Founding of the UEC

Shortly after the Radio Burst Incedent of 2050, mankind developed the first Faster Than Light (FTL) drives, in 2057, and began exploring the galaxy. It wasn't long after that that they began colonizing other planets.

Problems
This however caused new problems, as there was still no central earth government to regulate colonization or planetary claims. In the beginning, there colonization was a free-for-all, with new colonial powers rising and bickering with each other. The United States and Britain immediately emerged on top of the colony race, claiming the closest and richest planets to earth. China and Russia also expanded quickly. The rest of the countries of the world called foul, claming that they were never given a chance to reap the benefits of colonization. Eventualy, a terrestrial war over extraterrestrial colonies began.

The Colonial Wars
After several years of fighting, both literally and politically, an accord was reached when the United Nations stepped in and put a stop to the warfare. They formed a commitee to establish the validity of each countries colonial claims. The Parlimentary bill that was ratified to establish this commitee was called the United Earth Colonies Accord of 2147.

The UEC
After the commitee was established, it did it's best to examine the claims that colony holding counntries had on their colonies, and then choose to either uphold the claim, or reject it and open the colony to colonization by other powers. This proved an innefectual system. Eventually, a better way was found. The UEC extablished itself as the ruling system of the colonies, stripping the colonists of their Earth Citizenship and making them members of the UEC. This initiative was met with hostility at first, but by that time, the UEC had ammassed a sizable fleet and was able to badger the countries of Earth into supporting the plan.

New colonies were claimed in the name of the UEC, and trade agreements were established between the countries of earth and the Colonies, Effectively making any Colony independent of Earths governments. After 50 years, most had come to accept the situation, and benefit from it.

That was, until the Arcadian Uprising, also known as the Schism.