Phluusu Imperium

The Phluusu Imperium, or Great Empire of Phluusu, was a vast interstellar politico-economic power that spanned a significant portion of Omega Centauri's core systems. Extending nearly 3 light years in diameter, the Empire encompassed some 1,767 inhabited stellar systems, and over 2,385 inhabited worlds. The collapse of the Imperium has been subject to much historical study. =History= =Technology and Economics= The discovery of cheap antimatter production, utilizing parallel universes as a source of antiprotons, revolutionized energy production throughout the worlds surrounding Phluusu in the 10,000s BND. Much like the digital revolution which came before it, which led to an exponential increase in the availability of information, the advent of antimatter power allowed for an exponential increase in the consumption of energy, ultimately culminating in the generation of 57 megawatts per capita. However, although having access to virtually unlimited energy, Phluusu did not have access to unlimited resources; the raw materials incorporated into technological components and devices were still limited in quantity, and no technology could create these materials out of nothing. With the cost of energy being virtually nill, most of the cost in infrastructure was due to the costs of obtaining limited raw materials (especially rare elements incorporated into superconductors, lasers, and sophisticated systems), as well as the labor costs due to the human technical expertise needed to design, maintain, and operate complex technological systems