Galactic Union

The Interplanetary Union of the Milky Way Sectors (IUMWS), also the Galactic Union (GU) (Cosm. Διαπλανητική Συμμαχία του Γαλαξία), is an interplanetary organisation created to maintain peace and security, as well as to develop cooperation and diplomacy between the membering planets.
The IUMWS was created as a result of the conclusion of a non-aggression and cooperation pact between the Pataliputrians and the Faltharians. Initially, the union assumed an alliance between these two civilisations, but later (as other, less developed civilisations were discovered) it was decided to offer entry into the union to these races in exchange for material, socio-political and military support (which allowed the two founding races to expand their sphere of influence in the Galaxy).
The foundation of the Galactic Union was the beginning of the Unification Period (approximately 920 million years B. C. ).
The structure of the IUMWS includes the following main bodies: The Galactic (Supreme) Council, the Union Office, the Common Security Council, the Galactic (Supreme) Court, the Union Assembly, the Organisation of Medical Support, the Economic and Resource Council, the Voting Committee.
== Structure ==
=== The Galactic Council ===
The Galactic Council is the main administrative, policy-making, advisory and representative body of the IUMWS. In fact, the Supreme Council governs the entire Galactic Union. All administrative decisions are made based on the results of referendums held at the headquarters of the Union - located at the Civilisation station. This body includes 1001 representatives from all planets and colonies belonging to the Pataliputrian and Faltharian civilizations (500 representatives from each and one independent representative of the station, re-elected every three years). The leaders of these meetings are usually two authorised representatives from the capitals of the planet Pataliputra and Falthar.
At the moment, considering the pandemic situation on the planet Pataliputra, the capital of this race has been moved to the planet Hellopeion.
=== The Union Office ===
The Union Office is the body charged with implementing the political, economic, and social programs adopted by the Galactic Council, and also maintains communication between the Supreme Council, other bodies of the Union and the participating planets.
The Office ensures the work of the IUMWS bodies, publishes and distributes IUMWS materials, stores archives, registers and publishes interplanetary treaties of IUMWS members.
One of the duties of the Union Office is to notify and conduct general voting among the member planets of the IUMWS, as well as to collect, count the results of these votes and compile statistical reports on them.
=== The Common Security Council ===
The Common Security Council is primarily responsible for maintaining interplanetary peace and security, and all members of the IUMWS are obliged to obey its decisions. The main task of this body is to prevent internal political, social conflicts and conflicts of other subjective nature.
=== The Galactic Court ===
The Galactic Court is the main judicial body of the IUMWS, serving judicial and advisory functions. Initially, the body was part of the interplanetary and even a galactic-scale crime control system, but this position was taken over by other organisations controlled by the Common Security Council.
The Court may give advisory opinions at the request of the Galactic Council, the Common Security Council and other bodies of the IUMWS and specialised agencies to which the Galactic Council has given permission to do so. The conclusions of the Court are advisory in nature and are not binding. The Court itself is practically not an executive body.
=== The Union Assembly ===
The Union Assembly is a body engaged in organising meetings of representatives of the participating planets of the IUMWS to solve certain internal common problems. After achieving some result at these meetings, the Union Assembly then reports with these results to the Union Office in the form of a petition/proposal for the adoption of their resolution. This body is not officially an executive body, but the IUMWS member planets often make local (own) administrative decisions during meetings.
=== The Organisation of Medical Support ===
The objectives of this body are: providing interplanetary recommendations in the field of medicine and setting standards, cooperation with the governments of the participating planets in strengthening social programs for medical support, development and transfer of appropriate technologies, information and standards.
In the past, the Organisation of Medical Support was not the main body of the IUMWS, but it was declared such in connection with the epidemiological situation of the spread of the Space Plague in certain corners of the Milky Way galaxy. The main task of this body today is the complete elimination of the Space Plague and the effective provision of medical assistance to victims.
=== The Economic and Resource Council ===
The Economic and Resource Council performs the functions of the supreme bodies of the IUMWS in the field of economic, social and material interplanetary cooperation, and also deals with issues of providing the participating planets with certain resources in problematic times (in case of wars, resource shortages, epidemics, etc.).
=== The Voting Committee ===
The Voting Committee is the body charged with notifying and conducting general voting among the member planets of the IUMWS, as well as to collect, count the results of these votes and compile statistical reports on them.
This body has suspended its work due to the initial underdevelopment, inefficient structure and mechanics of its executive function, and its responsibilities have been assimilated by the Union Office instead, which can more effectively resolve the Committee's issues.
== Trivia ==
* The first idea for the Galactic Union depicted it as a small alliance between the systems of Sector 8.
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