[Galaxy Exploration Guide] Castrovel Planetary Alignment: Lawful Neutral?

[Metaphysician]

So, going back and catching up on the GEG while waiting for Tech Revolution to arrive ( what can I say, I haven't been running Starfinder lately and had some other books to read ), and in the section on the properties of civilizations, they listed Castrovel as an example planet for Lawful Neutral. This has me doing a double take, as it doesn't seem to fit with any of the lore for Castrovel. Sure, the Formian civilization is absolutely Lawful Neutral. . . but the Formians are only one of the three dominant civilizations on the planet, and neither the Lashunta nor the Elves are anywhere near LN.

So. . . why? Did the writer forget about the overall setup of the planet, thinking it was Planet of the Ants? Did they have a rather weird opinion about Lashunta and/or Elven culture? Did they poorly explain how to handle planetary Alignment for places that lack a single dominant culture?

[Wesrolter]

Haven't read huge amounts on Castrovel and the elves there, what would you consider each City states Alignment? I think when it comes to alignments, it helps knowing a few examples of the persons view point

[John Mangrum]

Strict border enforcement (visitors must pass through customs; Sovyrian citizenship is heavily restricted; the airspace over the entire continent of Ukulam is restricted, with possible seizure of your vehicle or starship on the table, and land travel requires official approval as well), growing corporate control of Asana's city-states, most heavy industry offshored to the moon via international treaty, etc. I think there's a strong case for it.

[Garretmander]

I'd agree. The starfinder elves are heavily leaning into lawful police state type of government. The forming are lawful neutral, and the lashunta have moved to a more corporate society than their older individual city state freedom society.

Every printed interaction with castrovel I've seen (only a handful) has made me think 'neutral leaning towards lawful'.

[Leon Aquilla]

Most civilized countries that aren't necessarily driven towards a unifying purpose are Lawful Neutral. The author could have just as easily pointed at Absalom Station, Verces, or Triaxus. The thing that unites them all is that they have a system for settling criminal and civic disputes that doesn't involve "whoever's strongest wins", not necessarily that that system is designed to produce good or bad outcomes.