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The Earth Federation (地球連邦 Chikyū Renpō?) is a fictional organization in the Universal Century timeline of the Gundam anime series. Universal Century is the English name for the original timeline of the Gundam Anime Metaseries. is a Metaseries of English Anime, featuring tiny robots or " Kounans " created by Sunrise studios (anime in Japanese, The name recently made a reappearance in the unrelated to Universal Century continuity Gundam 00 anime series, mentioned in the 25th episode. This is a list of fictional States and factions in Mobile Suit Gundam 00. is the latest television Anime of Sunrise's long-running Gundam franchise

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Organization

The Earth Federation's heraldry is a golden or white northstar, similar to that of NATO, over a horizontally lying crescent, forming an anchor-like symbol. The North Atlantic Treaty

The Federation is loosely based on the United Nations, with a Security Council and General Assembly, but is not a successor to that organization. The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security During times of war the Earth Federation is controlled by its military, in times of peace by civilians (as seen in 0083). It is a global government that was formed by a 'rich mans' club' of wealthy nations. In Gundam, no individual nations are mentioned or continue to exist. Places are mentioned by what landmass or region they are in, such as New York City (or New Yark, according to on-screen text). While Japan, Australia, and Ireland are mentioned, these names refer to the landmasses and not the former countries. The only exception to this is the language and nationality of characters, which can be interpreted to be based on their predecessors' former homeland before emigrating to the space colonies.

The Federation military headquarters was a secret, underground complex located at Jaburo, deep in the Amazon jungle. In the fictional Mobile Suit Gundam metaverse Jaburo is the headquarters of the Earth Federal Forces during the One Year War and the years after It was located underground for protection against Zeon attacks.

The Federation maintained a military academy at Nijmegen. Nijmegen (ˈnɛɪmeɣən) (obsolete spellings Nijmwegen Nymegen Nieumeghen &mdash Nimwegen in local dialect and in German, Nimègue in French

The Earth Federation Assembly, as seen in Zeta Gundam, was located in Dakar. (aired 1985 – 1986) was a televised Anime, part of the Gundam series and a Sequel to the original Mobile Suit Gundam For the Dakar Rally see Dakar Rally. For the Israeli submarine see INS Dakar.

Until UC 0093, the Earth Federation Capital was located in Lhasa. Lhasa, ( in English l̥ʰásə or in Tibetan; Chinese: 拉萨 Pinyin: Lāsà sometimes spelled Lasa, is the administrative capital of the

Administrative regions

The Earth Federation is divided into eleven administrative regions divided throughout the world. It is not revealed whether these regions operate with some degree of autonomy or not.

Composed of the former nations of Canada, United States, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central America, ending at the Panama Canal. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. The Caribbean (ˌkærəˡbiən kæ'rəbiən Cariben|Caraïben or Caraïben; Caraïbe or more commonly Antilles; Caribe is a Region consisting The Panama Canal is a man-made Canal in Panama which joins the

In the Gundam universe the region is similar to the political map in the Cold War era. South America is a Continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a Western Europe at its most general meaning means 'all the countries in the West of Europe ' Cold War is the state of conflict tension and competition that existed between the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR and their respective allies from the

In the Gundam universe the region is similar to the Warsaw Pact political map during the Cold War, including Western Russia, ending at the Ural Mountains. Eastern Europe is a general term that refers to the Geopolitical region encompassing the easternmost part of the European continent. The Warsaw Pact (see Nomenclature) was an organization of Communist states in Central and Eastern Europe. Cold War is the state of conflict tension and competition that existed between the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR and their respective allies from the Riphean redirects here For the time period see Riphean stage The Ural Mountains (Ура́льские го́ры Uralskiye

This region includes most of what was the Soviet Union, starting at the Ural Mountains, and excludes South Asia, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Northeast Asia

The region also includes Southeast Asia

History

The Earth Federation was formed in the pre-Universal Century (i. For the superstate in George Orwell 's novel see Nations of Nineteen Eighty-Four. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 The Middle East is a Subcontinent with no clear boundaries often used as a synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East. North Africa or Northern Africa is the Northernmost Region of the African Continent, separated by the Sahara from Sub-Saharan Sub-Saharan Africa is a geographical term used to describe the area of the African continent which lies south of the Sahara, or those African countries e. the 20th Century), when overpopulation began causing famines, outbreaks of disease, and wars over living space, food, and resources.

Space colonization

In order to relieve Earth of the burden and allow it to heal, the Earth Federation announced the Space Colonization Plan. EARTH was a short-lived Japanese vocal trio which released 6 singles and 1 album between 2000 and 2001 The Earth Federation began the construction of orbital habitats, based on the designs and research of Gerard K. O'Neill, and located in the Earth-Lunar Lagrangian Points. Side 3 redirects here For the album by The Raspberries, see Side 3 (album In the fictional Gundam Anime Metaseries The colonies, called Bunches (possibly due to the ballistic pairing of the colony cylinders) were then organized into administrative sectors called Sides. While most of the human population was forced to relocate to the colonies as part of the Space Colonization Plan, the wealthy and influential members were able to remain on Earth. This gave rise to the popular image of the Earth Federation as "Earth-Born Elite", living comfortably on Earth while the ordinary populace, for the most part, has been forced to live in space.

In order to maintain and satisfy energy concerns, the Earth Federation launches Solar Power Station Satellites, which broadcast energy to power stations on the ground. In addition, the Federation also launched the Jupiter Energy Fleet, which collect helium-3, hydrogen and methane from the upper atmosphere of the gas giant. This article is about the elemental isotope For the record label Helium 3 see Muse or A&E Records. Hydrogen (ˈhaɪdrədʒən is the Chemical element with Atomic number 1 Methane is a Chemical compound with the molecular formula. It is the simplest Alkane, and the principal component of Natural gas.

One Year War

Main article: One Year War

The One Year War was a year-long, full-scale conflict between the Earth Federation and the Principality of Zeon, who declared war upon the Federation under the name of independence. The is a fictional conflict from the Universal Century timeline of the Anime Gundam metaseries For the Shining Force II character called Zeon see Shining Force II For the Konjiki no Gash Bell!! character called Zeon see The war was ultimately won by the Earth Federation at a heavy cost. The Republic of Zeon was re-established and the Zeon army was disbanded. However, for many years on, several terrorist incidents were perpetrated by remnant Zeon loyalists, most famously the Operation Stardust by the Delaz Fleet.

The Gryps Conflict

Main article: Gryps Conflict

The Gryps Conflict was a full-scale civil war between the Titans, an elite Federation counter-insurgency task force, and the anti-Titans AEUG/Karaba alliance. The Gryps Conflict is a fictional conflict from the Universal Century timeline of the Anime Gundam metaseries This is a list of fictional nations and factions of the Universal Century (UC timeline of the fictional Gundam Anime Metaseries For the computer game see Joint Task Force (computer game. A task force (TF is a temporary unit or formation established to work This is a list of fictional nations and factions of the Universal Century (UC timeline of the fictional Gundam Anime Metaseries This is a list of fictional nations and factions of the Universal Century (UC timeline of the fictional Gundam Anime Metaseries The war was brewing during the mid-U. C. 0080s when the Titans massacred the civilian population of the Side 1's 30 Bunch colony with G3 nerve gas to suppress demonstrations against Federation policies. This is a list of fictional locations from the Universal Century timeline of the fictional Gundam Anime Metaseries. It fully erupted after AEUG launched surprise attacks on Side 7's Green Noa 2 (later renamed Gryps) colony and stole three RX-178 Gundam Mk-II prototypes. This is a list of fictional locations from the Universal Century timeline of the fictional Gundam Anime Metaseries. In Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam The RX-178 Gundam Mk-II are three prototype mobile suits developed by the Titans, an elite special unit of the Earth The war was tactically won by the AEUG forces, although the true winner was actually the Axis forces. For the Shining Force II character called Zeon see Shining Force II For the Konjiki no Gash Bell!! character called Zeon see The conflict resulted in the total destruction of the Titans space fleet and huge loss from the AEUG side (30% of the Federation's total fleet at the time).

First Neo Zeon War

During the first Neo Zeon War the Earth Federation was severely weakened by the loss of the Titans and relied primarily on AEUG to fight their battle until they could put together a military resistance. Meanwhile the civilian side of the Earth Federation cowed toward the newly-formed Neo Zeon believing they could appease them. In the end, the Earth Federation won the war by default because the Neo Zeon forces exhausted themselves fighting a civil war.

Second Neo Zeon War

By the time of the second Neo Zeon War the Earth Federation had regained their Military strength but lacked any political courage to fight it. Though the EF military saw the need to fight (mainly Londo Bell forces), the Civilians side of the EF lacked the resolve to fight and sought to negotiate with the with Neo Zeon. In the end it ended up hurting the EF because Neo Zeon used this weakness to attack the earth directly but was thwarted by Londo bell.

Decline

After the end of the Second Neo Zeon war the Earth Federation was once again put in civilian hands. During the years that followed the EF ignored most conflicts in its colonies believing it nothing more than terrorist acts and small fights. With their train of thought the EF stopped putting money into its military and its weapons and let their technology decline. By UC 122 the Earth Federations military had become technological inferior to the space forces of rouge movements such as the CrossBone VanGuard who tried to take over several colonies in UC 123. By UC 153 the earth Federation was severely weakened both militarily and political to the point were they could not put up a fight against anyone and had to rely on Militias and civilians as seen in the Zanscar Conflict. The EF won by shear luck in the conflict, and it would be the final nail in the coffin for the declining power. In the early parts of UC 200 the EF had succumbed to outside conflicts and eternal conflicts and by UC 223 the EF had collapsed and was succeeded by the Congress of Settlement Nations.

Military

The Earth Federation forces were organized under the moniker Earth Federation Forces, or EFF (地球連邦軍) , to enforce Federation edicts. The Earth Federation Forces were organized into two groups - an Earth-based military force, which handled all military matters on ground, sea, and in Earth atmosphere, and a space military branch, the Earth Federation Space Forces or EFSF. However, in Gundam 0080 and Gundam 0083, this force was referred to as UNT Spacy, but EFSF is currently the official moniker. The Anime series, is the first Gundam OVA series It was also the first time anyone other than creator Yoshiyuki Tomino was given a chance to direct is a 13-episode Anime OVA series set in the Gundam universe The first volume containing two 30-minute episodes was released in Japan on May

Originally, the naming in the 1980's used United Nations Troops (U. N. T. ) and is referred to UNT army, UNT grand(first a typo of ground, later the term was used for an army-navy joint forces) This naming convention is used in Japan until 1999. This is due to the release of the model, Perfect Grade RX-78-2 Gundam. All naming was changed from UNT to EF and UNT forces have been changed to EF Forces. The Japanese publications had since then renamed all of the wordings to the current naming convention. The acronym U. N. T. have been retcon to Under Normal Tactical to prevent confusion in anime series and older model kits. Retroactive continuity is the deliberate changing of previously established facts in a work of serial fiction [1] The reason for changing is unknown, but the naming convention is the same as the Macross series and there might be a conflict in getting an America copyright even though the Gundam series aired before the Macross series in Japan but later than the Macross series (known as Robotech) in America. is a long-running series of Science fiction Anime, created by Shoji Kawamori of Studio Nue in 1982

Until UC 0087, the military central command for the Earth Federation Forces was located at a base called Jaburo (or Jabrow), located under the Amazon river. During the One-Year War, the base was the target of many attacks by the Principality of Zeon, including the Operation British colony drop and a decisive battle at which the remaining bulk of Zeon's Earth Attack Force made their final attempt to destroy Jaburo. The is a fictional conflict from the Universal Century timeline of the Anime Gundam metaseries For the Shining Force II character called Zeon see Shining Force II For the Konjiki no Gash Bell!! character called Zeon see Throughout the Universal Century the Earth Federation Space Force operated from their headquarters at Luna II.

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Earth Federation Army

The army was the poorest equipped of all the EFF branches; it possessed outdated weaponry and training techniques. The army was caught completely by surprise when the Zeon launched their drop operation for control of the earth and subsequently spent most of the time between February and August UC 0079 in disarray and retreat. The addition of mobile suits did much to help out the Earth Federation Army, and in the post war years the army became a force to be feared.

Earth Federation Navy

The Navy was a major power in the Earth Federation, and possessed several bases on the coast of California, collectively known as the California base. The Federation's navy took heavy casualties following the failed colony drop, and when the Zeon seized the California Base in the Earth invasion (during the One Year War) they converted the facilities to build Zeon submarines. Side 3 redirects here For the album by The Raspberries, see Side 3 (album In the fictional Gundam Anime Metaseries A submarine is a Watercraft that can operate independently below water as distinct from a Submersible that has only limited underwater capability Although the California Base was recaptured by Federation Forces in the dying weeks of the One Year war, the Federation never really regained control of the seas. Ships in the Federation's navy include gunboats, which appeared in The 08th MS Team and an aircraft carrier, but the total number of ships and their types is not known. The Anime series is a twelve-episode Gundam OVA series that takes place during the One-Year War, and depicts the point of view of the common soldier An aircraft carrier is a Warship designed with

Naval officers were the best trained soldiers in the Earth Federation at the dawn of the space colonization era, and hence would become the model that the Earth Federation would turn to when they created the Earth Federation Space Force.

Earth Federation Air Force

Not much is known about the Earth Federation's air force, other than the facts that they do exist and did participate in several ground campaigns. The group has several powerful bombers created from core booster pieces left over from the vision project. However, those pieces of equipment were rare. The EFAF's aircraft were outdated and are not adapted to combats under the influence of Minovsky particles. The EFAF planes does not have enough fire power to destroy mobile suits due to the guided missiles became useless under Minovsky particles but at the same time, mobile suits can hardly shoot down fast flying planes and thus the EFAF seldom encountered Mobile Suits. Their main mission during the One Year War is to intercept Zeon atmospheric entry vehicles with their High altitude fighter FF-3 Sabrefish. (an atmospheric version of the FF-S3 Sabrefish which was used by the EFSF. ) During the course of the One Year War, many EFAF pilots ended up becoming Mobile Suit pilots.

Earth Federation Space Force

The fourth branch of the Earth Federation Forces was the Earth Federation Space Force. This branch was created to enforce the edicts of the Earth Federation Government in space, as such this branch of the armed service is almost exclusively concerned with space combat. Before the One Year War this branch is listed under the above branches and was commanded by generals appointed by those three. The is a fictional conflict from the Universal Century timeline of the Anime Gundam metaseries For example, the Commander-in-chief during the One Year War, General Revil, was a Lieutenant General or Chujo of the EF Army. In the original Mobile Suit Gundam anime General Revil ( Also referred to as Admiral Revil) is one of the leading Federation 's Lieutenant General is a Military rank used in many countries The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages where the title of Lieutenant General was held by the The Federation's Space Force is a mirror image of the "Big Gun" ship philosophy, embodying powerful guns to destroy enemies. This began to change in UC0079, when the Zeon introduced their mobile suits, which thoroughly decimated the Federation's Space Force during the Battle of Loum. The advent of the mobile suit forced the Federation to develop their own mobile suits and ships that could carry them, resulting in the Pegasus-class MS carriers. Ships of the class To a practiced eye no two ships of the Pegasus class are alike After Zeon remnants successfully executed Operation Stardust, the Federation's Space Force finally abandoned the "Big Gun" ship concept and focused on making ships that were capable of carrying mobile suits.

A handful of the Earth Federation Space Force ships were designed to withstand atmospheric re-entry and to operate on Earth via Minovsky Craft System; these ships were primarily from the Pegasus-class.

Military rank of the EFSF

Cultural Significance

The military outfit of the Earth Federation Forces was used on a Japanese poster to encourage voters to vote on 29/7/2007's election. [2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Perfect Grade RX-78-2 Gundam manual, Gundam Officials
  2. ^ Gizmodo Japan
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