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** '''Geography''': Kerelia's largest land mass, Merindora, separated into two continents during massive tectonic plate shifts 11,000 years ago.  The resulting two continents, Abaran and Actya, constitute 80 percent of the total land mass on the planet. At the closest point the continents are separated by a distance of 8000 km by two oceans, Teora and Anama. Four major islands and several minor islands formed from undersea volcano eruptions.  Water accounts for 85 percent of the planet’s surface. The main continents lay between latitudes 75N and 60S. Both poles are covered with massive ice surfaces that extend several kilometers deep.  A sophisticated network of caves have been carved out over millions of years from repeated global warming and cooling. The oceans at the deepest point is 29 kms. Eighty percent of the population live on the main continents with eighteen percent on the smaller islands. The remaining two percent live at the southern pole region known as Ecosa.

===Early History===

>> questions/comments: Some of the facts presented for the Bronze Age don't seem realistic. How could anyone know how many people lived in that time period? And if there was a way to know, then that should be presented here. For that reason, I haven't included numbers like 50 million in the "Bronze Age", 3 million on one continent, etc.

The capitol city of Kerelia, Trysia, is home to the Government of Kerelia. The Government of Kerelia is the supreme authority for the planet. It consists of the Prime Minister, or Coi, appointed by the Chovina (parliament), and cabinet ministers appointed by the Coi. The Chovina is comprised of 9 members from each province. Abaran has the most provinces with 12, Tanis has 8, and the provincial island states of Adatlina, Edela, Clessa, and Tanis combine for a total of 216 members. The southern pole, known as Ecosa, inhabited by religious separatist are not represented. There is no Judicial arm of the Kerelian government.  

'''Coi'''

* '''Nominates the United Federation of Planets ambassaor and planetary ambassadors'''

* '''Final arbitar on Judicial matters'''

* '''Final Arbitar in judicial matters'''

The Chovina meets 6 times a year unless an emergency session is called by the Coi.  They serve as the legislative body for Kerelia. Chovina members are elected locally by each province.  The Chovina is responsible for:

* '''Create and Amend Laws'''

* '''Investigate the use of money by the government'''

* '''Represent the People'''

* '''Holds hearing and confirms the nominations for Cabinet Ministers'''

 

* '''Department of Treasurey'''

* '''Department of Spacel'''

* '''Department of Federation and Inter-Planetary Relations'''

There is no Kerelian Judicial arm to oversee the law. Laws are given birth in the Chovina and signed into law by the Coi. Adjudication complaints are resolved at the provincial level with each province having a Supreme Arbitar, 1-4 appeals courts, and 1-15 local courts. Cases at the local courts are decided on their merits by a sole arbitar. An appeal is automatic with a conviction and is heard by a 3 member appeals court. The appeal court ruling must be unanimous. In cases where there could not be a consensus it is given to the Supreme Arbitar who will make a decision based on transcripts alone and with out hearings . All decisions by the Supreme Arbrater are sent to the Coi for validation. Although rare, the Coi may overturn the decision of the Supreme Arbitar. There are no civil courts on Kerelia.

Each province selects 9 Chovina Members who also serve as the provincial lawmakers and administrators.  A chief Administrator is selected from one of the eight members to manage the day to day operations of the provincial government. The Supreme Arbitar, local arbitars' and members of the appeals courts are appointed by these lawmakers.

The ridges that make up the outer ear, or pinna, amplify the sound waves and passes them to 6 sets of canals and eardrums thus splitting the sound waves into 6 distinct frequency ranges. The vibration from the ear drums are sent to 6 cochleas which convert them to nerve impulses and transmitted to an enlarged temporal lobe.  Also unique to other species, there is no degenerative hearing loss.

The Kerelian voice consists of sounds made by the vocal folds (cords), muscles of the larynx, and size of the vocal tract. Its frequency ranges from about 10 to 42,000 Hz, 6 times greater than other humanoids.  The lungs pump air into the larynx which vibrates 2 sets of vocal folds (Kerelians are the only race to have two) producing 2 different sets of frequencies. The frequencies are sent to a complex set of microscopic tubes and valves that can selectively add or subtract the frequencies resulting in incredible range. The muscles of the larynx adjust the length and tension of the vocal folds to ‘fine tune’ pitch and tone.

To live in a low pressure/oxygen atmosphere Kerelians have developed larger than normal lungs and heart. Efficient anaerobic and aerobic systems manage how oxygen is delivered to key organs and muscles. A mini organ called an Ebra augments the production of red blood cells. Kerelians have two kidneys and two lungs and need both of each to survive. In the case of disease or injury the body can survive with one until a new one regenerated. This process takes 2-4 weeks and in the interim a prosthetic is used.

The brain is not divided into hemispheres.  It consist of 4 lobes. The temporal lobe is the largest and most complex.  It is responsible for processing audio information and a large portion, the Euadin, is used solely as a "back up" memory node for the other lobes. In case of injury to a lobe, information stored in that area can be retrieved from the Euadin later on preventing memory loss. An area in the Temporal lobe, the Zyfur area, is only active in about 15 percent of Kerelians who are born empathic, either E1 or E2 on the [[T/E Rating System|Telepathic/Empathic Scale]]. It is still a mystery to why this is so. There is no genetic evidence that emphatic abilities are inherited.  Kerelian neurologists theorize a gene is mutated while the fetus is developing.