Gao (Earth-5875)

Gao is a remote human Outer colony in the Cordoba system. Having survived the First Contact War and abandoned by the UNSC and the UEG during the conflict, Gao became an independent world, governed by the Gao Republic, and maintaining a strong sense of national identity.

History
During the Secession, Gao was an open supporter of the many Insurrectionist movements that sought to secede from the UEG, as the planet also sought independence of its own. While the planet was abandoned during the First Contact War by the UNSC to protect the Inner Colonies, the Covenant never found the planet and it survived the conflict unscatched. After the war ended, the planet became independent under the governance of the Gao Republic, and it sought alliance with nearby colonies, such as Venezia, also independent.