History Main / OneWorldOrder

** A particularly cynical version appears in Creator/LarryNiven's stories of Svetz the [[TimeTravel time traveler]]. The "[=SecGen=]" is apparently the absolute monarch of humanity, but the current [=SecGen=] (the product of [[RoyallyScrewedUp centuries of inbreeding]]) is a grown man with the mind of a small child. The actual control of the government rests with those who are most successful at [[DeadlyDecadentCourt bureaucratic infighting]] and at cajoling the [=SecGen=] into approving their decisions.

* In the ''Literature/LeftBehind'' series by Tim [=LaHaye=] and Jerry Jenkins, TheAntichrist becomes leader of the UN and creates the Global Community, declaring a single world government, currency, and ''religion''. No one objects, and it's not clear if this is supposed to be because of his MindControl abilities. Its successor, the universal state created by {{God}} after the Second Coming, also qualifies as a (supposedly) more benign example.

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* No one ever refers to the three-sided Strand War in ''VideoGame/EscapeVelocity Override'' as a civil war, despite the fact all three Strands belong to the same species. On the other side of the coin, the United Earth (which only came to be through AlienInvasion in the first place, so nothing natural about it) doesn't make any real claims to represent humanity as a whole.

It may be true that in order to expand to the stars, a species would have to pull together as a team and overcome the tremendous challenges involved. However, this just seems like laziness on the part of the writers, as tracking more than one government per alien seems like too much work.

** Even at a species level, truly unified government seems rare: the Turian Hierarchy is fairly centralised, but the Systems Alliance is a multinational organization that provides interstellar defense and diplomatic representation to Earth's actual nation states, the Salarian Union is a semi-feudal collection of independent matrilinear clans, and the Asari Republics barely qualify as a government at all (their council member is the ''only'' permanent asari political office).

* ''ComicBook/StrikeforceMorituri'' had the Earth ruled by a one-world government called the Paideia at the time of an alien invasion, although the earlier nations still existed as a lower level of government. The series was notable for the way in which a change of writer rapidly caused the Paideia to shift from benevolent to [[StrawCharacter cartoon-evil]].

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* In Olaf Stapledon's ''Literature/LastAndFirstMen'', this happens ''several times'' over Man's eon-spanning Future History. The first of these is an Americanized World State.
* This is pretty much what the Polity is in ''Literature/ThePolity'' series- they are autocratic but fairly benevolent.

According to a good deal of SpeculativeFiction set in TheFuture,[[TradeSnark ™]] it is the natural order of things that all governments will merge together to create a central authority to govern the entire species. It's not necessarily the human species, however.

If the species in question is humanity, there may be more diversity involved, if only because the writers don't need to ''invent'' it all. The aliens may also look the same. See DittoAliens. See also {{Planetville}}.

** Well, to say ''no one'' objects is quite a bit off base. The writers make it clear that Christian, Jewish, and Muslim communities all across the world are defying and fighting the new OneWorldOrder, not to mention American and African militia groups that oppose Carpathia. In fact, by the end everyone is so disgruntled and devastated by the plagues and Carpathia's ineffectual leadership that the vast majority of the populace is on the verge of open revolt anyway.

** Well, to say ''no one'' objects is quite a bit off base. The writers make it clear that Christian, Jewish, and Muslim communities all across the world are defying and fighting the new OneWorldOrder, not to mention American and African militia groups that oppose Carpathia. In fact, by the end everyone is so disgruntled and devastated by the plagues and Carpathia's ineffectual leadership that the vast majority of the populace on the verge of open revolt anyway.

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* The ''WebAnimation/StarWreck'' parody films have the P-Fleet, which controls all of Earth. In the final film, after being stranded in the past, Pirk, Dwarf, and Info convince the personnel of a nuclear power plant to build them a new warship. Pirk then approaches the Russian President and provides his forces with advanced weapons. They conquer Earth fairly quickly, after which Pirk gets rid of the President and becomes the Emperor.

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* In ''Fanfic/{{HERZ}}'', the UN is developing into a World Government due to the loss of power, prestige and public trust of the nation-states and major governments.
* ''FanFic/ThousandShinji'': [[AfterTheEnd After the Angel War and Third Impact]], [[spoiler:the four new ''[[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Chaos Gods]]'' rule the devastated planet.]]
-->"Today there are no more nations, there is only humanity."
* In ''Fanfic/ToTheStars'', humanity is united under a single government simply known as Governance. It's a largely benevolent example, with any and all decisions informed by a complex hierarchy of human and (incorruptible) AIs that have humanity's best interests at heart.
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* In the ''StarWars'' [[Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse Expanded Universe]], most species on the galactic scene are very much from a PlanetOfHats.

*** All of that is depicted in the {{Prequel}} series ''Series/{{Caprica}}''; the Colonies are all independent states, with different forms of government (although since each colony is an entire planet, it still semi-fits this trope). For instance, given talk of a "Prime Minister" and "Commerce Minister," it appears that Caprica itself (later capital of the Twelve Colonies) is a parliamentary republic. Also, it turns out that there ''wasn't'' just the one religion. The AncientGrome themed polytheistic religion is not interpreted the same way by everyone (as was the case in real life). For example, Taurons use the Roman names of the gods, whereas Capricans and some others use the Greek names, and the Tauron view of Mars is definitely ''not'' the same as the Greek Ares. There were also a few people who were monotheists, even before the Cylons.

----> '''Garak:''' It's vile!\\

* In ''{{Series/Firefly}}'', the Alliance more or less rules all planets inhabited by humans, and has thoroughly put down the secessionist rebellion of the Independent Faction (in which Mal Reynolds served as a Browncoat).
* In ''Series/SeaQuestDSV'', United Earth Oceans appears to be this for all intents and purposes, at least until the third season, when the show was renamed to ''[=seaQuest=] 2032''. In the ten years between the second and the third seasons, another major power arises, the Macronesian Alliance, starting a SpaceColdWar with [=UEO=]. This is in an attempt to make the show DarkerAndEdgier. There is also a small but powerful aquatic Asian nation called Chaodai. Had the show not been cancelled, the Chaodai would've become a third power, able to rival the UEO and the Macronesian Alliance.
* ''Series/TheOrville'': Earth apparently has one in the future, not surprisingly.
* ''Series/TheOuterLimits1995'': In "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1995S4E17Lithia Lithia]]", the society of the future is ruled by a body named the World Council. It's [[JustifiedTrope justified]] by the fact that most of humanity died as a result of war and then a plague, so the survivors banded together presumably for their mutual benefit.

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!!Subversions And Aversions

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* In the ''StarWars'' [[Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse Expanded Universe]], species that don't have much to do with the greater galaxy are quite capable of maintaining several different cultures, factions, sects, teams, and fan clubs.
** A good aversion of ScifiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale. Since a vast majority of star systems in the galaxy can ''(and do)'' support sentient life, there are simply far too many races and planets for all of them to be homogenized under one banner. Even TheEmpire at its height controlled maybe 60-65% of the galaxy and had nowhere near enough soldiers or starships to make their presence known outside of space-faring systems, with many "mini-Empires" and planets that enjoyed ''de facto'' autonomy. Chances are good that hundreds, maybe thousands, of star systems within the Empire's borders watched it come and go without ever having known it was there.
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* Subverted on ''Series/{{Defiance}}'': the Earth Republic presents itself as this, viewing itself as the rightful successor to all pre-Pale Wars human governments. However, there's plenty of the planet that's independent of E-Rep control, not least of all being the Votanis Collective-controlled territory in South and Central America.
* Interesting use in ''Series/DoctorWho'': By the Twelfth Doctor, Earth has had enough planetary crises ([[{{Masquerade}} even though they cover most of them up]]) that they've decided that in the event of a global emergency, they can elect a President of Earth who has full authority over the entire human race.
-->'''The Doctor:''' Oh for crying out loud, that's your answer to everything, isn't it? Elect an idiot!\\
'''Kate:''' [[ServileSnarker If you say so, Mister President]].

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* PlayedWith in ''TabletopGames/BattleTech'', where One World Orders were brought about three times, only to collapse centuries later. First Earth and its inital colonies, after the colonies rebelled, they were reconquered as the Terran Hegemony, Newer colonies rebelled again. Then everything was united under the First Star League including Periphery nations, 500 light years from Terra. This fell apart again after 200 years, leading to a ForeverWar that ran at least 400 years and is the game's main setting.

* Zig-zagged in ''VideoGame/Stellaris''. While your planet was unified enough to launch a space colonization effort at game's start, an interstellar empire is quite another thing. As your empire grows, various leaders will become heads of political factions, and pops derive their happiness from how pleased their faction leader is with your actions and policies. Additionally, it's simply impossible to directly govern more than a handful of worlds effectively, and you'll incurs steep penalties if you try. Assigning colonies to semi-autonomous sectors with their own governs lessens the bureaucratic burden, but causes cultural drift that widens the divide between various factions.

* An old idea going as far back as the ancient Greeks and Chinese, this could be considered a subversion on Earth. A world government would on paper be interested in very different, more global issues from the countries contributing to it and would likely look much more like the UN than a traditional country covering the whole world. Whether such efforts will, or should, ultimately result in a universally recognized world order, let alone what kind it would take remains [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement a matter of much debate]].