Cerea

Cerea was a planet of the Mid Rim and the homeworld of the Cerean species.

Description
Cerea was a planet located in the Cerean system, part of the Cerean Quadrant of the Semagi sector in the Mid Rim, and was located at coordinates I-16.

History
Ki-Adi-Mundi, a Cerean native who became a Jedi Knight, attempted to save his people from a warchief, but was captured and sexually tortured by his nemesis's daughter. He eventually gained the strength to defeat her. Mundi also mediated a generational dispute when rebellious youths attempted to introduce advanced technology to Cerea.

The Chevin Ephant Mon supplied Jabba Desilijic Tiure with high-class slaves from Cerea, among other worlds.

Cerea, already in isolation from the rest of the galaxy, withdrew further during the Imperial Era.

Inhabitants
Cerea was home to the Cerean species, a peaceful people who lived in an idyllic, low-tech society. They lived in a matriarchy ruled by the Council of Elders, and maintained a form of cultural polygamy to combat a skewed birth rate ratio of roughly twenty females to every male, as well as rapid ageing in the menfolk. In order to ensure the propagation and survival of their species, Cerean men were allowed to take several honor-wives in addition to their primary bond-wife. However, this could cause strain on relationships, and such native traditions sometimes ran counter to the Jedi Code. Because of a need for increased stamina to mate with their harem of wives, some Cerean men used specially-forged kasha crystals to focus their minds and prevent premature ejaculation. Cereans typically lived in isolation from the rest of the galaxy.

Although many Cereans maintained a spiritual lifestyle, rare examples eschewed this for work in the underworld. Bin-Garda-Zon was a warchief who inflicted depredations upon his own people, and his daughter captured and sexually tortured Ki-Adi-Mundi.

Ki-Adi-Mundi was a notable native of Cerea who became a Jedi Master in the Jedi Order. He was granted dispensation by the Jedi Council for his polygamous relationship, but his Cerean custom caused tension with the Order. He had five wives, though his family suffered losses in the Clone Wars.

Cerean politician Behn-Kihl-Nahm became a close ally of Senator Leia Organa in the New Republic Senate.