Fiction:The Liberty Republic

The colony ship Liberty was commissioned by the Americans and was the first to arrive in the Sirius sector. The colonists settled in the center of Sirius space, where the highest number of main sequence stars and Earth-like planets existed. These mostly-American colonists called the first system they settled New York, as they began the difficult task of rebuilding civilization, two full years before any other sleeper ship arrived. The physical sleeper ship itself was stripped down to allow for rapid building, but has since been refurbished and proudly flaunts Liberty's logo over Manhattan's main landing dock for all travelers to be reminded of just how far Liberty has come.

The Liberty government considers fourteen systems as part of it's republic: New York, Texas, Colorado, California, Pennsylvania, Ontario, Alberta, Minnesota, Yukon, Illinois, Virginia, New Hampshire, Quebec, Alaska; Virginia and Alaska however are off-limits to everyone but a small number of highly trained Navy members and other government officials. Illinois is under control of the Liberty Police Incorporated and off limits to everyone non-police affiliated. Out of these fifteen systems, only five have habitable worlds: New York, Texas, Colorado, Pennsylvania, and California.

Liberty is a very capitalistic colony, cherishing free trade above all else. Its location at the center of Sirius has made it extremely rich off of inter-colonial trade, and Liberty's military forces have the protection of free commerce as their primary mission objective.