"The maraquoi have only begun their development recently and have since made rapid technological advances as a result of interplanetary trade, yet they maintain many of the traditions of their ancestors. Efforts to declare Marata a protectorate of the Pact Worlds have succeeded, but expansionists haven't been able to block strict sanctions that isolate the moon from outside trade.
Some tribes have embraced technology and built cities, mining and exporting Marata's natural resources in violation of their communist traditions. Tensions are rapidly increasing between them and the more conservative groups, and some maraquoi fear that their society is on the verge of irreversible fracture."
