Humans

TracNav(TracNav/TOC_Development)? The human race in Orxonox is still not united on Earth, but expanded to the stars and colonized Mars. On Earth there are 5 major governments controlling large areas on the planet. Inter-government relations are more or less stable so treaties and agreements keep the Earth's population to fall into chaos.

More problematic are fights between areas and states inside the big unions. Civil wars happen often and on large scale. The problem with large governments is, that smaller more independent areas may fight for their independence.

On Mars the governments are represented in form of colonies. Fights happen very often because resources are scarce and life in general is rougher. There exists a real racism between Earthlings and Martians, but every government wants a colony on Mars as a matter of principle and territorial influence.

Governments

United Countries of America (UCA)

Shortly after the third economic crisis in the former USA in the year 2030, president Stevens decided to open up the borders and revolutionized the country not just economically but also socially. These radical decisions threw the USA from the throne as the largest military and economical power, which is why Stevens was voted out of government after his first term. However his changes couldn't be reversed by the next president. Instead his successor reformed the whole North American continent by uniting with Canada and Mexico.

The rather social state of Canada entered the union by popular vote by the right leaning people. Social programs bankrupted the country and the Canadian people looked at the old US for solutions. Uniting with the US would give them a lot of leverage to create social programs (or the lack thereof) that would fit the new Canadian views.

For Mexico the union was greatly welcomed as the large American economy was only profitable for Mexico which had a very slowly rising economy, slowed down by the crisis in the US. The Mexicans would bring economic changes to the union as they are the only ones with a improving economy during the time of negotiation. However many Mexicans are very religious as are the US citizens, so the large majority created a state religion with Christianity.

The strongest reaction came from the right wing part of the former USA, which lead to a civil war close to the former border to Mexico. Some of the south states from the US tried to become independent, but economic dependence on the union were too great. In Canada left activists undermine efforts of the right wing government to cut social spending and privatizing national institutions. Both groups (social Canadians and right wing Americans) cause trouble to this point, which sometimes even lead to domestic terrorism.

The union of the North American states propelled them to be the largest military nation again. The military industrial complex grew stronger with Mexico and the right Canada. Besides a very strong union military-wise the UCA has a lot of social problems and the division between rich and poor people is huge. UCA's new constitution differs from the previous constitution of the USA in following points:

• limitations of free speech
• Christianity is the state religion
• …

European Union (EU)

Central Asia Union (CAU)

Asian Community (AC)

Confederation of South America (CSA)

Companies

Mining Corporations

• Ganymede Energy Provision
• RedGas Corporation
• Flexible Mining Corporation

Computer industry

Supply Companies

Pirates

Failed Colonization Dreams

Governments encouraged people to go into space to work on mining platforms, science stations etc. They should build new communities and spread the influence of their governments. But not all these projects ended in a success (like the colonization of Venus and Mars). Space is a technically demanding environment. Many of the colonization platforms were staffed with bad educated and overstrained personal didn't reach their destination or break down because of insufficient and improper equipment and supplies. Governments suppressed such events to not discourage other settlers. Some people of these failed colonization projects survived. They are disappointed from their government and don't hesitate to harm it on their quest to survive in the hostile environment of space. They are very poor and not really harmful but there are many of them…

Privateers and Buccaneers

Some people in space make their living by ambushing supply treks. They steal equipment, food and sometimes also humans (if they are valuable). There are some smaller syndicates of pirates but no real structure. They fight for their profit and never do anything that is not worth the effort in hard currency. For some other people the pirates are some kind of heroes that fight against an unfair government.