I used yout history of the verge in my game, which has the CFM formed from an ancient nautical tradition on the Capella. I would consider calling it be some cool made up name that translated would mean "The river" or such. 

However, considering the tight concentration of original homeworlds in the area, I think the name chosen would reflect the presence of other worlds with differing races, both appreciated and feared with which they can barter. CFM is a socialist cooperative of business-minded merchants. Thus a socialist-style name would be likely. So I would think it would be something like "Commonwealth of Independent Peoples" ("CIP") or "The Cobble".

True. I was referring to Jedion's timeline of the RIM when I made that point. In his history, the Ifshnit came from a nautical tradition. 

But the Coalition might be a name they would have come up with. Like Jedion said, saying, "RIM coalition" is what makes it a Frontier thing. 

race of the future, they who will inherit!" sounds more like an atheist evolutionist's proclamation. Something Dawkins would say while mocking the Bible and indicating a superior thinking species. It seems to indicate that their way of life is superior in self-governance and business, and that they are free of what binds them to the past, namely religious intolerance, racial prejudice, dishonest business practices and politics.

Their religion is very similar to Buddhism/Hinduism, except that each successive life leads to a greater existence, leading ultimately to Nirvana after the Ifshnit stage. Perhaps they view each race as similar. Humma would certainly take offense if the Ifshnits viewed themselves as superior.

Along that line of thought, I don't think the Ifshnits would view physical reality as anything more than transient. The naming of their homeworld "homeworld", suggests a disassociation with the physical reality. It is nothing more than an object to them. It is like calling a city "Hometown". It actually suggests that before they left their world, they had no name for their world. But once they moved out from it, they gave it a name. The names of the other two planets also seem to indicate a lack of interst in originality. "Faire" is probably inspired by the Middle English word "feire", meaning a "market". "Ifshna" may indicate a place where Ifshnits live, or may indicate something about its suitability to Ifshnits, just as we might say "Ifshnitesque" or "unifshnit-like". Clearly Ifshnits are not into mystical naming, but view physical reality as mundane and not important enough for spiritual names. Their personal names, however, are likely very spiritual.

Also, they are not "vegetarians". They are herbivores. The difference being that a vegetarian chooses their diet, while an herbivore eats vegetation as their main diet because it is what their appetites require.

Humans are simply higher animals. We're not some other form of creature. Humans are mammals and are omnivores. Another "humanoid" race does not have to be capable of eating meat or at least necessarily desire it. Ifshnits are called herbivores in the book. "Herbivore" simply describes a diet. That word in no way defines whether the creature is non-humanoid.

Yes. A humanoid can be a herbivore. Ifshnits ARE herbivores. If their stomachs are incapable of properly breaking down meat, or puke it up, then that would make them physiologically incapable of benefiting from it, thus they would be herbivores. "Vegetarian" is a choice, "herbivore" is not. Just because they're humanoid doesn't mean they are capable of eating meat. They have a completely different genetic make-up from humans.