The light blue one at the bottom is the SUPREME EMPIRE; they turned out to be hikikomori xenophobes and are happily isolating themselves there.
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But in general, Revan is right – the main thing here is to choose a role that you will find interesting to play and stick to it.
I'm not very good at diplomacy.
The Federation really ganged up on me. The entire galaxy, except for some humans with a fleet of 2,000 against the poor bird-lizards.
You destroy defensive structures in space, and then detach the smallest and fastest ships, sending them to orbitally bombard all enemy planets.
The exploit with blocking has been fixed a long time ago. Blocking no longer gives you points; you need to capture the planet with soldiers.
The AI also actively divides its forces. I had no chance here; the AI's overall advantage was at least fourfold.
Even if that were the case, it wouldn't matter. You'd win simply by having more resources and production.