The ULP is a politically binding alliance of over seventy stellar nations into a single, unified entity. The League is governed in a style similar to that of an old-earth parliament; led by a Prime Minister, cabinet, and general-assembly composed of senators from every recognized government within the alliance. The ULPs strongest asset is its unified military, which draws volunteers indiscriminately from all League worlds. The systems of the League itself are divided into six districts, five radiating out from the core worlds of the first district (systems belonging to the original members of the first ULP charter: Republic of Cinnabar, Star Kingdom of Mournecreek, Polaris Concordat, Democratic Union of Fellbarr, and the Tauruian Confederacy).
United Space Navy (USN)
United League Army (ULA)
Owing much of its stability to the careful planning of its founders as well as the strength and good ill of its ranking members, the ULP has the distinction of being one of the largest and most influential Political entities in existence (rivaling even the core-systems) despite its position close to the galactic rim of colonized space. The League operates using a parliamentary cabinet paired with a senate-style governing body. The Prime Minister, the highest ranking officer in the league, holds oversight authority over the actions of the cabinet and military but shares power with the senatorial legislature. This arrangement is well implemented and allows important decisions and legislation to be dealt with a fair and balanced manner. However, in the last few decades the League has been saddled with increasingly weak and ineffectual Prime Ministers leading to a breakdown in the effectiveness of League politics.
The brainchild of Yvette Edrasil, a Taurian diplomat, the ULP was unofficially established in 849 AE as a secret military alliance to counter the growing predations of the Antarean Star Empire whose new emperor, Lucan Andromedeus IV, was showing signs of continuing the expansionist campaign begun by his father, Lucan III. The alliance consisted of five stellar nations who either shared a common border with the ASE or recognized the threat it posed. The signatories included the Democratic Union of Fellbarr (DUF), the Republic of Cinnabar (RC), the Taurean Confederacy (TC), the Star Kingdom of Mournecreek (KMC) and the Polaris Concordat (PC). Each nation pledged mutual defense for one another in the event of war with a foreign power, but this ostensibly referred to any hostile acts on the part of the ASE toward ULP member-states. While carefully shrouded in secrecy, this first alliance remained relatively untested for several years. As the ASE border seemed to be settling down, several members began to doubt the wisdom of being entangled in such an alliance, especially given the new trade opportunities beginning to materialize within Imperial space. Still fearing an imminent attack, the Republic of Cinnabar and the Star Kingdom of Mournecreek quietly built up their respective navies while the rest of their allies plotted new ways to reap the riches of an alliance with the ASE.