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 ===== Serendip Belt ======
-Intent upon regaining its position of dominance. In alliance with Joyeuse and Sansterre.
+**Serendip Belt**, as its name suggests, is an asteroid colony. About eight billion humans live in the various belts of the system, in hollowed out asteroids, huge ring structures or just in small ships that move between the main 'cities' of the system. The centre of it all is C-Jammer, one of the original colony ships which brought humans to the Islands.
+Society is democratic, with technical capability being highly rated. Most people here live in an environment where stupidity and rashness can get you and others killed, so it isn't tolerated.
+Serendip has an impressive military, and still remembers the time when it controlled a lot more worlds after being the first to build Jump capable ships. For the most part its military ambitions are based on defence, with a large number of hidden military installations in the belt, though this could always change relatively easily.
 ===== Esperanza =====
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 Progress up the chain is through ability, and except at the very top levels of society, favourtism and corruption is low.
-The small navy is controlled by Admiral Izabella, the sister of the current President. The
+The small navy is controlled by Admiral Izabella, the sister of the current President.
 ===== New Colchis =====
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 ===== Joyeuse =====
-Heavily militarised and actively hostile.
+Joyeuse is a military dictatorship, currently under the control of General Valérie Moulin. While technically less strict in its laws than a place such as Esperanza, the laws are fervently applied by the military police, and the regime is much less loved because of it.
+The world has a number of small continents, with most of the two billion population on the coastlines or out at sea, either floating or beneath the waves. There is one large capital city of New Paris, which completely dominates an equatorial island and the continental shelf around it, as well as several metropolises.
+Society is heavily militarised, with some form of military service being required of nearly everyone. Military-style uniforms are used by anyone in authority, and training in how to report and deal with suspected dissidents is common.
 ===== Sansterre =====