The League of Allied Worlds is one of the three major human governments, and the largest by territory. Founded by refugees fleeing first Earth and then Mars, the League has grown into an interstellar power spanning hundreds of worlds.
The League was founded in 2162 by the survivors of the Perseverance Fleet - three ships of refugees who had fled Mars ahead of a Terran invasion fifty years earlier. With NorAellian assistance, they settled on Calysto and established a government modeled on the former United States.
The League has been in intermittent conflict with the People's Republic of Terra for over four centuries. Six declared wars and numerous cease-fires have defined the political landscape of human space. The current cease-fire, established by the Charlemagne Accords in 2652, remains technically in effect.
The League government is modeled on the governmental structure of the United States of America, with three branches: Executive (President and Vice President), Legislative (the Worlds Congress), and Judicial (the Supreme Court).
The Worlds Congress consists of two bodies: Parliament, where representatives each represent an equal area of population, and the General Assembly, where each world or colony has one representative.
League culture descends from the American democratic tradition, filtered through fifty years of shipboard life and four centuries of development on Calysto and its colony worlds. English is the official language, and the League culturally leans toward monogamy, though polygamy is legal.
The League maintains one of the largest military forces in human space, built up over four centuries of conflict with the Terran Republic.