Capital

A Capital is the center of governance and political activity within a polity.

• The appropriately named Capital (world) is the capital of the largest and likely the most powerful Supra-polity within Charted Space, the Third Imperium.
• Capitals are not only of interest to merchants and travellers, but they are also used to calculate the IISS metric, the Importance Extension, which is a gross measure of a world's overall interstellar importance in generalized terms.

Description (Specifications)

There are three Trade Classifications involving capitals within the interstellar trade system.

Trade Classification Political Factors

Trade Classification Codes
Class	Code	Type	Remarks
Subsector Capital	(Cp)	Political	The capital of the local region, usually a subsector in size.
Sector Capital	(Cs)	Political	The capital of a group of hundreds of star systems, typically a sector in size.
Imperial Capital	(Cx)	Political	The overall capital of an interstellar government, an interstellar polity.

A world designated as a capital often experiences extra trade and increased prestige.

Interstellar Capitals of the Major Races

These are the six major races near universally recognized throughout Charted Space. Of these, Humaniti has three recognized major race branches. Both groups form the Big Nine.

Interstellar Capitals of the Major Races (Big Nine)
#	Demonym / Socionym	Capital	Homeworld	Polity	Remarks
1.	Aslan (Fteirle)	Kuzyu	Kuzyu	Aslan Hierate: 4,345 worlds	Kuzyu is the spiritual heart of the expanding Aslan territories. It is a meeting-place for the many clans that form the Hierate.
2.	Droyne	Droynia	Droynia	Droyne Oytrip Yatroy: 50+ worlds	No one has ever found the actual location of this world. It is also known as Eskayloyt, which translates from the Oynprith language as "Lost World".
3.	Hiver	Glea	Guaran	Hive Federation: 4,434 worlds	Glea was chosen as the capital of the Federation over the homeworld due to cosmopolitan influences and a desire to have a non-Hiver world as the seat of government.
4.	Humaniti: Imperial Man	Capital	Terra	Third Imperium: 11,000+ worlds	Capital was originally known as Sylea. It is the homeworld of the Syleans, a minor human race, who form the majority of the world's population.
5.	Humaniti: Solomani	Home	Terra	Solomani Confederation: 2,000+ worlds	Home became the Solomani capital following the Imperial conquest of Terra during the Solomani Rim War.
6.	Humaniti: Vilani	Vland	Terra	Ziru Sirka: 10,000+ worlds	Ancestral Vilani were transplanted to Vland from Terra by the Ancients, between 300,000 and 200,000 years ago. It is traditionalist, conservative and bureaucratic.
7.	Humaniti: Zhodani	Zhdant	Terra	Zhodani Consulate: 5,000+ worlds	Ancestral Zhodani were transplanted to Zhdant from Terra by the Ancients, between 300,000 and 200,000 years ago. Psionics are common on the world and within the Consulate.
8.	K'kree	Kirur	Kirur	Two Thousand Worlds: 2,000+ worlds	Despite its status as a major population center and the capital of a vast interstellar state, Kirur retains a bucolic, unspoiled feel.
9.	Vargr	None	Lair	Vargr Extents: 2,000+ worlds	The fragmented Vargr recognize no single world as their overall capital, though most hold Lair in high esteem. Even within a single state there may be rival claimants to the title of Capital world.

Interstellar Capitals of the Minor Human Races

Interstellar Capitals of the Minor Human Races
Demonym / Socionym	Capital	Homeworld	Polity	Remarks
Answerin	Answerin	Answerin	World-State: 4 worlds	A warlike people of Vland Sector who sided with the Sylean Federation as it expanded and grew into the Third Imperium. Scattered communities of Answerin exist throughout Charted Space.
Ayanshi	Ghost	Ghost	World-State: 2 worlds	The Ayanshi are a secretive people living on a backward world within the Imperial territories in Reaver's Deep Sector. A significant community of ethnic Ayanshi live on Warinir, the capital of Daibei Sector.
Azhanti	Irale	Irale	World-State: 4 worlds	The Azhanti control four systems within Antares Sector. The majority of the population is concentrated on their homeworld, while small groups of ethnic Azhanti administer three controlled systems.
Cafadan	Cafad	Cafad	TBD Polity: ## worlds	Corridor Sector.
Cassilldan	Ambemshan	Ambemshan	TBD Polity: ## worlds	Antares Sector.
Darmine	Ishag	Ishag	Darmine Cultural Region: ## worlds	The Darmine gained interstellar capability during the First Imperium and spread across the rimward regions of Zarushagar Sector, becoming a regional power during the Long Night. The Darmine were a major focus of the Ilelish Pacification Campaign.
Daryen	Daryen	Daryen	Darrian Confederation: 22 worlds	An independent polity lying within the Spinward Marches noted for its extremely advanced technology. The Daryens maintain an alliance with the Imperium.
Dynchia	Melantris	Melantris	TBD Polity: ## worlds	Leonidae Sector.
Fiorin	TBD (world)	TBD (world)	TBD Polity: ## worlds	TBD
Florian	TBD (world)	TBD (world)	Florian League: 28 worlds	A loose interstellar confederation lying across Trojan Reach and The Beyond sectors and governed by a hierarchy of councils.
Forlorn	TBD (world)	TBD (world)	TBD Polity: ## worlds	TBD
Geonee	TBD (world)	TBD (world)	TBD Polity: ## worlds	TBD
Halka	Halka	Halka	World-State: 1 world	Albino
Happirhva	Rejhappur	Rejhappur	World-State: 1 world	A client state of the Principality of Caledon, in Reaver's Deep Sector.
Harappan	Harappa	Harappa	World-State: 1 world	An extinct human minor race of the Solomani Rim. Their culture appears to have never developed beyond bronze age (early TL-1) levels of development.
Lancians	Kukhun	Kukhun	Lancian Cultural Region: 28 worlds	Corridor Sector, Dagudashaag Sector, Gushemege Sector.
Suerrat	Ilelish	Ilelish	TBD Polity: 2 worlds	Ilelish Sector.
Ziadd	Zeda	Zeda	Zedan Cultural Region: ## worlds	TBD
TBD Sophont	TBD (world)	TBD (world)	TBD Polity: ## worlds	TBD
TBD Sophont	TBD (world)	TBD (world)	TBD Polity: ## worlds	TBD
TBD Sophont	TBD (world)	TBD (world)	TBD Polity: ## worlds	TBD

Interstellar Capitals of the Minor Non-Human Races

Interstellar Capitals of the Minor Non-Human Races
Demonym / Socionym	Capital	Homeworld	Polity	Remarks
Bwap	Marhaban	Marhaban	Bwap Space: 66 worlds	Bwap can be found throughout the Imperium but their numbers are greatest in coreward and trailing regions. They have a reputation as bureaucrats and can often be found in administrative roles.
Graytch	Liigash	Liigash	Graytch Space: 16 worlds	Large pacifistic Arachnidoids who control a scattering of worlds in the heart of the Imperium, primarily within Gushemege Sector.
Jaibok	Vech	Vech	Korsumug Empire: 121 worlds	A militaristic, expansionistic state dominated by aggressive Reptillianoid sophonts located on the distant coreward fringes of the Great Rift.
Mavuzo	Mavuzo	Mavuzo	Principality of Mavuzo: 16 worlds	A state dominated by hierarchical symbiotic non-human sophonts lying at the very edge of Charted Space, involved in a tense cold war against the Korsumug Empire.
Vegans	Muan Gwi	Muan Gwi	Vegan Autonomous District: 32 worlds	A region created by the Imperium following the Solomani Rim War to act as counterweight to the remnants of the Solomani Confederation.
TBD Sophont	TBD (world)	TBD (world)	TBD Polity: ## worlds	TBD
TBD Sophont	TBD (world)	TBD (world)	TBD Polity: ## worlds	TBD
TBD Sophont	TBD (world)	TBD (world)	TBD Polity: ## worlds	TBD

History & Background (Dossier)

Capitals exist at nearly all levels of societal development. A soon as societies become large enough to separate into distinctive sub-polities, dominance among competing factions on a regional or locational level become important and the most dominant becomes designated the capital.

Charted Space has grown to be an interstellar system with an interlinking systems of competing polities whose economies affect one another. Any capital at the subsector level, Pocket Empire level, or above acquires a Capital Trade Classification. The smaller capitals at the World-State, balkanized Nation-State, or lower levels simply lack the authority under the majority of conditions to effectively compete on the interstellar market. Such worlds may matter individually, but the vast majority of them will lack the authority of bigger fish to influence the interstellar economic system significantly.

Standard Polity Growth Sequence

MACRO LEVEL:

• Proto-Society → Society → Civilization → Singularity (Post-civilizational)

MICRO LEVEL:

• Proto-Society → Band Society → Tribal Society or Chiefdom → City-State → Nation-State → World-State → Pocket Empire → Interstellar State → Intergalactic State → Final State → Singularity

References & Contributors (Sources)

This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Mongoose Publishing or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• T5 Core Rules
• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science