Nations And factions

This is a list of fictional states and factions from the Anno Domini continuity of the Gundam anime metaseries. Set in the 24th century, the series presents a time period when the nations of the world have merged into supranational unions, geographically comparable to the superstates described in the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. The strongest of these powers — the Union, the Human Reform League, and the AEU — are functionally equivalent to First World nations under the Three Worlds Theory.

Celestial Being

The emblem of Celestial Being

Celestial Being (ソレスタルビーイング, Soresutaru Biiingu^?) is a private paramilitary force founded by the scientist Aeolia Schenberg, which pursues the complete eradication of armed conflict through deployment of mobile units in aggressive, sometimes indiscriminate military intervention. It acts upon the advisory of the artificial intelligence Veda, and its preferred mode of operation resembles guerrilla or maneuver warfare. As of the initiation of its publicly visible activities in 2307, Schenberg appeared in a taped worldwide broadcast announcing the organization’s existence and intentions.^[1] Many people of Earth began a love/hate-like relation with Celestial Being, though everyone does not desire war. Some people, like Marina Ismail of Azadistan, believe that they create only more conflict by intervening.

Celestial Being is very influential in all parts of the world, from intelligence agents to observers.

La Eden once attempted to force Celestial Being into discontinuing their activities otherwise they will continue bombing random places. However, Celestial Being simultaneously hit all of their bases, forcing the group to end major operations against them.

The emblem of Celestial Being bears a resemblance to that of the United Nations, incorporating an azimuthal equidistant projection of a world map enclosed in olive branches. It is overlaid with a figure resembling an angel.

 Krung Thep

Krung Thep (Thai: กรุงเทพฯ; Japanese: クルンテープ Kurun Tep) is an isolated space colony at Lagrange Point L₃, operated by Celestial Being as a mobile suit development lab and factory. At a height and radius of 500 meters, it is one of the few operational colonies currently known to exist within the Anno Domini continuity. The colony designation is a common shorthand of the full name of Bangkok in Thai, meaning “city of angels.” It is the setting of the sidestory Mobile Suit Gundam 00P, which occurs 15 years prior the series proper within the Anno Domini continuity.

Fereshte

Fereshte (Persian: فرشته lit. angel; Japanese: フェレシュテ Fereshute) is a branch organization of Celestial Being — a shadow to the public face presented by the Gundam Meisters. It is the focus of the sidestory Mobile Suit Gundam 00F, which chronologically concurs with the series proper within the Anno Domini continuity.

One of Veda terminals used by Fereshte resembles a cat-shaped Haro.

 Union

Graham Aker in front of the Union’s flag

The World Economic Union (世界経済連合, Sekai Keizai Rengou^?, abbrev. ユニオン Union) — also referred to as the Union of Solar Energy and Free Nations (太陽エネルギーと自由国家連合軍, Taiyou Enerugii to Jiyuu Kokka Rengougun^?) — is a supranational politico-economic community consisting of the Organization of American States, Australasia, and Japan. It controls the first-completed of the three orbital elevators, located in South America. The President of the United States is the Union’s effective leader, and continues to work and live in the White House.

 Special Economic Jurisdiction – Japan

The Special Economic Jurisdiction of Japan (経済特区・日本, Keizai Tokku – Nippon^?) is the only member state of the Union within proximity of the Human Reform League. The designation Special Economic Jurisdiction (経済特区, Keizai Tokku^?) differs in usage from the textually identical real-world term Special Economic Zone (Chinese: 经济特区), which is associated with regions in mainland China open to foreign investment.

 Republic of Taribia

The Republic of Taribia (タリビア共和国, Taribia Kyoudou-tai^?) is member state of the Union, occupying the combined geographic locale of the real-life South American nations of Guyana and Venezuela. In 2307, hoping to trigger Celestial Being’s intervention in its favor as an instrument to an anti-American agenda, Taribia provoked the Union into an armed engagement by declaring secession in protest of the United States’ monopolization of the energy supplied by its neighboring orbital elevator. Celestial Being determined this action to be instigative of warfare, and consequently attacked Taribian troops instead of the incoming Union forces. The prime minister was obliged to retract the declaration and call upon the Union for military aid, resulting in improved US-Taribian relations.^[2][3] The nation is known to be rife with drug trafficking and the growth of narcotics.

 Union Military

 MSWΛD

Mobile Suit Warehouse and Development or MSWΛD is a branch of the Union Military dedicated to the research and development of mobile suit technology.

 Anti-Gundam Investigative Squad

The Anti-Gundam Investigative Squad (対ガンダム調査隊, Tai-Gundamu Chousatai^?), aka the 8th Independent Tactical Fighter Squadron “OverFlag”, is a special forces unit under the command of MSWΛD, assembled to investigate, capture, and/or formulate a countermeasure against the Gundams deployed by Celestial Being. Led by Captain Graham Acre and the Union Professor Leif Aifman, who serves as technical chief, its consists of fifteen Union Flags, all customized by Professor Aifmen along the specifications of Graham’s personal unit and ace pilots from all over the North American continent.

 AEU

The Advanced European Union (新ヨーロッパ共同体, Shin Youroppa Kyoudou-tai^?) or AEU is a supranational politico-economic community consisting of Iceland, the islands of the Barents Sea, Greenland, Anatolia, and the entirety of the traditional continent of Europe. Its institutional makeup is comparable to that of the real-world European Union. Despite the AEU’s control of the presently incomplete orbital elevator tower in Africa, it possesses no member states on the continent. The community operates under the arbitration of a parliamentary body.

 Republic of Moralia

Established in the year 2284, the Republic of Moralia (モラリア共和国, Moraria Kyouwa-koku^?) is a member state of the Advanced European Union ^[4] that occupies the geographic locale of the real-life Principality of Monaco.^[5] 94% of its estimated population of 3,180,000 are non-citizens, residing under visa as foreign labor; over 20% of its roughly 4000 civilian-operated corporations are owned by the private military contractor known as the PMC Trust, a primary contributor to the stability and growth of the region’s economy.^[4] The nation attracts investment from PMCs by offering them a range of benefits.

 Human Reform League

Soma Peries (left) and Sergei Smirnov in front of the Human Reform League’s flag

The Human Reform League (人類革新連盟, Jinrui Kakushin Renmei^?, abbrev. 人革連 Jinkakuren, lit. Human Reform Alliance) is a supranational politico-economic community consisting of China, Siberian Russia, the nations of South Asia (with the exception of Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan), Mongolia, the member states of the ASEAN, Papua New Guinea, the Korean Peninsula, and Taiwan. It controls the second-completed of the three orbital elevators. The chairperson who serves as the head of government resides in the capital, which is located somewhere in China.^[6] The HRL currently operates the space colony The Internationale at Lagrange Point L₄, where one of the laboratories of the Super Soldier Special Duty Organization was situated prior to its destruction at the hands of Celestial Being.

 Other States and Organizations

 Kingdom of Azadistan

The Kingdom of Azadistan (Persian: ازادیستان lit. Land of Freedom; Japanese: アザディスタン) is a developing constitutional monarchy in the Middle East, whose economy was until the global boycott of fossil fuels dominated by the oil export sector. The nation has since experienced economic collapse, and presently seeks foreign humanitarian aid.^[7] Following the national parliament’s declaration of monarchic rule, the elected Princess Marina Ismail has been at the forefront of outward diplomatic negotiations. In the past, it is known that Azadistan warred with the Kurdish Republic, resulting in the latter’s devastation. The country is located between Caspian Sea and Persian Gulf,^[8] i.e. on the territory of modern Iran.^[9]

 Kurdish Republic

The Kurdish Republic (クルジス共和国, Kurujisu Kyouwa-koku^?) is a Middle Eastern nation thought to occupy (or have occupied) a region within the plateau of Kurdistan. As of 2301, it was devastated in an armed conflict with Azadistan. Its current status is unknown, though it is inferred repeatedly by Setsuna F. Seiei that the nation is no longer existent. It is also Setsuna’s homeland.

 La Eden

La Eden (ラ・エデン, Ra Eden^?) is a conservative European political organization with a terrorist wing active across the whole of the Eurasian continent. They tried to force Celestial Being into discontinuing their armed interventions by bombing multiple locations. However, the plan backfired and Celestial Being blasted all of their bases simultaneously.^[10]

 PMC Trust

The PMC Trust (ピーエムシー・トラスト, Piiemushii Torasuto^?) is a private military contractor based out of the Republic of Moralia, where its activities have been of singular benefit to the local economy. Its collective armed operatives form the functional mercenary equivalent of a standing army, amongst which Ali Al Sarshes serves as a key field officer.^[4] Besides mercenary deployment on demand, the company otherwise provides services relating to the training of military personnel and the transport and development of weapons.

Viewers have noted the PMC Trust to echo real-life mercenary organizations such as Blackwater Worldwide, which has had a role in the United States‘ involvement in Iraq. ^[11]

United Nations