The Solar System

The Solar System, or Sol, is the capital system of the Federated Briserian States and most previous Promethean-Briserian states before it. It hosts Earth, the birthplace of mankind, and therefore, is considered as the capital of mankind in general.

## Treaty on the Conservation of the Solar System

The Solar System, being symbolically the cradle of mankind, has been the center of mankind's attention for thousands of years. The TCSS was put in place in the 4th millennia, to preserve the state of the System. The destruction of Earth during the First Apocalypse was one of the catalysts for the creation of the TCSS.

The TCSS forbids terraformation of any kind, on any planetary body hosted in the Solar System. Population caps have been put in place, notably for Mars, which is considered to be mankind's second home.

A section of the TCSS was written but never applied: the creation of a separate, sui generis state managing the Solar System, and by extension, Earth, in order to preserve it from external conflicts. Ironically, the Great War of 8021 stopped this process, and war continues to rage on Earth, devastating its unique landscapes and historical locations, despite enormous efforts from the international community to preserve this planet, which was already "saved", during the Second Apocalypse; with Old Earth switching places with B02's Earth.

## Composition

* Earth, the cradle of mankind. Most populated planet and oldest inhabited planet. Currently divided between the Federated Briserian States and the Holy Briserian Empire; as of Q4 8024, the central piece of the second part of the Great War of 8021.
	+ The Moon, relatively heavily inhabited. No terraforming efforts has been conducted, with respect to the TCSS. A population of about 50,000,000 inhabitants lives on the Moon, mostly underground. The Moon is considered the capital of Capital-class ships, with countless shipyards on its surface and in orbit.
* Mars, the first colonized planet, even before the Moon. The Treaty on the Conservation of the Solar System, or TCSS, prohibits the population of Mars to be above 10,000,000, therefore, Mars is considered a high-status planet. Contrary to all other colonized planets, Mars was not terraformed, and remains to this day, a very hostile environment.
* Venus, the second colonized planet. A thousand people lives on Venus, in very deep, self-sufficient, underground bunkers, with extremely minimal interaction with the rest of the Federation. Impossible to terraform.
* Jupiter's Moons: with respect to the TCSS, none of Jupiter's Moons were properly colonized, except the presence of countless research outposts, and secret n-Bases scattered across Europa, etc..
* Saturn's Moons: identical to Jupiter. A large space habitat orbits Saturn, and is considered the first space resort. It has a capacity of about 100,000 residents and is heavily guarded. It also clandestinely hosts an IDS monitoring outpost.
* Pluto: Considered a planet again due to public backlash hundreds of years prior, Pluto became a nexus, with numerous space ports on its surface and in orbit. Considered the last frontier of the Sol System, many travelers journeys to Pluto. A population of about 5,000,000 is located on it.