Sci-Fi Earth’s Folly: The Socialist Republic of the Moon

In 1964, the American spacecraft Ranger 7 took the first close up picture of the moon and proved for the first time what many suspected: there was native life there. Within a decade, people from all across the world–mostly political dissidents and others whose governments would be glad to see gone–would go on a one way trip to the moon using amazing new technology invested in by the billions by the prospect of extraterrestrial life. These people set up the first colonies, making use of the scant resources and working through the thin air to survive and perhaps thrive.

You are one such colony. Made up of mostly left wing agitators, you have set up a parliamentary republic, where you can lead your dream of a society free of capitalist interference.