Well, the Wedge Defense Force has never been a sovereign entity of its own; it's always technically been a PMC* corporation operating within the jurisprudence of the Republic of Zeta Cygni. On paper, Salusia was just the first customer (and soon replaced by the United Galactica as a whole). So there was probably something in all the contracts similar to that thing in software EULAs about how the whole thing will be administered under the laws of the State of Delaware or wherever.

(It may say something different in UF2, I haven't checked, but keep in mind that when I wrote that I was 18 and knew even less about how the law works than I do now. :)

--G.
* Private Military Contractor, i.e., mercenary
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