Alliance of Sentient Worlds

The Alliance of Sentient Worlds or ASW as they are more commonly known, is an intergalactic peace keeping organization similar in design to NATO, and which performs a very similar responsibility to the wider galaxy. However, unlike NATO, or even its predecessor, the UGW, the organization is far more effective, and suffers from less corruption than the UGW, even though it struggles to get off the ground, with bitter arguments, and even physical confrontations between delegates being common in the early years before the organization truly comes into its own. It is eventually able to succeed through the application of a new and unique joint governance model, which is starkly in contrast to the UGW's very tight and restrictive senatorial model.