Factions

The known galaxy is populated by a number of factions, twenty five in all to be exact, although this number includes a fair few single world nations. Current political scientists divide the nations into a number of categories. At the top of the food chain are Great Powers. These are the top six most powerful nations in space, they are capable of projecting power across dozens of sectors and rival the power of the ancient Terran Leage.

Beneath Great Powers is a sub-category many label "Lesser Great Powers" These are nations on the threshold of Great Power status, still growing or consolidating power in their associated borders. Typically with the Lesser Great Powers it takes a catalyst to propel them into the league of the Greats, typically a war or the collapse of a current Great Power.

The last category of any substance is made up of Minor Powers. Minor Powers typically make themselves felt through alliances to Great Powers or Lesser Great Powers, often the addition of a handful of unified worlds can tip the scales in a particular direction. Despite this power, they lack the weight of numbers to be felt on the Galactic stage without a "sponsor".

In a category that many discount as an abortive attempt to form a Minor Power are the Micro Powers, typically only two or three worlds, these sort of alliances don't usually last very long before they fall apart or are consumed by more powerful nations.