The United Gigaquadrantic Alliance was an intergovernmental organisation created to promote peaceful co-operation between the three clusters of the First Gigaquadrant. Formed in the aftermath of Cluster-wide conflicts such as the New Cyrandia Wars and the Great Xonexian Schism, the Alliance styled itself as the successor of similar organisations in the Gigaquadrant's hallowed history, including the venerable Seven Starr Alliance prior to its fall in the aftermath of the Halycon Incident, as well as the contemporaneous Mou'Cyran Accords.
Though the Alliance did not exert authority over any one civilisation, it fulfilled an important advisory role in the prevention of conflict throughout the Gigaquadrant, in order to foster cooperation between once antagonistic or ambivalent civilisations. The Alliance was therefore entirely independent from any single Gigaquadrantic superpower and was instead brought into being with a Declaration claiming that all states, large and small, would have equal representation in all aspects of the Alliance. To gain the support of worlds disaffected from Gigaquadrantic power politics, the founding document of the Alliance stated that a rotating election would be held in order to decide what capital world would seat the Gigaquadrantic Assembly, a decision reached in order to avoid accusations of bias toward a single state or galaxy. The first Assembly would be based on Station Halcyon, the location upon which the Alliance was initially formed.
The Alliance fostered increased military cooperation between member states to a more tangible degree in comparison to the political and economic structures of the Alliance in order to counter universal threats to Gigaquadrantic peace and safety, most notably the ever-present Dominion of the Xhodocto, in addition to other forces such as the Junction and the Neraida Gigamatrix. While large fleet actions mandated by the Alliance did occur in order to counter these threats, most cooperation took the form of peace-keeping operations in the vast swaths of space in the First Gigaquadrant.
Though the Alliance was initially successful in fostering peace, the fabric of intergalactic order deteriorated throughout the 2810s, with states such as Rambo Nation openly rejecting the new order. With the resumption of Gigaquadrant-wide warfare with the outbreak of the Second Great Cyrannus War in 2819, efforts by the Alliance to impose sanctions on the Galactic Empire of Cyrannus were met with indifference by the Imperials, and outrage by the surviving members of the New Republic, who instead called for more tangible efforts to be made. With the primary mission of the Alliance seen as a failure by many in the Gigaquadrant, the Alliance soon ceased to exist.
History[]
Similar to the creation of the Seven Starr Alliance in the face of War of Ages and the Universal Alliance of Nations in response to endemic internecine conflicts throughout the Gigaquadrant, the United Gigaquadrantic Alliance was formed after peace was reached throughout the First Gigaquadrant through the end of cluster-wide conflicts including the Great Xonexian Schism, Great Mirusian Conflicts and the New Cyrandia Wars, amongst many others. Despite the continuation of widespread tension between the civilizations of the Gigaquadrant, a profound sense of war-weariness as well as concern for future stability and security were endemic throughout the Universal Square, resulting in many calls for the creation of a new Gigaquadrantic organization which could succeed where its predecessors have failed in maintaining some semblance of Gigaquadrantic peace.
In addition to the now reconciled combatants of the Xonexian conflicts, the bloc of civilizations which had signed the Mou'Cyran Accords proved to be instrumental in the formation of the United Gigaquadrantic Alliance in 2806/06 NE, leading to the Declaration of Gigaquadrantic Concordance on Station Halcyon, which had previously played host to the Peace of Halcyon at the close of the Xonexian Schism. During this uncertain period, the acting President of the organization was Athan Apostila, who represented the neutral Republic of Cyrannus. Many of the organization's branches joined in the effort to rebuild regions of the Gigaquadrant devastated by war, bringing much needed relief, coordination, security, and administrative capacity to collapsing states. Under the leadership of the French Empire during the Martel presidency, the UGA deployed peacekeeping forces in interventions in the former War-Imperial territories, Heer Stekeveel territories, Orion's Spur, and Segmentum Crepusculum following the Great Xonexian Schism.
Though much of the Gigaquadrant was now at peace, new tensions quickly emerged upon the spread of the Cyrannian Cold War beyond the intergalactic barriers of the Cyrandia Cluster to the extent that some civilisations such as the Draconid Imperium began referring to it as the Intergalactic Cold War, pitting the Galactic Empire of Cyrannus against a coalition of civilizations supportive of the Cyrannian Republic, or those simply opposed to the Empire's policies.
The situation in the Cyrandia Cluster ultimately escalated into open war with the Mou'Cyran Cataclysm in 15 NE/2819, during which the Empire destroyed Mou'Cyran, capital of the New Republic of Cyrannus. In the conflict which followed, titanic battles erupted in Borealis, Cyrannus, the Quadrant Galaxies and the Milky Way, resulting in the collapse and conquest of many UGA memberstates. With much of the Gigaquadrant at war, the Alliance quietly ceased to exist. Although many in the Gigaquadrant supported the restoration of the Alliance upon the end of the conflict in 2830, there was little appetite among the intergalactic community, with such support falling by the wayside.
Structure[]
The UGA was led by the Gigaquadrantic Assembly, a legislative assembly which gave all UGA member states equal representation and voting power regardless of size, influence, economic might, or military strength. The General Council acted as the primary decision making body for the entire organization, its most important powers being the ability to create, regulate, and fund the organization's many institutions and initiatives. The organization was symbolically led by the President of the Gigaquadrantic Assembly, who set the agenda for a given year. While the official capital of the Alliance rotated based on which civilization occupied the Presidency of the organisation, the administrative nuclei of the Alliance were housed in regional headquarters within each member state, as it was these centers which coordinate the work of the institution's many branches.
Assembly[]
The true power within the United Gigaquadrantic Alliance was vested in the organization's Assembly, which though initially based on Station Halcyon, was rotated to different member capitals, which in turn reflected the current President of the Assembly. This system allowed each member state to preside over the Alliance and influence its direction. Styled as an alliance of equals, the Assembly provided each member with equal representation, thus preventing dominance by the organization's larger members. In addition to sovereign states, the Assembly was known to grant observer status to other intergalactic organizations such as the Mou'Cyran Accords, though these organizations were not permitted to vote in the passing of resolutions. The President of the Assembly served as the chairperson during sessions, while members of the Assembly often attended via hologram due to the distances involved.
President of the Gigaquadrantic Assembly[]
The President of the Gigaquadrantic Assembly was the elected leader and coordinator of the council, chosen on a yearly basis from among the representatives of the council. As such, they acted somewhat like a Prime Minister in Parliamentary systems. While they have little actual power, the President acted as an important spokesperson for the organization and played a critical role in setting the legislative agenda for that given year. The fundamental principle of the Alliance, established in the Gigaquadrantic Concordance, stated that no single civilization or bloc of civilizations can dictate the policy of the Alliance. As such, the executive powers of the President were largely limited to that of a ceremonial figurehead. Indeed, while the President had a role in formulating the legislative agenda of the year of their civilization's hosting and had the power to create organizational institutions, these powers were limited by the will of the legislature. Additionally, the nation to whom the President belonged becomes the host nation and was saddled with the procedural expenses of the General Council for that year.
Portrait | Name | Year | Nation of Origin | Seat of the Council | Known for |
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Athan Apostila | 2806 · 06 NE | New Cyrannian Republic | Station Halcyon |
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Tyson Martel | 2807 | French Empire | Paris |
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Count Virvar Touvin | 2808 | Drodo Empire | Coron |
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Maeiorn | 2809 | Nomatari Sovereignty | Elabos (The Arch of Elabos) |
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Aidan Collins | 2810 | Allied Terran Republic | Terrae |
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Aris Parassik | 2811 | Algolurn Popular Republic | Nastavnik |
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Dalmar Thiran | 2812 | Farengeto Trade Coalition | Modia |
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Gerethar Drensheril | 2813 | Pan-Andromedan Ecumene | Elysion |
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Institutions[]
As a Gigaquadrantic organization with many missions, from promoting peace and stability to education and the spread of knowledge, or the combating of disease and poverty, the UGA had many acive institutions and initiatives which sought to further these goals and support states in need.
United Gigaquadrantic Alliance Peacekeeping Corps[]
The UGA Peacekeeping Corps, founded in 2807 under the administration of Tyson Martel, was a multinational armed force whose primary mission is to provide and coordinate peacekeeping troops intervening in conflicts throughout the Gigaquadrant. It was entirely composed of military contingents donated by UGA member states and funded at the discretion of the Gigaquadrantic Council, which allocated resources and manpower to each intervention depending on the priorities of the year. As an international force bringing together disparate military commands, the peacekeeping corps was highly disorganized. The role, leadership, purpose, composition, and funding of the institution changed drastically from one year to the next according to the inclinations, interest, and temperament of the incumbent administration.
Major Donors to UGA Peacekeeping
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UGA Peacekeeping Interventions
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Gigaquadrantic Relief Fund[]
- Managing Director: Louise Busson
- Headquarters: Paris
Founded in 2807 by the initiative of French UGA President Tyson Martel, the Gigaquadrantic Relief fund is a branch of the UGA funded out of the organization's core budget. It was created in the wake of the destructive events of the Gigaquadrantic Conflicts to act as a major player in post-war reconstruction by raising, handling, distributing, and overseeing the use of collective funds meant to stabilize ailing states.
The resources of the Gigaquadrantic Relief Fund extend to consulting and information-gathering, employing a large bureaucracy of experts and advisors. These are responsible for monitoring risk across the UGA's member states and states of interest, for providing prognoses for ongoing crises, and and creating the conditionality agreements which members must follow when they draw upon the fund.
Gigaquadrantic Development Bank[]
Gigaquadrant Information Bureau[]
Founded in 2811, the Information Bureau of the UGA was created during amidst the early stage of the Roreinian protests. Originally created to identify and arrest potential criminal threats of the Alliance, the GIB today mostly focuses public safety and counter-terrorism, crimes against sapient rights, genocide, war crimes, organized crime, piracy acts, illicit traffic in works of art, illicit drug production, drug trafficking, weapons smuggling, sapient trafficking, money laundering, information crime and corruption. To achieve these goals, the GIB benefits of the support of various organizations of the member states and has access to sensitive informations provided by collaborative national agencies.
Gigaquadrant Trading Standards Commission[]
Founded in 2813, the Trading Standards Commission was proposed as a means to tackle the flow of contraband. Fully aware that one nations' heritage commodity could be another nation's contraband, the GTSC serves as a watchdog, cooperating with local customs officials to reinforce borders against the flow of goods that nation may consider illegal. The GTSC acts as an intermediate security watchdog for international trade pacts set up between several nations. The commission's other task is to also work with various anthropotarian groups to promote fairer commercial practice - such as good working conditions, work-rest management, fair pay and fair working hours - among members of the UGA. Because the commission works as a cooperative service to UGA members, this task primarily done though requested advisors, either by businesses or lobby groups. With a task performed primarily by offering methods of improving business practices and ensuring considered policies are set up smoothly.
Membership[]
Trivia[]
- Based on the United Nations, the United Gigaquadrantic Alliance was a shared endeavour between all members of the SporeWiki Fiction Universe, should they wish to join.