Later Earth Union

The **late era of the Earth Union** (3830s-4190s) consisted of a decentralised socialistic empire that is becoming more like a federation.

## Factfile

* Capital cities: Aguacero (southwest Atlantia), Inclucion Ciudad (south Helenia), Goanambara City (Rio de Janeiro)
* Official languages: English, Spanish, French, Swahili, Arabic, Bengali, and Chinese
## History

3835 - Valentina Reforms enacted, turning the Union into a federation. It also reduced the military of the Earth Union, allowing its millions of Unionite clones, cyborgs, and colonists to establish their own republics and monarchies. It also granted many clones citizenship and abolished any remaining laws in colonies where elderly people were harvested into food.

3835 - Angered by the Valentina Reforms, President Alexandra took over the Unionite government in a coup. Many parts of the Earth Union refuse to acknowledge her rule, leaving her with only Helenia, Atlantia, and several coastal megacities along the Atlantic. The date of Alexandra's takeover became a national holiday in the territories that rejected her rule, being the date of their independence. Meanwhile, Valentina becomes an honourary citizen of the Indigenous League for helping the Unionites enjoy more freedoms than before.

3856-3863 - Fifth American Revolution, American Intervention. Several parts of the People's Union of America and the Indigenous League form the Fifth United States. The existence of certain "outdated" norms angers the Unionite leaders into sending armies to forcibly annex the Fifth United States into direct rule, aided by reinforcements from the Hive Cities. To the Unionite leaders, the revived United States was symbolic of the many atrocities of its ancestors (from Jim Crow and the Iraq War, to the race wars and Central American coups), so any attempts to revive America were to be met with total subjugation. However, parts of the Fifth United States withstood the Unionite bombings and campaigns, aided by the surrounding countries.

4100s - The World Crusade, Great Krodhayuddha. The Unionite authorities have left their homeworld unguarded as they sent much of their armies to suppress rebellions in the Galaxy or fight the Vetarbroitar warbands. Noticing this, the armies of the Shielded Nations wage war against the Earth Union's federation, seeking to conquer their lands and impose their religions and traditions unto the stubborn locals in punitive crusades.

4172-4189 - The Cosmopolitan Empire sends fleets to help the Shielded Nations conquer the Earth Union. Some of its troops were stationed in many countries all over Africa and Asia, avoiding Europe to prevent provoking the local fanatics. The Cospolin High Council also supplies the Shielded Nations with resources, fuelling their war machine.

May-July 4198 - The Farsiders -- now a powerful fleet -- raid the Sol System and bombard Earth, weakening and defeating the Earth Union. They then proceed to massacre the Earthlings, supposedly to punish them for Earth's history, but are stopped by the Preservers, another galactic faction. At the same time, the Amelios and Amecons returned from the Milky Way to carve their own domains in their ancestral homeland, taking advantage of the ruin left behind by the Farsiders: they were defeated and annexed into an occupation-transitional government established by the Preservers.

4199 - The Cosmopolitan Empire supports the reconstruction of Africa, resulting in several federations. The new African governments offer vast amounts of Cospolin-funded money to encourage non-Africans to emigrate to the New Continents.

4201 - The Preservers took control of much of North America: their intention was to return the continent to the native peoples. Under the Accord of Pȟahíŋ Siŋté, they consulted with various leaders from Native American communities and supported several states governed and founded by Indigenous peoples. North America is divided between the Federal Republic of Khéya Wíta (South Turtle Island) in the Midwest; the United Republic of Miskinaahk Ministik (North Turtle Island) to the north; the republics of Deseret, Salish (Cascadia), and California in the west; the Inuit republics of Nunavut and Alaska; the United States and New Afrika to the east; and the Central Federation of Ixachitlan to the south. During the transition period, White and Black militants attacked Preserver personnel, as they were angry that the Preservers did not consult with them. Nonetheless, most non-Natives were permitted to stay within the Indigenous republics, even though some have migrated to the New Continents or other planets.

4200s - The former Unionites defend their realms against warlords from Europe, Africa, and Asia, who seek to punish the Western world by imposing harsh dictatorships in the Americas. Some of the Preservers intervene to protect the Americans from punitive invasions, and they attempt to make peace between the Shielded Realms and the Unionites. They also help the Unionites rebuild, leading to more attacks by angered Galactics who accuse them of "treason" for helping and forgiving their enemies.

The East Coast is controlled by Amelios, and the lands south of the Great Lakes are ruled by a federation of Amecons who remained independent from the United States.

## Geography

### North Cemanahuac (North America)

Hive Cities - northwesterly megacities where nearly all of their inhabitants were mind-controlled by aging, decaying supercomputers through their nanochips and cybernetic implants. A few hive cities' supercomputers have collapsed. This either killed off most of its residents and left a few in a vegetative state; or freed their residents, who formed their own republics or defected to nearby states.

Indigenous League - a large federation in the Midwest inhabited mostly by Native Americans and allied peoples. The most democratic and culturally-rich part of North Cemanahuac, and in some cases the happiest part of the continent. Its capital is the founding city of the Republic of Turtle Island, Pȟahíŋ Siŋté (formerly Porcupine).

People's Union of America - a large socialist republic along the eastern half of what was formerly the United States. The people in its aging megapolises were known for their obsession with sex, music, sports, and drugs.

Fifth United States of America - a reborn republic consisted of reformists and dissidents who rejected the authoritarianism and decadance of the Earth Union's society. Unlike their predecessors, they allowed their western allies and New Afrika to keep their independence (instead of annexing them), and they tried to avoid the mistakes of their ancestors. Largely preserved by their allies as a buffer against Unionite attempts to force them back in line.

New Afrika - a federation of Black-majority states along the American South. A few of its cities managed to become thriving, vibrant communities, a far cry from the aging metropolises of the Earth Union.

Deseret - an esoteric desert nation of beautiful cities.

Cascadia

Free California

People's Union of Mexico

Central American Federation

### African Federation

West African League/Guinea League

South Azania

Great Mozambique

East African League/Ophir Federation

Maghreb Union

Azawad

Republic of Ethiopia (neutral)

### Rest of the Earth Union

Republic of East Australia

Red Antarctica

Unionite Britain/England-Manx/Third Commonwealth of England - the parts inhabited by Unionites and cyborgs that became more independent from the Unionite central government. Retained English culture with Indian influences.

### Earth Union People's Government (direct control)

This faction consists of territories that are under the direct control of the Unionite government. They also tend to be militarised, as its leaders were ashamed of their outlying subjects' independence.

Mannahattan Region

Mannahattan (New York City) - the interstellar trading hub. Its heavy military presence is constantly challenged by the gangs, criminal cartels, and resistance militias lurking in the undercity and slums. Later, its groups successfully expelled the Earth Union's authority over the megacity, dividing it between three nations: the Socialist Republic of Mannahattan, Green Mannahattan, and the Cartel League.

Pindorama Region

Goanambara (Rio de Janeiro) - the new capital after Aguacero and Inclucion Ciudad became too crowded for interstellar travel.

Lagos Union

Helenia-and-Atlantia - megacities inhabited by mixed peoples. Aguacero (southwest Atlantia) and Inclucion Ciudad (south Helenia) are two of the Late Union's early capitals.

## Society

Around 40% of its people were "harmonised" through cybernetic implants altering their psychology, making them more docile, cooperative, and obedient.

Aside from the central government and the autonomous regimes, the old Harmony-Expansion rivalry resurfaced after the Valentina Reforms. The Pro-Expansion faction still waged war on the Vetarbroitar, who have become a serious threat after the rise of the Farsiders. The Pro-Harmony faction instead advocated for a depopulation of the Earth and all other planets across the Galaxy, preferrably by transferring people around until every planet had reached "appropriate" numbers for their local environments. If they were successful, they would had implemented strict laws that enforced heavy environmental policies and redistributed most Unionites until Earth's population reached 1.6 billion (the amount of people in the year 1900).

Many Pro-Expansion planets have been militarised, providing more troops for the war against the Farsiders: it was this faction that the central government supported in its attempts to unify or dominate the Milky Way. The Pro-Harmony faction had also influenced certain colonies of the Earth Union: some Pro-Harmony colonies prohibit reproduction in colonies with higher population, while others influence their subjects not to reproduce and instead pursue other interests in the name of "individual rights".

## Trivia

* This later Earth Union was an improvisation of the author, about a militaristic socialist regime gradually evolving into a divisive federation torn between aging militarism, gang rule, and revived democracy. It may also be influenced by cyberpunk.

## See also

* Early Earth Union
* Middle Earth Union