The known galaxy is broken up into numerous political affiliations, both great and small.  Some are comprised of alien races who have bound together for military and/or financial protection, others due to religious reasons.  Some races are reclusive in nature and keep to themselves.  And then there are alien races who subjigate others for the sake of greed, or xenophobia, or religious zealotry, or other motives far too bizarre for humans to comprehend.

Etaarir Hegemony: Dozens of worlds are ruled by the Etaarir, who control their space with powerful warships and soul crushing fear.  Inhabitants of these worlds must obey the Etaarir and their strict laws, or become fodder for their genetipools where unspeakable experiments are conducted in a quest for the race to better control their constantly mutating genetic code.  Dozens of races live under their claws, little better than slaves.

Galactic Confederacy: Despite it's impressive name, the GalCon does not span the entire Milky Way galaxy but only a fraction of it.  Numerous aliens have combined together for financial stability and military protection since many of these races home planets or colonies are disturbingly close to the Etaarir Hegemony.

There are many humans in the GalCon, as well as Wrin, Falimore, Benzo, Corburu, Ghilabos, Axaousar, and Xur.

Ylir Empire: The Ylir are even more xenophobic than the Etaarir.  Their "empire" consists of a dense sector of resource rich worlds that provide the race with plenty of resources.  Many of these worlds, it is believed, had been inhabited, but due to Ylir hatred of all things not Ylir, but now only the Ylir remain.
 

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