Triumph

 GEOGRAPHY

Truimph is a tiny planet in orbit around the Heinlein gas giant near the edges of the system. With little to offer other than small areas suitable for farming, the moon became a refuge for folk who wanted nothing to do with modern life. The Truimph settlers live like the Amish of Earth-That-Was, using little in the way of advanced technology (though they do have the ability to contact the outside world if they are in need of aid). The most civilized townships (while still lacking in technology) are governed by fringe religious sects with very strange teachings and practices.

The people follow their own customs. For example in one town, the young girls are raised in a convent called the Maiden House. Trained to be subservient and to respond to a man's needs, girls are married off in trade - a form of currency for settlers who have little else to offer. Thugs and bandits find the settlements easy pickings, since the people are pacifists. The thieves steal goods and rough up the locals. The people of Truimph sometimes arrange with bands of mercenaries to protect them.