Venus

"'Come to Venus if you want high-pay and high-risk of third degree burns'""—Bulletin board poster of Venus"Venus is the second planet located from the sun in the Sol System, originally destined to be terraformed and colonized by early confederate settlers. The planets hostile environment and the unforgiving days under the suns harmful rays halted colonization efforts and for nearly 200 years the planet has been mined for its minerals.

Venus possess not a singular govermental influence of its own, relaying on the adjudication of Earth and the Federation at large to operate.

Government
The Solar Federation maintains that due to Venus's extreme environment and the lack of a better terraforming method, that the planet doesn't qualify to the same rights as a developed world. As such, it doesn't have a governmental body of its own and looks for the Federation as its 'governmental representative' in the uni complex democracy.

Trade
Venus is a vital deliver of metals that are used for ship-building on Mars, as such despite the remote location of the Venus Mining Stations; they are considered a high-value target for if they were ever to be shut down. Mars would have to get its resources out of the system.

Corporations
Only a few Corporations invest in the Venus Stations, such as paying the miners that risk their lives to mind the minerals and risk the suns harmful rays that could kill someone without protection in seconds at a time.
 * Astral Exploration Corp
 * Venus Mining Inc

Defenses
Venus falls under the protection of the Sol Defence Fleet, which protects the entirety of the Sol System.