Unified Earth Government
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 The symbol of the UEG  UNSC military forces in front of the UEG's capital world, Earth | |
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Colonial Administration Authority
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2170: Reconstituted into a governing body[7] |
The Unified Earth Government (UEG)[Note 1] is the central civilian government that administrates over Earth and its colonies throughout a portion of the Orion Arm of the Milky Way galaxy. It encompasses the Colonial Administration Authority (CAA), the United Nations (UN), and the United Nations Space Command (UNSC).[8]
Initially conceived as a supranational entity on Earth in 2075,[5][6] the UEG was reconstituted into a governing body in 2170[7] before gaining full autonomy from the UN in 2204.[5] It would also begin governing colony worlds beyond the Sol system until the 2400s. Many Outer Colonies and some Inner Colonies began to doubt the idea of the UEG due to UNSC interference.[2] This came to a head when the Secessionist Union and People's Occupation demanded outright autonomy for a dozen worlds in 2487[10] and eventually violent and open rebellion beginning in 2494.[11]
As the Human-Covenant War was raging, the UNSC assumed the governing function of the UEG in the face of possible extinction from the overwhelming Covenant threat.[8][12][13] The United Nations Space Command ceased functioning as a governing body following the end of hostilities with the now dissolved Covenant Empire. The transfer of power back to the civilian authority of the UEG occurred on January 8, 2553, although no other notable change in the UNSC's political depth within colonial politics was ceded.[9] Dr. Ruth Charet remains the incumbent President of the Unified Earth Government since her inauguration in January 2553.[3]
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Origins[edit]
The Unified Earth Government traces its origins back to the early days of human colonization of the Sol system in the late 21st century. It was conceived in 2075 to be under the auspices of the United Nations, a representative, public-facing organization to facilitate extraterrestrial colonial commerce, exploration, and industry.[5][6]
Conflicts between the Frieden movement, the vanguard of Vladimir Koslov, and a coalition of individual UN nations in South America, on Mars, and throughout the Jovian Moons encouraged the Secretariat of the United Nations to officially involve itself in the Interplanetary War with a mandate to stabilize the system and deter further aggression, establishing the United Nations Space Command in 2163.[14]
Persistent and widespread chaos of the decade past would result in the Callisto Treaty of 2170, spurring great reform in support of Earth nationalism. Originally little more than a mere function of the Secretariat, the UEG would begin to see radical change, evolving from a ministry to its present state as a federal executive, legislative, and judicial body, eventually subordinating the United Nations itself. All existing supranational organizations, independent nation and city-states, and their respective territorial possessions and claims on Earth and on extraterrestrial bodies; and all independent planetary and satellite colonies throughout Sol would be subject to the UEG by 2204.[5][7][15]