The governing body of the Moneans, who live in submerged settlements within a vast globe of water in space and whose industry was slowly destroying it.
The Monean Maritime Sovereignty rules the people who settled a planet-sized sphere of water some three hundred years before Voyager meets them. The Moneans, once nomads of space, farm and mine the ocean, and their state is cautious, bureaucratic and slow to accept bad news.
In Thirty Days, the Moneans admit that the ocean is losing volume. Tom Paris takes the Delta Flyer to the centre with the scientist Riga and finds an ancient field generator holding the water together. The oxygen refineries the Moneans depend on are draining its power.
Consul Burkus promises only to study the findings. Paris and Riga decide to disable a refinery themselves, and Janeway, bound by the Prime Directive, fires on the Flyer to stop them. Paris is reduced to ensign and spends thirty days in the brig.