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 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.
| 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 a traditional and conservative place and is the spiritual heart of the Aslan territories. It is a meeting-place for the many clans that form the Hierate. |
| 2. | Droyne | Eskayloyt | Eskayloyt | Droyne Oytrip Yatroy: 50+ worlds | No one has every found the actual location of this world, which is also known as Droynia. |
| 3. | Hiver | Glea | Guaran | Hive Federation: 4,434 worlds | Glea was chosen as the capital of the Federation 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 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 | None |
| 7. | Humaniti: Zhodani | Zhdant | Terra | Zhodani Consulate: 5,000+ worlds | None |
| 8. | K'kree | Kirur | Kirur | Two Thousand Worlds: 2,000+ worlds | None |
| 9. | Vargr | None | Lair | Vargr Extents: 2,000+ worlds | None |
Interstellar Capitals of the Minor Races
No information yet available.
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 lacks the authority under the majority of conditions to effectively compete on the interstellar market. Such worlds may matter individually, but they will lack the authority of bigger fish to influence the economic system significantly.
Standard Polity Growth Sequence
MACRO LEVEL:
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)
- T5 Core Rules
- Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science