On Alpha Centauri, there are seven major factions, each with their own agenda and
social engineering choices (click for link), making them all structured very differently. They are The Peacekeeping Forces, The Human Hive, The Spartan Federation, The University of Planet, The Lord's Believers, Gaia's Stepdaughters, and Morgan Industries.
THE PEACEKEEPING FORCES...led by Commissioner/Brother Pravin Lal.
Agenda: Uphold the U.N. Charter, support freedom and democracy
Social Engineering Choices:
Politics: Democracy
Economics: Planned
Values: Wealth
Future Society: Eudamonic
THE HUMAN HIVE...led by Chairman Sheng-ji Yang
Agenda: Create a controlled society at all costs
Social Engineering Choices:
Politics: Police State
Economics: Planned
Values: Power
Future Society: Thought Control
THE SPARTAN FEDERATION...led by Colonel Corazon Santiago
Agenda: Survival on Chiron and upholding the right to bear arms
Politics: Police State
Economics: Free Market
Values: Power
Future Society: Thought Control
THE UNIVERSITY OF PLANET...led by Academician Prokhor Zakharov
Agenda: Unfettered scientific research and free flow of information
Politics: Democracy
Economics: Planned
Values: Knowledge
Future Society: Cybernetic
THE LORD'S BELIEVERS...led by Sister Miriam Godwinson
Agenda: Devoted worship to God and upholding the Bible
Politics: Fundamentalist
Economics: Planned
Values: Power
Future Society: Thought Control
GAIA'S STEPDAUGHTERS...led by Lady Dierdre Skye
Agenda: Preservation of Chiron's fragile ecosystem
Politics: Democratic
Economics: Green
Values: Knowledge
Future Society: Eudamonic
Morgan Industries...led by CEO Nwabudike Morgan
Agenda: Free flow of wealth
Politics: Democratic
Economics: Free Market
Values: Wealth
Future Society: Eudamonic