The Nation of the 3 Lilies 4: The Halfling Farms

The Halfling Farms:
     Two asteorid colonies, Corn Cob, and Dry Barley, have been settled
by outsiders.  Soon after the nation’s forming halfling settlers asked
to establish a colony on a relatively arid but fertile asteroid near
the center of the area contained by the three Lilies themselves.  The
lizard men immediately saw the benefits of peaceful people producing in
an environment most lizard men would not enjoy.  Given the need for
food, and taxes to support the new fleet, the lizard men could find no
objections.  Corn Cob was settled immediately.  Not everything has been
easy, but the halflings of Corn Cob have prospered and export large
quantities of staple foods.  After an early neogi raid and the
consequent disruption of and harm to production, the lizard men
stationed a waspship permanently at Corn Cob along with a unit of
marines.  The ship has since been upgraded to a turtleship and the
marines to a full shield as Sucking Mud becomes more reliant on outside
produce.
     Dry Barley is a more recent colony established under basically the
same conditions as Corn Cob, though it lies closer to the edge of the
nation.  The majority halfling population includes about 20% humans and
the original mayor, a high elf, is still mayor.  Most of his half-elven
descendants by many wives mistresses and lovers still live here (by
contrast, Corn Cob has a 100% halfling population, not including the
lizard man troops).  The mayor’s secret is he’s an IEN agent, placed
here to keep an eye on national politics.  Dry Barley’s position and
population has made it an ideal supply base with patrol ships stopping
by frequently.  The sector commander bases his ships out of Dry Barley
but he’s an active commander and is rarely in port.  Given its location
and large docks, Dry Barley is also becoming an early port to stopover
at when entering the Nation of the 3 Lilies.  As such, requests for 2
full time customs wreckboats have been made by both the mayor and
sector commander.



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