**Type**: Sphere, earth **Size**: 900 miles **Population**: 1,000,000 **Primary Inhabitants**: [[Calidians]] (house Lanish) **Natural Resources**: Wood, vegetables, fruit, crops, livestock **Exports**: Livestock, wood **Imports**: Iron, water **Seen From Orbit**: Sharona is a beautiful jewel of an asteroid, covered with lush forests and rich earth. There is little sign of habitation here, only an occasional marked spaceport. There is surprisingly little free water to be seen around Sharona; the major body of water is Lake Forcry within the Goldwood. ## Description: This is the largest trading port in all of the Ring, and is also a refuge for many Calidian noble houses. Here the Calidians have found a place where they are not hounded or captured for slave camps, and where they can live in peace. They have prospered in the "hands-off" atmosphere fostered by the [[Neogi Empire|Neogi]] and proven that they are more than competent traders. Most of Sharona is off-limits to those who are not of Calidian descent. The Calidians have established underground refuges for themselves, and limit their visitors to relatively small trading zones. Traders have found Sharona to be a wonderful place to trade, however, because of the Calidians' reluctance to deal directly with the Antilans. This allows non-Antilan merchants to acquire Calidian goods that can be sold to Antilans for a good profit. The Antilans have grumbled quite a bit about this in the past, but are unable to take any direct action because of the Neogi Agreement.