Shlipbob

Shlipbob is a planet in the Spish galaxy. It's so close to the edge of the universe that it's almost in dead space (empty space). Because of that it is in a rough spot since galactic trade takes so long to reach it. Thankfully Shlipbob has access to a rare mineral named Bobbish. This mineral is used in modern weapons and as such it's demand is very high because all the governments want to have the most powerful weapons. Though that also means that there is a lot of offworld smuggling of Bobbish. The government of Shlipbob is so corrupt that they don't care about the smuggling. Instead the leader, Shlippy III, just sits around and gets fat.

Overthrowing of Shlippy II

In galactic year 2300, Shlippy III, the son of Shlippy II (the ruler at the time), staged a coup against his father so he could gain power of the throne. He was able to do that because before Shlippy III ruled, no Bobbish had been discovered and the planet was still a peaceful paradise planet, where everyone was happy, so no one expected a coup, and there was no army to fight Shlippy III, since everyone loved Shlippy II and no one wanted to fight. Secretly Shlippy III had been mining Bobbish after he had discovered it in 2291 and learned to harness its power in weapons. And so after he gained power of the throne he set up tons of Bobbish weapons around the palace so no one could fight him.

Transition from paradise to mining planet

Immediately after gaining power, Shlippy III started up a bunch of mining operations all over the planet, this caused lots of pollution from the Bobbish refining process and killed all the trees and filled the air with smog. Everyone works for Shlippy III at his mining facilities because they have no other places to work since Shlippy III used a Bobbish infused robot army to destroy all the homes and businesses to make people live at the mining facilities, where they could either work and eat shloppy food or not work and starve.

Restoration Society

Thankfully, a small group of scientists and rebels banded together to start developing tech and raising arms to restore Shlipbob back to a paradise. As of 2340 they're still setting up their operations. They have a small island called Shliphaven on the bottom of the planet, where geological storms stop any robot army from coming to them. On Shliphaven they have successfully restored the island to a paradise state, where there's actually trees and animals. The society is working to find a way to disrupt Bobbish tech weapons so that they cant function, then they'll be able to overthrow Shlippy III and restore the whole planet.