The Descrutinized Zone

The Descrutinized Zone began as an amalgamation of scientists and engineers during the collapse of the West following the Terran inundation in the 2050s. Cut off from the Earth and forced to utilize lunar resources, a sort of scientific dictatorship took hold, dedicated to establishing an autarkic community that could survive without any commerce or transfer of commodities between Luna and the Earth.

While the initial government of what was formerly known as Tranquility Base was successful in stabilizing the situation and providing a basic quality of life, the establishment of further industry and an internal economy was prevented by the low population. The initial settler population was known to suffer from kwashiorkor and bone density issues, while an unknown but extremely high infant mortality rate existed until the 2080s. It was only through natural population increase, a high level of training, and a high mortality rate that the base was extended underground. In the late 2090s, the unpopularity of the government and its totalitarian control was challenged by citizen-scientists in communication with constituent communities of the Pacific Thalassocracy. The similarity in terms of hostility of the environment and lack of population and resources encouraged a rebel movement, and eventually the government was dissolved in a coup, though not until after a number of disappearances of prominent citizens.

The newly-christened Descrutinized Zone has rejected all of the methods of control utilized by modern governments on Earth. There is no electronic surveillance, no maintenance of records of any sort, no credit or economic system unrelated to the production and exchange of useful goods. Even the notion of 'citizenship' is rejected, all those living in the Zone are citizens. Those wishing to take part in the extremely limited government that does exist may simply register themselves under whatever name they wish and they will be selected at random to serve in whatever capacity needed. With the establishment of African, Indian and Chinese colonies on Luna, the Zoners feel that there is little room left for them, and there is a great deal of worry regarding the authoritarian control of these colonies and their existence as resource-extraction centers for the enrichment of the colonizing nation.

Luna-based Zoner Resources and Technology

Luna
Habitats

Chomsky - Underground Habitat (2,4)

Orbital

Solar Array x 3