Ceoclites

Ceoclites (Kay-oh-klite-ees) has been at war with Izum 0H3 for longer than either planet can remember. The war has shaped both of their societies in dramatic ways, as it has been going on for all of their recorded histories. The reason for the war is unknown, but neither side is willing to back down.

Ceoclites experiences violent storms and blizzards over 90% of days on the planet. Storms can last for months, or even years. The lower third of the planet experiences intense volcanic activity in addition to these storms.

It is one of two habitable planets in L9X36.

Geography
Ceoclites is a frozen ocean planet. The ice is generally thick enough that it is suitable for civilization to be built on top of it, but there are occasional massively fatal accidents in which large portions of the ice beneath cities cave in.

The lowest third of the planet is a temperate zone, but uninhabitable. The temperate region of Ceoclites remains unfrozen due to extreme volcanic activity close to the planet's surface. A band of ocean occupies about half of this temperate zone. The south pole of Ceoclites is covered in a volcanic island.

The icy region on the border of the temperate region is covered in mountains. The region is often unfrozen and rapidly refrozen, as volcanic activity in that area is intermittent but still strong. The mountains occur when the region refreezes in the middle of a storm.

Cities are only possible on the northern half of Ceoclites.

Government
Ceoclites is united under a single ruler: a supercomputer. Only three living Klaeiri are allowed to see and interact directly with the supercomputer at a time. When one of these keepers dies, the supercomputer randomly selects the name of the replacement keeper from all of its census data.

Due to the war, all ancient cultures on Ceoclites eventually unified to one government. Thanks to no citizen remembering a time before the dictatorship, the Ceoclitan government is able to impose harsh rules and nobody is able to know any better.

Lifeforms
Klaeiri are the only native sentient species on Ceoclites. Some humans are also present, but they are not a majority. They appear to get along well, but most humans dislike the dictatorship established by the supercomputer or do not want to relocate to a planet so deeply involved in such a long war.

Plant life includes very tall trees with very few leaves, appearing twisted and grey. They have harsh thorns, but the thorns are so large that they do not pose any danger to any reasonable lifeform with working vision.