Solaria and the Solar Union

The capital of the solar system should be located on the planet with the greatest concentration of population. As to its location on that planet, it should be in a region populated by people whose origin was primarily elsewhere and had not attempted to be earth's overlord. As a relatively new nation, Australia would not carry the cultural and provincial baggage of older civilizations. The Australia envisioned in 2200 would be home for races from throughout the earth, with Asians and Europeans predominating. 

Solaria

A great spaceport just outside the city would connect the city and earth to nations and communities established on natural and artificial bodies throughout the solar system. Subterranean tube trains would link Solaria with other Australian cities and sea ports connecting to the rest of the world. The city's newness and physical location, linked to the southern ocean and bordered by hundreds of miles of desert to the west, north and east, would facilitate Solaria's evolution over time as the capital city of the Solar System.

Solaria is envisioned as a new city located in the Lake Eyre region of the Australian desert which has been reformed using fusion or another massive energy source. Vast multi-use mega-structures would be located in the city center on a man-made island surrounded by a miles wide circular canal. Both parks and structures would overlook the circular canal. The circular canal would be connected to the ocean by a deep channel. This channel would cut through the desert landscape between the city and the Southern Ocean and be open to ocean going ships. The outside ring of the city would include structures climbing the geo-engineered mountain slopes and cliffs which surround the circular canal and which mountains were created from rock and soil removed as  the canal was dug.

Solar Union

The envisioned future community of Earth, its sister planets, asteroids and artificial habitations orbiting the sun must function within a political framework. The chart below presents a scenario of one sort of framework in which the envisioned society of 2200 might operate.

Sovereign members of this union would include national federations on earth, individual earth nations & city states and other individual and federations of planets, moons, asteroids and artificial structures in space. Directly dependent Solar Union territories would include space ports, research stations on earth and in space, significant wilderness areas, and frontier regions.

Political Structure

Solar System, Courtesy Wikipedia

The perceived political structure would support continued human progress both on earth and outer space in conjunction with the enhancement of the natural environment. The envisioned Solar Union would be a political union (similar to today's European Union) of independent political entities within the solar system who adhere to a common agreement or constitution.

The concept contemplates citizen representation through a Solar parliament. The parliament is envisioned as bicameral; with equal representation for political entities in one house and representation based on population in the other. There would be a prime minister elected by the two houses of the parliament. The supreme court members would be appointed for 10 year terms. The Academy of Sciences would be a new branch of government, recognizing the importance of science to the success of the Union.

Common Agreement

This Solar Union 'Common Agreement' would require: (1) functional democracy, (2) governmental authority exercised under a rule of law, (3) respect for human rights (happiness, religious, economic, environmental, social, health, education, political, etc.) and minority peoples, (4) support for free scientific inquiry, and (5) effective protection of the natural environment. Membership would be delayed for frontier human territories that are still being developed for habitation and denied to entities that fail to adhere to the common agreement.