The Union Commonwealth

### Ethnic Groups

Asian - 39%White - 33%Black - 14%Hispanic - 10%Native American - 3%Pacific Islander - 1%

### Religion

Christian - 47%Hindu - 21%Islam - 12%Buddhist - 9%Non-religious - 10%Other - 1%

### Demonyms

U.C., Commonwealth, Commonwealth of the Union

### Driving side

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The Union Commonwealth (otherwise known as the U.C., or Commonwealth), is a multi-continental nation, with it's mainland taking up the majority of the South American Continent. As of May 2120, the Union Commonwealth roughly has a population of 1,001,873,216.

Having control over a quarter of the Earth's land area, the UC is home to many forms of flora and fauna, tens of thousands of unique human cultures and peoples, and is exposed to vast amounts of resources.

#### History

From the ashes of the Southeast Union, the Union Commonwealth was formed from the colonies and vassal states of the former nation after the First SEU-Comintern War. After the capture of Charlotte from Comintern allies, the SEU government went into exile in Rio de Janeiro. During the mid-war period, territories once belonging to the SEU had started to become partitioned between the Comintern nations. As the empire began to gradually fall into enemy hands, unrest and independence movements had sprung up in virtually all SEU territories.

The exiled government in Brazil had to act quickly before the rest of the empire were to crumble, so the remaining Council Directors came together to form the SEU Interim Government. This temporary government was able to unify the remaining territories of the SEU and maintain control of unrest. After the Treaty was Rio was signed between the SEU and Comintern, the Union Commonwealth was proclaimed. Weakened from war, the Union Commonwealth had much rebuilding to do in order for the empire to become united as one.

After the First Comintern-SEU War, the U.C disbanded the oligarchical system and a transitional government was put in place. Twelve Council Directors met in Rio de Janeiro and formed the Provisional Council of the Union, as a means to preserve unity among the Union's territories. This government, although unstable at first, eventually unified the rebellious colonies and territories. Prior to the establishment of the PCU, debates on whether or not the president and prime minister should remain in power. A 2031 referendum on the issue ended in keeping the semi-presidential system, and placing the president (later called First Director) and prime minister above the Council Directors.

#### Post-Transition Government Coups

In 2033, a violent coup occurred in Sao Paulo, lead by Council Director of the Army, Joel Gibbons, and Council Director of Homeland Defence, Kurt Hawthorne. Seeking to consolidate power for themselves, these Council Directors along with a loyal group of 44,000 servicemen stormed the parliament building in Sao Paulo, killing 726 people in a violent firefight. The PCU was ultimately able to capture Gibbons and Hawthorne, who were later sentenced to life in prison.

Reforms to the government, poor national unity, and a massive stock market crash in 2051 ended up causing a second military coup in 2056. The Regional Senator of Minas Gerais, Boris Carver, rallied a 140,000-strong army (which at the time, made up a quarter of the Union's armed forces) to revolt against the Council. Carver, a devoted communist, viewed the PCU as a weak and unstable government that couldn't provide aid to the people of the Union due the series of events that preceded the 2051 Market Crash. The revolt escalated rapidly, and spread across Brazil within weeks, as multiple pro-communist senators rose up to support Carver. The minor 2056 revolt had become a full-scale communist revolution by late June in 2058. The PCU military was highly unorganized and disloyal during the revolution, and many servicemen deserted, some even defecting to the communists. By 2060, the communist revolutionaries had occupied half of Brazil, and overseas territories began to break down as anarchists rose up against the local leadership. In a last ditch effort, the President called upon Indochina for aid, and after several talks between the PCU Prime Minister and leader of Indochina, the latter opted to provide military aid. By the turn of 2063, the last holdouts of communist rebellion were snuffed out.

While the war against the communist revolutionaries was won, the PCU was once again tasked to deal with it's rebellious colonies, the majority of which had fallen into chaos during the revolution. Areas that saw the most destruction and anarchy were Kenya, North Sumatra, and Sri Lanka. Administrative officials that governed these colonies were oftentimes deposed, while others were violently taken hostage and executed. In the turmoil of the colonies, radical groups across the political spectrum rose up against the PCU and each other, vying for power and control over the colony. Surprisingly however, a weakened PCU government was able to carry out successful military campaigns against the anarchist uprisings in the colonies, but was met with fierce resistance from an ultranationalist group in Ghana. After a decade of reconquering and guerilla warfare, the PCU was victorious over the rebels and anarchists, and ultimately reclaimed it's colonial territories.

### Economy

The UC economy ties with Merzei and Manchukuo as one of the top three most economically powerful nations on the canvas. Even after the First Comintern-SEU War, the UC economy flourishes with little hinderance, with only minor reparations being paid to various CI nations from the war. This is due to the vast amount of wealth the nation accrues from it's massive resource extraction agencies throughout the world. The UC dominates the world through it's monopoly over the manufacturing sector, which is fueled from the vast amount of resources it extracts. Today, the UC is the number one exporter of manufactured goods and leads in natural resource consolidation.

### Military

The U.C Military is composed of six branches: the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, and Off-World Corps. The president acts as the commander-in-chief of the UCAF and appoints it's leaders, the Secretary of Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Excluding the UCAF, the Ministry of Defense administers the five service branches during peace and war times. According to a report by the Ministry of Defense in August 2120, the U.C Armed Forces includes 2.4 million personnel on active duty. The Reserves and National Guard total up the number of troops to 5.6 million.

Conscription in the Union Commonwealth is mandatory for male citizens between the ages of 18 and 25, but is optional for women. This conscription law was conceived prior to the founding of the nation in 2078, located within the Commonwealth Charter. Listed under Article 18, "All citizens shall have the duty of national defense under the conditions as prescribed by this Act." The Military Service Act of 2088, which was implemented in 2090, specified that compulsory military service is required for men ages 18 or older. Conscription is managed the Ministry of Military Manpower, which was founded in 2079.

### Technology

The U.C has been a leader in technological innovation since the late 21st century and scientific research since the mid-22nd century. Methods for producing nanomaterial parts were developed by the U.C. War Ministry by the Federal Armories during the first half of the 20th century. This technology, along with the establishment of a robotic machine tool industry, enabled the U.C. to have large-scale manufacturing of fabrication machines, onocycles, and other items in the late 21st century, and became known as the Commonwealth system of manufacturing. Factory electrification in the early 22nd century and introduction of the fully-autonomous-assembly-line (FAAL) and other labor-saving techniques bolstered the system of mass production. In the 22nd century, approximately two-thirds of research and development funding comes from the private sector. The Union Commonwealth leads the world in scientific research papers and impact factor. Notable technological inventions originating from the U.C. include the 5-Plane fabricator, onocycle, nanomaterial and nanofiber, chromatometal, pico-computing, trinary information engraving, 3rd-gen reliable harsh generators, accelerated food engineering, quantum photogrammetry, responsive holo-fields, energy-preserving surfaces, cybernetic augmentation, encrypted digital licensing, VR domain archiving, entangled nuclear fusion, polymerized membranes, multispectral sensing, superconductor particle streams, self-repairing alloys, neural augmented frameworks, autonomous rocket drones, and multipurpose code algorithms. Many of the aforementioned technologies were created from the following U.C industries and companies: Encryptia, Revelation Technologies, Weinsman, Factre, KuiperSpace, Brailla Pharmaceuticals, Cloke, J.R Metallurgy, and Commonwealth Fusion.

### Government

The Union Commonwealth government is a semi-presidential system in which the President rules alongside a Prime Minister and cabinet of Council Directors, with the latter two being responsible over the nation's legislature.

### Territory

The territory of the Union Commonwealth is organized by three levels of Constituent State: Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary, in addition to the mainland. The Primary Constituent States are Arabia, Persia, Middle Africa, Madagascar, India, West Indochina, North Sumatra, and Australia. These eight territories are the main administrative regions of the Commonwealth, each governed by their own Constituent Director. The Secondary Constituent States are Sri Lanka, Pavlodar, Tajikistan, Panstania, Jordan, Iceland, the Caribbean Federation, and Mexico. These territories aren't as politically significant as the Primary ones, but still serve important purposes in U.C Parliament. The final tier of Tertiary Constituent States comprises the territories of the Bangka and Belitung Islands, Borneo, Greenland, and the U.C Antarctic Territory.

### Current Diplomatic Relations

At the time of it's formation after the Treaty of Rio was signed, the UC was obliged to improve relations with the Comintern members. This objective involved increased immigration laws, greater international trade agreements, and technology cooperation agreements. Although many of these tasks to improve diplomatic relations worked, feelings remained lukewarm, at best. Aside from the Comintern members, the SEU gained new allies with the newly-formed German American Union and the GGCR, (which was an ally of the SEU prior to the war). The Deutsche-Reichspakt was formed between these three nations as a means to prevent Comintern aggression after the war.

As of late November 2020, the UC maintains indifferent relations with the nations of the Comintern, and values it's new GAU and GGCR allies as close partners in defense.