Hainish

Hainish Cycle series is some science fiction novels and stories by renowned author, Ursula K LeGuin. The series has been set in a future history/alternate history, where the civilizations of human beings who are residing on the planets that are orbiting the nearby stars, are not only containing each other but are also trying to establish diplomatic relationship between one another. The worlds are trying to set up a confederacy which will be overseen by the oldest planet, the peaceful Hain. According to history, human beings did not evolve but rather emerged from the colonies that were set up by Hain, many years ago. Some of the races possess genetic traits that are much similar to the residents of Hain, while other possess new genetic traits due to the numerous laboratory experiments that were done by planet Hain.