- Spartan1995324
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Posted by: The Seraphim
After the Inter-Planetary war, the UNSC was formed as the military arm of Humanity, basically the military wing of the UN, the UN itself becoming the UEG, the civilian version of the UN. Nation states like Greece or Poland etc still existed, but their power seems to have been lost, and only exist as their names and lineage to their people.
It should also be noted that the UNSC is not the government or central leadership of Humanity as you guess it so. That is the role of the UEG ( United Earth Government ). The UNSC only controlled Humanity out of emergency during the Human-Covenant war, as a civilian government was by no means a defense against a enemy that simply desired extinction. After the war, it was required the UNSC step down, and the UEG be given their power back as leadership.
I don't doubt it'll last long though. I'm sure with the new trilogy some new "emergency" will emerge, and the UNSC coming again to save the day. Time will tell.
Off topic: The idea of Humanity being unified is especially fascinating to me as well, as such the UNSC inspires many of my imaginations about it. Perhaps one day our petty inter-killing desires will fade out, our self restricting currency's removed, and we're given a purpose to explore the stars. But that's just my imagination and speculation.
Actually not even the Halo Universe describes humanity as united. The Insurrection was still around during the Human-Covenant War, they were simply in hiding.
Now they have resurfaced because the UNSC is weak. Venezia (?) is a colony that was taken over by Insurrectionists and shot down a UNSC vessel that needs help.