Sholan Alliance

The original Alliance
The Sholan Alliance is an alliance of several species with trade agreements between their planets. The alliance consisted of the Sholan, the Touiban, the Chemerian, and the Sumaan.

Keissian and Terran Inclusion
After the Battle of Keiss, the Sholans decided it was prudent to bring Keiss into the alliance for the purpose of mutual defense against the Valtegans. Earth was originally opposed to the idea of agreements being set up between the colony world and an alien species, but when Keiss threatened to become independent, the decision became the only solution. Not long after, Earth  opened it's own arrangements with the alliance.