I'll have a post up in a bit.
To piggy-back on [member="Glavo Pahro"] comment above, I'm trying to paint a world to explore that has something for everyone.
Right now, I'm kind of envisioning something like Earth post-WW3 in Star Trek lore.
The Lords of the Fringe and it's Moross Crusade had control of the planet in recent history (1 year ago RL, which in our timey-whimey system is however long ago IC). Taking that, and the canon history, here is what I have in mind.
A planet divided into nations or nation-states, with a quasi UN attempting to bridge them.
Off the top of my head, I'm imagining something like this (fine print: not an exhaustive list, feel free to shoot these down and/or add your own, and/or develop any of these at your leisure or as the muse strikes... I'm just spit-balling here)
The Moross Templars of the True Crusade (aka "The Crusade" or "Crusaders"):
A generically absolute government (divine right of kings), following a fiefdom/feudal system centered around a king/daimo/emperor figure who is a Force User (neutral, dark jedi, preferrably not Jedi or Sith). I'm picturing either Imperial Japan or 18th Century British Empire here.
The Union of Cabal Colonists Republic (aka "UCCR" or "Cabalists")
Implied Soviet theme intentional. This is where I imagined the Alderaan Queen landing. A government that sprang up in rebellion against The Crusade, but on the far side of the pendulum (e.g. its communist government goes to the extreme and is no less totalitarian than the government it sought to replace). I'm picturing Cold War Soviet Russia, though their treatment of Force Users mirrors the US treatment of US persons of Japanese ancestry during WW2 (e.g. any Force Users identified are assumed to be spies for the Crusade and are housed in camps until they prove their loyalty). Largest supporter of no space travel.
The Commonwealth States of Exo (aka "CSE" or "The States")
A mish-mash of modern United States and Commonwealth nations. Basically, a "European Union" of democratically elected, representative government based on capitalism. The CSE is the faction backing the most for a "Exocron Interstellar Trade Organization" that would support Exocron conducting interstellar trade in the Kathol Region.
I'm thinking our story could be learning about how the break up of the Lords of the Fringe led to the fracturing of political power as a former Moross Crusader installed himself as a god-king (resulting in splintering/rebellion that spawns the CSE and UCCR), and how our Kathol Outback faction could lay the ground work for this NATO-like organization so that Exocron joins the global community.
But again, this could also just be me on a sugar high since I've had I don't know how many donuts so far this morning...
Discuss.