United Earth Government Alliance

The **United Earth Government Alliance** is the primary ruling body of the human race. It administers the capital planet of Earth and various other colonies in the Milky Way Galaxy. It was founded in 2063 in the aftermath of World War III as a successor to the United Nations. It encompasses the United Nations Space Command, the Colonial Administration Authority, and the Office of Naval Intelligence. The UEGA is sometimes often referred to as the Alliance or EarthGov.

## History

In 2055, Earth's natural resources were nearly depleted which led to the planet's nations fighting over these scarce resources. The conflict saw the widespread use of nuclear weaponry. Initially, nuclear exchanges were limited to strategic release of nuclear weapons, but as the war progressed it soon escalated to targeting major civilian population centers. It was fought between the Western Coalition (United States, European Union, and Japan) and the Red Star Alliance (China, Russia, and North Korea). In 2059, while the Western Coalition ultimately won the war, it left much of the planet devastated.

Realizing Earth's diminished resources would be unable to support humanity, the WC and RSA put aside their differences to reorganize the now-extinct United Nations. In 2063, the remaining world powers formed the Alliance, Earth’s first one world government. Aside from a few volatile Middle Eastern nations, many countries joined the Alliance peacefully, and eventually, the entire planet was united. With Sydney serving as their capital, the UEGA began to initiate space colonization in order to secure new natural resources beyond Earth and supporting humanity's survival.

In 2064, the UEGA would enter into the Interplanetary Wars against the Koslovics and the Friedens. During the late 2040’s, colonies on Mars, Luna, and the Jovian moons, were already being developed. But while the Earth’s nations fought each other, many colonists were swayed by revolutionary politics, with the two biggest being the Koslovics, whom were made up of Marxist-communists, and the Friedens, who idealized Nazi-esque fascism. In order to combat this revolution, the UEGA created the UNSC and eventually won the war in 2070 with the signing of the Callisto Treaty.

The 2070’s-2140’s could be best described as a turbulent golden age for humanity. Great cities were built on Mars and Venus, and Ganymede became an ocean world. However, lawlessness plagued the Sol system and so the Inter-Solar System Police was formed with departments set up for each planet. The ISSP eventually sought extra help through the use of bounty hunters (popularly known as “space cowboys”) to help catch criminals with the promise of cash rewards. Though not all planets were colonized, as Mercury and Europa were considered too inhospitable, Mercury for its extreme heat and Europa for its below zero temperature. In 2114, the Black Marker was discovered on Earth by Michael Altman, who was believed to have been assassinated by the government, giving rise to the Church of Unitology, with Altman himself becoming its martyr.

In 2148, a mining team on Mars made perhaps humanity's greatest discovery. After investigating the "Bermuda Triangle-like" reputation of the southern pole, the team unearthed the subterranean ruins of an ancient alien research station, revealing incontrovertible proof of the existence of alien life. Humanity was no longer alone in the universe. The impact was profound in all areas of human culture, but nowhere more so than religion. The Church of Unitology zealously proclaimed the discovery as proof that all human history had been directed and controlled by alien forces. Even established religions struggled to explain extraterrestrial life. Some tried to incorporate this new-found knowledge into their beliefs, while some remained silent, while a few tried to stubbornly deny the evidence found on Mars.

A year later in 2149, the UNSC discovered the Sol system's mass relay orbiting Pluto, previously thought to be a moon, Charon. Thanks to the bravery of Jon Grissom and his crew, the Charon Relay propelled humanity into space and the reach of humanity grew quickly. With support from the UEGA, the UNSC began a rapid campaign of expansion, establishing numerous colonies and constructing a large fleet, even though it had yet to encounter another species. Maintaining this expansion policy, the Alliance activated all the mass relays it could find to seek out new resources and possible colonies. In order to get more natural resources, the UEGA constructed the UNSC Ishimura, the first *planet-cracker* class frigate.

In 2157, humanity made first contact with another alien species and everything changed. A scout fleet consisting of three frigates and two cargo vessels, trying to activate a mass relay, encountered a turian patrol fleet. Activating a dormant mass relay without knowing where it led had been declared illegal by the Council, though the humans did not know this. Only one of the human ships made it back to Shanxi colony, which was subsequently discovered by the turians and invaded. However, the UNSC took charge and attacked the turians.

The resulting First Contact War was relatively short and bloodless, lasting only 3 months and costing 623 human lives (with a slightly higher number of turian casualties). The Citadel Council intervened and negotiated a peace. With the discovery of the Citadel and the greater community, humanity leapt onto the galactic stage. The UEGA received a surge of popularity in the galaxy, since it was a massive cultural and scientific shock for the rest of the galaxy to discover that someone evolved outside of their projected, or even expected, parameters and was running around the stars using a technology that is, quite literally, alien to that community as a whole.

As tensions between the Inner Colonies and Outer Colonies increased in the early 22nd century, the UEGA increased the UNSC's military presence in the Outer Colonies to prevent civil unrest. However, this led to increased aggression in the Outer Colonies that eventually led to the Insurrection. Although the civil war largely remained in the Outer Colonies, major Inner Colonies like Tribute and Reach were wracked by Insurrectionist activity throughout the years.

## Government and politics

The United Earth Government Alliance functions as a representative democracy. The UEGA is headed by a President and is based on a parliamentary system. The Alliance Parliament is located in Sydney, Australia, with Arcturus Station acting as a security council. The government maintains executive, legislative, and judicial branches.

The UEGA is responsible for the governance and defense of many extra-solar human colonies, and represents humanity on the galactic stage. However, Earth is in a more privileged position over the colonies in the election process, which has been a source of discord with some colonials. Most human colonies are managed by colonial marshals that represent the Colonial Administration Authority.

### Demographics

The sapient population within UEGA space is 99% human, with the 1% being taken up by expats from the Citadel and other friendly governments, minor species within their Citadel-granted territory like the Tamareneans, non-spacefaring races under their jurisdiction like the Na'vi, and the occasional other travelers, like a number of Cybertronians.

### Foreign Relations

Overall, the United Earth Government Alliance enjoys good relations with the Asari Republics and the Salarian Union, and it maintains a cold, yet relatively friendly, relationship with the Turian Hierarchy, though animosity over the First Contact War and the occupation of Shanxi remains. The fractured krogan rarely associate with the UEGA, and there is little, if any, dialogue with them, though they are not on bad terms. The quarians have a strained relations with the UEGA, mainly due the human’s illegal use of AI. Because of Earth's colonization of the Traverse and the Skyllian Verge, humans remain the natural rivals of the batarians. The UEGA is officially at war with the Covenant Empire and the Zerg Swarm, with unofficial skirmishes occurring with the Batarians, the Geth, and the Protoss.

## Economy

The UEGA, like all major galactic governments with the exception of the Covenant, has adopted the Galactic Credit as its currency.