Government wise the Compact is ruled by the corporations who run the weapon manufacturing factilities.
The compacts last significant conflict was only ended 5 standard years ago with the Tertian Kingdom.
There was a loss of substantial systems causing the Compact to essentially be slip into two before they management to fight the
Tertians to a stalemate and eventual cessation of hostility. The end result of this war was the Compact was split in two and
has two Capital worlds