Tezwa
Facts
- Primary: Tezel-Oroko
- Inhabitants: Tezwan
- Population
- 2379: 4.9 billion (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- Capital: Keelee-Kee (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- Nation
- Antiquity - : Non-unified
- - 2364 - 2380 - : Independent (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill; Novel: Articles of the Federation)
- Gravity: ~0.8g (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- Red-colored sky (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- Lead-colored water (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
Political Structure
- Center of government: Ilantava, Keelee-Kee (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- Red-and-gold flag (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- Planetary government originally established under the Tezwan Civil Charter (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- Executive
- Head of state: Prime Minister (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- Uniform of office consists of flowing purple robes, metal-banded wooden staff (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- Commander of the Tezwan military (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- Legislative
- Chief body the Assembly Forum (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- Membership in the hundreds (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- Members known as Ministers (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- Certain members hold chairs in specific ministries (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- Chairs can be reassigned to different ministries by Prime Minister, but cannot be dismissed (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- Known ministries
- Ministry of Agriculture (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- Ministry of the Army (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- Ministry of the Arts (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- Ministry of Education (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- Foreign Ministry (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- Ministry of Health (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- Ministry of Intelligence (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- Ministry of Justice (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill, A Time to Heal)
- Ministry of Labor (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- Ministry of State (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- Ministry of Trade (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- Certain members hold chairs in specific ministries (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- Weapons banned within the Forum (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- Chief body the Assembly Forum (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- Government dominated by two political parties (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill, A Time to Heal)
- Lacaam (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill, A Time to Heal)
- Demonym: Lacaam'i (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- Largely consisting of elininae (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- Extremely conservative party holding near-exclusive power upon the election of Kinchawn (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- Lost power following overthrow of Kinchawn following Klingon attack (TNG Novel: A Time to Heal)
- Gatni (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill, A Time to Heal)
- Largely consisting of trinae (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill, A Time to Heal)
- Lacaam (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill, A Time to Heal)
History
- At least 12 distinct eras of Tezwan history, reaching back millennia (TNG Novel: A Time to Heal)
- Late December 2372: Following the establishment of an agreement between Koll Azernal and Prime Minister Kinchawn, rapid-frequency nadion-pulse cannons are installed on Tezwa, though left inactive, in preparation for potential direct Klingon strikes against the Federation. (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- March 2379: Planetary infrastructure devastated by Klingon attack instigated by interference from Chief of staff Koll Azernal (Novel: Articles of the Federation)
- Full global functioning still not yet restored by May 2380 (Novel: Articles of the Federation)
Locations
Surface
- Locations
- Kolidos Desert (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- Southern hemisphere (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- Linoka Forest (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- Spans over half a continent in the southern hemisphere (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- Mokana Basin (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- Southern hemisphere (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- Approximately 100 km south of the Equator (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- Nokalana Sea (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill, A Time to Heal)
- Equatorial body of water (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- Solasook Peninsula (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- Northern hemisphere near the arctic circle (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- Kolidos Desert (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- Cities
- Keelee-Kee (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill, A Time to Heal; Novel: Articles of the Federation)
- Capital city (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill, A Time to Heal)
- Ilanatava (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill, A Time to Heal)
- Also known as the Prime Aerie (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- Main executive offices (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill, A Time to Heal)
- Top floor: Prime minister's office (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill, A Time to Heal)
- Deelatava (TNG Novel: A Time to Heal)
- Government administration (TNG Novel: A Time to Heal)
- Destroyed March 29, 2379; insurgent bombing (TNG Novel: A Time to Heal)
- Alkam-Zar (TNG Novel: A Time to Heal; Novel: Articles of the Federation)
- Anara-Zel (TNG Novel: A Time to Heal)
- Arbosa-Lo (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill, A Time to Heal)
- Very distant from Keelee-Kee (TNG Novel: A Time to Heal)
- Kuruk-Tau (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- Considered one of Tezwa's greatest cities before its destruction in Klingon attack, 2379 (TNG Novel: A Time to Heal)
- First founded millennia before 2379 (TNG Novel: A Time to Heal)
- Masheena-Kel (TNG Novel: A Time to Heal)
- Odina-Keh (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill, A Time to Heal)
- Savola-Cov (TNG Novel: A Time to Heal)
- Trinae-dominant city (TNG Novel: A Time to Heal)
- Keelee-Kee (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill, A Time to Heal; Novel: Articles of the Federation)
Indigenous Life
Animal
- Kessal (TNG Novel: A Time to Heal)
- Common livestock (TNG Novel: A Time to Heal)
- Lokeg wasp (TNG Novel: A Time to Heal)
- Native to Linoka Forest, possibly other biomes (TNG Novel: A Time to Heal)
- Sting is fatal to Tezwans, extremely hazardous to Humans (TNG Novel: A Time to Heal)
- Symptoms of sting include extreme fever (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
Plant
- Ilosk (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- Fern analogue (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- Naka (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- Edible root (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)