The year is 2307 A.D. While the Earth's reserves of fossil fuels have been depleted, humanity has obtained  a new nearly infinite source of energy to replace them, in the form of large-scale solar powered generation  systems based on three huge orbital elevators. However, the benefits of this system are available only to a  handful of major powers and their allies.  These orbital elevators belong to three superpower blocs: the Union, a coalition of free nations led by the  United States of America; the Human Reform League, a socialist group led by China, Russia and India;  and the AEU, a parliamentary organization led by the nations of continental Europe. These confederations  continue to play a grand zero-sum game for the sake of their own prestige and prosperity. Thus, even in  the 24th Century, humanity has yet to unite as one.  In this world of unceasing conflict, a private armed organization steps forward, declaring their intention to  the eliminate war through martial force. Using the power of their mobile suits combatively, a series of four  high-performance machines each dubbed "Gundam", the paramilitary organization known as Celestial  Being takes the world-stage beginning armed interventions within all the world's nations.