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* In ''Literature/ArrivalsFromTheDark'', the Dromi Empire is internally known as the Clans. Even the Faata technically means "the people of the Third Phase".

* In ''Literature/ArrivalsFromTheDark'', the Dromi Empire is internally known as the Clans.

* ''Literature/{{Destroyermen}}'' has the Grand Alliance (formally known as the Grand Alliance of all Allied powers united beneath [or beside] the Banner of the Trees), the Holy Dominion, the Republic of Real People, the Celestial Realm, the United Homes, the New United States, and Les Confédération États Souverains (the Confederation of Sovereign Governments/States).

* ''Literature/{{Destroyermen}}'' has the Grand Alliance (formally known as the Grand Alliance of all Allied powers united beneath [or beside] the Banner of the Trees), the Holy Dominion, the Republic of Real People, the Celestial Realm, the United Homes, the New United States, and Les Confédération États Souverains (the Confederation of Sovereign Governments).

* ''Literature/{{Destroyermen}}'' has the Grand Alliance (formally known as the Grand Alliance of all Allied powers united beneath [or beside] the Banner of the Trees), the Holy Dominion, the Republic of Real People, the Celestial Realm, the United Homes, and the New United States.

This is the tendency for space states not to have an actual identification beyond a generic term for a given political system. Often this is specified a little by equally generic terms such as "of planets". But there is no identity with any local culture. Writers can justify this by explaining that past conquerors decided that it was bad politics to hurt their subjects' feelings more than necessary. This is partly a result of GoodRepublicEvilEmpire: TheRepublic or TheGoodKingdom are generic goodness, empires are simply evil, and that's all that needs to be said.

* The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a description of the supposed form of government, with no reference to geography or nationality (a "soviet" was a kind of local workers' council). Of course it just led to the rest of the world referring to the people (or at least the leaders) thereof as "Soviets".

** During ''Literature/TheEmpireNovels'', they were known as the Trantorian Empire, but by the time of the {{Prequel}} stories, the Empire (because it is the only nation in [[UsefulNotes/TheMilkyWayGalaxy the entire Milky Way Galaxy]]) is, at most, called the Imperial Empire.

* Creator/IsaacAsimov's ''{{Literature/Foundation}}'':

** The area conquered by the Mule becomes known as the Union of Worlds. It shrinks to only a few systems after his death, but they preserve the name of his government and the ruler's title.

* Present among the more important entities in Creator/IsaacAsimov's ''{{Literature/Foundation}}'' series, including the eponymous Foundation (eventually called the Foundation Federation), the Galactic Empire[[note]]Though before the Empire became a galactic Empire in the sense of covering the entire galaxy, it was the ''Trantorian'' Empire, averting this trope. It's just that this only ever comes up in ''The Currents of Space''.[[/note]], and the Union of Worlds (founded by [[spoiler:the [[BigBad Mule]]]]). Technically, the term "Foundation" is a remnant of the Encyclopedia Foundation, whose original perceived purpose is abandoned after the first few decades. And, of course, the [[spoiler:Second Foundation]]. Averted with many of the smaller states that arise during and after the Empire's collapse, which are generally named after the old Imperial provinces and/or the capital worlds of the new states.

* The original ''[[Series/BattlestarGalactica1978 Battlestar Galactica]]'' has the Eastern Alliance on the PlanetTerra (which isn't Earth), a fascist nation subscribing to the "Master Race" idea and fully prepared to unleash a nuclear Armageddon on their ideological opponents known as the Nationalists.

* The "Federation League of Planets" from ''[[WesternAnimation/ThreeTwoOnePenguins 3-2-1 Penguins!]]'', modeled extremely loosely after the United Federation of Planets.

* The "Federation League of Planets" from ''WesternAnimation/ThreeTwoOnePenguins'', modeled extremely loosely after the United Federation of Planets.

* Somewhat averted in StarWarsLegends, the old Star Wars expanded universe. While the generic names inherited from the movies remain, we're also introduced to the Hapes Consortium, the Tion Hegemony, the Dushkan League, the Chiss Ascendancy, the Ssi-ruuk Imperium and the Yuuzhan Vong Empire, which are named after their species or their geographical region. Still played straight with the Centrality and the Corporate Sector Authority, however.
* The new StarWarsExpandedUniverse plays it straight, however, introducing new, post-Empire nations called the New Separatist Union, the Confederacy of Corporate Systems, and the Sovereign Latitudes.

This is the tendency for space states not to have an actual identification beyond a generic term for a given political system. Often this is specified a little by equally generic terms such as "of planets". But there is no identity with any local culture. Writers can justify this by explaining that past conquerors decided that it was bad politics to hurt their subjects' feelings more than necessary. This is partly a result of GoodRepublicEvilEmpire: TheRepublic or TheKingdom are generic goodness, empires are simply evil, and that's all that needs to be said.

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** The Little League World Series averts this, as champions have come from the United States, Taiwan, Japan, Mexico, South Korea, Venezuela, and Curaçao.
* China's Mandarin name, Zhōngguó, means "central states" or "middle kingdom". Sometimes referring to the culturally distinct core area of the region or the capital, sometimes referring to the belief that they were the center of civilization. Though often the empire was known by the name of the ruling dynasty, such as the Qin dynasty which may be where the English name comes from.

* Humanity's spacefaring government in ''Franchise/MassEffect'' is the Systems Alliance. Possibly justified since it has little or no authority on Earth itself, which is still a collection of independent nations.