Mars (planet)

Mars in an inhabited terrestial planet in the Sol System. Historically, it is the first interplanetary colony of humanity. It is an industrial powerhouse for the various human governments over the centuries.

Overview
Mars is the fourth planet in the Sol system, and was visible to the humans of Earth since before their recorded history. As a bright celestial object, it held an importance role in numerous religious and cultural beliefs throughout history. For a time, humans believed that other sentient species would exist on the planet. After the development of rudimentary spaceflight, the planet was confirmed to be devoid of any noteworthy forms of life.

After humanity's first landing on their moon, Luna, Mars was the next candidate for human exploration. This eventually was realised when the first human outpost was established in 2032. In the two decades that followed, Mars was the destination for a great number of Earth's wealthy of brilliant, trying to escape a dying planet and the social chaos that ensued the planet. Some of these wealthy or powerful colonists eventually immigrated to Mars to escape persecution by the emerging United Nation of Earth for their crimes against the planet and humanity in general. With its emergence, the United Nations of Earth declared itself the lawful government of all humanity, including those living on Luna, Mars, or in the space around Earth. Martian humans held little interest in being governed by Earth, and sued for its independence for the decades that followed.

Despite resisting governance by the UNE, Mars had to give in due to the UNE's incredible economic power, which spread out into the Sol system over the course of the later half of the 21st century. Still, Mars developed itself as a technological and industrial powerhouse of the Sol system.