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+-- HUMAN --
+  -- Empire
+    - Authorative Dictatorial Government.
+
+  -- NoName
+    - Religious sectary nuts.
+
+  -- NoName
+    - "Rebels", democratic terrorists.
+
+  -- Pirates
+    - Chaotic, few bases.
+
+  -- NoName
+    - Isolated, Barely known, extemely secretive.
+
+
+-- NON-HUMAN --
+  -- NoName
+    - Primitive, warlike, very aggressive, technology too primitive
+      to get to the empire and assault everyone.
+
+  -- NoName
+    - Very high tech, try to stay away from politcs in favour of research.
+
+  -- Collective
+    - Robotic "Hivemind" secretly controlled by the empire to use
+      as an excuse to apply laws etc.
+
+  -- NoName
+    - Empire allies. Despotic government obsessed with keeping
+      peace and order.
+