Kibou-Daini/New Hope II
The setting for the Vorkosigan book, CryoBurn. The inhabitants of this planet freeze their dead in the hopes of one day being able to revive them, causing a demographic imbalance impairing the planet's functions over time. Various personal names and honorifics suggest that the founding culture was Eurasian, and predominantly Japanese. A local Kibou-Daini lad is one of the three viewpoint characters in the book.
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