| Bajor, the homeworld of the Bajorans and their faith-centered culture, flourished more than 25,000 years ago. Its history fostered many master artisans, architects, and builders who constructed a world of advanced technology and beautiful sights. Once a peaceful planet within a remote region of the Alpha Quadrant, Bajor's isolated serenity was shattered with the invasion of Cardassian Occupation forces. From 2339 to 2369, 10 million Bajorans were killed, but despite the brutality of the government implemented massacres, freedom fighters in the mountains of Bajor never ceased their struggle for independence. When the Cardassians finally retreated from Bajor due to the phenomenal resistance, a period of chaos and unrest ensued, with only a Provisional Government holding together the people of Bajor. Though victorious at last after forty years of military occupational rule, Bajor itself was in ruins. Famine, drought, disaster plagued the land where there was once plentiful food. The government subsequently requested the United Federation of Planets to assist in administering the abandoned Cardassian mining station orbiting their world. The remote position of Bajor made it a lonely planet in a system with little interstellar traffic. But the sudden discovery of a stable wormhole within the nearby Denorios system changed the political status of Bajor completely. With claims to a wormhole which connects to the Gamma Quadrant, Bajor gained immediate strategic value within the Alpha Quadrant. The current government on Bajor is the Bajoran Provisional Government. Established in 2369, it was originally a make-shift governmental body set up hastily in the wake of the end of the Cardassian Occupation. In the beginning, its authority to rule was controversial because of the shallow premise of its founding. However, this body and its various agencies have been responsible for much of the reconstruction of Bajoran society. For more of the history of Bajor and its people, see [Bajoran] Xenobiology files |
| STATISTICS Geography Total Space: 6.52LY?#060;br> Disputes: disputed claims with the Cardassian Union Planetary Use: Agricultural 12%; Inhabited 11%; Industrial 21%; Unused/Unusable 56%. People Population: 17,525,000,000 Species Divisions: Bajoran 89%; Non-Bajoran Humanoid 7%, Other 4% Religion: Bajoran 82%; other 5%; none 13% Language: predominantly Bajoran, sizable minorities speaking Federation Standard English, smaller minorities speaking Kardassi, and Ferengi. Labor Force: 7,360,500,000 Government Full name: The Bajoran Provisional Government Type: republic Administrative Divisions: 39 Provinces, 7 Colony worlds. Independence: August 6, 2369, from Cardassian Union Constitution: N/A Legal System: based on traditional Bajoran law and interstellar law; judicial review of legislative acts Executive Branch: first minister Legislative Branch: unicameral Chamber of Ministers Judicial Branch: Bajoran High Magistrate Leaders: Chief of State and Head of Government: First Minister Shaakar Edon Suffrage: Universal at age 17 Defense Forces: Bajoran Militia Territories: Bajor - Populated M-class third planet of the Bajoran system. The largest within the system, it possesses 5 moons and rotates by a 26-hour day. Bajor VII - Seventh planet of the Bajoran system with 3 moons. Bajor VIII - Eight planet of the Bajoran system with 6 colonies and 2 moons. Bajoran Sector - Region of space containing the Bajoran system. It borders Cardassian space as well as Federation space. Bajoran System - Contains 14 planets, the third of which is Bajor. Bajoran Wormhole - The Celestial Temple to the Bajorans. It provides a 70,000 light year shortcut to the distant Gamma Quadrant. Claimed in 2369 by Bajor upon its discovery, it is located in the Denorios Belt and currently under the joint administration of Bajor and the Federation. Deep Space Nine - Federation and Bajoran jointly operated station near the mouth of the Bajoran Wormhole. Denorios Belt - Region of highly charged plasma in the Bajoran system. It is the backdrop to the Bajoran Wormhole as well as station Deep Space Nine. Freehaven - Bajoran colony unsuccessfully targeted by Breen privateers in 2372 thanks to Starfleet intervention. Jerrado - Fifth moon of Bajor. Long a small farming colony, it was evacuated in 2369 in order to implement a potentially deadly power generation process. Lunar V Base - Former resistance installation utilized during the Occupation, it is now abandoned. New Bajor - Former Bajoran colony in the Gamma Quadrant destroyed by Dominion attack in 2370. Prophets' Landing - Bajoran colony nearest the Cardassian border under the current leadership of Governor Aresta. Economy Overview: Nearly recovered from the disastrous Cardassian occupation. Skillful use has been made of remaining equipment (ore processors, mining equipment) and Federation aid (medical equipment and land reclamators). The economy of Bajor is improving rapidly and can now sustain its own needs. It has been allowed membership in the Federation, but postponed entry at the advice of their Emissary. Unemployment Rate: 2% Budget: 19.1 Billion Credits (FY 2372); 20.1% military Industrial Production: growth rate +3.1% (2372) Industries & Agriculture: tourism, mining, industrial replication, communications Communications Spaceways: N/A Spaceports: 2 Major Spaceports, 8 Minor Spaceports, 34 Space Stations Merchant Marine: 10 ships, 21 unmanned cargo drones Telecommunications: 7,010,000,000 com terminals; 4 subspace comm. relays; 3 commercial holorecreation transmitters |
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