>>Man, Mars must be a happening Place, biologically speaking, to give
>>rise to that many sentient species
>
>That capacity for co-existence is certainly reflected in their modern
>government. Especially since the planet's half the size of Earth.

Well, it is quite sparsely populated (and it doesn't have those giant, unwieldy oceans rendering so much of its surface impractical to inhabit). It's not like you've got billions of people belonging to five separate species all crammed together into, say, India. :)

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