United Earth Government:

The United Earth Government was founded in 2046 after the final negotiations were completed.  The Great Senate was appointed to lead the newly founded UEG in a system of government similar to the United States (save the Executive Branch).  When the Great Senate moved to accompany the entire solar system, government control over the planet Earth was returned to the individual states of the Planet.  Among the states of Earth are America, Great Britian, Russia, and many others.  Each state now recieves at least one, at most 5, representatives to the Great Senate.

Since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution of the 18th Century, the planet Earth has become a waste dump for pollution of all kinds.  After it was realized that the Earth's problems would never be resolved, the engineers of Earth built their buildings taller and taller.  Soon massive buildings covered almost all of the Earth's surface, even what were once vast oceans.  A thick smog layer began to form, which is at present almost a mile deep.  A few unlucky people remain below in the smog, but most of humankind has reached for the sky, and found safety among the huge skyscrapers that cover the planet.  The Great Senate is among those skyscrapers, located in Chicago, America.

In recent years, Earth has been in one major conflict, and that was the war with the Lunar Colonies in 2306.  It began over a trading dispute which escellated to an all-out war.  The Grand Senate, mostly populated with members of the planet Earth, quickly sided with the homeworld.  After only a few months of fighting, the Army of the Great Senate put out the battle, subduing the Moon back into order.

Though the homeworld is not as beautiful as it once was, it is still home to nearly 15 billion happy humans.  With any luck, it will flourish for many centuries to come.