas Plateau, is home to the capital, Kansas Plain, which located in the southwest portion of the continent. Kansas Plateau wheat grows taller than the largest BattleMechs. In the north and west of Jeruc are the vast Hardina Mountains, which have proved as stubborn as the planet’s people. The majority of the population is located on Jeruc, where many are farmers or work to support the planet’s major industry.

The remaining continents — Silverado and Bandar — are more island continents, about equal in size to Terra’s Australia. Here the industries are timber and mineral mining. The people of Arboris have a history of fierce independence. Before their actions in the Chaos March conflict, they proved their mettle in 2308 by seceding from the Capellan Hegemony to protest the rapacious taxes and debilitating draft imposed by that government to support an unjustifiable war.

Though Arboris again returned under the Capellan umbrella soon after the end of the Capellan-Supremacy War, neither House Liao nor later, House Davion, succeeded in fully assimilating the populace. When Capellan forces invaded Arboris during the break up of the Sarna March in 3057, the citizens refused to submit to them. Led by commanders of the Farmers Freedom Army, they rose up against the invaders and through sheer willpower forced the Capellans off the continent of Jeruc. The former Arboris militia forces suffered the same fate.

There are no functional factories located on this planet.