Planets in the Hub Universe

The Hub itself is said to contain thousands of Earthlike or at least habitable worlds; not all have been colonized yet. Some have indigenous native populations. And beyond the boundaries of the Federation lie even more worlds, some populated by lost human colonies, others populated by alien races. Here are the planets mentioned in Schmitz's stories; obviously there is a lot of room to develop more worlds!

Aruaque (inhabited; status unknown): Only its name appears in Schmitz' stories, so it's obviously open for creative players to develop.
Askanam (inhabited; Federation): "In certain confidential Overgovernment files, Askanam was listed among the Hub's experimental worlds."
- "Glory Day"; A temperate planet with an almost wholly human population and a rather loose agreement with the Federation. The planet is divided into a number of "balaks," independent fiefdoms each ruled by an "Askab." A balak may be as small in area and population as a township or as large as a country. Federation regulations prevent open warfare among balaks, but otherwise the balaks are not under Federation rule. Visiting Federation citizens are advised that they will not be under Federation protection on Askanam. The people of Askanam, in addition to being romantic and violent, are very superstitious, and their societal belief in sorcery may in fact have its root in psi powers. Powered flight is not permitted in most balaks on Askanam, although powered ground vehicles are common. There is at least one Federation military base on Askanam.
Beristeen (inhabited; prob. Federation): Not much is said about this world in the stories, except that it has been raided by Imperial Rala.
Cobril (inhabited; Federation): This is a temperate Federation core world with lots of oceans, but other than that not much is said about it in the stories.
The Devagas Union (inhabited; Restricted): This is a nation of 28 worlds that has been placed under Restricted status by the Federation. The stories don't say specifically why, but it is easy to guess that it was at least for attempting to develop forbidden technology, and probably for having designs of conquest.
Evalee (inhabited; Federation): Evalee is a Federation core world, home to the Precolonization Service. Other than that we don't know much about it from the stories.
Farnhart (inhabited; prob. Federation): Not much is said about this planet except that the human inhabitants commonly have only a single name, rather than first and last names. It is probably a Federation member world, though that is uncertain.
Fermilaur (inhabited; Federation): Three hours from Orado, Fermilaur is a luxurious resort world and the body-remodeling hub of the Hub. The planet is governed by the COS, an association of cosmetology corporations.
Garth (inhabited; status unknown): I will resist my urge to say, "Party on, Garth!" OK, I won't. But not much is said about this planet in the stories other than its name.
Hyles-Frisian (inhabited; status unknown): Nothing is mentioned in the stories aside from its name.
Jontarou (inhabited; Federation preserve): Home of the Baluin crest cat, this planet has extensive jungles. By Federation decree it is set aside as a nature preserve and is therefore of primary interest to biologists and sportsmen, who are permitted to hunt game on Jontarou as long as established sporting regulations are followed. As a nature preserve, the planet's Federation affairs are handled by a Planetary Moderator apointed by the Federation whose offices are in the Shikaris' Club Tower.; Major locations: Port Nichay, largest human settlement; Shikaris' Club, center of Federation affairs and social activity on Jontarou, located in Port Nichay; Baluit Mountains, home range of the crest cats, on opposite side of same continent as Port Nichay
Kalechi (inhabited; enemy): The homeworld of the Great Satogs, an enemy of the Federation. Not much is said in the stories about the planet itself.
Lederet (uninhabited; under survey): Not much specific is stated about this uninhabited planet in the stories except that it is habitable, temperate, and doesn't seem to have any native intelligent life forms. It is currently under initial survey and may one day be selected for precolonization procedures.
The Lorn Worlds (inhabited; poss. Federation): We don't know much from the stories about them, but the Lorn Worlds are a consortium of planets that is recognized by the Federation. It is not certain whether the consortium is a Federation member state or whether it is an independent government.
Luscious (uninhabited; I-Fleet): This temperate world is in the space of one of the Independent Fleets known as Vishni's Fleet. It is mostly uninhabited so far, though quite suitable for colonization.
Maccadon (inhabited; Federation): Often called the University World, Maccadon is the center of academia for the Federation. Many universities and the University League itself make their home on Maccadon. This is not to say, of course, that there are no universities on other worlds.
Malatlo (extinct): The planet Malatlo no longer exists. A human colony that separated from the Federation, Malatlo began as a philosophical attitude which believed in the perfectability of the human race -- peace, equality, freedom, justice, living in harmony with the planetary ecology, and so forth. Believing that the Federation was taking humanity in the wrong direction, they asked for and received permission to colonize a planet and for only minimal contact with the rest of the human race. The Federation allowed them a planet that was in the same system with Tiurs, a planet inhabited by what appeared to be a peaceful intelligent alien species, the Raceels. Unfortunately the Raceels' peacefulness was only a veneer, and in time they destroyed the entire planet Malatlo, accidentally destroying their own planet in the process. The Malatlo Attitude is no longer a large social movement; its believers are a scattered few.
Mannafra (inhabited; prob. Federation): Mannafra is a mostly-desert planet; it is uncertain from the stories whether it is a Federation member world or not. The primary industry seems to be mining, and it does not seem to have any pre-Federation intelligent life forms.
Manon (inhabited; Precol): Now in the late stages of the precolonization process, Manon is home to a variety of native but unintelligent life forms. One of the more interesting is the Drift, a tiny plankton-like organism that drifts through the atmosphere in clouds of billions. Large wormlike creatures called Harvesters propel themselves through the clouds and graze on the Drift like the whales of Old Earth. Recently it was discovered that the Harvesters are not native to Manon but are instead plasmoids, bioengineered "machines" created by the Old Galactics to harvest food and take it to an installation in the Manon system for processing. Once the installation, called the "Harvest Moon," was discovered, the additional plasmoids found on board, many still fully functional, were sent to research institutions all over the Federation for study.
Marell (inhabited; independent): Until it was recently rediscovered, this Old Territories planet was a lost Earth colony. The oddity about Marell is that it is a planet of genetically miniaturized humans, six inches (about 15 cm) tall on the average. It was colonized at a time when known habitable planets were few and far between, so mutated humans were developed who could more efficiently make use of the planet's resources in greater numbers. It is not known whether any other planets were colonized using similar methods.
Mezmiali (inhabited; Federation): This is now a Federation member world, but centuries ago (probably during the War Centuries, though it is not explicitly stated) the humans of Mezmiali were frequently raided by pirates and aliens. There are still large fortresses on Mezmiali, left over from those times. The Mezmiali system is located near a nebula called the Pit, which exhibits such complex subspace disturbances as to make it unnavigable. There may be systems and worlds in the Pit, but nobody has ever managed to find out -- at least, nobody who has ever come back to tell about it.
Nandy-Cline (inhabited; Federation): This planet is mostly ocean; the Federation's main interests here are in food (sea beef herding) and pharmaceuticals (from the wide variety of aquatic flora and fauna). Pharmaceutical companies often enlist the assistance of the nomadic native clans (humans, but born and raised on Nandy-Cline) that operate oceangoing sleds and follow the migrations of the native aquatic mammals called frayas -- they can make some extra money harvesting certain plants for the pharmaceutical corporations as they go. Nandy-Cline is also home to a race of mutated sea otters, human-sized and intelligent.
Orado (inhabited; Federation): This planet is near the center of the Hub; its night skies are always filled by the Hub's starblaze. Most inhabitants are human; Orado is the home of the Federation Council.; Major locations: Penhanron College, located above the town of Beale; Orado City; Tor Heights, a mountain sports resort; Melna Park, a Federation nature preserve
Palayata (inhabited; Outpost): This planet is inhabited by humanoid aliens; they have not joined the Federation, but there is a Federation outpost on the planet. The oddest thing about Palayata is that there is more technology on this planet than it would seem that the Palayatans know how to invent; the intelligence of Palayatans doesn't range far from the average. Nobody knows how they managed to invent devices in the past that it doesn't seem as if they would be able to invent now. The other odd thing is that there doesn't seem to ever have been a war among the Palayatans. None of them seem interested in going into space, but this oddity pales before the others.
Porad Anz (inhabited; enemy): The legendary home of the Parahuans, who tried to invade Federation space about 70 years ago, Porad Anz means "The Sacred Sea" and has never been found by the Federation.
Rala (inhabited; Restricted): This is a Restricted world; the Federation has placed it under Restricted status because of the conquest-oriented mentality of its government. Most commonly referred to as Imperial Rala.
Rasolmen (uninhabited; no planets): The bright red sun is the only interesting characteristic of this system, which has no planets larger than asteroids.
Rumli (inhabited; status unknown): The only thing we know about this planet from the stories is that a purple liquor called Puya is produced there. Obviously there must be at least some kind of trade with Rumli, but other than that it's open for interpretation.
Sutang (inhabited; prob. Federation): A planet in the Old Territories, this world was colonized by humans before the War Centuries. Its native life is characterized by paired symbiotic life forms that join together during certain seasons of the planet's year and live independently during other parts of the year. Sutang's year, however, lasts more than five standard years.
Tainequa (inhabited; prob. Federation preserve): This planet was until recently a lost Earth colony; the human inhabitants have a primitive culture that is currently under study by U-League anthropological surveys.
Tayun (inhabited; Federation): A Federation member world, Tayun is mostly known for its tradition of vendettas. Family affiliations are highly important here, as every family has enemies: families who are trying to financially or socially damage, or even kill, its members. The Federation sees these vendettas as Tayun internal matters and does not interfere, although sometimes the families will hire detective agencies to assist them.
Tinokti (inhabited; Federation): Nineteen hours' travel time from Orado, Tinokti is a planet with a vast, complex portal system. As a result, one "building" or institution will exist in many physical locations across the entire planet. Tinokti is ruled by an organization of scientists known as the Tongi Phon.; Major locations: The Tongi Phon Institute; the Luerral Hotel
Tiurs (extinct): The planet Tiurs was destroyed by its own inhabitants, the expansionist Raceels. When another planet in the same stellar system was colonized by humans and christened Malatlo, the Raceels were cautious but not at first belligerent. Population pressure made the Raceels desire to colonize the stars, but they also had a pathological fear of not being the dominant species, so they put most of their scientific research into developing weapons capable of defeating any enemies they might come across, and the rest into finding solutions to their population problems. Finally a terrible weapon was discovered with which they attacked Malatlo, destroying the planet, but a backlash destroyed their own world Tiurs as well.
Tosheer (inhabited; status unknown): Nothing is said in the stories about this planet except for its name.
Tranest (inhabited; Restricted): This world is very wealthy, although it is not specified in the stories how it got that way. It is also a Restricted world.
Vanadia (inhabited; poss. Federation): Not much is said about this planet in the stories, except that it is an ancient colony of Old Earth and is therefore located in the Old Territories, if it still exists.
Wrake (inhabited; Federation preserve): Now a Federation preserve, Wrake is the home of the diamondwood forests. Diamondwood is a very valuable commodity and seems only to grow on Wrake itself; all attempts at transplantation have failed. Concerned about the greed of financial developers, the diamondwood-growing families of Wrake recently banded together to petition the Federation to make Wrake a preserve and to limit the harvesting of diamondwood so as to preserve the planet's ecological balance.