List of Mobile Suit Gundam 00 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
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, indiscriminate military intervention. It acts upon the advisory of the artificial intelligence Veda, and the 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]
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 (กรุงเทพฯ?; 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 the only operational colony 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 (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
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 comprised of the Organization of American States, Australasia, and Japan. It controls the first-completed of the three orbital elevators. 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 close 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, 經濟特區), 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) 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 the ace pilot Lieutenant Graham Acre and the Union Professor Leif Aifman, who serves as technical chief.
Human Reform League
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 comprised of the formerly socialist 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. The level of technology possessed by the League is overall inferior to its rival superstates, and as such its military is armed primarily with the antiquated mass production mobile suit Tieren.
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 comprised 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.
Other Nations and Organizations
Kingdom of Azadistan
The Kingdom of Azadistan (Template:Lang-fa lit. Land of Freedom; Template:Lang-ja) 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.[6] 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.
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 devasted in an armed conflict with Azadistan. Its current status is unknown. It is the homeland of Setsuna F Seiei.
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.[7]
PMC Trust
The PMC Trust (ピエムシ・トラスト) 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. [8]
References
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- ^ See Episode 1: Celestial Being.
- ^ See Episode 4: Foreign Negotiations.
- ^ See Episode 5: Breakaway Limit Zone.
- ^ a b c See Episode 6: Seven Swords.
- ^ CIA-The World Factbook photo of Monaco. Retrieved on November 16, 2007.
- ^ Marina Ismail Profile. Retrieved on November 16, 2007. Template:Ja icon
- ^ See Episode 8: Indiscriminate Retaliation
- ^ Guanche, Chris (2007-11-13). "Gundam 00: Seven Swords". Mecha Anime Headquarters. Retrieved 2007-11-14.
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