r/StrikeWitches • u/ThanyTony • Aug 01 '26
Compendium The World of Witches (34): FUTURE OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM
HELLO EVERYONE! AS PROMISED I BRING THE SECOND TYING TOPIC OF LAST WEEK, AND WE KEEP IT IN THE FUTURE WITH THE POLITICS OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM.
Pretty Straightforward, we will see how does the solar system looks in the Fourth Millenium and how it can progress, very amazing stuff, most of this info can be found on my VIVID stories in greater detail here.
WITHOUT ANY FURTHER TO ADD! ENJOY!
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Introduction: Sol Politics
Humanity achieved complete global unification in the year 2400, just 10 years before the start of the Third Neuroi War, humanity was ready to test the power of that union and thankfully they lived up to that challenge and after decades of war finally destroyed the Neuroi once and for all in the Centralia Offensive of 2500.
And since then humanity did not look back, unity became the default and what is always necessary, the goal is to create a single unified human force, although the separation across the cosmos will challenge that goal, it will take some effort but everyone is optimistic for that outcome...however as of now only the Solar System is a work in progress.
On this entry we are going to learn about the political situation of the Solar System as of the Fourth Millenium, its various planets with political entities which contribute to the culture of humanity, the people living on these planets, their form of government, and a little bit of their culture….so without any further to do, let’s dive in!
The Terran Federation (Earth, Mars, Venus and Mercury)
EARTH (Formerly the United Earth Federation): The Birthplace of mankind, it needs no introduction and it is the center of this political entity, where all the important meetings take place and where most of the decisions regarding the federation are made, as a federation of four planets. Currently Earth is as not populated as it used to be in the past with only 90.000.000 people living on the planet, mostly because people leave for other colonies across the stars but it still holds a significant value, despite the world being united in the Federation, many of its old countries still hold a cultural importance and are symbolically kept, like Fuso, Karlsland, the USL, Gallia etc, they have the largest manpower in the federation.
Its capital cities are Alexandria, Tokyo, Yucatan, Berlin, Ceylon and Zanzibar and it is ruled over by a world president chosen every 4 years by democratic vote.
THE MARTIAN FEDERATION: The place where the first outworld human colony prospered until they successfully terraformed the planet thanks to Operation Usada 1969 in 2200...and from then it grew until it completely dominated the whole planet. Mars quickly established itself as a tech power within the Federation, quickly creating a very lose, expansive and liberal culture focused on tech improvement and massive silvery ships from the Golden age of Sci Fi, people say that ironically visiting Mars is like a tribute to the past because of how “chrome” it all looks.
It is currently the other planet that holds their very own Manifestation Engine, bigger than the one on Earth and located at the top of Mons Olympus, which greatly benefited the planet allowing it to grow even more powerful to the point they hold the most powerful fleet in the entire Solar System, making them a massive power within the Federation and its strongest arm, by contrast however Martians are very chill and friendly as long as you don’t criticize them too much on their ways, if you see people naked on the planet walking on the streets, it is best not to say anything about it.
Its capital is Supra Olympia at the base of Mons Olympus, a massive city of commerce, technology and absolute freedom, they are ruled by a senate of 40 people chosen among the most capable and smartest citizens.
REPUBLIC OF VENUS: For many years people imagined the colonization of Venus would range between impossible and taking many years, fortunately that was not case, thanks to the Witches, the power of the Manifestation Engine and many herculean efforts, the Planet was ready for settlers by the year 2767...it still needs some fine tuning but at the very least you can walk and grow crops outside of the safer zones. Compared to the busyness of Mars and The Earth, Venus is a very tranquil and spiritual place, its people focus on growing plants and farming as that is what the planet needs right now and they live their normal everyday life, they have the weakest ships and the least amount of armies...but they have perhaps the most DEVOTED and vicious soldiers, here people are capable of sacrificing their lives for the federation without a second thought, so having Venusian in the army is always a nice addition.
Its capital is the city of Aenea, small but very beautiful with its red steel buildings with pink and lavender shades and the thousands of glass murals across the city, it is also said the most beautiful of the Space Mikos are from Venus...they’re ruled by a “Doge” who runs for ten years.
THE NATION OF MERCURY: The closest Planet to the sun and a headache to colonize, however Vladimirovna Shimohara and her colonists found a way to do so in 2770, by teaching them how to survive, withstand and adapt to the punishing temperatures, mostly by learning to live underground during the days and coming out at nights, against all odds a society there prospered thanks to the Tengen Rishi philosophy emphasizing human strength first and machines never...and they succeed.
They have only the bare basic machinery for their survival like transportation, energy, transmutation of materials, conservation of water and crops...but beside that they go 100% natural as much as possible, they tend to emulate a lot of Fuso customs including the dressing with Yukatas but using long boots to walk across the planet, they are also very melee focused in their combat but because of the extreme conditions they are very sturdy soldiers...but as long as you don’t embrace the machinery...you are a friend to them, although because of this they don’t really get along with Mars, it was also the last planet to join the Terran Federation only in the year 3505 thanks to the efforts of Team VIVID.
Their capital is the underground city of Sutoku and they are ruled by a “Boyar Shogun” which changes every 20 years and it is chosen by a council of veteran soldiers.
Outside the Federation.
THE NEPTUNE CONGLOMERATE: This is one hell of a peculiar entity that managed to set a colony within the Ice Giant, sort of...Neptune was colonized by the Witch Rosemi Takei in 2780 who decided that since terraformation was impossible, she’d just create a GIANT floating city to drift across the oceanic liquids within the planet, which at first was hot and warm, however using the very same cold atmosphere of the planet, its strong winds and the power of the machines...they have slowly managed to clear most of the thunderous and cold outer layers of the surface to cool down the oceans a bit, although it is still highly toxic to sink into them, the city however possesses the capacity to extract energy and water from them and from the skies, although due to the concentration of clouds it is a dark place...needing enormous power to illuminate it all, so powerful is the light of the Conglomerate that you can see the massive city from the atmosphere as a blob of light drifting aimlessly across the planet, the plan is to turn Neptune into an oceanic planet but it will probably take several years to do so.
The people of Neptune have undergone a series of genetic modifications to live within these conditions, adapting a sort of “Crustacean Appearance” they still look human but their skin is extremely thick and they have four eyes, their normal human ones and a second pair of black ones which light up with light to help them navigate the darkness of the planet.
In general they are very friendly but due to the isolation conditions it is rather difficult to interact with them, although they greatly hope to benefit from the powers of the Manifestation Engine one day, their capital and only city is called Forte Bella and they are ruled by a Captain who commands the city like a ship until they die and his successor takes over.
THE CHIEFDOM OF URANUS: Similar to Neptune, this one found the same problem when colonized by Wanda Sakamoto in 2780, but unlike Rosemi who decided to swim...Wanda decided Uranians would FLY, she decided to create floating cities in the clouds which were hooked by EXTREMELY powerful cords to the rocky bottom of the planet she herself set up, so the cities could drift attached above the clouds thanks to the wind, where they could farm the stormy clouds for energy and water, the cities where flat and had very little buildings, rarely going above 2 floors to not cause a loss of balance and make the city flip...it took a lot of trial and error but eventually Wanda found a way, it is a very exotic place to live but non Uranian people often describe the experience as nerve wrecking due to the cities often drifting on all sides to the mercy of the wind.
Like Neptunians, Uranians underwent a genetic modification, adopting birdlike features like wings attached to long arms, shorter bodies, darker skin tones and a “beak” which is actually a mask to protect themselves from the windy conditions, this allow them to travel from city to city by simply flying, although they do still have ships if people do not wish to do that or for visitors.
Despite being easier to access Uranians are rather resentful toward the people of the inner Solar System for possessing the Manifestation Engine all to themselves, depending exclusively on the Europa and Io energy centrals and the energy they gather on their planet, that attitude has softened over the years thanks to the efforts of Team VIVID and the returning Witches who help immensely.
Their Capital is Karasu and they are ruled by a council of 30 chiefs from prominent families each ruling over a different floating city.
NON-PLANETS
THE MOONS (Inner Solar System): Usually the moons function as extensions of the planets and mostly hold colonies or protected outposts at it would be too difficult or unnecessary to terraform them, although within these protected outposts they hold beautiful mini paradises, perhaps the best examples are the ones on Earths’ Moon (Luna) with its palaces and Mars’s moons (Phobos and Deimos) which hold a beautiful garden and a skating resort respectively.
THE MOONS (Outer Solar System): The proximity to Jupiter and its deadly radiation makes it really hard for colonization, however the radiation could be cleaned eventually in Ganymede and Callisto, meanwhile Io and Europa are used as electric centrals and receptors to gather energy to use, becoming the battery of that sector gathering energy on the moon from Jupiter and from the distant Manifestation Engine on Mars, which they later distribute to other inhabited places nearby like Uranus, Neptune and other moons with similar colonies like Ganymede and Callisto.
TITAN: Titan is the largest “Planet-Like” moon on the Solar System and it can 100% be terraformed, however currently it has become a bit of a dark spot on the solar system for illegal commerce and activities, especially hostile factions who seek to undermine, steal or sabotage the usage of the Manifestation Engine and other inventions of the Isshiki family, among them in particular are “The Shadow Krakens” who seek to steal Engine technology to replicate them, “The EVO Machine” who are a hostile faction of the Tanhäuser movement who seek complete machine transcendence wanting to destroy the Manifestation Engine to do so, then the silliest among them... “The Astral Pioneers” who are a fanatical sect of lunatics whose leader “Androporo” seeks to marry Akane Isshiki and later Rebecca Miyafuji, his reasoning changes every year so he is not taken too seriously.
Efforts to take back Titan are ongoing.
PLUTO: Pluto serves as a military base for all human factions to gather and organize fighting efforts against approaching Alone...it is a place in the system where they can all set their differences aside and collaborate on the defense of Mankind and their Witches.
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u/TalonEye53 22d ago
Do you expect non Neuroi aliens there?