United Federation of Nations

The United Federation of Nations (UFN) also known as The United Federation or The Federation is a federation comprising of multiple nations, states, and territories. The UFN controls the entirety of the Earth and Luna, governs many asteroids and stations across the Belt, and governs some major and minor moons in the Outer Planets region. With a population of around 14.2 billion, the UFN is by far the most populous country, with 13.1 billion living on Earth.

Precursors
The United Nations preceded the United Federation of Nations as an international governmental organization, which was much less powerful than the UFN. The UN aimed solely to promote international peace, friendly relations, and security, but was not a world government like the UFN.

Unification
In the 2100s, the world became increasingly interconnected and peaceful. The United Nations became more powerful. With the increase of globalization, a worldwide referendum was held in 2156 AD which asked the population whether the UN should become the sole governing body of Earth and colonies across the solar system (a previous referendum was held in 2142 AD, in which people voted against the UN becoming the sole governing body). In the 2156 referendum, people voted "yes" to reorganize the United Nations into the United Federation of Nations. It took over one year for the government to be set up, but on August 12th, 2157 AD, the United Nations was officially reorganized into the stronger United Federation of Nations.

Expansion into space
Before the formation of the United Federation of Nations, nations from Earth established colonies on Luna and on Mars, and the first asteroid mining companies started to redirect and mine asteroids.

Population
According to the UFN census in 12320 HE, there are approximately 13.1 billion people on Earth, 93 million living on stations around Earth, 425 million on Luna, 23 million on the moons of Jupiter and Saturn, and about 580 million in the Belt.

Language
The UFN does not have an official language, and there is no language that the majority of the population speaks. However, most people speak two or more languages, with English being the most common.

Government and Politics
The United Federation of Nations is a federation and a representative democracy.

In the UFN, citizens are typically subject to four levels of government, federal, regional, national, and state/local.

The government of the United Federation of Nations comprises of three branches:
 * Legislative: the General Assembly, made up of the national Council and the Representative Council has the power to write and pass laws, and appoints some heads of council in the UFN.
 * Executive: The Secretary-General is the supreme commander of the United Federation of Nations Peacekeeping Forces. The Secretary-General also appoints some heads of council in the UFN.
 * Judicial: The Court of Justice determines if laws are constitutional or not.