# Introduction *Imagine stepping off a spacecraft and landing on Earth for the first time. With every possibility open, what kind of system would you build? What foundations would you choose to ensure independence, fairness, and survival?* Drifters begins with this question. It is not a restoration of old systems, but the construction of a new civilization: citizen-owned, energy-backed, and self-sustaining. Crypto introduced decentralization, but much of the ecosystem drifted into speculation and distraction. Years passed; little changed. Drifters responds with a minimal framework that aligns identity, labor, currency, goods, and energy into a closed loop. It begins in Aevitas, where citizens mine value digitally, and expands into Project Solar, where renewable energy anchors Benny to measurable output. The result is an economy designed for a lasting independent civilization. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://driftopia.gitbook.io/whitepaper/summary/introduction.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.