Confederation

A Confederation is a group of independent states, worlds, or systems united for specified purposes, while generally retaining more freedom of action than the members of a federation.

Those purposes often include:

• Mutual defence against a larger, encroaching state.
• Establishment of a larger economic sphere (market).
• Reasons of cultural, ethnic, social, or racial solidarity.

A Confederation is sometimes known as a League or Alliance, especially of princes, nations, states, worlds, or systems.

Other Confederation Terms

Confederations are sometimes known as:

• Accords (Alliance)
• Adherences (League)
• Alignments (Alliance)
• Alliances (Alliance)
• Axis (Axes) (Alliance)
• Cartels (League)
• Coalitions (Alliance)
• Collectives (Alliance)
• Colonies
• Commonalities (Alliance)
• Compacts (League)
• Concordances (League)
• Concordata (League)
• Concordiates (League)
• Concords (League)
• Confederacies (Confederation)
• Confederates (Confederation)
• Consortia (League)
• Consortiums (League)
• Consulates (Alliance)
• Demarchy
• Economic Zone
• Enterprises (League)
• Expedition
• Free Enterprise Zone
• Group
• Guilds (League)
• Leagues (League)
• Migrant Fleets
• Nomad Fleets
• Organization
• Pacts (League)
• Spheres (League)
• Survivors
• Syndicates (League)
• Trade Blocs (League)
• Triad
• Trusts (League)

Like all governments, sometimes the political terms in a polity's name may be misleading. Governments using this term in their name may actually vary greatly from the standard and accepted definition of the term.

Five Most Common Power Structures

An Confederation is one of the five most common power structures found in governance:

• Confederation
• Empire
• Federation or Federal State
• Hegemony
• Unitary State

Please see Government for more information.

Confederation (Government) Representative Examples

(Confederated) Alliances (Leader):

• Allez Alliance
• Alliance of Ozuvon
• Alliance of Stars
• Alliance of Tju
• Anti-Rukh Coalition (Alliance)
• Bakne Alliance
• Cambre Accord (Alliance)
• Chromirim Alliance
• Coalition for Peaceful Progress (Alliance)
• Commonality of Kedzudh (Alliance)
• Comsentient Alliance
• Creation of Nonpareil (Alliance) (Member State of Solomani Confederation)
• The Four Worlds (Alliance)
• Glimmerdrift Spread (Alliance)
• Grand Alliance
• Great Terbah (Alliance)
• Hrgurek Collective (Alliance)
• Jurisdiction of Nadon (Alliance)
• Langemarck Coalition (Alliance)
• League Alliance
• Medurma Pact (Alliance)
• New Order Vigilance Alliance
• Opposition Alliance
• Outcasts of the Whispering Sky (Alliance)
• Outworld Coalition
• Percavid Marches (Alliance)
• Perdumon Alliance
• The Rim Reach (Alliance)
• Rommie Autonomous Commonality
• Rueks Legacy (Alliance)
• Ruler of Five (Alliance)
• Rranglloez Stronghold (Alliance)
• The Sanctuary Worlds (Alliance)
• Supraherd T'tnaree (Alliance)
• Thetis-Laputa Coalition (Alliance)
• Trita Brotherhood (Alliance)
• United Worlds (A predecessor of the Solomani Confederation)
• Viyard Alliance

(Standard) Confederations (President):

• Aellelaek Ksafi (Confederation)
• Altarean Confederation of the Murians
• Asimikigir Confederation
• Border Worlds Confederation
• Catalan Confederacy (Confederation)
• Confederacy of Duncinae (Confederation)
• Confederation of Antares
• Confederation of Bammesuka
• Cumberan Confederation/Rebellion (Member State of Solomani Confederation)
• Darrian Confederation
• Dorrim Mining Confederation
• Duursu Confederation
• Dzarrgh Federate (Confederation)
• Enclave Famuurueroergoghz (Confederation)
• Foergaz Coalition (Confederation)
• Fourth Imperium (Feudal Confederation)
• Geonee Confederation (Ally of the Third Imperium)
• Gniivi Collective (Confederation)
• Gram Confederation
• Grossdeutchland Confederation
• Hhkar Sphere (Confederation)
• Hive Client State HC (Anarchic Confederation)
• Hive Client State HY (Anarchic Confederation)
• Hive Federation (Anarchic Confederation)
• Hiver Client State HA (Anarchic Confederation)
• Interstellar Confederacy (Confederation)
• Julian Protectorate (Confederation)
• Kingdom of Drinax (Confederation)
• Magyar Confederacy (Confederation)
• Nakris Confederacy (Confederation)
• Ngath Confederation
• Noerrgh Confederate (Confederation)
• Outworld Coalition (Confederation)
• Reformation Coalition (Feudal Confederation)
• Regency (Feudal Confederation)
• Ruzz Confederation
• Solomani Confederation
• Sword Worlds Confederation
• Terran Confederation
• Third Imperium (Feudal Confederation)
• Trindel Confederacy (Confederation)
• United Worlds (Confederation)
• Worlds of the Nine Starlords (Confederation)
• Ziadd Confederation (Confederation)

(Confederated) Leagues (Chief Administrator):

• Aikhiy Development Trust (League)
• Alekhine Syndicate (League)
• Alston League (League)
• Alurzan Cartel (League)
• Amec Trade Protectorate (League)
• Antares Pact (League)
• Anubian Trade Coalition (League)
• Araniopan League
• Boötean League
• Celestial League
• Corellian League
• Cumberan Confederation (Trade League) (Member State of the Solomani Confederation)
• Dawn League
• Diadem Trade League
• Dingir League
• Duwamish League
• Fallani Syndicate (League)
• Florian League
• Free Worlds League
• The Freedom League
• Galian Trade League or Galian Federation
• Glimmerdrift Trade Consortium (League)
• Gushemege Merchantile Guild (League)
• Infinity League
• Kamrati League
• Kechk Pact (League)
• Khan World League
• Kingdom of Drinax (League)
• Khuur League
• Lancian League
• League of Antares
• League of Free Worlds
• League of Suns
• Lidash League
• Medurman Pact (League)
• Mercantile Concord (League)
• Nullian League
• Opljiok Defense League
• Pact of Gaerr (League)
• Plavian League
• Portine League
• Rintarna Economic Sphere (LEague)
• Rm Nai Adherence (League)
• Ring Pact (League)
• Salinaikin Concordance (League)
• Shukikikar League
• Tanoose Freedom League
• The League of Suns
• Vaoekghirkhr Exchange of the Vargr
• The Varan League of Planets
• United Pact (League)
• Uris League
• Voskl Trade Alliance (League)
• Windhorn Pact of Two (League)

Confederation (Government) References & Contributors (Sources)

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• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science