Capricornus

Capricornus is a constellation and administrative region within the Milky Way. It is home to some of the youngest Terran colonies, and is relatively close to Sol.

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Colonial Features
Capricornus has only been settled for less than eighty years, and only recently acquired regional status, making it one of the youngest legal territories under the Alliance of Terra. Because of this, Capricornus has enjoyed rapid modernization and empirical development planning. Additionally, several planets in the constellation have undergone, or are currently undergoing, terraforming operations.

Politics & Sovereignty
Capricornus is currently dominated by the Terran Democratic Republic, the executing authority of the Alliance of Terra, and all large-scale developments thus far have been spearheaded by this authority exclusively. It is expected that the constellation will be delegated its own regional authority, the Capricorni Federative Terran Republic, in the same manner as most allied regions before it, in time for its centennial.

Much like Sagittarius, its older, larger political and economic counterpart, individual Capricorni settlements do not receive much independence. Clusters of solar systems, however, are governed by a district authority under the provisions of the Alliance, and are typically bound by federal legislation of the Democratic Republic.

Economy
Throughout its development Capricornus experiences significant economic growth with each passing year, though the region as a whole is still under a considerable amount of federal debt. Government expenditure from the Terran Democratic Republic is still largely devoted to the modernization of the constellation Sagittarius, though Capricornus is expected to formally break even within the next decade, foreign trade to thank.

Primary inter-regional imports to Capricornus are food, water, oxygen, ozone, processed metals, and terraforming equipment, due in no small part heavy development on planetary fronts throughout several systems in the region. The majority of these imports are shipped in from Aquarius, Sagittarius, and Lyra constellations.

Inter-regional exports from Capricornus consist mostly of starship components, consumer electronics, and salvage scrap. Heavy demands placed on planetary resources during terraforming and colonization precedures have rendered the region's output of industrial materials unsuitable for surplus trade. The majority of these exports are shipped to Sagittarius and Lyra constellations.