[Astromancer]

Try this one...

A few generations ago the "colony" fell apart. Too few people and too much to do. Also, small isolated societies tend toward corruption. People were sick of being bullied and used, so as soon as they could they left. And each person who headed out for the wilderness was one more brick out of an unstable wall.

However, even living a fairly "primitive" life, we didn't bring diseases to this world, and all of our women are genefixed for easy childbirth, so the population is growing quickly. Maybe it's time to found a new government.


Basically, it's a political game set on a rapidly growing colony world. The planet was terraformed and seeded before the colonists got there, so this world more closely resembles Earth of the past (except for some exotic geology) than a conventional sci-fi setting. All lifeforms are from the Earth,

There is a population still living in the old colony base, they see themselves as the only legitimate government of this world. They'll disrupt any attempt to set up a new government. Those living far from the old base went out there to escape the growing corruption and authoritarianism of the old colony base. They have little use for any government but would tolerate a government that countered and limited the influence and power of the old colony base. There are also several small communities that are functional towns. They want a government to facilitate trade and population exchanges, inbreeding is a real threat.