Intergalactic Union

The Intergalactic Union of United Systems, Planets, Countries, and Colonies, shortened to Intergalactic Union, is a major government union.

Foundation
In 2190, the United Nations Galactic Agency, or UNGA, began massive expeditions outside of the core worlds. This began the First Galactic Era, and thrusted space exploration to a high. With this, the UNGA established the United Nations Galactic Colony Nation (UNGCN) to govern the planets. The UNGCN began with the outer planet systems, and began expanding. From 2190 to 2193, the office had 94 planets under their administration.

In 2194, the Osirus System experienced a critical failure of trade due to prioritization to core planets. By then, fifty-six systems had experienced lower or zero trade between November 2193 and April 2194. On May 6, 2194, UNGCN Lieutenant Governor Adrian Smith declared an independent union of systems, named the Intergalactic Union. On May 12, 2194, the UNGP (United Nations Galactic Peacekeepers) were deployed to calm the independent movement. The movement would be called 'The Union Movement'.

Leaders of the Movement
The movement had its leader, but not a good one. Adrian had the courage to stand up against the UN, but had little experience with revolution and change. So, on May 13, he installed Jamison Carter was Advisor to the Governor. Carter was a leftist revolutionary. From 2186 to 2192, he was the head of the Workers Party (W), and from 2190 to 2194, was the Governor of Reagan National Station.

Next was the head of the Union Army, Tyree Mason. Mason was once a Lieutenant Peacekeeper, before leaving to become the Osirus System's Head of the local militia. By 2194, he became the head of the military for the IU.

Nevermore Speech
On May 21, 2194, Peacekeepers had arrived at Osirus's main planet, Optimus I. The Peacekeepers were mainly there to arrest the heads of the movement. During their landing, Carter gave an infamous speech, the nevermore speech. In short, the speech was a call to action to any system that felt that they were taken advantage of.

''"If we continue to be ran over by the UN, then no one will have a future. We must, as a people, join together against what is the 'status quo'. We must be ready to face that quo, and began anew." -''Jamison Carter, the Nevermore Speech.

With this speech, from May 21 to October 1, 109 systems left the UN. By October 9, only 14 systems remained.

Independence
On October 7, General Secretary of the UN Mohammad O'Harry signed the IU Independence Act, allowing the secession from the UN. On October 9, the 1st Assembly of Nations look place, and they voted 113-0 to secede. At 19:35 International Time, the Intergalactic Union was formed.

Structure
The IU operates under a republic system. Every four years, a new prime minister is elected by the people. In a massive vote called the Prime Election, the prime minister, ~500 new representatives for the Assembly of Nations, and ~250 for the Ministry of Nations are elected. The party with the most votes that clears the threshold are called the majority party. If they are the majority party, but do not clear the 50% threshold, all called the majority collation party.

There are currently eight major parties in the assembly of nations.


 * Conservative Party (39%, Majority collation party)
 * Socialist Party (25%, Minority collation party)
 * Liberal Party (19%, Minority Party)
 * Freedom Party (10%, Minority Party)
 * Libertarian Party (7%)
 * Green Party (>5%)
 * Paleo Party (>5%)
 * Worker's Party (>5%)

Prime Minister
The Prime Minister is elected via popular vote. If the Prime Minister clears the 50% threshold, they win.

The current Prime Minister is Jackson Wallace

Prime Minister's Powers
The Prime Minister has a consul of ministers that operate the twelve ministries


 * Ministry of Defense
 * Ministry of Intelligence
 * Ministry of Trade and Transport
 * Ministry of Education
 * Ministry of the Treasure
 * Ministry of Homeland Security
 * Ministry of Healthcare
 * Ministry of Agriculture
 * Ministry of Space Transport
 * Ministry of Science and Social Issues.
 * Ministry of Creation
 * Ministry of Management

Assembly of Nations
The Assembly of Nations has 520 representatives, around 7-15 per system. The majority party has the control over the assembly, and can choose up to 30% of the motions they can set 'to the table'. However, if no party has majority rule, a collation is formed.

Collations
A collation is a group of two or more parties that come together for majority rule. Currently, in 2500, the ruling collation is the Conservative, Freedom, and Socialist parties. They chose their Speaker of the Assembly from the smallest party, which was the Freedom Party.

Motions
When something is brought up to the assembly, they begin with a pre-vote for interest in the bill. If there is less than 35% interest, the bill doesn't go in. If there is, a group of reps get together and begin to tweak the bill. Around a week later, it is reintroduced and re-voted on. If the bill passes, it either goes to the Ministry of Nations or to the Prime Ministers Office, depending if it originated in the assembly or not.

Ministry of Nations
The Ministry of Nations is the smaller branch of the house. They have 250 representatives, 2 per system. They vote on major matters concerning the state, such as budget, Ministry offices, and major bills. They have no majority party, and operate with a massive collation. A bill in the Ministry will pass with a 50% vote.

Term Limits
The age you can enter the Assembly of Nations is 20, and the Ministry is 25. However, you can only serve two consecutive terms, and only six total terms. At usually means a rep. works from 20 to 45. By then, the next batch of new reps are getting in.

Controversy
Of course, there has been problems. During the 2349 crash of the RSS Crisis, the Huzuki system experienced the most damage from the nuclear disaster of the RBMK core. The Assembly of Nations voted 22% interest in pre-voting.