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 ever 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	Ancestral Vilani were transplanted to Vland from Terra by the Ancients around 300,000 years ago.
7.	Humaniti: Zhodani	Zhdant	Terra	Zhodani Consulate: 5,000+ worlds	Ancestral Zhodani were transplanted to Zhdant from Terra by the Ancients around 300,000 years ago.
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:

• 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