Vallous

See List of Vallous Directors for more detailed information and photos of the respective directors.

Climate and Geography
Vallous is a young tropical terra with expansive oceans and highly active tectonic plates. The average temperature on the surface is 23 degrees centigrade, and the planet's 0.2 degree axial tilt nets no seasonal temperature or daylight variation.

The planet is patterned by mountain ranges that are taller than any found on Earth, with the tallest being found in a mid-continental range. Pinnacle Mountain stands as the tallest on the surface at 14553 meters (47746 feet) in height. In between Pinnacle Mountain Range and Grey's Cross Mountain Range sits The Superior Plateau, an expansive inter-range plateau that roughly resembles old Earth's Lake Superior. The region sits 4200 meters above sea level and is the location of the Federate capital city (52°S, 0°W).

Cities
Understanding the extreme dangers threatened by the extreme storm systems on the planet, Director Esther Mercer along with then-presidentress Esther Stafford consolidated Vallous' population centers into a single mega-city along the geographic equator. The city, simply dubbed "Vallous Equatorial City", is a strip extending 0.5 degrees (59 kilometers) north and south of the equator on average for most of the planet's circumference. Areas within continental surfaces are wider and oceanic/coastal components are thinner.

Political Structure
Due to the planet's climate and limitations on settlements, the director of Vallous is also the lead of the planetary capital and other settlements on the planetary surface. Advisors are selected by the director to more effectively manage funds as individual regions demand.

Vallous also acts as the seat of government for the Federate Presidential Order and contains the official planetary residence of the President of the Federate. The Government Sector of Vallous is an exclusive region of the planet, situated on a mountain plateau beyond the rain shadow of the Pinnacle Mountain Range.