Coastal plains
In general terms, the residents of this coastal province have benefited the most from the previous regime, but also represented most of the independence leaders in the seven years of fighting. Most of the economic wealth, in particular the incipient industrial wealth is located in this area of the country, and the two (of a total of four) most important universities are in Alderaan and Jeddha.
This area is also home to the best organized and most restive labor movement, known as operarios, who made up much of the rank and file of the freedom fighters in the wars for independence. They were joined by the upstarts from the local universities, primarily history majors and undecideds.
In the darkest hours of the resistance, it was actually women, both well-educated elites and working class, that carried the flame of independence forward. In particular, women were at the forefront of consumption riots during the bleakest days due to famine caused by drought and crop failures. It was women who protested openly in the streets, in defiance of colonial proclamations criminalizing protest and speech critical of the government in Summus, and demanded that their husbands and sons be released from arbitrary detention. This prominent role was not equal to their role in society to this point because they generally were denied access to higher ed through cost nor, like their male counterparts, could they vote for local representation.
Over the last several decades of imperial rule, a burgeoning underclass made of Mutus have emerged in both Alderaan and Yavin as these poor indigenous folk were drafted to come and work in the houses of colonial bureaucrats and the homes of the local social and economic elites. An unintended consequence, a slum called Pauperville emerged in Alderaan that serves this community as well as pole of attraction for poor internal migrants. Some estimates suggest this neighborhood makes up 12% of the city's population. A similar phenomenon has happened in Yavin, but not on the scale.
This area is also home to the best organized and most restive labor movement, known as operarios, who made up much of the rank and file of the freedom fighters in the wars for independence. They were joined by the upstarts from the local universities, primarily history majors and undecideds.
In the darkest hours of the resistance, it was actually women, both well-educated elites and working class, that carried the flame of independence forward. In particular, women were at the forefront of consumption riots during the bleakest days due to famine caused by drought and crop failures. It was women who protested openly in the streets, in defiance of colonial proclamations criminalizing protest and speech critical of the government in Summus, and demanded that their husbands and sons be released from arbitrary detention. This prominent role was not equal to their role in society to this point because they generally were denied access to higher ed through cost nor, like their male counterparts, could they vote for local representation.
Over the last several decades of imperial rule, a burgeoning underclass made of Mutus have emerged in both Alderaan and Yavin as these poor indigenous folk were drafted to come and work in the houses of colonial bureaucrats and the homes of the local social and economic elites. An unintended consequence, a slum called Pauperville emerged in Alderaan that serves this community as well as pole of attraction for poor internal migrants. Some estimates suggest this neighborhood makes up 12% of the city's population. A similar phenomenon has happened in Yavin, but not on the scale.