Noble houses within the Earth Alliance

The Earth Alliance is politically dominated by noble houses dominated by Humans. They include House Lionheart, the Mantis Lords, the Ming, and a number of lesser noble houses within the Earth Alliance. The Lionhearts, Mantis Lords, and Ming originated from the political and military leaders that controlled Earth's moon Luna and the Permanent space stations in immediate orbit around the planet Earth, as well as a number of dissident politicians and military officers affiliated with the old Earth nations. The other noble houses originated in colonies on the moons of the gas giant planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune and in the asteroids of the Main Belt (between Mars and Jupiter) and the Kuiper Belt (at the edge of Earth's solar system) and with the owners of the non-RAM corporations operating off Earth. The Ming and most of the lesser houses grant membership and noble status only to humans. The Lionhearts occasionally grant aristocratic status and house membership to Neosapiens and Vulcans. The Mantis Lords are the most liberal with granting nobility and membership to non-Humans.