====== Achelia ======

==== Extract from an Achelian Poetry Anthology: Seven Systems, Seven Times ====

//“They say that from the wind's first sigh\\
Achelia glistered in the sky,\\
But as greed grew and business flourished\\
Its natural riches were malnourished.\\
To save it from a grisly fate,\\
The CHRONOS team set back the date,\\
And so, through art and civil war\\
Our painted home was safe once more."//

==== Extract from Hepzibah Quaresma's 'Politics of a Post-Chronological Achelia' ====

'Approximately 20 years after the overthrowing of Klaycorp, the Tungsten Roses began work on the dissolution of the temporary government that they had instated in the immediate aftermath of the civil war. Acting on the advice of the CHRONOS Project, Adam Moutinho (at the time the //de facto// leader of the Tungsten Roses) announced that he would be overseeing the transition to a more democratic system of government. 

Per the plans laid out by those aboard the //Prometheus//, the planet was divided into 102 voting constituencies. After the merger of 1287, in which Upper Chale and Lower Chale joined to become simply 'Chale', these became the 101 constituencies with which we are all familiar today. In our planet's first democratic election in over a millennium, Adam Moutinho's husband, Solomon, was elected Achelia's first Dawn Consul. Since then, nineteen different Achelians have held this office, representing twelve different political parties.

Whilst their policies have differed in most regards, every Dawn Consul since Solomon Moutinho has upheld his pro-environmentalist stance, with large amounts of government funding being directed towards the restoration and renovation of Achelia's former natural beauty.  


==== Text from a Poster on the Wall of a Kybele Travel Agency ====

**VISIT ACHELIA TODAY!**

It's probably been a while since you visited the glistering planet, huh?

Why wait! Today, Achelia sparkles brighter than ever, and it will gladly reflect well upon you too!

See the eagles soar over Goldenback Mountain, as the sun sets behind the Palladium Peaks!

Or if you're feeling stressed, why not relax, and watch the fireflies flit by the banks of the Serenity River?

If the outdoors isn't your thing, then our cities gleam as much as the planet's surface - and the artwork inside blossoms with all the beauty of fresh flowers in the spring.

Or visit one of our psYber cafes, and join the modders and makers that have kept our trademark art glasses going strong for over forty years!

Whatever you're doing now, why wait, when you could be doing it on Achelia?