Terran Republic

**The Terran Republic** is an interstellar nation established on the 7th of May 2142 by the nations of Earth following World War Three.

## History

### World War Three

On the 27th of June 2088, escalating tensions between the North American Commonwealth and the Asian Pacific States resulted in Earth's first and only full scale nuclear war, known as the Great War. In a matter of hours, Human society was ruin, and the global geopolitical power structure on Earth had been near decimated. In the following fallout, a coalition of surviving European Union military units adopted an ad-hoc style of governance, replacing crumbling civilian leadership. The Coalition's immense success enabled their rapid expansion across the globe.

After seven years, the now firmly international Coalition had emerged as the dominant power on Earth, and recognized as the world's single provisional government. Its initial duties included preventing the collapse of human society, restoring agriculture and manufacturing industries, and putting to work hundreds of millions of the surviving population.

After forty-seven years of brutal conditions, emergency measures and martial law, the Coalition had managed to reverse the worst of the damage caused by the Great War, although at the cost of tens of millions more lives.

### Establishment of the Terran Republic

With the restoration of global communications, manned spaceflights, and the ability for more complex governmental structures, a worldwide referendum was held to decide the future of the world government. In an unexpected landslide, the Emergency Coalition was legitimized, and reformed into the Terran Republic on the 7th of May 2142.

With the proclamation of the Republic came the establishment of 7 administrative regions knows as Commissariats, each based on the borders of continents. These had existed as provisional territories prior to the Republic's declaration, but were likewise legitimized following it's declaration.

## Government

The government of the Terran Republic is a borderline stratocracy, where military and civil ordnance go hand in hand. Citizens are encouraged and even required to work for the government for a certain period of time, whether it be in the armed forces or in civil governance. The government of the Terran Republic is widely accepting of all races, creeds and kinds.

The Terran Republic is divided into multiple regional commissariats that govern large regions of Earth. These governing bodies act as smaller replicas of the federal government and have provided the Republic the flexibility and capability to govern their large territory efficiently.

Executive power in the Republic is held by the National Council, a coalition of ministers each of whom acts as the head of one of the government's departments. Acting as the head of state and the National Council is the President of the Terran Republic, an individual who is a first among equals and has special powers that were created to allow the Council to act quicker and more decisively in times of emergency. Presidents are elected for a term of twenty years, though this can be shortened or lengthened depending on extraneous circumstances.

The Legislative Assembly has been criticized as being largely ceremonial. While the Legislative Assembly, in theory, has the power to create and modify laws, in practice, they act as a rubber stamp for laws that the National Council has already decided to pass.

The Terran Republic acts as a de facto single-party state, however, many opposition parties exist as approved alternatives and are allowed to function within the Legislative Assembly. Any opposition parties must remain subordinate to the nation's interest.