Peelnotes

Globalnotes

Out of five defined worlds, the League has three single-party governments, one military junta, and one corrupt, unstable democracy. It also has two basketcase economies, one giant pile of fabricators, one black-market hub and a regional port. Their modern systems were built over two decades of total war (or preparation for). Complacent liberal-democratic idealism is dead. Their value systems and heroic assumptions are very different to the modern day.
The League didn't build civilian economies and then repurpose them for war. They built war machines and then repurposed them for ~~peace~~ceasefire.
League values are defined in opposition to the Magnates. They uphold Great Men, who are needed to oppose faceless Magnate collectivity. Statues abound.
League culture glorifies and is saturated by violence even among the young.

Ares had an EU peacekeeping force on-planet when the breakdown hit. These informed the new professional militaries the League had to create.
Ares had a lot of railguns and fabbers to play with. They have the most advanced rail technology of the League and are proponents of exploring 'alternate weapon concepts'.
Azadistan can't hope to match Magnate supersoldier numbers or augmentation. How do they compensate?
Azadistan probably has a sizeable antidemocratic movement.
Finnegan's Folley has people still hiding out in the boonies with families, convinced the Magnates have taken over.