Jack of Harts

The politics of Jack of Harts is organized around the idea that there are three great powers. The Russians and Chinese are highly centralized polities, with all power flowing from the capitals to the outer districts and colonies. They have centralized economies and laws independent of all foreign influence. And given their history with the Rogue AIs, they do NOT LIKE sentient AIs. The Western Alliance is highly decentralized, with every Nation State charting their own course. Their distributed economies are in constant competition with each other and other powers. They are economically and militarily a match for any other power, and constantly seek to keep the other powers from uniting against them. South America is a growing power, but no rival to the others.