[quote=@Alfhedil]
I don't suppose there's some kind of political map up to show who all is where, is there?
[/quote]I'm sorry to tell you the best you can get are the "character sheets" (civilization profiles).
They usually also give detail what kind of holdings each faction has.
But really, all factions are just tiny droplets in the starry sea of the Andromeda Galaxy so I don't think there's even a need.
The location of planets and the distance between them is also semi-intentionally left vague.
You can just pick your territory and at best claim it's close to X player's worlds.