Freon Realm

The Freon Realm

before the Terran ascent the Freon Realm stretched across 34 star systems. Unlike the Terrans and the Union later, they did not colonize every world, but only planets suitable to them. Th3 34 planets weee spread out over an area of almost 300 light years. They were only connected via courier ships. Only the three oldest colonies had substantial armed space ships present. And no planet or system featured any form of planetary defenses. Historians later were convinced that the Freons would not have been a threat to United Earth at pretty much any point.

United Earth invested over 50 percent of its GDP into weapons, ships, and armament. Over 60% of its entire culture is fight and war focused. The Freons at their best times invested five percent at best, and it was used for small recon type ships.

Note: Their sister species the Ferons presented a similar picture and invested only slightly more resources in fleets, weapons, training and resources.