United Republic

Emblem of the United Republic, 2985 - 2999

The **United Republic**, officially the **United Human Republic** (commonly abbreviated as **UR**) is an interstellar republic which arose from a inter-governmental organisation that was the longest lasting organisation in history. It stemmed from a concept of humanity's future being interstellar, with the idea of a unitary world government brought up. It is composed of all the national governments of Earth that agreed to merge and co-exist peacefully and help push humanity to the limits of exploration, along with its hundreds of colonies. All of humanity share its knowledge, share defences, innovation and live under the idea of promoting liberal universal values within humanity. It's head of state and head of government is the President.

It is one of the most influential interstellar states in local space, and holds the most territory. Humanity is considered 'new to interstellar society' despite its success and rise to power. The former nations of Earth, prior to the UR's founding, had the choice to join and help shape a single government that would have authority over the planet, or maintain its sovereignty and its governmental structure but would be a 'non-official member' of the world government and its union. All nation members, after a few days of consideration, agreed to combine, which led to the establishment of a truly global government, All citizens in the Republic, including alien species, are considered equal according to the democratic and just society. The UR is however, not considered to be fully utopian as it occasionally from time to time participates in military conflicts, some of which may totally devastate the Republic, even though it is a generally peaceful nation.

It is a founder of the interstellar inter-governmental organisation, the United Interstellar Worlds.

## History

The United Republic was established in 2110 by the Treaty of Singapore. The treaty was signed by all UN members, including the human colonies.

The UR faced little conflicts for the first over two centuries of its existence, but became a target for disasters during the First Sectoral War in 2347 (initiated by the Sovilair State), in which several catastrophes devastated Earth, including the destruction of a nuclear fusion plant in Beijing that resulted in 3 million deaths by the 2nd week after the incident due to radiation poisoning. The UR, after 4 weeks of declaring neutrality, declared war. It joined the Interstellar Allies (based on the Allied Forces of WWI and WWII), and opposed the Sovilair State and its military alliance the Liberal Union. After the war ended in early 2348 in victory of the Allies, the UR, along with the representatives from Tanara and Erael founded the United Interstellar Worlds, and was the only state that could convince the Sovilair State to formally be a member. After the war, the UR rebuilt its damaged cities, particularly those in the region of China and while others were struggling, prospered.

It participated in the Sovilarian Civil War(June 2349-September 2349), in which Captain James Star of the *UR Starliner* and his crew helped to reinstate the heir of the overthrown royal family, R'rathar(Prince) Horus of the Lineage of Jhagr as Kharger(King) of the State.

In 2350, the *UR Starliner* came into contact with the Cyborn, after a Cyborn exploratory spacecraft wandered into Republic space. The encounter at first was slightly hostile - the occupants of the spacecraft were detained on one of the Republic's major colonies, Calonder IV. Eventually, first-contact went by peacefully. After the Cyborn pledged its allegiance to the UIW and subsequently leaving the Alliance of Cybernetic Nations, this resulted in a diplomatic incident. The incident was eventually resolved, and the Cyborn were made a fully-fledged member of the UIW in 2354.

A year and a half later, the United Republic began a second era of exploration, after the UIW signed the Exploration Charter, spearheading a joint expedition between the members. The *UR Saviour* led the UR in its exploration efforts. In 2517, the expedition expanded into Sector 002 for the first time, with the *Saviour* establishing contact with the Celestial Imperium.

A another impending war fell upon the UIW, when a military alliance, revealed to be from the Andromeda Galaxy, attempted to invade Earth. Another alliance from the Andromeda Galaxy (the Andromeda Galactic Commonwealth), helped the UIW in the war. A combined victory of the Commonwealth and the UIW resulted, leading to a signing of the Treaty of Laniakea, effectively disbanding the attacking alliance. It is noted that during the Signing, the UR President ran out of the conference room and was seen crying (due to the harsh fact that his wife died in the war) in the corridor by Captain Salisber of the *Saviour*. Exchange summits between the UIW and the Commonwealth were held annually since. After the war, UIW exploration efforts went back to full swing.

Not much is known about the UR after the 2520's, but it is suggested that from 2999, the Republic, along with the members of the UIW formed the United Interstellar Federation of Nations, becoming the sole interstellar superpower in local space.

## Location of the Republic and Territorial Size

As stated, the United Republic controls the largest territory in its local sector, Sector 001(the largest sector in the galaxy). It sprawled across 10,000 light years, with thousands of colonies located within it. The large territory is largely due to extensive space exploration programs during Earth's First and Second Global Space Age(1947-1970, 2017-2090 respectively). In 2520, because the Republic continued exploration missions after the Draconian-Commonwealth-Worlds War in 2517, it has been estimated that Republic space was located 10,000 light years away from the galaxy's Central Core Region. Earth, the Republic's capital is located 200 light years away from the star system once home to the Damascrians, Humanity's first interstellar ally.

Its neighbouring powers were the Royal Republic of Tanara, the Elronian Empire, The Eraeli Kingdom, the Sovilair State and the Saradon Union. Other powers include the cybernetic Cyborns of the United Cyborn Kingdom, the Taurus-Olympians (otherwise called the Orasians) of Orasia/Taurus-Olympia and the Xandians, the so-called 'eternal enemies' of the Elronians, which always resulted in the misconception that Xandians were aggressors.

## Government

The United Republic was a representative and parliamentary republic, with Earth as the capital.

### Executive Branch

The executive branch(called the United Republic Executive Council) of the government was responsible for the daily functioning of the government and the republic, as well as ensuring all laws are examined and enforced throughout the republic. The elected President is the head of the government, as well as the head of state. Since no political parties exist in the Republic, all elections into the government makes all candidates as individual runners, including presidential candidates. The President is in-charge of overseeing home laws that concern matters like the economy and foreign policies and was the overall supreme commander of all Republic military forces. The President's offices were located in Singapore in the region of Southeast Asia.

There is also the Presidential Cabinet which is a special executive committee for the President of the United Republic

#### Executive Agencies under the government

The United Republic also maintained a number of agencies that helped in executive affairs. The major agencies include:

* United Republic Space Administration(URSA)
* United Republic Health Authority (URHA)
* Central Investigation Bureau
* United Republic Ministry of Foreign Affairs(URMFA)
* United Republic Home Ministry(URHM)
* United Network (also called UniNet, although it would eventually merge with other foreign news networks in the UIW to become the Interstellar News Network, or INN, somewhere around 2350.)
* Republic Ministry of Education(RME)
* Department of Communication and Information (DCI)
* Department of Social Affairs(URDSA)
* Ministry of Heritage (URMH)
* United Republic Environmental Authority(UREA)
* United Republic Trade Ministry (URTM)

The United Republic also maintained an agency known as URISS, or the United Republic Interstellar Secret Service, formally the United Republic Secret Service. This was an organisation that went undercover and operated under the name of the Republic and help to protect UR interests.

#### Legislature Branch

The legislative branch of the UR was the United Republic Parliament. The Parliament was in-charge of the creation of laws and assisted the executive branch in law examination. It mainly handles matters and affairs of civilian interests. It consisted of representatives from each former nation of Earth. It had influence over the foreign policies and home matters and sometimes handled criminal matters if the United Supreme Court proved incapable to do so otherwise for some reason. The Parliament Building where the members of parliament gather is in Singapore.

### Judicial System

The judicial system was the government system in charge of solving disputes and/or criminal matters in the Republic. The system has a caste of courts, with the United Supreme Court at the top of the caste. Panels of civilian juries help to manage the courts. Different courts oversee types of court cases. For example, the United Criminal Court managed criminal offences, both normal and war. The top of the caste, the Supreme Court, handles criminal matters as well, but also handles other types of disputes such as law disputes.

## Exploration and Defence

United Fleet was the main exploratory and defence agency of the United Republic. There are two other military agencies, the Republic Defence Corps and the Republic Home Defence Fleet. It is considerable to note that until 2348, the Defence Corps and the Home Defence Fleet did not exist. They were formed to improve defence and security throughout the Republic, particularly in the Solar System where the Republic's capital Earth is located. United Fleet's function was to explore, spread knowledge and encounter other civilisations. It was also used for defence occasionally. United Fleet, or UF for short, also had major diplomatic roles. UF personnel were considered representatives of the UR, and sometimes the UIW. Since its founding, UF has explored the majority of Sector 001, and from the late 2510's began exploring and charting Sector 002. From time to time, the UF will often be called upon for diplomatic missions, such as ferrying head of states or ambassadors.

*From 2999, United Fleet , the Defence Corps and the Home Defence Fleet integrated with other military to form United Federal Fleet, the exploration and defence agency servicing the United Interstellar Federation of Nations.*

## Reputation

The UR is known for its large territory, efficiency in war, commitment to defence and its brutal diplomacy. It has made several enemies, like the Elronian Empire and the Saradon Union, but was eventually able to create peace between the UR and its enemies. The UR is also known to be very cooperative if it wants to.

Elronian propaganda in the 2340's depict the Republic and its allies as 'expansionist conquerors'. The Elronian Emperor of that time called the Republic as 'a nation of brutal words', referring to the UR's diplomacy stance.

However, many nations viewed the UR in a favourable light. The Tanaran King Salkul called Humanity 'a most impressive species', stating that 'they have accomplished more than even we Tanarans could have in a millenium'.