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]].

 

* 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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