Carthaan

"'If Palaven is the jewel in the empire's crown, then Carthaan must be the metalwork which holds that jewel aloft. Who do you think feeds all of their soldiers?' - Primarch Aurelia Abrudas of Carthaan"Carthaan is the third planet from the star Phoenicia and one of the seven original extra-solar colonies of the Pre-Aurelian Empire. Once a separatist state built upon the bones of its slaves, the colony is now the breadbasket of the modern-day Turian Empire, rich in arable land and mineral wealth.

Carthahaan's capital city is Tyra, seat of the Primarch of Carthaan. The city's official name is "The Free City of Tyra", a title granted by Aurelion Aurelos after the liberated Carthaaneans had torn down the last of their former master's monuments. While the title is purely a ceremonial one, it remains a source of great pride for the city's denizens.

Carthaan supplies approximately one third of all the agricultural produce consumed by the empire, exporting millions of tons of animal products and crops per annum. Its role as an agricultural powerhouse makes it a key strategic asset to the Turian military and thus it is heavily defended. Carthaan has the largest ground-side garrison of all the empire's colonies and sports a sophisticated global array of orbital defence cannons. The planet is also defended by the 1st Carthaanean Fleet, whose flagship, the dreadnought THV Abrudas, is the second largest dreadnought in the Imperial Navy, after the 1st Palavenian Fleet's flagship THV Indomitus.