The New England Federation colonized and helped colonize systems with the very best technology they had to offer. And just as they had built a Better America for Better Americans on Earth, they built Better Worlds for Better People out among the stars. Worlds where everybody had what they needed to live comfortably. Where crime was punished. Where peace prospered. Where those who broke the peace were encouraged to pursue other life tracks. Where the Great Families carefully selected governors who did what they were told. They built utopias for themselves and those built to live in utopias, and defended those utopias with the most advanced navies and armies America and the Western Alliance assembled.