Sea of Clouds

Sea of Clouds
Type:	Interstellar Region
Subregions:	1+ Clusters, 7+ Subclusters Star of Albion O'Brien's Rapids Sunset Gates Gateway Subcluster McCrae Test and Training Range New American Colonies Symphony Subcluster
Organizations:	10 Organizations International Institutions League of Nations Orion Treaty Organization United Americas Commonwealth of Nations Corporations & Economic Organizations Bank of Orion Scientific & Academic Institutions The Champlain Group Violent Non-State Actors First Monument Hollow Kings 9th Day Movement Media & Cultural Organizations Orion Hockey League
Nations:	8 States Superpowers United States Great Powers France Pacific America Britain Regional Powers Australasia Philippines Middle Powers Ireland Quebec

The Sea of Clouds is a major region of the Orion Arm famed for its natural beauty, abundance of habitable worlds, and ease of interstellar travel. It was the first region outside of the Local Supercluster to be settled by humanity and is today closely associated with the nations of the Orion Treaty Organization.

Etymology

From Latin nūbium ("sea of clouds"), genitive plural nūbēs. From Proto-Italic *nouðetis, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)newdʰ-e-ti-s, from *(s)newdʰ- (“to cover”). Cognate with Welsh nudd (“haze”), Avestan (snaoδa, “clouds”), Baluchi (nod, “raincloud”).