Industrial Classification

The Mohs system for Planetary Classification was an attempt to create a series of classifications for the planets, races, and cultures that make up our galaxy. While there will always be anomalies, the Mohs scales have been widely recognised as the best method available, and are now accepted as the default standard.

Industry Type Description
Agriculture The planet's main industry involves the production of agricultural products. These typically are naturally produced although the class also includes planets that utilise bio and factory farm methods.
Mining Mining indicates either surface or deep shaft mine workings. Similarly a mining world may or may not have an atmosphere but to avoid confusion with asteroid mine workings, the planet must be held within the constant gravitational pull of a star or stars.
Technology Worlds concerned with high end technology and the research and development of new technologies. Low product production but high intellectual development.
Leisure Planets that provide leisure facilities above and beyond the scale of any other industry. Typically leisure worlds have no other industry.
Weapons A subset of the Manufacture classification where over 50% of the products manufactured are classed as weapons.
Starships A difficult classification to apply now given the preference for space based ship yards. Originally a Starship industry designated a planet where finished starships were constructed (component manufacture falls within the Manufacture category), it has now been modified to designate a planet and it's surrounding space that produce finished starships.
Chemicals Worlds where a significant level of chemical processing takes place. This may include commissioning and decommissioning of chemicals or the processing of raw elements into useful compounds.
Manufacture Manufacturing covers a large range of industries and although Starship and Weapons have now been shifted into classifications of their own, manufacture still covers a wide range of categories. Manufacture can range from simple assembly to complete refinement of raw materials (and subsequent product creation).
None Either an uninhabited world, a world not yet technologically advanced enough to meet the Topwer regulations, or a world where no one industry produces sufficient quantities to warrant interest.