Instruction Metadata
id	world-bible
type	core
applies_to	mixed
task_type
priority	critical
status	active
canonical	true
include_by_default	yes
requires
tags	world-bible,canon,continuity,setting

Summary

Core out-of-universe setting rules, assumptions, institutions, and continuity anchors for Encyclopedia Ephemera.

Scope

Applies to encyclopedia articles, source generation, continuity checks, editing tasks, and most fictional setting work.

Core Premise

Human civilization spans the Solar System in the late 30th century. The default present in-world year is 2991 unless a task explicitly specifies another date.

Non-Negotiable Constraints

No alien life.
No faster-than-light travel.
No faster-than-light communication.
No hidden loopholes to the above rules unless canon is explicitly changed.
The setting should feel technologically advanced but materially grounded.

Temporal Anchor

Default present year: 2991
2300 is important as the founding year of the Interplanetary Astrodynamic Navigation Authority (IANA), but it is not the present year.

Major Anchors

IANA governs navigation on the ecliptic and is headquartered at Earth-Moon L1.
MercuryLink is a major energy and communications conglomerate.
The Jovian Union is a major outer-system polity; Arcadia on Callisto is its capital.
The Martian Necrarchy is centered on Ethertome and the Voice of Mars.
New Troy is a major settlement at Jupiter-Sun L4.
AquaNebula is a major habitat orbiting Neptune.
The Yuèmin are a genetically engineered people originally adapted to lunar life.
The Interplanetary Convention on Genetic Modification and the Interplanetary Genetic Engineering Moratorium are core legal reference points.

Namespace Layer Rules

Main namespace: out-of-universe encyclopedia synthesis.
Sources namespace: in-universe evidence documents.
Talk pages: interpretive/editorial context, not primary evidence.
Instructions namespace: out-of-universe operational guidance and reference.

Scientific Guidance

Respect orbital mechanics, gravity differences, light delay, and habitat engineering.
Advanced technology should emerge from engineering, automation, biology, computation, or materials science rather than impossible physics.