Denobula

Facts

• Primary: Denobula Triaxa (ENT: "Breaking the Ice")
• Inhabitants: Denobulan
• Population
  • 2152: 12 billion (ENT: "The Catwalk")
    • Maintained by 2165 (ENT Novel: Live by the Code)
• Nation
  • - 2151 - 2165 - : Independent
  • - 2384 - Present: United Federation of Planets
• 35.6 hours per Denobulan day (ENT Novel: Live by the Code)
• Significant planetary government body known as Curia (ENT Novel: Live by the Code)
  • Separate from planetary judiciary

History

• Before 19th century: First contact with B'Saari II, Denobula's first interaction with alien life (ENT: "Future Tense")
  • Date by earliest known period of war with Antar
• By 19th century: First contact with Antar (ENT: "The Breach"; ENT Novel: Live by the Code)
  • Soon followed by arrangement of mining rights on Denobula, which eventually led to a view among Denobulans that Antarans were despoiling the ecosystem, resulting in military action (ENT Novel: Live by the Code)
• Mid-19th century: War with Antar ends, following inadvertent mass famines triggered by biological strike at key Antaran crops intended to disrupt economy (ENT: "The Breach"; ENT Novel: Live by the Code)
  • Though direct conflict ended, Antar continues to serve as a target of explicit hatred by extremist xenophobic Denobulan factions and implicit ill-will by much of the general population up to the 22nd century (ENT: "The Breach"; ENT Novel: Live by the Code)
• c.2150: First contact with Megara (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
• Mid-22nd century: Relations with Antar begin to finally normalize (ENT: "The Breach"; ENT Novel: Live by the Code)

Locations

Surface

• Single continent, akin to Pangaean era of Earth (ENT Novel: Live by the Code)
  • Geographical structure leads to intense regular monsoons year-round (ENT Novel: Live by the Code)
  • Inner portion of continent largely uninhabitable prior to irrigation, due to outer edge of continent serving as natural storm break for innermost regions (ENT Novel: Live by the Code)
    • 90% of continent uninhabited by 2165 (ENT Novel: Live by the Code)
  • Eastern seaboard often struck by massive hurricanes (ENT Novel: Live by the Code)
  • Initial settlement largely exclusively in southwestern coastal forests
  • Exclusive habitation in coastal regions led to extremely high population density (ENT Novel: Live by the Code)
    • Overall average population density 2165 of approximately 1200 people per square kilometer in inhabited regions (ENT Novel: Live by the Code)
  • High density and extreme climate resulted in general perception of integration with rather than domination over ecosystem, guiding industrial progress thusly (ENT Novel: Live by the Code)
  • Most buildings for communal purpose rather than private ownership
    • Extended waking cycle resulted in less need for private residences for personal safety during sleeping periods, leading to a general perception of communal ownership of property, construction (ENT Novel: Live by the Code)
    • Private property tends towards work areas, storehouses, or "nests" devoted to annual hibernation, but few to no permanent residences (ENT Novel: Live by the Code)
• Central Desert (ENT Novel: Live by the Code)
• Gintoril rainforest (ENT Novel: Live by the Code)
  • Burnt during Denobulan-Antaran War (ENT Novel: Live by the Code)
• Gronim City (ENT Novel: Live by the Code)
  • Gronim River (ENT Novel: Live by the Code)
  • Tregnig Towers (ENT Novel: Live by the Code)
• Unknown
  • Zenubex (ENT Novel: Live by the Code)
    • Site of massacre during Denobulan-Antaran War (ENT Novel: Live by the Code)
• Unknown city
  • Morxin Prison Complex (ENT Novel: Live by the Code)

Indigenous Life

Animal

• Denobulan lemur (ENT: "A Night in Sickbay"; ENT Novel: Live by the Code)
  • Common target of hunts; kidneys are considered a delicacy (ENT: "A Night in Sickbay"; ENT Novel: Live by the Code)
• Flegnar beast (ENT Novel: Live by the Code)
  • Orange coat or hide (ENT Novel: Live by the Code)

Plant

• Voat tree (ENT Novel: Live by the Code)