| abstract | - Juoi is an independent single-planet government that maintains a low crime rate despite being adjacent to Hutt Space. The population is a mixed variety of alien species who, while generally peaceful, are fiercely protective of the freedom that Juoi provides. The intensity of their loyalty to Juoi has been enough to push back pirates, invading Hutts, and even the Empire. Juoi has gained a reputation from spacers as a citadel planet; pleasant to visit and live, but only if you don’t break the law. Juoi is located on one of the outermost regions of the Mid Rim, somewhat close to Hutt Space. It occupies no location of strategic importance and has very little mineral wealth in its system. For these facts neither the Galactic Republic, Empire, or New Republic have shown much interest in Juoi. In the past, this made Juoi a prime target as a hideout for criminals seeking to escape the law, which helped necessitate the formation of Juoi Security & Inquiry. Even though it is small and not mainstream, Juoi has given birth to a few people of galactic importance. The most famous of Juoi’s citizens are the Jedi Tulsar Leidias and his daughter Kalja. Tulsar has been responsible for thwarting several galactic threats, but he has also been surpassed by Kalja, a powerful Jedi in her own right, who has become a member of the esteemed Jedi Council. Juoi was originally supposed to be named "Joy," but Talrim Mirlak, the founder of the first colony, had an odd quirk. Talrim was an excellent speaker, but he tended to spell out Basic words phonetically according to his own alien mind; when he registered his deed with the Galactic Republic, the colony of "Joy" unavoidably became transposed into "Juoi." It wasn’t until about half a year later that the colonists discovered this, but instead of correcting the problem, they embraced it and changed the name of all the major locations to fit. It has since become a tradition on Juoi to phonetically misspell location names pertaining to the planet.
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