Neo-Sov in a nutshell:

[quote=@Ophidian]
You've got the so-called core colonies-the ones that went all in on communism, and built their entire identity around it. These poor SOBs had the misfortune to be the first ruled by the pain-slave using aristocrats and their AI friend.
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"We know the meaning of BDSM! Bolsheviks, Domination, Stalin and Masochism!"

[quote=@Ophidian]
Then you've got what I'll be calling the Hivers-cybernetic colonists, adopting themselves to a harsh, arctic environment. Based out of massive, sprawling cities built around geothermal vents-or "human hives" if you will. 
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"We're techno-barbarian eskimo dwarves! :D"

[quote=@Ophidian]
Then you have the Confederates-a loose group of miners, and rough and tumble types settled on a string of questionably habitable, resource-rich worlds. These guys love their hardsuits.
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"Mhmmmmmmmmm... look at dat hardsuit Johnny, doncha wanna just blow your molten alloys all over dat thang?"

[quote=@Ophidian]
Finally, you've got the genetically engineered super soldiers I mentioned, originally a US marine unit, co-opted and brutally modified by the AI, these guys look human, but they're a shit ton deadlier and their genetic code could, charitably, be called "fucked".
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"WE ARR SPEHSS MAHREENS. WE WIHLL CRUSH URR METAL BAWKSES WIDTH OURA STEEL REHN. YEW KOWARDZ N' TEH FEWLZ!!"

[quote=@Ophidian]
The Premier could also be called "chief cat herder".
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"Did you know that space Stalin was a shepherd and has a cat fetish?"
"Does that make him a furry space communist Jesus?"