Any country the UDFR colonizes, gets autonomy. They get controlled by the UDFR, but gain some control. The UDFR divides autonomous regions in their land in containers. 7 major autonomous regions. Within those regions, there are more mini regions, country-like. Those countries have states, those states have counties, etc. The quote on quote, "countries" can invade other countries to have more regional power, but they will not attack the main UDFR, or that counts as a rebellion. Countries select their representatives, they then get moved to state, then when it is selected, it goes to be a country representative, then it finally goes to a continental representative. That representative that wins their state, country, and continental elections, get to be part of the Senate, one of 7