Incomplete. [hider=The Network of Neptune (WIP)] Nation Sheet Nation Name/Flag: The Network of Neptune [b]Government Type[/b] [i]Oligarchic Plutocracy[/i] Even in the realm of post scarcity, wealth inequality persists. The Network being the most raw expression of such a system. With ideological founders formed during the chaos of prior conflicts in the outer parts of Sol, a coalition government vaguely known as the Network developed. They a gilded bunch, with power centralized by the gas and diamond mines that now came under the position of a small group of Nivetzian ideologues. Nivetz was a figure lost to time, a rich person of unknown gender, creed or race (with speculation going as far as suggesting Nivetz was a machine or algorithm) whose existence was at some point in the 22nd century disturbed by what it saw as the "complacency of the automated". An issue Nivetz was hardly alone in noticing- the swathes of modern imperiums around the solar system being able to attest to such crisis of purpose in their infantile regressions into playing knights with power armor. Such regressions were not what Nivetz had aspired to. Instead, Nivetz sought a system of artificial scarcity that encouraged competition and the endless struggle through a cybercracy that would keep people always teetering on the edge but never falling. All with the purpose of creating an people who would be able to create a meritocracy of the willing. Outside sources on Nivetz contradict each other as much, to the point you have theorists who will claim Nivetz is a mythology more than a historical figure much like Santa, Superman or Karl Marx were. However whatever the origin of Nivetz, the information streams of Nivetzian origin would be the ideological foundations of the Neptunian Network. In practice, Neptune grew way too rich and prosperous for its own good. Situated at the cross roads between the Kuiper belt and the inner worlds, Neptune easily became among the most massive hubs of commerce in the outer solar system. With vast loading stations for ice belt miners and a stranglehold as a middle realm between the outer solar system and Kuiper belt the material wealth was vast. And in the hands of a select few who broke with Sol with an army of privateer fleets they bought off as mercenaries to terrorize unwanted forced. Such privateers have since become organized into the autonomous Trident Guard. The personal army of the oligarchs who run the Neptune Network from their opulent sky cities and monopolization of the gas/diamond mines. The automated living cities are where the bulk of the population live, making use of Neptune's internal heat to create shockingly vibrant communities in the windy, frigid ice giant in the lower cloud layers where warmth and insulation can be found. Fusion reactors have helped power things here, along with the vast novelty complexes and roaming mall ships. The cybercracies here to a tee follow the Nivetzian pet projects of the Neptune Network's oligarchs with a specialized internal virtual currency of Cyan Credit used mainly by local inhabitants. Various warlord groups who never were fully loyal to the Neptune Network inhabit the upper latitudes of the world, but they too are seen as a useful tool by the oligarchs. Especially the oligarch Nera, of whom notoriously lured them into attacking the sky city clusters of some regions to cause more struggle as per the way of Nivetz. This is all in the supposed purpose of creating a hardened populous, in practice it has created one of the most nihilistic populations in the whole solar system. Where they don't see purpose, only action. As is, existence is kept intentionally hard for them by faceless oligarchs who are widely despised but with too much atomization to truly rise up against. [b]Demographics[/b] [i]80% Neptunian Humans[/i] Neptunian humans descend from a mixture of various nationalities from the southwest pacific (so like Indonesia, Australia, Malaysia and such) and arctic regions (Russian, Canadian and Nordic mainly). These ties centuries ago had caused local tensions, but the world project of a Neptune-state overshadowed these identities into the genesis of the Neptunian Human, adapted to the floating cities and gas mines of Neptune and over the centuries melding new languages from the blender of cultures Neptune would be from the international migrations of the Malaysian pioneers from centuries ago. Mikhail remains a national hero as the one who organized the Trident Corp efforts in setting up gas mining faculties on Neptune. Later on sky cities would be built as populations grew and class tensions festered during Terran times. However much of these internal divisions would be overridden by the contempt for Terran heavy handedness in their policies governing outer rim colonies. [i]17% Tritonites [/i] Tritonites are seen as a separate species, who were always persecuted in Terran times for the radical modification they did to adapt to tritonian gravity. Their extremely adaptive philosophy made them a viewed by outsiders as a whole separate species who started out as geyser tappers, traders and volatile refinery operators their extremely soundly, pale appearance mined with an elongated, bony form from their life living on nutrient algae dishes due to having spent so many generations on Triton isolated from other people. They are part of the Neptunian Network regardless, but have managed to eek out considerable autonomy despite the local activities of Neptunians with their resorts and testing grounds for various technologies in the Southern Hemisphere. Tritonite populations surged in the post-Terran world, mainly due to fusion technologies advancing far enough to build large subglacial cities in Triton's depths that tritonites have come to master. They have also come to and from Neptune, with ongoing tensions from the greater Neptunian government from their spying and infiltration of Tritonian communities under the ice and dispute as to how much Triton is part of Neptune causing periodic skirmishes including a space battle that broke out in orbit of Triton 50 years prior that caused a somewhat over reactive crackdown on space travel for tritonians. [i]3% Travellers[/i] Travellers are the general term for non-Neptune native groups of people, they have considerable diasporas from other parts of the outer solar system due to the gravitational well of Neptune making it a critical conduit of the gravitational highways to and from the outer solar system. Economy: The economy of Neptune is a mixture of volatile and gas mining and large commercial sectors where trade activity is regularly conducted in the earthlike gravity well of Neptune. The wealth from gas mining fueled their secession and continues to be a large part of their claim to power as one of the largest fusion energy suppliers in the outer solar system. Their manufacturing of specialized sky craft such as the Ashia-Type megajets optimized for ice giants also has gained prevalence in the skies of Uranus and Neptune for both local enforcement and civilian transit. [b]Military[/b] [u]Trident Guard Security Forces[/u] [i]Ashia-Type Neptune Fighters[/i] - Hypersonic Jets powered by fusion energy that are able to handle the extreme environments of Neptune with hunter-killer missiles and gauss chainguns that take advantage of the wind currents, storms and wind cells of Neptune. [b]History[/b] The origins of the Neptunian Network reside in Mikhali Fusion, a large conglomerate from Malaysia. (Ironically, a lot of history can be seen all throughout this app... So history here be a bit redundant). [b]Characters[/b] [i]Historical Figures[/i] Mikhail- A wealthy Terran from the 23rd century who proactively worked towards gas mines on Neptune, seeing Neptune as the gateway to the stars and wanting to stake a claim for it. The massive investments to make gas mines that far from Earth was seen as absurd at the time, but alas it paid off in the long term to the Neptunians. Mikhail's legacy is dubious however, being viewed as basically responsible for a lot of terrible ideas such as the cruel, claustrophobic work conditions of Neptune's gas mines and Mikhail Fusion putting prisoners on Triton, of whom became Tritonians centuries later. Nivetz - An ancient ideologue in the 22nd century whose ideology came to dominate the Neptunian Network. Zavier - Historically despised terran, even centuries later a mention of Zavier can cause visible looks of disgust with your average Neptunian. The general mythos of Zavier is that of someone who groomed children and basically levied absurd taxes on outer rim colonies. Nera - Historical hero figure who was akin to America's George Washington. She was a member of the Trident Guard influenced by Nivetzians in their bizarre mixture of the military-financial cult they had cultivated in the distant parts of the solar system. She was an airforce commander who was wildly underestimated by the Terrans who mastered navigating the cloud systems of Neptune. [b]Outside ties[/b] -Pluto/Eris, see as the outer parts of their trade hub -Uranus, no clue yet -Mars, gross -The numerous Monarchies, viewed as infantile regressions but they have to deal with them. -Other corporate/republic governments, most easy to work with [/hider]