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Gallente Federation
A melting-pot of various peoples federated under one banner, the biggest population group being the Gallenteans themselves, Descendents of Frenchmen; Gallente was founded as a state on their home planet in the 23rd millennium About 500 years after the first jump gate was built by the Amarr, and didn't become the Federation we know today until in the 24th Millennium by which time they had made contact with several nations. Most notably the Intaki, Mannar and Caldari; the latter seceding from the federation shortly after its formation.Half a century later, they met the Amarr for the first time, and a cold but cordial relationship is established between them, with only a couple galaxy-wide wars. One famous inter-imperial dispute was even settled by the Quafe company, makers of soft drinks.
The Gallente Federation is a hedonistic democracy, and therefore lives to entertain, and typically strives to expand not by military conquest, but by offering a better life to its citizens. This leads to a very high and welcome immigration rate. Being a culture of luxury and enjoyment, the rich are extremely rich, and the poor are similarly poor, but all live in relative harmony within the borders of the second largest Empire in the galaxy.
Gallente tl;dr: What the present-day USA want you to believe they are
Minmatar Republic
Settled on their home planet of Matar, and becoming a united people in the early 21th Millennium all was fine and dandy for the Minmatar for a while, building their first spaceships in the mid 22nd Millennium and populating three adjacent systems through ancient stargates, with technological advances rivalling any other major culture.
Then one day, the Amarr showed up and claimed ownership of the land and its people. The Minmatar spent thousands of years as slaves under their evil overlords, but as the Amarr hegemony started to crumble due to hostile encounters with the Jovians and Gallente, they took their chances and escaped the clutches of their captors to found a newly independent nation in 23216 AD.
The Minmatar people, calling themselves the Matari, are by far the largest population group in New Eden, however their political power is limited. Not all Matari live within the confines of the republic. Indeed three quarters of their people are scattered around the galaxy, as former or even current slaves. This leads their culture to focus on tribesmanship and personal achievement. Although the tribes do not hesitate to unite in times of need, most planet-dwelling Matari live lives of farming and industry in small communities, and space-farers are typically lone traders and/or pirates.
Minmatar tl;dr: Former slaves and current gypsies
Jove Directorate
The Jovians are by a wide margin the most elusive and technologically advanced society in this fictional videogame universe, and are the only major faction unavailable to players.
It only took then a couple of centuries to recover from the closure of the EVE gate, and therefore their starting level of technology in New Eden was close to that of the Milky Way while all other settlements wallowed in the Dark Ages. Continuing their technological progression in many directions but especially their own human biology, Jove became a society of genetically engineered mutants, with powers of the mind and body unfathomable to puny naturally-born people.
This led them to millennia of successive and successful golden ages, but as expected, their hubris came to bite them in the ass when their strict governmental control on these practices momentarily lapsed. The very foundation of their society started breaking down as a genetic disease with a 100% fatality rate emerged from their reckless manipulations.
Today, the Jovians are but a faded memory of their glory days, but their technological feats still place them unfathomably far beyond the capabilities of all the other Empires in Eve combined.
Although they mostly keep to themselves, they have been known to mingle from time to time. They first made contact with the Gallente Federation the same year that the Caldari splintered off, but broke diplomatic relations only 7 years later, then introduced themselves to the rest of the Empires within a few decades.
Although their interactions with the Empires have been very limited, they have born grave consequences: dealing the Amarr Empire a crushing defeat which profoundly changed the very history of the Galaxy, and giving the Caldari pod technology just a decade later.
Jove tl;dr: 2spooky
Miscelaneous
Besides the Great Empires exist smaller independent factions, mostly inhabiting the lawless regions of the outer systems. The most renowned are Sansha's Nation, the Angel Cartel, Serpentis, the Guristas and The Syndicate.
Tomorrow: the present state of affairs and the history built by players.
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