Fiction:The Kalohris Republic of Miigish Space

''They call us meddlers, but hey, we get a little stir crazy down here. We have nothing better to do!''

-Reniikuh Iilohter

The Kalohris Republic of Miigish Space, otherwise known as the KRMS, is the name of the legal body comprising of the Miigishmoter population.

Anatomy and Physiology

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"No, you carbon based oaf! We can't use x-rays, we have to cut open to see! X-rays will destroy the tissues of the body!" -Ferskun Myeskur, angered about a carbon based lifeform's ignorance of the properties of silicon-silicon bonds

Miigishmoteren are bipedal and humanoid in shape. They are about 2 feet tall on average. They have two fingers and a thumb on each hand. Their skin is white, and so is their blood and pupils. They have markings on their head that are distinct for each individual. The color of the markings are the same as the sclera of their eyes. They can also see colors into the infrared and ultraviolet range of the spectrum. Miigishmoteren are silicon and sulfur based lifeforms, meaning that they use silicon and sulfur in place of carbon and oxygen respectively. They breathe in gaseous hydrogen sulfide and consume polysilane material and combine them to create silicon sulfide (a solid waste), hydrogen gas, and energy. Important to note, silicon-silicon bonds are fragile, and in high energy environments break.

History

Early Miigishmoteren originated in only a few cave systems and remained in them, so they stayed primarily homogeneous. When technological progress allowed them to drill through the cavern walls, they had already begun to have a solid society. Technology developed, but space travel was out of scope due to the Miigishmoteren's fear of the general direction "up". However, in the year XXXX, Ekmeya Kontiver developed a method of rejuvenating a dead body. It functioned by repairing damage to the body and stimulating the brain. Later, Dohlemik Kontiver, descendant of Ekmeya, developed a method of "respawning" a deceased individual. This method, instead of using an old body, created an entirely new one that is in the state of the old one just before death. It, however, required much more resources to use, was expensive to build the equipment, and required scans of the body to work. Thus, only wealthy individuals could afford the respawning equipment, whereas the former method was standard hospital procedure. However, Drumant Koshim, who was the highest authority at the time, made an effort to make respawners a public service. This required lots of funding, so the timescale was quite large for the project. Drumant taxed all those who owned respawners until they donated them to the public. Doing so raised funds and also requisitioned respawners. After the project was completed partway, a team of scientists began to accelerate their work in finding reliable energy. Already, thermal power from the surface was being employed, but what this group of scientists aimed to do was to convert matter into energy. With the respawner project partway through, they were less hesitant to experiment, because they had a better chance of surviving an accident. Many years later, the respawner project was almost through, and the team of scientists successfully found a matter to energy conversion method. This new tech enabled a much looser budget for the Miigishmoteren to work with. After the project was complete, Ohkinem Braken, the new highest authority at the time, proposed a plan to venture upward. With revival technology fully implemented, people were much more eager to explore said possibility. After a successful expedition to the surface completed by Trenoh Ganeky, Alket Burenoh, and Shunim Kaneloh was completed, Ohnkinem Braken made a new proposition to study the newfound heavens. Afterwards, the scientific community took large interest in all the objects in the sky. Plans were made to visit the nearest space objects, namely, the other planets in the star system. With all the technology that had already been developed, this was an easy task. As the scope expanded to interstellar space, many of the theoretical sciences found an application for interstellar drives. In XXXX, the first interstellar drive was tested. Gohraber Culak was sent to Denemar. After reaching the planet, Gohraber activated the scanning equipment on board, and to the surprise of the Miigish population, there was life on the surface. Some models predicted that other environments could sport life, but most people did not expect it. Denemar was then colonized in XXXX, although special domes were made to withstand the substantial atmospheric pressure. Further expansion ensued, but only to a few other colonies. Many outposts for military and mining purposes were built, however.

Society and Economy

Initially, the Miigish economy was very capitalist. However, with the invention of matter to energy conversion, the capitalist system was made nearly obsolete. However, with the discovery of space, space exploration corporations were created and flourished. Mining corporations were called for to produce material for the new vehicle industry. Research facilities were given more funding to produce warp drives to travel to other solar systems. Most of Miigish's energy problems were taken care of, and thus the population could be sustained, but post scarcity was not quite achieved due to the new demands of space. As far as society goes, modern Miigish is quite close to utopia. Being very non expansionist (because they could simply dig deeper for more space) and having a large source of energy, utopian society is easy for Miigishmoteren to achieve. However, before matter to energy conversion was discovered, Miigish had a very distinct financial divide. The business sector had already been crowded, so new enterprises had trouble getting into the system. Many low class individuals were stuck into low skill jobs due to being unable to afford education. High class business owners that wanted to help the low class couldn't because they hired so many workers that raising the wage would not fit into the budget. As far as discrimination goes, there virtually is none. The Miigishmoteren, being extremely prudish, won't pay attention to anything that would determine an individual's gender, being that both sexes look strikingly alike. The worst case of discrimination there is is that people normally avoid individuals with infrared, ultraviolet, and pink coloring due to the natural aversion to those colors, however most individuals are within the red and purple regions of the spectrum, making it a moot point.

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