United Colonial Nations

Evolving from the United Nations that helped to govern Earth towards the end of the 21st century, the United Colonial Nations was established to oversee the colonial efforts that humanity was seeding amongst the stars. During their tenure, their Earth-centric policies and aggressive style of governance alienated the colonies and ultimately led to the Colonial Civil War. The UCN defeat in this war saw the end of its mandate, being usurped by the ICSA.

Structure
The structure of the UCN remained fixed for the full time of its mandate. It was simply built based on the existing structure of the preceding United Nations. The organization consisted of a General Assembly, and a Security Council, with a Secretary General operating as a sort of Head of State for the group.

General Assembly
The General Assembly consisted of a delegate from every country on Earth, as well as one from each of humanity's colonies. The delegates functioned as a unified parliament, providing a means of governance for the entire Colonial Sphere. Power at this level was shared, with each nation having a say and an equal vote in the policies of the organization.

Security Council
The Security Council consisted of seven of the wealthiest and most influential nations on Earth. Each possessing the power of veto, and being influential in their own right, effectively made the security council the leaders of the UCN and allowed for them to control things to their best advantage. They also were the primary backers of many of the initial colonial efforts. During the entire time the UCN was in power, the Security Council consisted of the same member states.
 * The United States of America
 * The Russian Federation
 * People's Republic of China
 * United Kingdom
 * France
 * India
 * Brazil

Internal Politics
Originally founded to provide proper oversight to the emerging colonies, the UCN provided an opportunity for them to properly integrate themselves as individual states. Earth's resource woes continued to dictate their future however, and time after time the colonial delegates saw their own agendas being bullied out of the way in the face of the Earth first policies of the Security Council. This bullying and alienation continued until resulting in the Colonial Civil War.