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Ringworld Civilizations

Ringworld civilizations are one of the most dramatic images in advanced alien-civilization theory: societies living on colossal artificial rings built around stars. Popularized by Larry Niven’s Ringworld, the concept has become a major megastructure model in discussions of supercivilizations, astroengineering, and the visible signatures of extremely advanced nonhuman societies.