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A non-cannon assessment of the colony cities across the planet surface of Mars, based on known canon information (see notes at end of article).

*'''Humble Beginnings'''

The Martian Colonies (also known as the Mars Colonies) have more and more equalized engineering with interstellar commerce as well as developing agricultural resource. Over the course of the 22nd Century into the present day 24th Century the colonies have thrived with their contributions in the construction of Starfleet’s ship fleet as well as experimental ship design.

The political structure of the civilian population amongst the numerous colonies exists at both the individual cities as well as the planetary body group. Largely democratic by a system of elected officials, nevertheless establishes the top tier with the Regional Governors of each Colony City as follows:

This makes for civilian life within the colonies both vast, comprehensive as well as intricate. Both civilian and Starfleet families reside within the colony cities, within zoned developments outside of the central business and industrial zones. One can walk through downtown and quite possibly be exposed to numerous civilians from nearly all of the planets compromising the representatives of the Federation. Culturally diverse, politically motivated, business (both small and corporate) as well as vast choices of cuisine, it’s very much a city-scale promenade on a starbase.

One would be hard pressed to separate the development and growth of the Mars Colonies and Starfleet, as the most of the original colonists were comprised of engineers and other scientific related fields. It is suggested the original colonists were the forerunners of the technological development of space, city and ship engineering, as Mars is home to one of Starfleet’s finest shipbuilding structures within the fleet, the Utopia Planitia Fleetyards (see [[http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Utopia_Planitia | Utopia Planet Fleetyards]]).

As vast as there are member planets of the Federation, the number of temples and places of worship of various races and cultures can be found. There is not one defining belief of the colony cities, but rather developed by its citizens varied and vast beliefs. The only one true belief that’s share by the citizens of the Mars Colonies is from its historic “Fundamental Declaration of the Martian Colonies”, which emphasizes the individual rights of the citizens, regardless of their planet of origin.

The Mars Colonies are perhaps one of the central hubs of interstellar communication (rivaled only by Earth itself) that serves as a home for both civilian and Starfleet, ranging from the orbital shipyards down to the skyscraper horizons of the financial and corporate businesses that can be found in every colony city. It is perhaps of this mixture, coupled with its independently minded history, which kept the Mars Colonies from joining the Federation until much later.