INFO: The Balti resembled giant bipedal walrus men who came from the planet Baltic.
RACE: Balti
HEIGHT: 3 Meters Tall
SKIN: Light blue to light gray
DISTINCTION: Prominent tusks
LANGUAGE: Baltese
HOMEWORLD:Baltic was the home planet of the Balti, it was a cold planet similar to Hoth, with one exception the great frozen sea where the Balti go and spawn.
BIOLOGY AND APPEARANCE:The Balti were a species of furry bipeds with prominent tusks. The smuggler Bingo Mehndra was a Balti. Rather than a birthday or a hatching day, Balti celebrated their "Spawning Day."
CULTURE AND HISTORY:The key elements shaping Balti societies are a very strong centrifugal force resulting from an emphasis on consensus and informal lines of authority, and an equally strong centripetal force resulting from a deeply ingrained family-clan/tribe-nation loyalty.
Centralized authority is extremely limited at the upper levels of Balti society, and action is based on broad coalitional concerns, with a constant splitting and rejoining of dissident factions. Traditionally, this has made it very difficult for more centralized and organized societies such as the Empire to deal on a meaningful basis with what passes for Balti states. The Balti have little respect for formal authority, decreasing as that authority becomes more remote.Balti generally have more respect for more informal authority figures, and are more likely to obey superiors who are better known to them.
The Balti have an intensive racial pride and are easily insulted. They are prone to enter into fights without regard to possible consequences. Balti social organization is difficult to characterize in human terms (but can be most closely compared to the Dakota Sioux of North America in the 1800's AD, if the analogy is not pressed too far). Even among the most stable governments, a highly charismatic leader can attract followers for almost anything. The neighbors of the Balti are constantly the subject of impromptu raids and scattered piracy by bands of Balti (totally without government sanction, of course) who have been talked into a raid, a battle, or a war by a charismatic leader.
GOVERNMENT:There is no central Balti government; indeed, there is no governmental type that can be said to be "typically Balti". Every conceivable form of governmental organization can be found somewhere in the Balti Extents. The only cohesive force in the Extents is a fierce racial pride which causes a slight tendency towards racial cooperation. The higher the level of the Balti government, the more unstable it becomes because of the difficulty of obtaining consent of all Balti involved.
APPEARANCES:A Hot Time in the Cold Town Tonite!
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