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[Hard Sci-fi] What would an interstellar organization governing 16 planets look like?

I'm trying to create a somewhat hard, or at least justifiable, science fiction idea of what such an organization would look like. It is independent and has a population of 20 billion.

Furthermore I want them to sit somewhere between 1.15 to 1.35 on the Kardashev scale. I know it's a large range but still Given these parameters what kind of government would I expect to create, assuming it's very strict if benevolent to its citizens. What would be the average day in their lives?
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How hard? In particular, is there FTL communication? FTL shipping?

If not, it would have to be very loosely connected. Even with FTL communication, if trade takes too long or is too expensive there likely wouldn't be a strong connection. Then again, maybe intellectual property is the only thing that's really valuable, so physical trade doesn't matter anyway.

The average day in their lives depends heavily on what technology is available and what their culture is like. Do they still have normal bodies? Are they cyborg? Do they live their lives in virtual reality? Do they live their lives on the internet, so disconnected from physical reality that whatever games and interfaces they use no longer seek to emulate it? Have they cured aging? Have they learned to prevent death altogether?