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** Similiarly, ''[[Green Lantern]]''/''Sinestro Corps Secret Files'' claims that Earth is "the most diverse and emotionally rich planet in the universe, boasting more differing cultures and languages than most galaxies".

* Earthgov in the Zero Hour version of ''[[Legion of Super-Heroes]]'' is like this, with a little [[President Evil]] (President Thawne) and [[Secret Police]] (the Science Police) thrown in for spice. The United Planets in general might qualify, but they're more [[The Federation]].

 

 

* One Nation Earth is in control of all the earth throughout all the movies in the [[Apocalypse]] film series so far, and has been shown to be rather oppressive to both Christians and [[With Us or Against Us|those who have not chosen a side]].

* The ''[[Starship Troopers]]'' universe had one government controlling Earth and all colonies. There was a massive war between China and Russia/Europe/America and after 90 years a wave of revolts in Europe overthrow the current governments and formed the United Citizens' Federation, then the Americas did the same. Finally they decided to go to war with China (and anybody who was left) to create the peaceful loving government we know. [http://starshiptroopers.wikia.com/wiki/United_Citizen_Federation Do you want to know more?]

 

 

 

 

* In the setting of ''[[Crusader: No Remorse|Crusader]]'', the world (indeed, the solar system) is ruled by a single government, the WEC. Simply put, the WEC is every corporation in the world, merged into a hypercorporation, ruling the stead of a government.

** The truth is naturally more complex than that, but this is a very useful lie.

 

== Subversions and Aversions ==

=== Anime & Manga ===

* Averted, subverted and occasionally played straight in the [[Humongous Mecha]] manga series ''[[The Five Star Stories]]'', where out of the half-dozen or so habitable planets orbiting the titular stars, only one is unified under a single government and wars between the various countries on the other planets are extremely common. As national identity is a major theme in the series, the aforementioned planetary empires attempts to unite the others through military conquest later in the series... doesn't turn out so well. On the other hand, in the series' backstory, we find that the entire ''galaxy'' and then some was united in a mystical "Super Empire" in the distant past.

* [[Ursula K. Le Guin]]'s ''The Left Hand Of Darkness'', in which Gethen has several different countries. The protagonist eventually visits the country of Orgota, to find that its government and customs are vastly different from Karhide, and even mentions that he's not as familiar with the native language.

* Similarly, in LeGuin's ''[[The Dispossessed]]'', Urras is divided into several countries, including ([[Nominal Importance|at minimum]]) the liberal democratic capitalist A-Io and the [[People's Republic of Tyranny|"socialist" totalitarian state]] Thu, which are fighting a proxy war in unstable [[Banana Republic|Benbilli]]. If this sounds like the [[Cold War]]...well...[[Fantasy Counterpart Culture|it should]]. Urras, it should be noted, is a double planet, with its (relatively) barren partner Anarres having been settled by "Odonian" anarcho-syndicalists who, as such, have no state. Although LeGuin is herself a noted anarcho-syndicalist, Anarres averts [[Mary Suetopia]] by having a legion of problems, including the development of [[Obstructive Bureaucrat|entrenched bureaucracy]] among the "syndics."