Credit must be given to Aurilias for inspiring me to take on playing and writing an AAR which I never have done before (actually, I don't think I have even POSTED before on here haha). Anyhow, I hope to present my own vision of a what united Earth would be capable of, and do, in the GalCiv universe, without trampling on or rehashing over used story and plot points.

Also thanks to Brad and all the development team for making a game that I've enjoyed tinkering with so much.

GAME SETUP

No Cheats (because that would defeat the purpose lol)
GalCiv II: DA
Gigantic Map
Normal Difficulty
No Research Victory, other victory paths available
Blind Exploration
Nine Opponents (all modified based on race, more on that later)

Habitable Planets: Common
# of Planets: Abundant
Abundant Stars
Loose Clusters
Abundant Anomalies
Abundant Asteroids
Normal Tech Research Rate
8 Minor Races

MY RACE
The Commonwealth of Terran States
(The Terran Commonwealth)

President Tyler Greyson

Super Diplomat
Technologist Party

Economics: 20
Morale: 20
Research: 30 (50)
Trade Routes: +1
Trade: 25
Diplomacy: 30
Sensors: (+1)
Creativity: 25
Logistics: 6

Brief Opponent Summary
*I edited the opponents where their political party matched as closely as possible their various Super Ability, ie the Drengin are controlled by the War Party, the Altarians by the Pacifists, and so on. Also, aggression levels were tweaked, with the Drengin and Yor being much more agressive and others less so, depending. I did not create any sort of advantage for the Terrans over the AI.*

Opponents
Holy Altarian Republic
Cirrian Star Imperium (custom race, Krynn personality)
Arcean Star Empire
Thorian Confederacy
Korx Guild Alliance
Thalan Directorate
Iconian Empire
Drengin Dominion
Yor Collective

The Story So Far

Long Form: The Commonwealth of Terran States
Short Form: Terran Commonwealth

Capital: Earth, Sol System TSC (Terran Star Coordinates) Alpha Alpha One sub Three (AA1.3)
Executive (The Executive Manor): Paris, France
Legislative (The Commonwealth Senate): Melbourne, Australia
Judicial (The Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of Terran States): Cairo, Egypt
Terran Star Command (Military Fleet Command): Tokyo, Japan
Terran Intergalactic Affairs (Foreign Policy and Trade): New York City, USA
Terran Commonwealth Affairs (Domestic Policy): Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

With the formation of the Commonwealth, the founding members decided to place a function of the government on each inhabited continent (thus excluding Antarctica) in order to further the peace and trust between the people of Earth. The locations were voted on by a staggering 72%% of the member adult (over 18 years) population (roughly 2.74 billion people). China at the time was not willing to become a member of the Commonwealth and thus had no voting, which is why no Chinese city is among the government seats. While India was a part of the Commonwealth, its conceded its chances to a government seat due to its inability to ratify the Commonwealth Constitution and Bill of Rights in time for all its citizens to be properly counted for a vote. China and India were each later given the seats to four and three Commonwealth Cabinet departments, respectively.

*Earth does not have a planetary capital as it is the only Commonwealth world that still has semi-independent sovereign nation-states, such as the United States, Russia, China, and the EU. The Sol System has a System Capital located in Armstrong City, Luna (Earth's Moon).*

A Brief History of the Formation of the Commonwealth

The Third World War from 2056-2062 nearly spelled certain doom for many of the world's nations. Over 1.7 billion perished in the bloody conflict over scarce resources and conflicting ideologies. The major powers; the United States, the EU, Russia, China, Japan, barely escaped intact and many of the smaller nations were completely torn asunder. The United Nations had failed much like its predecessor, the League of Nations. Only the invention of a joint American-Japanese research team, led by Dr. Jon Dae Kim, brought hope and promise to the Human race...fusion power.

In July of 2063, China formally renounced its membership in the United Nations (though it had been a non-participant since a year before WWIII), and soon after another forty nations followed suit. On February 4th, 2064 the remaining Security Council members officially dissolved the United Nations. Soon afterwards, President Ian Bradholme of the United States and President Peter Korolov of the Russian Federation issued a joint statement calling for the formation of an united Earth government. Thus on August 13th, 2064, the Convention of Brisbane began and for six months delegates from over eighty nations drafted a charter and purpose for this new government.

The Charter for the United Earth Commonwealth was sent to the various participating states on Jan 27th, 2065. The United States and Russia, the most influential members, were the first to ratify on January 29th. The European Union soon followed suit on February 17th, the ratification process reached a majority vote on September 19th, 2065, and the last of the original convention members, Paraguay, ratified it on July 13th, 2066. Commonwealth Day is celebrated annually on the third Monday of every September (as all Commonwealth members use the Terran Standard Date, it is celebrated simultaneously on all member worlds, even if that date does not correspond to a third Monday in September...which makes for some interesting holiday periods on some worlds).

The invention of fusion power quickly revolutionized the world. It allowed for the creation of many other technologies, such as energy replication (for food) and demolecularization transportation for instant travel. By the mid 2070s world hunger was quickly becoming under control, if not eradicated and people were living more fulfilling lives.

China, while an expanding powerhouse since the start of the 21st century, had maintained its strict government control and had not yet joined the Commonwealth. It also had been one of the worst hit during World War III. But technology has a funny way of changing things, much like how the Internet drastically changed commerce and communication at the end of the 20th century. Since food production and energy needs were no longer an issue, it allowed for the ideal Communist state to emerge....however, ideal and maintaining power are two VERY different notions. A popular revolution overthrew the former Chinese government and the United Socialist Republic of China was announced. It maintained its communist ideology but granted much more freedom to individuals, since equality among citizens was more easily attainable. China was the last nation to join the Commonwealth, which it did on December 31st, 2079.

It was the Chinese Premier, Liu Bai, that put forth the idea of colonizing the Sol system to the Commonwealth Senate. The proposal was approved in late 2086 and the construction of the TCV-Apollo was begun for the colonization of the Moon, thereafter officially called Luna. Armstrong City was founded in 2089 and Luna became the first non-Earth member of the Commonwealth of Terran States.

From 2089, with the joining of Luna to the Commonwealth, to 2116, the Terran Commonwealth looked forward to future colonizing, such as Mars, and the Asteroid Belt, but first felt the need to deal with remaining social and economical issues from the previous war torn centuries. At 0342 EST on March 2nd, 2117 the world changed forever, a few moments later every member of the Senate received a call stating than an alien probe had just crashed in the Pacific about 20 miles southwest of Hawaii....