Union

The Union once directed humanity's efforts into exploring the unknown. However, due to changing conditions, its power rapidly depreciated and it eventually broke apart. Its remnants would go on to form the Believers.

History
Following the unanimous declaration of peace of all the nation's of Earth and a rapidly shrinking resource reserves, the Union was created by the leaders of all the major countries.

Its early days were marred by heavy casualties it struggled to link together the diverse cultures of Earth, but it eventually found its stride and began advancing into space quickly. Terra-forming of Mars was achieved within 500 years, far quicker than any could have predicted. Bases sprang up across the planets, moons, and asteroids. Soon, it was time to reach beyond the solar system.

The development of a warp technology gave a huge boost to the Union's space operations. Pretty soon, ships began making trips to nearby systems. Resources were in abundance and the human population crested a trillion.

Organization
The Union was in charge of many things such as:

-exploration

-ore allocation

-mining permits

-recovery operations

Troubles
The Union started to fall into disfavor as the big mining corporations started to become more greedy and began to demand more space to mine in. Skirmishes broke out and eventually turned into a war between the mining companies. The Union was dissolved subsequently as it lost any real meaning of existing.