In the starting days of Ordered Space, The Bureau found itself facing a big problem...
In Relative, Ordered Space was too damn large and administering it as a whole was going to be too damn hard...
So the Bureau turned to its new members, composed of standalone planets, star system-states, kingdoms, empires, emirates, various other associations and also its technical and spritual predecessor, the Galatic Defense Initative or GDI, for help. And after much bureaucracy and negotiation in between sides, the Galaxy was "zoned" according to control among the two powers, the TSAB and GDI, as well as the so-called "range of humanity", basically where humans settled, when plotted against a map of the galaxy it was quite substantial, covering about 15-25% though not defined in a single area, but rather also spread. It had the facility of defining areas of responsibility for each power as well as demarcating the limits of human reach, not just by technological, but also by ethical and various other reasons.
And so, the Galaxy was "zoned" into six distinct Regions, or zones are they are called.
Blue Zones
These zones are the Core Areas of the Bureau, in which they have direct influence/control over affairs, from Civil to Military- the worlds in the Blue Zones are the "True" Administrated Worlds and contain most of the Type-IV (Those that have full magitech and dimensional travel ability) and some Type-III (Those that have Magitech and have only begun to harness diemensional travel) Worlds. The two planets that make up "Midchilda" are examples of planets in the Blue Zones.
Green Zones
These zones are the so-called "Associated Areas" of Ordered Space, and thus the Bureau only has some influence and control, save those "directly administered" planets. The reason for this "association" is that most of the planets/system-states in this zone are autonomous to the point that they have thier own standing armed forces- though limited in size by Bureau Law. And even though the system-states are autonomous, they are still aligned with the Bureau and rely on it for other things, such as broader policies and such. Only a few Type-IV and and Type-II (Those that have FTL tech and had only begun to explore/harness magitech) worlds exist in this zone of predominantly Type-III Systems.
Yellow Zones
These zones are the so-called "Neutral Zones", for they have little or no Bureau influence except in remote outposts / laboratories / facilities- though this is the outer limit of Bureau control and whatever Human GDI presence is only limited to Type-II worlds/systems- even though this is the inner limit of GDI control. The majority of worlds here are either of Type-I (Those that have advanced space travel but only begun to harness FTL technology) or Type-0 (Earth at present) Systems- also called Non-Administrated Worlds. This is where human lawlessness in the forms of organized crime, piracy and other kinds of nefarious activites thrive- usually from organizations from the first two zones. An unusual trait of the Yellow Zone worlds is that most of them (that have some form of order, like Earth) have signs of Ordered Space Expatriates living, as well as some of the most beautiful/famous tourist destinations (*cough*Aqua*cough*) are located. And a more pressing concern is that most of the Yellow Zone worlds have the capability, if "pushed just slightly", to turn into at least Type-II or even Type-III worlds- and based on this premise, this is where most of the Bureau has concerns over at the moment, sending ambassadors/representatives or even asking for assistance from the expatriates to any potential world. One such case of this is the Hallaoun Family, with at least one house on Earth- which is also the home planet of their 3 current Aces.
Orange Zones
These zones is where things become strange, literally. Not only are these zones the outer limit of humanity, this is also where aliens begin to appear. The GDI in this area is composed of Human and alien forces, but more leaning towards the latter. Only few human realms exist in these zones and they have no knowledge of magitech but may or may not have FTL technology. The SETI (extraterrestrial) Type 1/2/3 civilization types are now applied starting here.
Red Zones
These zones are devoid of humans, save those in the highest levels of GDI command and most GDI presence are mostly Alien. This is where the outer limit of GDI control is and most planets here are more frontier-ish than in the Orange Zones.
Black Zones
These zones are the unexplored areas of the galaxy and beyond, even to the GDI.
EVEN THOUGH WE WANT TO TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENS IN THESE ZONES, WE CAN'T TELL YOU BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW EITHER.