Super State

Super States are amassed political bodies within the Milky Way Galaxy in the current Skalp Era. They have grown to exist because of inter-galactic wars between the Spirits and Phantoms that happened previously, two cycles ago. Each

Current Super States

 * Outlaw Alliance
 * United Galactic Nations (UGN)
 * United Republics (UR)

Smaller States
There are several regions/political entities that may at one point reach a super state status and even if they don't, they still have a large influence on the galactic politics.

There are the Cardinal Regions, though never united, represent a dense part of the galaxy (the core); however, outside of the use as a code name for the central region of the galaxy, the Cardinal Regions are simply scattered empires and systems all of the galaxy.

The Independent Outlying Nations, also known as the ION regions, though having not actual formal name, are scattered systems, republics, empires, and nations lining the exotic stars too far to be useful to the major civilizations existing closer to the core. These nations sometimes contribute to galaxy-wide policy, and some even actively engage in the politics of the super-states; however, their influence, unless all band together, is lesser and minute as compared to the major Super States.