Unified Earth Government: Difference between revisions

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|formed=[[2075]] (original organization)<ref name="h4evg">'''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 229''</ref><ref name="email">'''[[Halopedia:Letter - RE: Quick clarification - UEG]]'''</ref>

 

During the [[Human-Covenant War]] the UNSC assumed the governing function of the UEG in the face of possible extinction from the overwhelming [[Covenant]] threat.<ref>'''[[Bestiarum]]'''</ref><ref name="HSP"/><ref name="frank">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rPeMxbvCjYo '''YouTube''': ''Halo: From A to Z with Frank O'Connor'']</ref> The UEG still exists as of [[2558#March|March 2558]],<ref>'''Halo: Escalation''', ''Issue #7''</ref> (the [[Ruth Charet|current president]] having held office since 2553)<ref name="president">'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 43''</ref> though whether it has regained executive and legislative power from the UNSC is unknown.

The Unified Earth Government traces its origins back to the early days of [[human colonies|human colonization]] of the [[Sol system]] in the late 21st century. The organization was originally created by the [[United Nations]] in [[2075]] as an assembly of political leaders and brilliant minds and tasked with attempting to avert the crises of the next century by solving governmental unification issues of colonizing non-Earth territories.<ref name="h4evg"/><ref name="email"/>

The UEG was reformed into a full-fledged governing entity in [[2170]],<ref name="email"/> in response to the destructive [[Interplanetary War]] of the [[2160]]s. With numerous Earth governments fighting independent battles against [[Frieden]] and [[Koslovics|Koslovic]] forces, the [[United Nations]] became involved, eventually using the war to absorb most, if not all, terrestrial and extraterrestrial governments into itself; the goal was to form a united governing body to combat the terrorists and stabilize the planet and its off-world colonies.<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 42''</ref> UN-aligned forces won the war in 2170 and the Unified Earth Government was formed, with its primary military, scientific, and exploratory force being the newly established [[United Nations Space Command]].<ref name="timeline">'''[[Xbox.com/Halo]]''' - ''Timeline''</ref>

With the beginning of the [[Human-Covenant War]] in [[2525|February 2525]] and the [[Covenant]]'s systematic annihilation of the [[Outer Colonies]], the UNSC became humanity's greatest protector against the genocidal threat. The UNSC thus overrode the civilian rule of the UEG and established itself as an [[emergency military|emergency military government]], with the military becoming humanity's primary government.<ref>'''[[Halo: Mortal Dictata]]''', ''page 456''</ref> Although the Unified Earth Government was more open to stepping down in this time of crisis, the [[Colonial Administration Authority]] resisted the UNSC's drastic rise in power. It was subsequently stripped of its power and influence.<ref name="HSP"/>

In January 2553 [[Ruth Charet|Dr. Ruth Charet]] took office as the [[President of the Unified Earth Government]]. She called for a new era of peace, progressiveness, and rebuilding in the wake of the Covenant War.<ref name="president"/> The UNSC still did not require the approval of the UEG to assign budgets, however, the UEG was slowly beginning to regain its power and the government began to focus on reconstruction.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 355''</ref>

While the UEG is formally a union of independently governed worlds,<ref name="enc43">'''Halo Encyclopedia''', ''page 43''</ref> Earth is in a privileged position over the colonies in the election process, which has been a source of discord with some colonials.<ref name="frank"/>

Prior to first contact with the [[Covenant]] at [[Harvest]] in 2525, the Unified Earth Government kept no foreign relations with the exception of battles against [[Insurrectionists]] on rebellious colonies, whose independence the UEG did not recognize.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach'''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest'''</ref> As of [[2553]], the UEG maintains its earlier truce with the [[Thel 'Vadam's Covenant faction|Covenant faction]] under the leadership of [[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]], which serves as the diplomatic face of the Sangheili as a whole. By [[2558]], [[Rear Admiral]] [[Horatio Temkin]] was in charge of the diplomatic relations to [[Sanghelios]].<ref name="HE5">'''Halo: Escalation''', ''Issue #5''</ref> However, tensions remain as the UEG must again deal with elements of the weakened Insurrectionist movement, with worlds like [[Venezia]] actively seeking to secede.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 175''</ref>

The UEG uses the [[UN Credit|United Nations Credit (cR)]] monetary unit to organize its economic stability by selling or buying military equipment, supplies and costs for shipping, etc.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 43''</ref> The UN cR was likely implemented by the United Nations at some point before the formation of the Unified Earth Government in 2170. For transporting food and raw materials between colonies, the UEG maintains a [[UNSC commercial fleet|merchant navy]], run by the [[UNSC Department of Commercial Shipping|Department of Commercial Shipping]].<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 24''</ref>

Human-occupied systems are known to encompass a relatively wide radius of the [[Orion Arm]] of the [[Milky Way galaxy]], in various stages of colonization, from the well developed [[Inner Colonies]] to the relatively recent and struggling [[Outer Colonies]]. By [[2490]] there were more than 800 worlds under human control, ranging from small outposts and settlements to thriving colonies and military strongholds.<ref name="timeline"/> Most of the colonies under the influence of the UEG were under the direct governance of the [[Colonial Administration Authority]].<ref name="HSP">[http://halostory.bungie.org/oconnor_mclees_080508.html '''Halo Story Page''': ''Frank O'Connor/Robt McLees Interview - August 2008'']</ref> Originally military oversight for the colonies was provided chiefly by the [[Colonial Military Administration]], though the UNSC eventually usurped its duties due to widespread corruption in the CMA's ranks.<ref>'''Halo Encyclopedia''', ''page 69'' (2011)</ref>

Influence over these worlds was greatly reduced by the Covenant during the war, with only Earth and a few scattered colonies left mostly intact by the end of the conflict in 2552. Since the end of the conflict the UEG has worked to restore its galactic territories and avoid secessionism and has even recolonized some of its former worlds, including [[Reach]].<ref>'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level, ''[[Lone Wolf]]''</ref>

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