The United Federation was a democratic alliance existing for much of Pre-Beta, with it being the first alliance founded in Starscape. The factions involved in it at the time was PEGA, TBB, LS, MOPP, and E01.
On the morning of April 22nd 2020, PEGA Emperor xRitual requested to join the Alliance of Free Systems, who just recently began a vote of no confidence against their current chairman Inferno_Mode. Inferno_Mode resigned before the vote proceeded, and PEGA was voted into the alliance.
The following day, xRitual was elected chairman of AFS to fill the vacant seat. This news sparked an argument in the UF server, where UF faction leaders argued that xRitual was in violation of one of the Federation rules, stating that any member faction was not allowed to join another alliance. A vote was soon called to remove xRitual from being Chancellor of the UF for this violation. xRitual, being the smart man that he is, decided to ban all opposing leaders and renamed the alliance server to "United Empire"
What followed next was the formation of the Golden Accord and Genesis Alliances, and the beginning of the United Federation Civil War.