Planet:Tahai

Tahai is a pleasure world in the Drodo Empire. A large moon, orbiting a spectacular, colourful gas giant, the world's settlement was overseen by Premier Cesterity Isordon as part of his plan to revitalize tourism. The world was funded by investors across the Gigaquadrant, namely from France and the Draconid Imperium(?). Specialists from both countries were also recruited to help build the ecumenopolis.

History
Tahai was concieved as a plan to help revitalize the Drodo economy through a renewed push in the tourism sector. Starting work in 2808, the plan would rapidly gain support and funding, and after three years of intensive construction would be completed in 2811 on-schedule and only just over-budget. The world would be open to the public soon after.

Geography and Features
Tahai is a large moon, and one of the few ecumenopoli in the Drodo Empire. Being an ecumenopolis, it has since lost all natural geography, to be replaced by neat grids of enormous skyscrapers dozens of kilometres high. Vertically, the buildings are split also between fifteen "layers", from the crust of the world to the very top, each with its own purpose and expensiveness of stay. At every layer there are hundreds of courtyards and sky-bridges built to connect the skyscrapers to one another.

The lower layers are generally home to the less expensive services and accommodations. Encrusted in a vast canopy of miles-high skyscrapers and interlocking courtyards, the lower layers see precious little natural light, and thus all the light at these lower layers come from the hundreds of neon signs of the crowded street businesses and the illumination provided by lamps- both the neatly-positioned public street lighting and the more haphazardly-placed lights placed by civilians to supplement this.

The seedy atmosphere is not only in appearance- The dark conditions and lower-class of the individuals mean that the vast majority of Tahai's crime happens in these lower layers, mostly from a minority of Tahaiese residents who make a living off of scamming or robbing tourists, before slinking away into the world's urban maze.

Tahai's middle-layers are a rapid shift in atmosphere. The mid-layers, by virtue of being closer to the sky, are able to be illuminated naturally, and thus are not in eternal darkness as with the lower levels. The mid-layers are dominated by wide-open courtyards, where much commerce occurs and less carnal, base services are offered.

Accommodations tend to be larger, nicer, and more expensive than the lower layers, and the services, of which there are a greater diversity, are also of better quality. The mid-layers are financially-accessible by those of in any sort of middle-class position, and so many of the foreigners who arrive on the world spend much of their time on the busy mid-layers, as well as forays into the lower-layers.

The world's higher-layers are the near-exclusive domain of the rich. Exposed to the clear sky; on skyscraper levels that pierce through the clouds and at times reach to the edge of space; to simply rent a room or to purchase a property on these layers would bankrupt most. They are enormous flats decorated in tasteful Draconis, French, Drodoian, and ultramodern stylings, equipped with the latest consumer technology and built to the most sophisticated standards that in many ways emulate the abodes of worlds such as Minos'Drakon in a faithful and original interpretation.

The services provided on these upper layers are also of the utmost quality, and often cost a fortune, exploiting the young aristocrat's near-contempt for riches. Many wealthy foreigners are also seen on these upper layers, and out of all areas of the world, it is here that the highest proportion of properties are up for sale, for any that have interest in living on the pleasure-world permanently.

As with many major Drodo worlds, a massive orbital ring, suspended by space elevators to the surface, also surrounds the world. This ring acts as a point of much commerce and a "first stop" before heading to the surface of the planet for most tourists.

Attractions
Tahai, being a pleasure world, is centered around the entertainment of tourists. Tahai hosts millions of holosutes, pubs, bars, and restaurants. It also possesses perhaps the greatest expression of the Empire's notoriously lax laws on drugs and prostitution- brothels and drug-dens abound, almost all of which are completely legal.

Tahai is also popular as all the above services and products, due to their sheer volume and level of competition, are very cheap with excellent service. Tahai is so dedicated to entertainment that there is something for everybody however, with far more than mere hedonism. It is often said that it takes a conscious effort not to enjoy one's stay on the world.

Demographics
Tahai has only a small permanent population, who're made up mostly of business owners and maintenance workers. Maintenance workers on the world, of which there is large army, are often the top of their field and are well-paid for their work. In addition, such workers are provided a discount to buying property on the world- Mostly to offset how expensive the cost of living is. Small businesses, which make up the vast majority of practices, are also provided subsidies to offset this cost.

The majority of the population is temporary- Most workers come and go from the world in "shifts" lasting several months each. While they are technically employed year-round, most, due to the sort of services they provide, are paid by commission rather than salary by the employers, and thus live off what they make in their shift for the rest of the year. Luckily, this system works quite well, as even rather menial or low-status jobs sell and pay well due to the sheer amount of customers and premium quality of service. The majority of the population is, of course, composed of tourists, who are also temporary inhabitants.

Police Force/Garrison
Tahai maintains its own planetary police force- a force which is one of the best trained, equipped, and especially dressed in the Empire. Due to the sheer wealth of the planet the Tahai Police Department (TPD) possesses only the finest examples of equipment- everything from gilded, handforged swords to ivory-handled and silver-lined firearms, to mastercraft robohorses and Draconis sportscars. The TDP also consists of the best-trained officers in the Empire and makes use of many ex-IDMP officers with decades of experience.

The TDP uniform is a tourist attraction in and of itself. An ivory-white tunic and breeches with gold detailings, jet-black, impeccably-polished riding boots, a grey fur-lined jacket, and a gilded, spiked pith helmet compose their spectacular uniform, in what is perhaps the greatest expression of traditional Drodo military dress. While seemingly impractical, the uniform, like all Drodo uniforms of this type, is made of modern materials, and is quite light while providing good protection.

The world also maintains a small military garrison, though no militia of its own due to the world's small permanent population.