The natural desire of sentient beings for self-organisation is unkillable even in the situation of never-before seen societal atomisation as the one in 23rd century.
Main article: The Expansion Committee
The Expansion Committee is a vast entity, governing the colonisation of the galaxy by the mankind following The Expansion ideology. Similar to the Indian companies of the European states at the time, it is the only authority in the newly-colonised systems. It is consisting of numerous Solar System Chambers, controlled by an Executive's board consisting of the 15 representatives of the Core Colonies
The Directory is a former AI-controlled government of the Mankind, which was overthrown due to various factors.