The Confederation of Independent Colonies of Mankind is an independent body from the UEG that rebelled and declared themselves independent on July 3rd 2372. After a war that extended for 6 years, the CICM left the UEG with a total of 86 colonies. With the negotiation of an peace treaty with the UEG granting them a territory encompassing the western part of the UNSC space and an exclusion zone prohibiting any UNSC ship The CICM completely isolated themselves from the rest of the humans colony. Having a politic based on isolationism from the UNSC they were spared from the Human-Covenant war and allow them to extend to half of the UNSC's military size.