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Colony
Dependent member of a larger polity or empire. It is ruled by the parent polity, usually through a governor or colonial administration AI. The colonists may have an elected council to petition the governor, or an elected or chosen representative in the parent polity or empire, but they have no say in their own government. Colonies may be established as part of an expansionist drive by the parent polity or empire, or they may be regions that already have a society but were technological inferior and hence easily conquered. Colonies tend to be less organized and with less government (less infrastructure, luxury items, no welfare services or angelnets, etc.) than the parent polity. See also territory, protectorate.
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Text by M. Alan Kazlev
Initially published on 24 September 2001.
Initially published on 24 September 2001.
