Earthen Union

The Earthen Union (commonly abbreviated and referred to as the EU) represents the united nations of Earth. Its principle function is the advancement of the human race, as a united approach to their development.  

History
The Earthen Union was formed in 2421 in which the four superstates of Earth amalgamated their sovereignty within a centralised organisation The Empire of Britain, The Europa Confederation, the Aligned States of Americas and the Slovakia Alliance signed the Gerlis Accord on 21 July 2421. This treaty transferred their individual sovereignty to the newly formed Earthen Union, which formed the four jurisdictions into one united empire, effectively centralising the government of Earth into one superpower.

The Gerlis Accord followed a series of cold and hot wars throughout the 23rd century between the four superpowers. All parties to this conflict reasoned that their continued fighting would merely lead to the destruction of Earth and its few space faring colonies.

Government and Legislature
The Earthen Union is a representative democracy represented by a wholly elected parliament comprised of independent representatives (the concept of political parties being an outdated ideology). These representatives propose and debate legislation, which is passed if a consensus of 75% can be reached within the EU’s parliament. Augmented humans, ENPs and humans are all eligible to stand for membership of the EU parliament.

The EU has no ‘head of state’ as such, however its parliamentary representatives elect a small council of 50 which serve as its government arm. Systems exist if it is necessary for a single member of its government is required to act as its head of state during instances of First Contact or other diplomatic en-devours.

Its central parliament is construed of 3,486 representatives elected democratically across its quadrants. Its representatives can be broken down as follows:

Whilst the Central Parliament of the EU passes primary legislation which is binding upon all citizens under its control regardless of their location within Sol, local governments exist within Mars and its various external colonies which act as devolved powers and cast their own secondary legislation accordingly.

Courts
Three courts exist within the EU, the Primary Circuit, the Appeal Court and the Supreme Court of the Earthen Union.

Governing Ethics
The EU seek equality for all sentient life forms, including sentient machinery. Their governing ethics are forged through co-existence of the separate human races, quality through the rule of law, justice and peace.

Much of the EU's governing ethics revolve around humanity's determination not to fall back to the ways of humanity's past, the majority of their member associating this with war, racism and counterproductive approaches to evolution.

The EU's approach to evolution focuses upon combining their technologies with the natural organic underlying human. This is ultimately guided by the ethics of the Foundation Code, which seeks to prohibit the degree to which humans can merge with sentient machinery as well as impart a code of ethics into the decision making processes of sentient machinery created by humanity.

Technological Capabilities
By uniting the technologies of the Earthen Nations under one banner the EU were able to focus upon evolving humanity through the use of their technology without focusing on technology that preserved equality of arms between nations. Their technologies were described by the Eon Vault as an ambitious micro-superpower with the potential to become a major players within the Milky Way and beyond.

The EU are currently considered a quasi Type II civilisation on the Kardashev Scale, having harnessed the maximum energy output of their home system's star, Sol, through a rudimentary network of mirrors that form a Dyson Sphere. The EU spans across 4 of the planets in the Milky Way, Earth (its capital), Mars, Neptune and Pluto. Various small colonies exist beyond the Sol system, many on deep space exploration missions.

In 2891 the EU discovered the existence of the Origin Signal which greatly elevated their technological abilities through the harnessing of the energy levels delivered by The Requiem Network. This enabled them to construct engines that permitted faster-than-light-travel by testing space-warp theories that had previously been inconceivable due to energy restrictions. The EU acknowledge that many of their technologies are dependent upon the Milky-Way Requiem Network. The restrictions of the Requiem Network's energy network prevents the EU from becoming a Type III civilisation, as is its purpose.

Military Power
 The EU’s space faring armada is primarily focused upon space exploration rather than offensive and defensive capabilities. This dichotomy has drawn criticism within the EU parliament through fear that exploration may draw creatures unknown to Sol when Earth is unable to defend itself. That being said, the space fleets of the EU have substantial energy weapons at their disposal. These energy weapons however depend upon pre-Origin Technologies due to the EU’s inability to utilise the Milky Way Requiem Network for weaponry, and therefore are susceptible to power drain if required in longer battles. '''

The EU have a specific fleet, named the Forward Lance, designated for defensive en-devours.