Earth Republic

The Earth Republic, also colloquially known as E-Rep or Uncle E-Rep, was an interspecies government on Earth.

Society
The Earth Republic had a large population due to the immigration of civilians from severely terraformed areas. They relied on trade with smaller towns for resources such as Gulanite and Petrohol. The Earth Republic, or at least part of it, assumed that everything on Earth falls under their jurisdiction. Despite enlisting both Humans and Votans, the Earth Republic was still seen as unfriendly to most other Votans. (Defiance Wiki:Production Images, Intel:Crash Response, Data Recorder:Gut Check)

Government
The Earth Republic's government was derived from the U.S. Constitution and was initially led by the remnants of the United Nations. The government was led by President Nelson Miles and consisted of the Earth Republic Senate overseen by a General Assembly. Each province of Columbia had a representative in the General Assembly and each province had territorial governors who reported to the representatives. One of the E-Rep political parties was the Terrestrian Party. (Loading screen, Brothers In Arms, I Just Wasn't Made For These Times)

The Earth Republic operated Criminal Notification Services to aid in finding and capturing criminals. The Earth Republic had a Division Of Codes And Standards for legal processes and allowed polygamous marriages. The ran a Medical Services department for field medical operations and had their own team of professional ark hunters. The government was based out of the Earth Republic Headquarters. (Beasts Of Burden, Everything Is Broken, This Woman's Work, The Serpent's Egg)

Military
The Earth Republic maintained an army with specialized units for military purposes such as the Black Hawks. The army had vehicles such as Stratocarriers to facilitate mass troop movements. (Loading screen, Main Mission:Recovery Mission)

Controlled-areas
New York
 * Columbia
 * Boston
 * Fort Adams
 * Fredericton
 * New York
 * Toronto
 * Independent
 * Cedars
 * Defiance
 * New Las Cruces
 * Texas
 * Amarillo

History
In 2031 the Earth Military Coalition signed the Pale Wars Armistice and ended the war with the Votanis Collective. The EMC was disbanded and the Earth Republic was founded, basing itself off the U.S. Constitution and being initially led by what remained of the United Nations. They began to negotiate with independent towns to obtain their resources in exchange for security, medicine and technology. They planned to build two Mag-Lev lines across North America as a way to prevent the Collective from expanding northward, offering to pay for the construction to various towns as a way to gain a measure of control over these regions and maintaining forces at the Armistice Line. (Loading screen, Earth Military Coalition Confidential, Pilot, The Serpent's Egg, Inside Defiance: Episode 18)

In 2046 the Earth Repubic was approached by Karl Von Bach of Von Bach Industries for help in finding advanced and rare Arktech and they sent an expedition of troops to the Bay Area aboard one of their few stratocarriers, the EMS New Freedom to help Von Bach find what he needed; the stratocarrier was shot down and many of the troops were killed, but what survived took part in stopping Dark Matter forces in San Francisco. They offered a mutual securities package to the town of Defiance but they opposed it, opting to pay for their Mag-Lev section themselves. When Viral hemorrhagic fever broke out in Defiance, E-Rep forces quarantined the town to prevent it from reaching New York. (Main Mission:Recovery Mission, Main Mission:Defiance, Pilot, The Serpent's Egg, If I Ever Leave This World Alive)

The E-Rep attempted to buy Environmental Guardian Online devices from VBI but was constantly turned down. The Terrestrian Party attempted to have Senator Davannya Dhon killed in order to gain power. After Datak Tarr killed Colonel Galen Marsh, the Earth Republic seized control of Defiance, building a Field Office in the town and garrisoning troops here to maintain their control over the Gulanite mines. In 2047 the E-Rep signed a treaty with the Winnipeg Free Republic. Several months later, the Kaziri used Terraspheres to terraform New York, severely crippling the E-Rep. (Intel:Fair Trade, Intel:Leadership on Trial, Past Is Prologue, Everything Is Broken, The Opposite of Hallelujah, This Woman's Work, I Almost Prayed, Main Mission:Season 3: The First Expedition)