# Factions

Institutions, allegiances, and competing claims to authority.

## In this subject

3 articles

- [C Confederate political institution · Book 2 Congress of Member Worlds The assembly in Adamant where independent member worlds argue over shared commitments and their costs.](https://emissary.mdscur.com/encyclopedia/congress-of-member-worlds/)

- [T Alignment of independent worlds The Confederacy A loose association of independent worlds opposing what they regard as Federation aggression.](https://emissary.mdscur.com/encyclopedia/confederacy/)

- [T Interstellar power The Federation An Earth-origin power offering protection, infrastructure, markets, and law in exchange for sovereignty.](https://emissary.mdscur.com/encyclopedia/federation/)