Mankind has been expanding into the galaxy for uncounted centuries, and it first it was under the unifying governance of the United World Alliance. However, that government grew to be inefficient and unwieldy due to both its size and its ossifying bureaucratic structure. Several centuries ago, a civil war erupted, splintering the UWA into a plethora of smaller states.

This campaign is set in one such state, known as the Union of Galactic Humanity (U.G.H.) which reaches from a set of ancient, wealthy Core Planets to the Frontier of known space. Because of its wedge-like shape, it is colloquially known as 'The Slice.“ It is bordered by 2 very similar polities - The Galactic Union of Humanity (G.U.H.), and The Human Union for the Galaxy (H.U.G.). All three states have almost identical government and economic structures, based on the bureaucratic ideals of the UWA.