THE CITIZENS

Major Players on Venus

Venus won its indepencence from the galaxy-spanning Lianmeng Branches over ten years ago, but the war was devastating. A solvent government has still not been fully established.

Law is maintained on the cities by so-called security companies, which are little more than state-sponsored protection syndicates. This makes attempting to live a civil life, for both the poor and the powerful, very challenging. 

And costly.