United Nations Is a Super Power: Difference between revisions

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A fictional, [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]]/[[Exty Years From Now]] version of the [[United Nations]] that [[NGO Superpower|possesses political, military and/or economic power on par with a world superpower (or even hyperpower)]].<ref>And for the record, this means that the UN effectively answers to no government save its own, thus technically qualifying it for "non-governmental organization" status.</ref> Or perhaps it takes the next step: becoming a [[One World Order|planetwide government]].

 

* ''[[Mission Critical]]'' is based on the idea of UN waging a war with [[The Alliance]] (which includes US) over AI research and slowly winning thanks to superior [[Attack Drone]] technology. UN believes that AI research will lead to Armageddon and wishes to ban it worldwide, while the Alliance pretty much takes a page out of Patrick Henry's book (i.e. "Give me liberty or give me death").

* The United Nations are alluded to be the faction fighting against the Combine in the [[Half-Life (series)|Seven-Hour War]]. [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|They lose in mere seven hours, their headquarters are brought down and Earth surrenders to give way for the Combine rule.]]

 

== [[Web Comics]] ==

* In the ''[[Global Guardians PBEM Universe]]'', the UN gains actual political power through its control of alien technology (when the alien traders visited earth, they'd only negotiate with 'the planet's government' and not with any individual nation on the planet). Are you a world leader and want your nation to have access to room-temperature superconductors, compact fusion reactors, and miracle drugs that cure cancer? Better toe the UN line then...

* ''[[The Onion]]'' published a story about [http://www.theonion.com/articles/un-acquires-nuclear-weapon,2638/ United Nations acquiring a nuclear weapon] so they "will no longer be ignored".

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