One of the worlds I rolled up had size of 0, starport grade of A, a tech level of 9, and a population of 11 (hundreds of millions). I was like, wtf?
But I'm gonna use it.
I figure that the world started off as a giant hunk of iron and other ores in just about the perfect proportions to make hulls. So, it was settled eons ago and over time, it came to be a major shipyard. As the other worlds in the sector started developing, it eventually found itself to be at the most important crossroads of trade routes in the sector. Over the last five hundred years, every major trade company in the sector decided that it too needed an office on this little hunk of space debris. Today, all that's left of the original asteroid is the mined out and honeycombed dwelling/megacity. The world doesn't technically have "a starport" - the world is a starport. Different areas have been built to accomdate different styles of ships... Although breeding among the inhabitants is tightly controlled, the population is still rising from beings from all across the sector who come, hoping to strike it rich. It's said that one does not venture down into the dank and poorly ventilated core tunnels without risking everything. The hundreds of thousands of transients in the core tunnels can smell newcomers, and make quick work of them, sometimes just for the newish filters out of their face mask, or a new pair of shoes.
Recently, as the situation has deteriorated on Bedlam, the Imperium has stepped in to try to stablilze the world. If they let it fall entirely to anarchy, it could ruin the economy of a hundred worlds. However, the old government (Charismatic Oligarchy) council of Guild Masters still hold more practicle power then the Imperial magistrates. There's been talk of building a Naval base here... but as the GM's have repeatedly ask, where'd they find the room?
