Civilization

A civilization in Starspan is, well, a civilization ... basically, a population on one or more worlds unified (tightly or loosely) under one flag. A civilization may have one or more internal factions vying for power. If a faction, it splinters off its mother civilization to become one of its own. At the beginning of the game, some Civilizations may start with rival civilizations. For instance, playing a human empire, there may be an American civilization, a United Nations civilization, and a Liberated Mars civilization. They may even have split ownership of worlds; Earth may be 60% controlled by the United Earth civilization and 40% controlled by the American civilization. They can coexist peacefully on the world, or one could battle the other(s) to control over more (or all) of the world.