When Rimmers gripe of the “bright centre of the universe,” no further elaboration is required. While not literally the centre of the galaxy, the ring of stars and planets hugging the disk’s bulging axis is a region steeped in superlatives. The Core is the source of the Republic, the birthplace of the human species, and the undisputed hub of galactic culture, finance, high tech, education, and fine arts. “Those who don’t live here wish they did,” says its residents, who have earned their reputation as snobs. But given the surroundings, few can argue that a certain degree of smugness from Core Wolders is justified.
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Only when compared with the Core Worlds do the Colonies seem anything less than the pinnacle of galactic civilization: The region contains many of the galaxy’s wealthiest worlds, from sprawling urban worlds dedicated to industry and trade to garden planets whose every meter is carefully cultivated.
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In casual phraseology, the civilized galaxy is often split into “the Core” and “the Rim”, with the latter consisting of the Expansion region and parts beyond. The Inner Rim is therefore the outermost ring of the Greater Core. It is also a cultural division as areas past the Inner Rim are seen to be less developed, while those in the Inner Rim are seen as the last barrier of civilised living in the galaxy, well to themselves anyways.
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The Mid Rim is a sprawling territory containing absolutely nothing of interest – if its critics’ words carry an weight, that is. Surprisingly, few Mid Rimmers would disagree. They are proud that their corner of space – endless parsecs removed from the buzz of the Core yet walled off from the lawlessness of the Outer Rim – nurtures plainspoken and hardworking folk such as themselves. They are convinced that the outsiders who make jokes about their simple lives (or more cruelly, their simple minds) will never appreciate the honest pleasures of firm handshakes and promises kept.
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The Outer Rim Territories are the largest region of the galaxy, the least explored, and the most diverse in terms of population and culture. As this is the territory furthest from the centre of galactic civilization, the hand of government has historically been the lightest in the Outer Rim, and for millennia dissidents, pilgrims, and freedom seekers have fled the galaxy’s more populated precincts for a new start in its vastness. But while the Outer Rim has offered greater freedom that free has come with a price: terrible crimes and abuses often go unseen or unchecked. Whether its source is the void between the stars or the empty souls of those who thrive when justice falters, darkness is never far away in the Outer Rim.
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