Noveautrea

Noveautrea is humanity's first attempt at building a completely artificial world and is the only artificial world in Sol. The experiment was begun primarily by Cyrillic intelligentsia from the Soviet Union dissatisfied with life on Earth. It is differentiated from the space platforms of the Confederacy primarily by it's construction and closed loop artificial environment. 
The world is composed of a central column with a perpendicular ring. The outer ring is itself surrounded in a series of rings that are at the same angle as the central column. Both the smaller rings and the central column rotate for gravity and supports the life of about ten thousand people. Unlike the Confederate platforms, it is a fully self sustaining closed loop system. As such, to preserve the delicate balance of it's artificial environment, immigration is strictly regulated and requires an application and approval from the Noveautrean Council. While visiting the world at most times of the Solar Year is discouraged due to it's highly eccentric orbit, visitors are not turned away and may stay for up to thirty standard days with a docking permit from the Council. 
The artificial world follows a highly eccentric orbit around Helios, making it especially difficult to reach from Earth at most times of the year.
Noveautreans are the cultural hub of Sol, producing great works of art, literature, music, and leading humanity in ground breaking scientific advancements. This is essentially what guarantees their prosperity (vs just being self sufficient). 
Noveautrea is governed through a combination of direct constitutional democracy and the representative Noveautrean Council which has limited power to regulate transportation, utilities, and distribution of public goods. Life in Noveautrea is very prosperous for it's citizens; everyone receives a universal basic income and stipend for living similar to the Consortium, but everyone is required to work and are constitutionally entitled to fair wages. In case employment cannot be obtained, the Noveautrean Council will employ the citizen directly in any number of public service jobs. Approximately 35-37% of Noveautreans are engaged in civil service. 
Category:Worlds
Category:First Trilogy