Planet:Sanctuarium

"Truly Sanctuarium is the heart of our empire. Not in the poetic sense - what use do Sanctuarians have for something so rambunclous? - but literally. It is a beating, blooded machine that beats like a clockwork machine, pumping energy in the rest of the Divinarium. Sanctuarium is a very no-nonsense planet. Her people have no need for anything that is not immediately useful. Even their faith is mechanical."

Deianthil, usually referred to in human nations as Sanctuarium (a rough Latin translation of the Classical Radessic term), is a selenopolis located in the Alpha Centauri system in the. Formerly homeworld of a near-human race known as the Nebi-Mu, Sanctuarium has been since then claimed and extensively colonised by the, leading to the native population becoming displaced by immigrants. It is currently co-owned, following the tumultuous events of the, by the and the.

As one of the Five Heartworlds of the race and among the most developed Radeon colonies in the entire Gigaquadrant, Sanctuarium is highly important in intergalactic politics, especially for the followers of Spode. Citizen of Sanctuarium are often stereotyped as stern, no-nonsense workaholics obsessed with efficiency and logic. This stereotype is not entirely unfounded: harsh economic competition with local Milky Way species, coupled with the traditional austere religious practices of Sanctuarians, have forged the selenopolis into a well-oiled, strictly organised machine, orderly even by Radeon standards. As homeworld of the reigning Clericarch, as well as of more than 60% of Radeon survivors, Sanctuarium's ethics, aesthetics and traditions have greatly influenced the culture of the modern-day Divinarium.