Ventax II

Ventax II is located in the Ventax system in the Beta Quadrant, and is the homeworld of the Ventaxians, a peaceful, agrarian society.
Unlike other Class M planets, Ventax II has east and west magnetic poles. The planet's star is a G-type yellow star.

In 1367, the planet was divided into numerous highly-industrialized city-states, who constantly warred with each other and destroyed great parts of the planetary ecology. Eventually, the planet's leaders were able to reason with each other, and began transforming the planet into a world-wide pacifist society. The environment was cleaned up and restored, with the leaders using the newly-created story of "Ardra" to justify themselves to their people. Ardra, they said, granted their planet prosperity and 1,000 years of peace in return for her eventual collection of their profits. In reality, the world's leaders at the time invented the common enemy of "Ardra", the devil-figure, in order to help unite their people.

After this "agreement" with "Ardra" was made, the planet isolated itself from the rest of the galaxy, until 2297 when a Klingon expedition made contact. Not too long after this first contact, the Federation set up a science station on the planet for the purposes of cultural research.

In 2367, the planet fell into chaos when, in accordance with the "Ardra" fable, an con artist used her technology to present herself as the Ventaxian's mythical devil figure, Ardra. Able to create earthquakes and change her appearance at will, the woman fooled the Ventaxians for a time. Unfortunately for her, the Enterprise-D was able to detect her cloaked ship in orbit, and exposed her. The locals placed the woman under arrest, and life returned to normal.

The central government building of Ventax II is called the "Atheneum".

Ventax II allows persons involved in legal disputes to make use of arbitration instead of its court system if the parties so desire.