United Earth
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Facts
- Full name: United Earth
- Center of government: Administration Tower, ShiKahr, Vulcan
- Established 2130
- First formed under the Traité d'Unification (Novel: Articles of the Federation)
- Full unification of Earth occurred July 14, 2150, with the last holdout nations signing the Traité d'Unification (S31 Novel: Control)
- Core territory consists of the Sol system, excepting Mars
- Many stations and facilities in Sol are jointly run by United Earth and the Confederated Martian Colonies
- Initially a reluctant client state of the Confederacy of Vulcan in interstellar affairs
- Founding member of the Federation
- Officially considered the first member via signing order
- Councillor Haroun al-Rashid (2161 - 2164) (ENT Novel: A Choice of Futures; ENT Novel: Tower of Babel)
- Councillor Percival Kimbridge (2164 - ) (ENT Novel: Tower of Babel)
- Councillor Jonathan Archer (2175 - 2184) (ENT: "In a Mirror, Darkly")
- Councillor Matthew Mazibuko ( - 2376 - 2380 - ) (DS9 Novel: Trill: Unjoined; Novel: Articles of the Federation)
- Officially considered the first member via signing order
Political Structure
- Federated parliamentary government
- Individual member states still function as semi-independent bodies
- Executive duties governed by the Prime Minister
- United Earth Prime Ministers
- Executive functions within the parliament divided into ministries, each led by a minister
- Ministry of the Interior
- United Earth Ministers
- Two military bodies prior to Federation membership
- Earth Starfleet - Space-based defense
- Military Assault Command Organization - Planetary defense
- United Earth Space Probe Agency served as civilian space exploration body
- Existed as an international cooperative prior to incorporation of United Earth, taken under United Earth jurisdiction upon incorporation
- Often participated closely with Earth Starfleet on equal footing
- Earth Cargo Service serves as United Earth merchant marine