Earth military is divided amongst nations, GOC peacekeepers used; all nations are prohibited from using weapons in space. Canada & the Russian Alliance are the most influential nations of the 22nd century. Successor of the United Nations, known as the “Global Oversight Committee” (GOC), it boasts an international Army and a parliamentary assembly in Vienna. Earth of the 22nd century is experiencing a new golden age fueled by deep ocean and off-world colonization. The Earth is slowly recovering from decades-long ecological damage inflicted centuries before, which have caused increased violent storms, sea level rise, greening of the arctic zones and desertification of nearly 2/3 of the planet.