Adds Section 6.3 (Naming Variety) with guidelines for avoiding
theme-park naming — max 30-40% Earth transplants, mix in founder
names, local features, corporate designations, and evolved forms.
Also adds foundational note clarifying that culture, politics, and
economics are independent axes along corridors: systems can share
any combination with neighbours without cultural branding.
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High-level design doc for outer sector system-writing. Covers:
- Four cultural corridors (Commonwealth north, Iberian/Southern African
south, East Asian east, Germanic/Scandinavian west)
- Five industrial corridors (MVG, Gate Corp, DSMC, Prometheus, Ag Syndics)
- Political philosophy gradient by sector and hop distance
- Compact of Westphalia breakaway coalition in the west_reach
- Central authority gradient from core to frontier
- Exception density guidelines and six exception archetypes
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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