Humanity's technology has really advanced. The ideas of computers and the internet are built directly into people themselves. At five years old, everyone has their Port installed, a small round valve about the size of a dime (16mm), which allows ACE to be added or removed to their cranial cavity. Then they are given their first CAP, which installs the 'Net Node into their system, and the thought barrier is built that prevents direct brain connection to the 'Net (direct connection is always fatal to the human). In this way, every person is a part of the global 'Net, always connected to it via Etheric Radio. For more secure communication, short-range line-of-sight wireless connections are possible using a radio system called Wire. Medicine is the most direct application or Port injection of BioFire CAP, and almost all injuries and diseases can be cured this way. Doctors still exist who master the different forms of BioFire, but don't do anything like surgery we know today.

At the age of 33, the treatments begin. Taken yearly, they extend life, and normal aging won't occur until the treatments fail, and they always do fail. Normally, that takes 200-240 years, after which normal aging occurs. With the advanced medicine of the times, death will still be 100 or more years off. Since life is so long, most people who don't die from old age either Find Peace or are murdered. Deciding not to go on living is called Finding Peace, and it is not a shunned idea in this society.

Crystalle really does power everything, and the idea of single-purpose tools is something long abandoned as a general rule. You'll find that people still have basic utility items: chairs, tables, beds, etc. But in a kitchen, you won't find a coffee maker, an oven, and so on. You still find plates, glasses, and cutlery in various styles, as established functional stuff still exists. Bathrooms, sinks, and so on, too: consider the utility-functional general rule.

So what replaces all that single-purpose stuff? Automata. These are synthetic beings that look pretty much like people, except their skin is a strange artificial leather in inhuman colors. They have some intelligence, and are 'Net nodes too, but aren't going to carry on a conversation at the bar well. Sometimes, though, an Auto (slang for Automata) does get smart. That's a problem, and usually one gets others together, and you end up with a Pirate situation or a Gang, or so on. The Empire has strict rules (bounties) to ensure they are taken care of in a timely manner.

But still, how do you get your cup of coffee in the morning? Automation. All places of any size have rooms known as Automation in which ACE field exist. Humans can't survive in these, but Autos can, and they use them to produce all kinds of whatever you need. You wake up, go to the CommunoTab/Tab (tablet) in your room, and order your drink. It'll be delivered as you like by Auto, hand to hand, or through delivery slots in your room.

And there's still a way to move your money (Holocred, or Holo) around. CommunoCards/Cards (a little smaller than modern credit cards) can be encoded with money, messages, etc. They only work via the Wire (line-of-sight wireless), and for really secure options can be set to touch-range only, requiring them to be held to a person's Port or other 'Terminal' type thing to exchange data.

Other than that, you have Daysuits, which are space-grade protection suits that last 24 hours without needing recharge, SUVs are Space Utility Vehicles to get you around both on planet or in space, really just flying cars that operate via advanced 'Net code normally but can be manually controlled if needed.

Society is pretty crazy; with advanced tech, people are quite into body hacking. Though there is a strong central 'purest' movement against the idea as well. Automata is so massive that people don't actually have jobs in the sense we know it today. Instead, people find their hobbies and live out their days in what we would mostly consider bliss. However, there are always people who want more, and these people usually join the Empire or Control in some capacity. For these people, money becomes a thing, as traveling between Worlds is one of the most costly things in Etheria. The majority of people (like 80%) live their entire lives on one World.

There isn't much banned or controlled, except World by World, up until Empress Asta of Chytri, gaming, as in gambling, was outlawed with serious fines and loss of title. 250 cycles ago, when Empress Asta took control of the Empire, she immediately revoked those laws. Since then, the game [[Fives|Regulus/Fives, the game]] has taken the Empire by storm. Though of course, you still have a considerable-sized group of people who see it as degeneracy.