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* MeaningfulRename: After Hell Day, the Lunar Union is reorganized into a true PlanetaryNation, the Lunar Covenant. This is also when they adopt what Ryzov calls "a quasi-religious mission to preserve Earth culture."
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* MeaningfulRename: After Hell Day, PlanetaryNation: Theirs is the Lunar Union is reorganized into a true PlanetaryNation, the Lunar Covenant. This is also when they adopt what Ryzov calls "a quasi-religious mission to preserve Earth culture."Union.
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* SpaceColdWar: After Hell Day, the Lunar Covenant becomes involved in one with the Martian Alliance.
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* UndergroundCity: Many Selenite cities extend beneath the surface as well as above it. The caverns are often where the public green spaces are.
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* UndergroundCity: Many Selenite cities extend beneath the surface as well as above it. The caverns are often frequently where the public green spaces are.
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* WeCanRuleTogether: The Solar Wars started when, in the wake of Hell Day, Luna made this offer to Mars. Mars, seeing it as an attempt at hegemony by the Selenites, refused.
* WeCanRuleTogether: The Solar Wars started when, in the wake of Hell Day, Luna made this offer to Mars. Mars, seeing it as an attempt at hegemony by the Selenites, refused.
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* TeamSwitzerland: The Selenites (the people of Luna) usually try not to get involved in Earthly affairs.
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* TeamSwitzerland: The Selenites (the people of Luna) usually try not to get involved in Earthly affairs. [[NothingIsTheSameAnymore After Hell Day]], [[NeutralNoLonger that changes in a big way.]]
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* EndlessDaytime: Crater ''rims'' at the poles, on the other hand, are always in sunlight. They are thus covered in solar panels.
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* OceanPunk: MobileFishbowl: A strange sort of large-scale example: Blue Moon is a spherical space habitat that's been station filled with water, allowing it to be home to aquamorphs and uplifted sea creature uplifts. It'd be an example of MobileFishbowl if it weren't stuck creatures to thrive in orbit.space.
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The first celestial body visited and colonized by humanity. Luna is very closely tied to Earth, even sometimes being referred to as the "Eighth Continent."
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The first celestial body visited and colonized by humanity. Luna is very closely tied to Earth, even to the point where it's sometimes being referred to as the "Eighth Continent."
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* {{Arcology}}: The Verne Gun is so huge that it has these in its ''struts''.
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* {{Arcology}}: The Verne Gun is so huge that it has these arcologies in its ''struts''.
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* HolyCity: Plymouth, being built around the original Apollo 11 landing site, is considered almost sacred by some Selenites.
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* HolyCity: The city of Plymouth, being built around the original Apollo 11 landing site, is considered almost sacred by some Selenites.Selenites. (It's also significant for being where nuclear fusion was perfected.)
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!!The Grays
* WanderingCulture: The nomads of the far side of Luna, descended from helium-3 miners.
!!The Lunar Poles
* AlwaysNight: The bottoms of craters at the lunar poles are always in shadow, never receiving sunlight. Being incredibly cold as a result, they make good places for ice mining and supercomputers.
* TheNeutralZone: The poles, with their ice deposits, are strictly neutral and controlled by the Lunar Union, so as to ensure that all Lunar colonies get equal access to water.
* SolarPunk: Crater ''rims'' at the poles, on the other hand, are always in sunlight. They are thus covered in solar panels.
!!The Verne Gun
* {{Arcology}}: The Verne Gun is so huge that it has these in its ''struts''.
* MagneticWeapons: A non-combat example that operates on the same scientific principle. The Jules Verne Memorial Mass Driver, or the Verne Gun for short, is a series of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_driver mass drivers]] which wrap around the entire lunar equator, constantly launching vast amounts of ore off the Lunar surface to be used in building habitats elsewhere in the solar system.
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* ConspiracyTheorist: The Society's beliefs incorporate a largely-benevolent Masonic coverup controlling the US government, the supposed significance of ancient Egyptian astrology to the early space program and the existence of ruins on Luna left behind by {{Ultraterrestrials}}.[[note]](Ryzov makes sure to point out that absolutely none of this is true.)[[/note]]
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* ConspiracyTheorist: The Society's beliefs incorporate a largely-benevolent Masonic coverup controlling the US government, the supposed significance of ancient Egyptian astrology to the early space program and the existence of ruins on Luna left behind by {{Ultraterrestrials}}.[[note]](Ryzov AdvancedAncientHumans.[[note]]Ryzov makes sure to point out that absolutely none of this is true.)[[/note]][[/note]]
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* TheCity: The very first one on Luna.
* CommieLand: While no longer this trope, it did start out as a Soviet colony, and it's still culturally Russian.
* FamedInStory: Selena Porishenko, the first human born offworld, lived all her life in Barmingrad. By 2150, she's long dead, but her memory remains highly revered by the inhabitants of the city, to the point where one could mistake her for a saint.
!!The Orion Society
* BrotherhoodOfFunnyHats: They style themselves as a BenevolentConspiracy promoting reverence for Selenite history and carrying on an AncientTradition while they're at it, but in practice, they're this, and largely aware of it.
* ConspiracyTheorist: The Society's beliefs incorporate a largely-benevolent Masonic coverup controlling the US government, the supposed significance of ancient Egyptian astrology to the early space program and the existence of ruins on Luna left behind by {{Ultraterrestrials}}.[[note]](Ryzov makes sure to point out that absolutely none of this is true.)[[/note]]
* CommieLand: While no longer this trope, it did start out as a Soviet colony, and it's still culturally Russian.
* FamedInStory: Selena Porishenko, the first human born offworld, lived all her life in Barmingrad. By 2150, she's long dead, but her memory remains highly revered by the inhabitants of the city, to the point where one could mistake her for a saint.
!!The Orion Society
* BrotherhoodOfFunnyHats: They style themselves as a BenevolentConspiracy promoting reverence for Selenite history and carrying on an AncientTradition while they're at it, but in practice, they're this, and largely aware of it.
* ConspiracyTheorist: The Society's beliefs incorporate a largely-benevolent Masonic coverup controlling the US government, the supposed significance of ancient Egyptian astrology to the early space program and the existence of ruins on Luna left behind by {{Ultraterrestrials}}.[[note]](Ryzov makes sure to point out that absolutely none of this is true.)[[/note]]
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* YouClonedHitler: That being said, the Raelian Church is not without its scandals. In the 2110s, it came out that one of their affiliated biotech firm's long-term goals was to produce clones of Hitler, in hopes that one of them would have PastLifeMemories and could then be tried for crimes against humanity. None of them did. The whole affair succeeded only in seriously damaging the Raelian Church's reputation on both Luna and Earth.
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* YouClonedHitler: That being said, the Raelian Church is not without its scandals. In the 2110s, it came out that one of their the long-term goals of the Raelian Church's affiliated biotech firm's long-term goals firm was to produce clones of Hitler, in hopes that one of them would have PastLifeMemories and could then be tried for crimes against humanity. None of them did. The whole affair succeeded only in seriously damaging the Raelian Church's reputation on both Luna and Earth.
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!Luna
The first celestial body visited and colonized by humanity. Luna is very closely tied to Earth, even sometimes being referred to as the "Eighth Continent."
* TheAlliance: The Lunar Union, an association of all states and colonies on Luna founded in 2045.
* InsistentTerminology: The Moon is always called Luna. Since other planets' moons have now been colonized, "only boomers call it 'the Moon' anymore."
* MeaningfulRename: After Hell Day, the Lunar Union is reorganized into a true PlanetaryNation, the Lunar Covenant. This is also when they adopt what Ryzov calls "a quasi-religious mission to preserve Earth culture."
* {{Polyamory}}: Apparently slightly more common on Luna than on Earth.
* SpaceColdWar: After Hell Day, the Lunar Covenant becomes involved in one with the Martian Alliance.
* TeamSwitzerland: The Selenites (the people of Luna) usually try not to get involved in Earthly affairs.
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!![=CryptoStar=] Free Station
* MerchantCity: The concept of cryptocurrency-based capitalism didn't pan out in El Salvador, so its adherents headed for the moon instead.
* WeWillUseWikiWordsInTheFuture: [=CryptoStar=].
!!Lucent
* SpeculativeFictionLGBT: A SpaceStation founded by and for non-binary people, both those who are biologically so and those who aren't.
!!Elohim & the Raelian Church
* ClonesArePeopleToo: The Raelians are firm believers in this trope, having historically been pioneers of human cloning technology. It's in large part thanks to their work that, by 2150, one-quarter of Selenite births are clones.
* TheRemnant: As Raelian influence on Luna declines (see below for why), their station of Elohim in Lunar orbit has become the last bastion of their church's orthodoxy.
* YouClonedHitler: That being said, the Raelian Church is not without its scandals. In the 2110s, it came out that one of their affiliated biotech firm's long-term goals was to produce clones of Hitler, in hopes that one of them would have PastLifeMemories and could then be tried for crimes against humanity. None of them did. The whole affair succeeded only in seriously damaging the Raelian Church's reputation on both Luna and Earth.
!!Kumara
* CommieLand: A variation. Kumara's aim is to achieve an ideal socialist state through AI, automation and cybernetics.
!!Blue Moon
* OceanPunk: Blue Moon is a spherical space habitat that's been filled with water, allowing it to be home to aquamorphs and sea creature uplifts. It'd be an example of MobileFishbowl if it weren't stuck in orbit.
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!!Tranquility Republic
* {{Eagleland}}: America's colonies on Luna.
* FictionalHoliday: All across Luna, but especially in Tranquility, the anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission is celebrated as a holiday.
* FictionalProvince: Tranquility comprises four US states: Armstrong, Apollo, Kennedy and Plymouth.
* HolyCity: Plymouth, being built around the original Apollo 11 landing site, is considered almost sacred by some Selenites.
* NamingYourColonyWorld: The four US states on Luna are named for the first man on the moon, the Apollo program that got him there, the president who started the program and one of the first colonies in what became America.
!!Barmingrad
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!Luna
The first celestial body visited and colonized by humanity. Luna is very closely tied to Earth, even sometimes being referred to as the "Eighth Continent."
* TheAlliance: The Lunar Union, an association of all states and colonies on Luna founded in 2045.
* InsistentTerminology: The Moon is always called Luna. Since other planets' moons have now been colonized, "only boomers call it 'the Moon' anymore."
* MeaningfulRename: After Hell Day, the Lunar Union is reorganized into a true PlanetaryNation, the Lunar Covenant. This is also when they adopt what Ryzov calls "a quasi-religious mission to preserve Earth culture."
* {{Polyamory}}: Apparently slightly more common on Luna than on Earth.
* SpaceColdWar: After Hell Day, the Lunar Covenant becomes involved in one with the Martian Alliance.
* TeamSwitzerland: The Selenites (the people of Luna) usually try not to get involved in Earthly affairs.
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!![=CryptoStar=] Free Station
* MerchantCity: The concept of cryptocurrency-based capitalism didn't pan out in El Salvador, so its adherents headed for the moon instead.
* WeWillUseWikiWordsInTheFuture: [=CryptoStar=].
!!Lucent
* SpeculativeFictionLGBT: A SpaceStation founded by and for non-binary people, both those who are biologically so and those who aren't.
!!Elohim & the Raelian Church
* ClonesArePeopleToo: The Raelians are firm believers in this trope, having historically been pioneers of human cloning technology. It's in large part thanks to their work that, by 2150, one-quarter of Selenite births are clones.
* TheRemnant: As Raelian influence on Luna declines (see below for why), their station of Elohim in Lunar orbit has become the last bastion of their church's orthodoxy.
* YouClonedHitler: That being said, the Raelian Church is not without its scandals. In the 2110s, it came out that one of their affiliated biotech firm's long-term goals was to produce clones of Hitler, in hopes that one of them would have PastLifeMemories and could then be tried for crimes against humanity. None of them did. The whole affair succeeded only in seriously damaging the Raelian Church's reputation on both Luna and Earth.
!!Kumara
* CommieLand: A variation. Kumara's aim is to achieve an ideal socialist state through AI, automation and cybernetics.
!!Blue Moon
* OceanPunk: Blue Moon is a spherical space habitat that's been filled with water, allowing it to be home to aquamorphs and sea creature uplifts. It'd be an example of MobileFishbowl if it weren't stuck in orbit.
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[[folder:Lunar Surface]]
!!Tranquility Republic
* {{Eagleland}}: America's colonies on Luna.
* FictionalHoliday: All across Luna, but especially in Tranquility, the anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission is celebrated as a holiday.
* FictionalProvince: Tranquility comprises four US states: Armstrong, Apollo, Kennedy and Plymouth.
* HolyCity: Plymouth, being built around the original Apollo 11 landing site, is considered almost sacred by some Selenites.
* NamingYourColonyWorld: The four US states on Luna are named for the first man on the moon, the Apollo program that got him there, the president who started the program and one of the first colonies in what became America.
!!Barmingrad
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