Sacred Haven of Debauchery

And when uniting into a federation, isn't there a feature where the victory conditions are calculated for the entire federation, and not for individual factions within it?

By the way, guys, is there much point in hiding sectors of the station? They don't seem to burden me, except perhaps to improve the sector's economy...

I do this so that I can exclude middle systems from the sector when I need to adjust something. Because a system can only be excluded in such a way that the sector remains connected after the exclusion. Buffer zones help.