Extreme WIP. Hope my ideas for helium-3 mining jive with my moon neighbors.

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[center][h2][u]The Kingdom of Jupiter[/u][/h2][/center]

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Absolute Monarchy

The Kingdom of Jupiter is a feudal monarchy that lays claim to the planet of Jupiter and its closest Galilean moon, Io. The kingdom is ruled by the House of Saint-Laurent, a powerful family descended from the upper echelons of the Terran Empire’s IX Expeditionary Group. The monarch’s seat of power is the Jovian Palace, located on the floating city of Prosperpina. This monolithic structure is the de facto capital of Jupiter and home to millions of Jovians. Other cloud cities dot the planet’s atmosphere, each ruled by a noble house subordinate to the ruling family. 

Io is granted special status as  

[b][u]Demographics:[/u][/b]
The ruling aristocracy of Jupiter’s cloud cities are nearly all pureblood humans. 

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Jupiter’s economy is extremely reliant on its helium-3 mining industry. It both consumes and exports vast quantities of the gas, which is used as fuel in nuclear fusion reactors. The kingdom is very protective of its monopoly on helium-3 and mining rights are rarely distributed. It operates nearly all harvester factories in existence and hoards the Empire-era technology required to construct them. Jupiter actively hunts down unsanctioned mining operations, which it classifies as piracy. Jupiter’s cloud cities lack the space or infrastructure for other large-scale industries, so they must import the majority of their necessities. 

On Io, geothermal energy is the moon’s main source of power. Sulphur and other materials are mined from its surface.    

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