Earth

> *“Cradle of Civilization.”*
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> — Bulletin board poster of Earth
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**Earth**, also known as **Terra** or **Gaia** is the third planet in the Sol system and one of the four terrestrial planets. It is the homeworld of the Human species, it has been a planet of conflict, rivalry, disaster and redemption. Since Earth has achieved the ability to travel among the stars, humanity has united for the greater good. Earth is currently the capital world of the **Interstellar Solar Federation.**

Earth is possibly the most populated planet of the human space territories. For a significant amount of humanity's history, it was their only known place in the universe to support life.

## History

### Civilization and the Modern Age

Humans were nothing but tribal hunters for nearly a hundred thousand years, but civilization, order, writing and even the wheel began to change them immensely as the years rolled by into eras such as the Bronze, the Medieval and the Industrial age that saw improvement in all fields but also fueled hatred among the rivaling powers.

It wasn't until the 20th century when the World Wars broke out, first between the Imperial powers of Europa and then the rise of power-hungry dictatorships that rose up in the depression that gripped most of the world.

After the World Wars, the United Nations was formed as a peacekeeping organization, responsible for keeping interplanetary peace among the sovereign nations of Earth. More conflicts arose, the Korean War & the cold war between the superpowers of that time, the United States and the Soviet Union that challenged the principles of the organization and its successor states as it wold become.

## World War 3 and the Age of the Confederacy

By the 21st Century, the third world war broke out that almost exterminated the human race. Luckily, the **Reclaimers of Earth** rose within the ruins of France and Germany, and spent nearly a decade uniting the planet underneath the **Confederacy of Earth,** the first government to control the whole planet.

The Confederacy would then launch humanity into the Interstellar era, enduring colonization tension and wars for the next three hundred years until the formation of the **Interstellar Solar Federation**

## Government

The Solar Federation Headquarters is located within the United Republics of Europa, Italy among the city of Geneva. The Headquarters serves as the main base of operations for the government for much of its infancy years but serves as the hook that keeps the vying nations together and unified within the uni-planetary government.

The following nations sponsor as the highest contributors to the Solar Federation.

* Unified Republic of Europa
* United Republic of North America
* Confederacy of Asia
* Commonwealth of Australia

Each sponsor contains important usage to the overall government and how it runs, such as the military arm that was dubbed the **Federal Armed Forces** that comprised of all military assets that served underneath the Federation adjudication and to help expend the interests of humanity.

Besides the given information, not much is known specific about the governments of Earth as they still retain amounts of self-rule, holding onto the illusion of independence.

## Economy

###  Trade

Trade was one of the most important parts of the economy of Earth as most planets gathered resources to be sent back to Earth. As Earth's natural resources would dwindle in the 21st century, planets that would be newly colonized were responsible for feeding Earth resources of all kinds to sustain the cradle and population control.

### Corporations

Earth also had multiple Corporations that built their base upon the planet, such as the Charon Industries that would be contracted by the Federation to provide spectral weapons to arm the Division, or the Astral Exploration Corp that would help build the ships to carry thousands of people across the stars to new places.

 Defenses

Earth was one of the, if not the most heavily defended planets in Human Space. There were over 130 pulse weapon platforms prepared to defend Earth. There were also three defense fleets specifically assigned to Earth; the Second Fleet, Seventh Fleet, and the Sixth Fleet.

 Physical Aspects

* North America
* South America
* Europa
* Asia
* Australia
* Greenland
* Antarctica