Luna
The only natural satellite of the Earth, visited for the first time by humans in 1969, the first permanent establishments were established between 2026 and 2029. Today it is a major mining production center and an important military hub for the defense of the Earth in case of attack. Luna mainly accommodates military personnel, senior mining company executives who oversee Luna's automated mining operations and a small local population.
Demographics
The moon's population is concentrated in the dozen underground or protected by a dome cities of the planets, which are located next to the moon's two spaceports. The largest of these is Lovell City who houses most of the military buildings and mining operations control centers on Luna's clear face making the population occupy mainly military or commercial functions.
Government
Luna does not have a planetary government due to its small population unlike other planets or moons colonized by the Republic. Indeed, its proximity to the Earth and its very small population have led to Luna being under the jurisdiction of the planetary government of the Earth. However, both cities on the planet have municipal governments, but the rest of Luna is under the jurisdiction of the Earth planetary government.
Defences
Luna does not have an orbital defense as such as she relies on that of Earth and the Navy fleet which still maintains a presence in Earth orbit. Luna althought accommodates many important infrastructures for the defense of the Earth like the Orbital Defense Control Center and the Advanced Detection Center which is responsible for detecting threats that could approach Earth.
Industry & Trade
Luna is a major mining center for all kinds of minerals and thus a major refining center to produce then send the raw materials elsewhere to be used locally. On the trade side, even if it was for a time an important commercial crossroads, the discovery of the Star Drive made it lose this status over the time and Luna primarly become a military center for Earth's orbital defense. Luna's trade today is primarily Earth-oriented with Luna-orbiting spaceports sends most of the transformed materials from the Moon to be used around Earth and the rest being sent all over the Republic.
Infrastructure
There is no train network unlike other planets or moons due to its lack of atmosphere it is instead planetary ferries are used which connect the different cities which are all equipped with landing bays designed for these ships. It also has one spaceport who is an important infrastructure for Luna being located in Lovell City. The mining and military infrastructures are also really important for the economy of Luna as well as the defense of the Earth. One stations is present in orbit of the planet to accommodate vessels not designed to land, although more ships can land than on other planets due to the low lunar gravity.
Architecture
The particularity of Luna is that it have many cities partially under domes and underground or totally underground which means that the possible height for buildings is limited unlike other planets or moons. Cities are therefore generally composed of several underground levels with a more or less large volume that can sometimes accommodate only one or two-story buildings while the largest can easily have space for twenty floors. Most of the means to generate renewable energy used on other planets are not here due to the underground nature of the habitat so nuclear fusion is mainly use. The architecture of cities under domes, protected by powerful artificial magnetic fields, is similar to that of republican cities with a high density and numerous skyscrapers.
Geography
Luna's geography is marked by ancient asteroid impact craters and valleys that are located over its entire surface. Underground caves are also present under its surface due to the ancient volcanic activity of Luna during its formation.
Natural Resources
Luna is rich in mining resources such as gold, zinc or platinum and many other type of minerals that are used in a variety of industrial sectors. The exploitation of raw materials is permitted due to the nature of the Moon which is a barren world with no ecosystem unlike the majority of other Republic's colonized planets.
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