New Horizon Colonies

"Peace. Prosperity. Liberty. Together, we shall build a new future." 
-The NHC motto
The New Horizon Colonies, also known as the New Horizons Initiative and formerly as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), is one of the three colony-states of the Federation of the Sol Stars. Comprising of settlers from primarily Western and Western-allied nations, The NHC is the largest of the three groupings, currently holding thirteen planets. It also administers the Miranda System Protectorate on behalf of the central government back on Earth. The NHC's capital is the city of Rover, located on the planet of Republica. Its current president is Claudia Zaragoza, the Spanish-born former colonial governor of Kepler. 
The NHC's founding traces back to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, which after the signing of the New Horizon Accords in the year 2090, was reconstructed into a space-based colonization program. The NHC is home to a variety of different cultures and ways of life, with over half of all Terran nations being part of it, and each having at least one settlement across the thirteen planets the NHC administers. 
Of these, the world of Bastille is by far the most populous. However, the reason for this is that it acts as the Terra Territories' first line of defense against the unknowns of the wider Mastaar Galaxy. Having only been colonized in the 2090s, the planet has already seen at least six incursions into its territory, causing the Terrans to significantly up its defensive capabilities, in case of an attack from across The Scotoma.