System: Alpheratz

The capital of the Outworlds Alliance, Alpheratz is a temperate world that houses the Alliance Executive Parliament and most of the Alliance's remaining heavy industries. It has a population of about 2 million, most of whom are employed in industrial plants and research facilities. Though Alpheratz has never been occupied by foreign troops, it suffered heavy orbital bombardment during the Reunification War and marauding pirates since the start of the Succession Wars.

Alpheratz is one of the few worlds in the Alliance where barter is not the economic staple: daily trade activities are conducted with ComStar C-Bills. There are three principle cities on Alpheratz: Famindas and Algomarle, on its northern continent, and Carolinas in the southern, each with a population of more than 100,000. The remainder of the population is dispersed among small farming communities throughout the planet's northern outback.