What about where I come from? Are you interested in that as well?
What I can tell you, is that I was created by the Centauri Systems Alliance. There are numerous names my government refers itself too, but when Humanity first really set out among the stars, our major Alpha jumpsite and military base is located in the Alpha Centauri System.
We have expanded much since then. The galaxy is shared by countless other species and races, many of them are spacefaring, and a few of the major ones, like us humans, have become part of a dominant coalition of governments all whom participate in a specific way to ensure stability.
Unfortunately the Galaxy is starting to run out of room to colonize new planets.
Anyway, that subject is a whole other matter of being. However, When the first countries finally managed the technology, they created colonial vessels, which were sent out to build stations and colonies in various places. The United Nations tried to keep everyone together, and a few settlements and space stations are neutral territory. However, many countries have formed their own planetary systems government. They all act like states, in the United States - which is one of the larger 'Federations', along with Russia, China, Japan, India, and the EU, which is a more complex Federation with multiple levels of government systems. England however, is excluded from it, and have settled their own territory between China and The U.S.
Space Federations, such as the Japanese ones, have entire planets which still hold their customs and ancient traditions, keeping their culture alive in their own space, same as the French Federation, the Indian Federation, and the others.
When war is declared, one or more Federations may or may not chose to opt out of it. The overarching government, which is more of a council dedicated to holding humanity together, will always attempt to act in unison. I, myself, have served on both Japanese and British Assault Carriers in a recent war. Of course, due to the way space combat tactics have evolved, and our technology, wars last almost as long as human lives, which, due to medical advances, have prolonged the standard human life past 250 years without implants, or cybernetic upgrades. As seige on a planet happens, it is a slow crawl through the system, with large fleets stationed in specific areas, groups of ships organized per their task or function, and flanking often occurs as well. Ships aren't just haphazardly thrown into massive fleet battles like you see in the old sci-fi movies like Star Wars~
However, as our technology increases, distortians and disturbances are more commonly discovered in space. I have to be careful, or I might wind up sucked into a parallel universe~
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