Assumptions

CORE ASSUMPTIONS OF THE FRACTOPIAN SUB-GENRE:

 * We don't destroy ourselves within 100 years (though we may come close)
 * Corporations usurp many of the roles once played by governments
 * Capitalism survives but in a modified sense ("Capitalist Realism")
 * Things become more and more privatized under corporate charters
 * A highly stratified economy with a diverse polyglot culture
 * Ubiquitous Computing and "The Internet of Things"
 * AR, VR, & AI lead to robotics & artificial realities of all types
 * A super-dense ad-saturated media landscape pervades urban areas
 * Broad use of "green technologies" & nano-engineering
 * Universal Basic Income and Reputation Economies

FRACTOPIAN FICTION IS...

 * Near-Future (within the next 100 years)
 * Fact-Based and predictive, extrapolating from current developments
 * Low-key, not high concept; thoughtful, not flashy
 * Neither CyberPunk nor SolarPunk, but somewhere between
 * Neither Utopian nor Dystopian, but has elements of both
 * MetaModern, striking both ironic and sincere tones

Anyone who writes a story based in such a world has written a work of Fractopian Fiction.