Integrated Production Sphere

The Integrated Production Sphere system was the economic policy of the Consortium for the duration of it's existence. Established by the Zero Day Accords, it created several different zones of economic activity: The United States, the Soviet Union, the People's Republic, Mercury, Venus, and Luna. A seventh sphere for the Main Belt existed briefly until the Confederacy achieved independence.
Each sphere was expected to maintain a minimum of economic output to support the Interplanetary Transport Network and maintain self-sufficiency with surplus within the Consortium. On Earth, each of the three superpowers had slightly different ways of going about fulfilling their obligations: the US was a capital-leaning mixed economy welfare state focused on materials processing and agriculture, the Soviet Union was a centrally planned communist society focused on high technology, and the People's Republic was a socialist-leaning mixed economy focused on heavy industry. The other spheres produced power, raw resources, and high technology.
Category:Foundation Period
Category:First Trilogy
Category:Technology