The Unified Confederacy of Interstellar Authority (U.C.I.A.) is a massive governing body which encompasses roughly 10 percent of explored space in Saladium and contains well over 500 trillion inhabitants. The Confederacy is based on the principles of democracy, fundamental freedoms and rights of sentient life, free enterprise, free trade, and security. The government is run by the Confederacy Council which is elected and is headed by the President. The space fleet controlled by the Confederacy Council is operated by Space Command, or better known as SPACECOM. Its mission is one of defense, exploration, colonization, diplomacy and research. The Spacecom fleet consists of approximately two hundred primary and secondary class defense type vessels (ranging from Quad and Nebula class to Galaxy class), one hundred exploratory and seventy-five science oriented vessels. At any one time there are over three hundred other Spacecom starships in service which fall under the consolidated class and are responsible for numerous tasks and are multi-functional. Spacecom also maintains a substantial small-craft fleet consisting of over three-hundred thousand starfighters.

Official Name: Unified Confederacy of Interstellar Authority (U.C.I.A.)
Member of: Interstellar Planetary League, Interstellar Peace Initiative Plan, Saladium Colonization Union, Interstellar Trade Commission, Monetary League of Saladium, Saladium Defense Organization, United Science and Research Council, Trans-Galactic Free-Trade Agreement, Saladium Treaty on Tariffs and Trade, Interplanetary Development Bank, Territorial Integrity Pact, Terra Nova Plan, Tritan Vanguard Research Council, Saladium Civil Rights League, Saladium Technology and Advancement Agreement, Saladium Diplomatic Core Union, Organization of Confederacy Worlds
Population: 583 trillion (latest figure)
Primary Races: Human (9%), Felloun (7%), Schwadishian (4%), Kryslonian (2%), Lynzre (2%), Other (76%)
Currency: Interstellar Trade Currency (ITC)
Merchant Fleet: 950 million ships
Armed Forces: (Spacecom Personnel) Army - 38,000,000
Starfighter Defense Fleet - 1,600,000
Starship Operations - 12,700,000
Starbase Operations - 18,200,000
Reservists - 980,000,000
Special Forces - 800,000.

The Akotarsan Empire has been the primary enemy of the Confederacy for many centuries. The Akotarsans (or Tars) are known for their aggressiveness and militaristic tendencies and their outright desire to empire. The Empire encompasses roughly 4 percent of explored space in Saladium, yet it contains only one race, making the Tars the single most dominant species in Saladium. The Empire is headed by the Emperor who acquires the position through bloodlines. The Chancellor is chosen by the Imperial High Council which is made up of appointed members selected from higher class Akotarsan society. The Akotarsan United Imperialist Forces (A.U.I.F.) is the Tars military. The Empire devotes virtually all its resources towards military objectives. Exploration and science is negligable if not entirely non-existant, unless deemed necessary by the military. Most often scientific knowledge is stolen and new territory is acquired through combat, not through exploration. Although the Empire spans over an area of space far smaller than the Confederacy, its mandate for galactic conquest makes it a formidable and deadly enemy to the Confederacy and ultimately all of Saladium. The A.U.I.F. fleet consists of mainly battle ships and smaller scout vessels. Pre-Huradas data put the Tars fleet at over seven-hundred combat warships. The Tars do not operate a starfighter force of any importance.

Official Name: The Empire of Akotarsa Majoris Prime
Member Of: The Sabre-Wolf Pact, Territorial Acquisitions League, Imperial Operations Commitee
Population: 93 trillion (latest figure - estimated)
Primary Races: Akotarsan (97%), Other (3%)
Currency: Kebuole (0.323 ITC current value)
Merchant Fleet: 23 million ships
Armed Forces: (A.U.I.F. Personnel) Army - 1,250,000,000
Starship Operations - 16,700,000
Outpost Operations - 11,300,000
Reservists - 10,750,000,000

The Manojarran Empire has been the secondary enemy of the Confederacy for nearly as long as the Tars have been the first. The Manojarrans have a powerful military but the people are not entirely devoted to war; science, technology and business are equally important. The government is run by the Manojarran Central Command and is headed by the Chancellor who is elected. However, all other components of the government are appointed. The Central Command serves also as the Headquarters for the Manojarran defense fleet. The Empire encompasses about 1.5 percent of known space in Saladium and is made up of solely Manojarran people, much like the Akotarsan Empire. The fleet consists of mainly mid-sized and a lesser number of large battle and defense type starships. Estimates put the Manojarran fleet in respects to military strength at roughly one-hundred fifty ships. They do not maintain a starfighter fleet of any kind.

Official Name: The United Empire of Manojarr
Member Of: Interstellar Non-Governmental Trade Organization, Private League of Independant Merchants, The Sabre-Wolf Pact, Imperial Operations Commitee, Dynar Science Initiative, The Beta Plan, Tritan Vanguard Research Council
Population: 19.5 trillion
Primary Races: Manojarran (82%), Schwadishian (8%), Other (10%)
Currency: Uurn (0.457 ITC value)
Merchant Fleet: 46 million ships
Armed Forces: (Manojarran Military Personnel) Army - 32,000,000
Starship Operations - 8,100,000
Outpost Operations - 4,500,000

Major Planets

TVG XII: A dead moon orbitting Theta Vorama-Gama. Sole planetoid consisting of fundamental Hyperspace engine fuel compounds. Only extraction site of its kind known to exist in Saladium. Only planetoid shared under a banner of neutrality by all major interstellar governments. First and only documented site of Confederacy-Akotarsan cooperation. Deep within the Negola Cluster, a nebula conveniently located in the three-empire triangle intersection.