Type: Terrestrial
Temperature: Hot
Atmosphere: Type I (breathable)
Hydrosphere: Moist
Gravity: Standard
Terrain: Jungle
Length of Day: Unknown
Length of Year: Unknown
Sapient Species: Vratix, Humans
Starports: Imperial Class (estimated)
Population: Unknown
Planet Function: Home of Bacta (medical fluid)
Government: New Republic (Member)
Tech Level: Space
Major Exports: Bacta
Major Imports: High tech, mid tech (estimated)

Capsule: The planet of Thyferra is located in the Polith System, and is the homeworld of the mantis like Vratix and is the center of the Galaxy's bacta industry. The planet is a green-and-white world covered with rain forests, and its axis tilt is little but makes the place unbearably humid. There are two airless uninhabited moons that orbit Thyferra and the planet itself orbits a yellow star. The planet was first contacted during the middle years of the Old Republic, and even though the Vratix had already colonized many of the worlds in there system the contact with the Republic ushered in a technological revolution. The Vratix soon invented a healing fluid called bacta that was made by growing alazhi and mixing it with the chemical kavam, and the fluid was extremely profitable and powerful Vratix operations spread across many worlds. With the rise of the Galactic Empire and Emperor Palpatine the two large bacta-harvesting corporations, Xucphra and Zaltin, negotiated a special deal with the Imperials, that allowed the companies to gain a virtual monopoly on the bacta industry. The two conglomerates controlled 95 percent of the galaxy's bacta and became known as the Bacta Cartel. The human-owned companies long controlled the Vratix and ran the government, and the total bacta output averaged seventeen billion liters a year. The planet-wide government was led by two canirs (chief officers) appointed by an elected council, each canir represented one of the two corporations, and because Xucphra and Zaltin were competitors there was frequent government gridlock, which helped give rise to the Ashern (Black Claw) terrorist group, which viewed the corporations as a threat and attempted to topple them. In the political confusion following the Battle of Endor, Thyferra remained neutral and profited by selling bacta to both sides. Two and a half years after the Battle of Endor, Ysanne Isard, having fled Coruscant, established herself as the head of state on Thyferra.  The New Republic put on a covert campaign to gain the entrance of Thyferra into the New Republic.  Isard was overthrown and Thyferra voted to join the New Republic.

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