Government and Politics
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Mankind finally achieves a singular, unified government


* Establishment of the Galaxy Federation Government

Toward the latter half of the 21st century, Zohar was excavated near Lake 
Turkana, Kenya. Shortly thereafter, humanity was forced to abandon Earth and 
its terrestrial ways due to the strange human disappearance phenomenon 
resulting from an "Area Shift" (Strike-range attractor).

The survivors quickly boarded an emigrant ship bound for the opposite end of 
the Universe. The major motivation behind space exploration turned out to be 
escape. And all of this took place in an age prior to the development of "UMN 
Warp Navigation," where ships were still propelled about the cosmos by 
utilizing reaction-propulsion engines such that it took the emigrant vessel 
several hundred years to reach its destination.  Since then, four thousand 
years have elapsed but through the "Urashima Effect" - relativistic time  
dilation (the effects of which are only truly felt as you approach the speed of 
light), the  journey only seemed to span a few hundred years; the first 
emigrant planet would be known as  "Second Jerusalem."

At this point in time, a unified government had not been established which 
enabled conflicts amongst the emigrants of Earth's myriad different 
ethnicities, nationalities, and religions to tear the emigrants in twain.  This 
"new age" would ink human history in blood as humanity found itself locked in 
desperate mortal combat.  Second Jerusalem, Third Jerusalem, Fourth 
Jerusalem...many main stars were lost in the great conflicts; as if humanity is 
unable to learn!  Presently, the capital planet is "Fifth Jerusalem;" after 
many disputes and skirmishes humanity finally came to solidarity; a unified 
"one-world" nation was formed.

Presently (under the regulation of the Executive Committee), interstellar star 
systems and planets are connected by the U.M.N. via "Gate Jumps," and 
terraforming technology continues to improve as the stellar nation continues to 
expand, upwards of 500,000 planets.


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