Jalaxia

The following information is compiled into a rough aproximation of the planet and setting of Jalaxia, drawing from Lurking Dragon's works, as well as stories written by Roguebfl, Toyloli and input from members of the Bottoms Valley.

The Planet
Jalaxia the Homeworld is the Fourth planet around the Star Caprici. A Large Star (Much Larger than Earths) Jalaxia orbits the Star with a Solar Year of 512 days and an average Day of 32 Hours. Much larger physically than Earth, Jalaxia has a heavier gravity and as a result a denser atmosphere with a much thicker ozone layer than that of the Earth. As a result of this the planet is extremely humid especially around the equatorial regeons. With two primary Super Continentents and little smaller ocean compared to Earth the largly Tropical environment causes mass regeons of sprawling forests, broken up only by large green plains and the recent addition of Large sprawling cities.

The native population contains a wide variety of plant, reptile and fish life but surprisingly little other mamallian life. The Jalaxians themselves are catlike with catlike paws, face ears and nose but a basically humanoid body shape and fingers and opposable thumb just like humans. All jalaxians have fur covering the majority of their body however length can vary as can colours and markings from region to region, the only areas not covered in fur of some thickness is parts of the face and the hands.

Language
Unlike the Drakonians, Jalaxian language isnt that complicated and easy for humans to speek, with only a couple of sounds such as purs and throaty sounds being difficult for the human mouth. First contact with the Jalaxians was a simple affair. Not long after contact with the Drakonians humans started encountering Jalaxian cruisers on the edge of their space. Jalaxia is a big trade planet and had after encountering many differnt species a large number of established trade routes and it was for trade that the people of Jalaxia first considered opening first contact with the humans. At first interactions however were shakey. As the ambassadors began to learn each others language and find common ground in the hope to establish successful trade, the Jalaxians seamed at the time Stand-Offish and just that little reluctant.

Until something unusual happened. After the establishing of peace agreements when the human party were celebrating down on a small planetoid with a breathable atmosphere the Jalaxian delegation wittnessed something they had not seen in any other culture or specie the entire time they had been space fairing. It turned out that rather than speach, the one language Humans and Jalaxians had in common was Dance!

Culture
Jalaxian culture and infrastructure are very VERY different to humans. Highly advanced technology, Jalaxian cities are a merge of gardens and buildings, everything based on circles and curves instead of straight lines. Wondering in the cities it is impossible to set your eye on a distant location down a long street. Everything curves, the roads, the buldings, the gardens. The tall towers in the cities, round like turrets on a castle and some half a mile wide hold layers of open plan buildings and offices that buzz with activity. And in between the buildings, not lanes but gardens with the roads built in the sky as multi-lane hover zones for the zoomers and hovercars (A technology they willingly shared with humans) weaving their way in and through the city.

That said however, for the vast differences in apearance, fashions, clothing styles and decor, there isnt that much difference between humans and Jalaxians as a whole.S lightly smaller than humans but with the same build and shape they have chairs, tables, furniture, bed and everything much the same, they have a school system very similar to that on Earth, they work, they live and they have a family structure much the same too (although admittedly they tend to keep their relatives closer that most humans do).

On face value Jalaxia is extremely different, but since first contact some humans have actually come to live on their world, as them on ours and the to races have even co-founded new colonies together. Of most of the the races so far encountered the Jalaxians are the most compatable with human culture and ours with them.

The common Jalaxian belief system is Tra-sehluk, and is Comparable to the Japanese Shinto in that they believe in 'The spirits in all things'. Their households pay tribut usually to a household god and they're beliefs (while not fully practiced by well. As many as claim to practice it) centre around respect both to other people as well as to the environment. If there is any flaw in the Jalaxian culture, it is that it is said of Jalaxians "They know the price for anything." but overall they are a fun loving, exitable race who firm strong bonds with those they care about.

Discipline
The discipline and control of Jalaxian children is often a shared responsibility within the household and (as the child ages) bases itself predominately around embarrassment and the taking away of the Jalaxian pride. Because of the fur that covers all of a jalaxian's body, punishing older jalaxians through spanking is often a primitive form of punishment. However it IS effective against the very young. Jalaxians are born furless, and does not start to grow until they are are 6 months old and then unevenly so that that bottoms and upper and inner thighs are the last to to grow their soft short fur; this happens at about age 5 and is know as. During this time Jalaxian children are kept home only socializing with close pride (aka family) members — including grandparents and first cousins — until they learn enough not embarrass their pride. This milestone is called P'flar. At this point the traditional punishment of a Jalaxian child changes.

While their bottom is furless their normal punishment is to be spanked with the flat back of the short and very stiff bristled fur-brushes. But upon reaching reaching P'flar with fur reducing the effectiveness of a spanking, Jalaxian instead traded on their race's strong sense of personal dignity. This punishment is called On the line and involves forcing the child to bend over while facing a wall and display their rump, similar to the punishment Corner time.

This of course does not mean that spanking is not used after this age. The fur covering the bottom of most Jalaxian children is frequently kept as short as possible, especially with Badly behaved to make spankings effective, and for severe embassment it is common to finely trim fur to as thin as practical or (in some cases) to shave sections of the fur. Additionally since the invention of the Brin Treatment Jalaxian development has been slowed in most modern kittens, causing them to not start P'flar until the onset of puberty some years later. This last option came about after contact with humans, when spanking started gaining favour and while usually used as a last resort shaved bottoms fresh for spanking are often used for Pennies or the extremely badly behaved.