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The Sunset Gates is a cluster of star systems located on the spinward edge of the Sea of Clouds.
The Sunset Gates is comprised of four subclusters: the Gateway Subcluster, McCrae Test and Training Range, New American Colonies, and Symphony Subcluster.
It is situated directly trailward of the Calypso Deeps.
Etymology
From Middle English son-sett, Sonne set, equivalent to sun + set. From Middle English gate, gat, ȝate, ȝeat, from Old English ġeat (“gate”), from Proto-West Germanic *gat, from Proto-Germanic *gatą (“hole, opening”). An allusion to the passage from famous poem The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus: "Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand a mighty woman with a torch, whose flame is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of Exiles."
History
Countries and territories
| Flag | Common and Formal Names | Alignment | Settled Worlds | Population | Capital System | Capital Planet | Capital City | Classification |
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United States of America | 3,863,400,000 (2285 Estimate) | Independence | New Philadelphia | Superpower |