{
  "_comment": "The galaxy is already LIVED IN: systems host settlements — colonies on habitable worlds, mining stations over resource worlds, cloud bases riding gas giants, stations adrift in open space. kinds = the shared vocabulary (label, theme, population range, anchor type). HOW OFTEN each kind appears, and what world it needs, is a per-type attribute in data/systems.json (types.<id>.attributes.settlements). Core→rim density gradient lives in data/galaxy.json (settlements.gradient).",
  "kinds": {
    "colony": {
      "label": "Colony",
      "description": "A settled habitable world — cities, farms, life.",
      "theme": { "color": "#7ce8a4" },
      "population": { "min": 40000, "max": 9000000 },
      "anchor": "planet"
    },
    "miningStation": {
      "label": "Mining Station",
      "description": "Orbital rigs and habitats striping minerals from a resource world.",
      "theme": { "color": "#e8b45f" },
      "population": { "min": 80, "max": 4000 },
      "anchor": "planet"
    },
    "cloudBase": {
      "label": "Cloud Base",
      "description": "A mining city riding the upper clouds of a gas giant.",
      "theme": { "color": "#6fc3e8" },
      "population": { "min": 500, "max": 120000 },
      "anchor": "planet"
    },
    "deepSpaceStation": {
      "label": "Deep-Space Station",
      "description": "A free-floating station adrift in open system space — refinery, gate, or trading post.",
      "theme": { "color": "#c9a7ff" },
      "population": { "min": 200, "max": 60000 },
      "anchor": "space"
    },
    "waypoint": {
      "label": "Waypoint",
      "description": "A small navigation beacon — the faint trace of a crossed galaxy.",
      "theme": { "color": "#8fa0c9" },
      "population": { "min": 0, "max": 12 },
      "anchor": "space"
    }
  }
}