Planet Lyon

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Planet Lyon
Owner	unknown
Location	3E, Lyonnais Gallia
Technical information
Population	800 million
Docking	Yes
Terrain	Terrestrial
Diameter	12,910 km
Mass	6.07 x 10e24 kg
Temperature	-55°C to 85°C
Escape velocity	11.47 km/sec

Lyon is a planet in many ways similar to Orleans. Its discovery in 119 AGS raised questions about the possibility of early sentient interference, in order to introduce similar carbon life forms and similar climatic conditions on those planets. Despite the fact that Lyon, New Paris and Orleans are located only several light years away from each other, and all proved habitable for humans without any terraforming, no remnant of alien presence was found on the planet.

Lyon is different compared to the aforementioned planets, here life has taken longer to evolve within the same time frame. The planet is dominated by a class of species very similar to Earth mammals. They have significant differences related to warmer temperatures, and living in Pinophyta (Pine-like) forests at most latitudes. Most Lyon animals are relatively small, with the largest being not much larger than a human. Domestic cows are currently the heaviest terrestrial animals present on the planet. Lyon is one of the most lucrative places for hunting in Gallia. Animals are abundant, not threatened by pollution or overpopulation, and hunting is allowed almost everywhere, with licenses forming a notable amount of income for local communities.

Colonization of Lyon started in 286 AGS. It was a well-prepared enterprise that allowed millions of people to transfer to the planet during the initial years of colonization. Population grew steadily, and in 730 AGS nearly 800 million people lived on Lyon, making it the third most populated planet in Gallic space. The population growth has been slowing down during the last 80 years due to somewhat high unemployment rates around the planet, and nowadays it is projected that the population will start declining in the next 10 or 20 years if the trend continues. Lyon does not possess significant heavy industry. Most of the planet's economy is agriculture and light industry, as well as the extraction and processing of oil.