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* ''[[Deus Ex]]'' has UNATCO, the "United Nations Anti-Terrorist Coalition", which while on the surface, seems to be a world police force hosted by the UN, is {{spoiler|pretty much the beginnings of a military for a one-state world.}} The UN itself apparently has much more power in the 2050s, since it appears holds sway over politics in nations, as one character uses the term, "UN-governed nations." The UN's influence got to be so bad, that China left it sometime before the game, and is [[China Takes Over the World|arguably better off for it.]] Conversations and flavor text materials in the game suggest that much of this came about because citizen confidence in local sovereign states has severely waned in the wake of ecological and economic disasters, weakening those states, which in turn causes them to increasingly rely on the UN to maintain their influence, consolidating effective power there. This in turn reduces citizen confidence in those states further, leading to widespread discontentment and open civil war in first world nations. |
* ''[[Deus Ex]]'' has UNATCO, the "United Nations Anti-Terrorist Coalition", which while on the surface, seems to be a world police force hosted by the UN, is {{spoiler|pretty much the beginnings of a military for a one-state world.}} The UN itself apparently has much more power in the 2050s, since it appears holds sway over politics in nations, as one character uses the term, "UN-governed nations." The UN's influence got to be so bad, that China left it sometime before the game, and is [[China Takes Over the World|arguably better off for it.]] Conversations and flavor text materials in the game suggest that much of this came about because citizen confidence in local sovereign states has severely waned in the wake of ecological and economic disasters, weakening those states, which in turn causes them to increasingly rely on the UN to maintain their influence, consolidating effective power there. This in turn reduces citizen confidence in those states further, leading to widespread discontentment and open civil war in first world nations. |
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* ''[[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"). |
* ''[[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"). |
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* The United Nations are alluded to be the faction fighting against the Combine in the |
* ''[[Half-Life (series)|Half-Life]]'': The United Nations are alluded to be the faction fighting against the Combine in the 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.]] |
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* The United Nations in [[Umurangi Generation]] put up a front about fighting the aliens and even have [[Giant Mecha]]. Their effectiveness or respect for human rights is a different matter. |
* The United Nations in ''[[Umurangi Generation]]'' put up a front about fighting the aliens and even have [[Giant Mecha]]. Their effectiveness or respect for human rights is a different matter. |
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== [[Web Comics]] == |
== [[Web Comics]] == |
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