Adamas (star)

A G8V-type star in the constellation Cancer, 55 Cancri A is approximately 40 light years from Sol. 55 Cancri A is more commonly referred to as Adamas (ad-ah-mass), the name of the fifth planet of the 55 Cancri A system. Adamas is named for the ancient Greek word for "diamond". The planet is composed primarily of carbon, much of it in the form of diamond due to the heat and pressure of the planet's interior. Adamas has been home to a mining operation since the ninth century BGC. Adamas is the only inhabited planet in the system, and even then the "habitat" is a massive orbital complex, due to the harsh conditions on the surface.

Neutrality
Adamas has a long-standing tradition of political neutrality, largely honored due to the fact that there are so few people living there, as well as the economic clout the system has thanks to its supply of diamonds. While diamonds are less valuable as jewelry than they used to be, they are extremely useful for many engineering applications related to FTL drives and laser weaponry.

Adamas Station
The population of Adamas lives on Adamas Station, which has a permanent population of three hundred thousand people, with a transient population of roughly three thousand people per day. Due to the system's neutrality, the station is a popular destination for merchants, smugglers, bounty hunters, and other less-than-reputable individuals. The Station itself is a hodgepodge of different modules and architectures, that have grown organically over time, with parts being added, refitted, and cast off as needed. By the rise of the Empire virtually nothing was left of the original Adamas Base.

Adamas is governed by the Adamas Station Ruling Council, made up of twenty Councillors - one for every fifteen thousand Adamantine citizens. The Ruling Council is run by a five-person Directorate. Each member of the Directorate is chosen by the Council (but not from members of the Council). After their first year in office, the population must vote whether or not to let them remain in the Directorate. No member of the Directorate may serve more than five years, and one new member is elected every year. It is expected that by their fifth year, a Director will be the Chief Director of the Station (the equivalent of a Head of State/Head of Government). Each Councillor serves a single seven year term, and must wait seven years until they can be nominated for the Directorate.