Conclave

The Conclave is one of the Martian Free States that is neither part of the Martian Union nor under the infuence of an off world power. The Conclave was established during the 'Dark Times' initially by a population that arrived on a private craft. It was then augmented by individuals who escaped penal labor with much of the Conclave's population being of asian decent. The Conclave is a theocratic state located at Biblis Patera on Mars. It's governed by a council of elders and has no official currency with the population relying on charity through the church to meet what they do not manage to. They do however have some funds used for trade with other communities. The Conclave founders had believed their exodus via space craft to be 'the rapture' and Mars 'New Earth'. Over the years the Conclave has evolved in doctrine currently holding that the rule of the Anti-Christ will be over all of creation, rather then the Earth specifically and thus it's population has an opposition to Galaxian movements. They are technopessimist with an aversion to certain technologies though they are not against technological progress so long as a society knows what's progressing towards.
Category:Science Fiction Setting of Baron Joshua