Unified Earth Government
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Colonial Administration Authority
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English (Primary), Spanish, Hungarian, German, Japanese and many others |
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Multi-religious |
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Formed from United Nations: 2170, after the Interplanetary War |
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2525, certain functions are absorbed by the United Nations Space Command[1] |
The Unified Earth Government (UEG), is the central civilian government that administers Earth and its colonies throughout a portion of the Orion Arm of the Milky Way galaxy. It houses the Colonial Administration Authority and the United Nations, which in turn governs the United Nations Space Command.[1]
During the Human-Covenant War, the UNSC has assumed the governing function of the civilian UEG in the face of possible extinction from the overwhelming Covenant threat.[2][1] The UEG still exists by January 2553, though whether it has regained executive and legislative power from the UNSC is unknown.[3]
History
The Unified Earth Government traced its origins back to the Interplanetary War of the mid- to late-22nd Century in the Sol System. With numerous Earth governments fighting independent battles against Frieden and Koslovic forces, the United Nations became involved, eventually using the war to absorb most, if not all, Earth governments into itself to form a global government to combat the terrorists and stabilize the planet and its other world colonies. The UN won the war and the Unified Earth Government was formed, with its primary defense, scientific and exploratory force being the newly formed UNSC.
Although the UEG seemed to have complete control over Earth and its colonies, the United Nations still existed as an organization and a political entity in the 26th century.[1] There are still numerous national governments under the UEG's power,[4] although their overall authority is negligible as most governing functions are handled by the UEG.[5]
In January 2553, Dr. Ruth Charet took office as the President of the Unified Earth Government.[3]
Colonial Administration Authority
- Main article: Colonial Administration Authority
The Colonial Administration Authority is the branch that administers the various colonies that belong to the UEG, incorporating the UNSCDF. It keeps extensive files on every colony world and city under the UEG, available to UNSC members for planning missions.
United Nations
- Main article: United Nations
Even though it originally formed the UEG, the United Nations has been absorbed into a branch of the Earth government by the 26th century. Its exact function or role is unclear, but it is assumed that it still exists in the same manner as it was originally created.[1]
United Nations Space Command
- Main article: United Nations Space Command
The United Nations Space Command is the UEG's primary military, exploratory, and scientific arm. The military, known as the UNSC Defense Force, is intended to protect innocent colonists and colony worlds from attack by privateers, Insurrectionists and other threats, such as the Covenant. It includes various special forces, and militia organizations, but is mainly comprised of the Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force and Army.
Nation-states
Information suggests that at least some nations on Earth and other planetary bodies still exist and probably maintained their independence at least partially despite the global unification that was performed by the United Nations and the UEG in the 22nd century, during the Interplanetary War. However, these may have just been administrative divisions, or they may have retained some autonomy while still being a part of the UEG.
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Economy
The UEG uses the United Nations Credit monetary unit to organize its economic stability by selling or buying military equipment, supplies and costs for shipping, etc. The U.N. Credit was implemented by the United Nations some time before its dissolution and replacement with the Unified Earth Government in 2164. For transporting food and raw materials between colonies, the UEG maintains a merchant navy, run by the Department of Commercial Shipping.
Sphere of influence
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Human-occupied systems were known to encompass a relatively wide radius of the Orion Arm of the Milky Way Galaxy, in various stages of colonization, from the well developed Inner Colonies to the relatively recent and struggling Outer Colonies. Thus far, 70 colonies have been referenced. Most of these colonies, under the influence of the UEG, were therefore controlled militarily by the UNSC.
The territory encompassed by the Inner Colonies seemed to stretch in at least a 11.5-light year radius around Earth, and the Outer Colonies beyond that. By 2468, the outermost colony was Harvest, at twelve light years from Earth - later, colonies were founded well beyond in the Outer Colonies. Colonies may have been settled after Harvest, or founded during the Human-Covenant War.
Influence over these worlds were greatly reduced by the Covenant during the Human-Covenant War, with only Earth and a few scattered colonies left mostly intact by the end of the conflict in 2552. Since the end of the conflict, the UEG is working to restore its galactic territories and avoid secessionism, and the CAA has even recolonized some of its former worlds, including Reach.
Colony systems, worlds, and cities
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Hydra system - Unknown status Jericho system - Unknown status
Leonis Minoris system - Three colonies, two glassed in 2537
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Trivia
- Though the UN and the UEG are functionally separate entities,[1] the name "United Nations" was used to refer to humanity's central governing agency in Halo: Contact Harvest.[5]
- Both the Unified Earth Government and the United Nations Space Command are references to the human government (United Earth Government) and military (Unified Earth Space Council), respectively, from Bungie's Marathon series.
Sources
- ^ a b c d e f Halo Story Page: Frank O'Connor/Robt McLees Interview - August 2008
- ^ Bestiarum
- ^ a b Halo Waypoint, Halo: Glasslands chapter 2 excerpt
- ^ Bungie.net: Halo 3: ODST Field Guide
- ^ a b Halo: Contact Harvest, page 37
- ^ a b Halo: The Fall of Reach
- ^ Halo: First Strike
- ^ I Love Bees
- ^ a b Halo 2
- ^ a b Halo: Ghosts of Onyx
