I'll start with the Gallente and Caldari relationship since it's the one I know most intricately. I'll keep things in layman's terms because it can get confusing quick

Long ago before the Federation was the Federation we know today we, the Gallente people, looked to spread across the stars looking to build up our alliance of different peoples. The Caldari was amongst those people, and one of the major races in our early alliance. The other major races were the Jin Mei, Mannar and Intaki.
When the Gallente first started gaining additional "races" into their fold you somewhat didn't have a choice, while they didn't enslave you like the Amarr might have they certainly had an empire / rome hybrid like persona about it. Being swallowed in the Federation wasn't a completely bad thing like it might have been if you were swallowed by the Amarr. Normally you'd become to get more technologically advanced as your being boosted into the space age even if your race has just figured out how to get in orbit. With the good comes the bad, while Gallente tend to be respectful of all beliefs it's usually only beliefs that mesh well with their culture. This is where the Caldari and Gallente tensions begins. Cultural differences.

When the Gallente found the Caldari they weren't the most technologically advanced people, similar to how the Amarr brought the Minmatar into the "Tech" age the Gallente did the Caldari. The Caldari retention to their duty drive were a welcome addition to the federation and we benefited from each other for a while. Cloaking technology actual came out of a joint Gallente and Caldari development. As time went on and Caldari by themselves became more and more financially and technically stable they finally decided that they grew tired of the Gallente intrusive ways in their Culture which the Caldari were not ones to be assimilated like the others have. The Caldari decided to go off in secret areas of space and build their own bases there in secret without Federal approval.

Long story short, a Gallente Scout vessel found this massive secret war base and Caldari ships, ran in terror and told about what he saw.

The Gallente became infuriated, and rightfully so. Trying to talk it out without wanting to appear weak but the Caldari refused to step down from this independent development tensions became high and it became a cold war of words.

Finally there was a terrorist involved. No one knows what side he was on besides the side of the war economy. He was behind the terrorist attack that killed hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians in a city which gave birth to the start of the 1st Gallente Caldari war.


Now, onto Government. While yes, personally I believe that the Gallente are New Eden's best hope of a Progressive future that doesn't mean we aren't without flaws. When it comes to why I align with the Gallente is because of the Culture. Most other cultures don't willingly accept different beliefs and get along well outside of the Caldari, who don't care who you are as long as you work hard and smart (for the most part). Our Government however is a different story, It's gotten slightly better now that the extreme right wing war mongers are out of power from the first war era but we are still extremely paranoid about it.

Think about how America reacted to things in a post 9/11 world, only much more drastic.

The Black Eagles are just another terrorist group that happens to serve a government. They have their uses, but their methods are horrid. One man's freedom fighter is another man's terrorist, that statement is especially true when it comes to the Minmatar but I'll leave someone else to talk about that.


The Caldari aren't perfect either but it's almost contrast to why I don't like the Federations Government but it's a bit more. If it wasn't 1 in the morning here I'd be happy to explain why I don't like the Caldari.

Mostly dealing with coldness, and radicalism that just doesn't mesh well with the Gallente ideals. I appreciate the drive they have towards work but adhere almost everything else about their culture. The olny Caldari megacorp that's good in my book is Ishukone.



I'll let True Adamance or someone else tell you about the Amarr and Minmatar. My take is, what the Amarr are doing is wrong, but damn the Minmatar are completely out of control a lot of the times

but is that due to the circumstances they've been dealt with?

Not sure, haven't looked into it. It seems like the Amarr caused their own problems when it comes to the Minmatar and how they act. But there's no good and evil in this game....unless you're talking about Blood Raiders or Sansha's Nation.


Anywho, this has been a very brief gist of the History between the Federation and the Caldari.