Confederation of Independent Nations

The Confederation of Independent Nations is a mutual defense and economic confederation between the United States of America, The United Kingdom, and the Russian Federation.

The Confederation has established itself as the key player in the Sol System, exploiting vast amounts of mineral wealth from offworld outposts.

The Confederation has been engaged in a cold-war with the United Nations for all of its existence, being formed in defiance of UN mandates.

Origin
"'We stand at the precipice of history, balancing freedom and tyranny on a knife's edge.'""-Supreme Commander Chester W. Robles"On October 3rd 2032, the United Nations called the first World Assembly in New York. The Assembly called all sovereign nations to combine their efforts against pressing world issues. The call was backed by the threat of economic embargo against nations refusing the call.

Nations who refused the call, for whatever reason, were embargoed, leading to a massive economic recession.

In 2033 a foundering United States, working with the United Kingdom, successfully developed the Dosadi-Webster Engine, a hyper-efficient chemical reaction rocket engine.

The Dosadi-Webster Engine, allowed the United States and United Kingdom to begin exploiting offworld mineral wealth, easing the effects of the massive recession.

Sometime in 2033, the Russian Federation would begin operating Dosadi-Webster Engines, greatly distressing the United States and United Kingdom.

Nearly all diplomatic contact between the nations operating Dosadi-Webster Engine and the UN had been severed, and near-total isolation was forced onto the three nations.

The economic situation of the three nations had improved dramatically, leading to a chaotic economic boom.

The three nations built close economic ties, coordinating mineral exploitation of offworld mining operations.

Initial UN Threat
On February 13th 2034, the UN Secretary General called for the formation of a military force to combat "Widespread aggression." And on February 18th the United Nations Independent Peacekeeping Forces were established. The Peacekeeping Forces would be constituted of the volunteers from member-nations military forces, and civilian volunteers.

Sensing that their sovereignty may soon be under attack by an exceptionally large and well organized military, the three powers possessing the Dosadi-Webster Engine formalized their newfound friendship with the Declaration of Sovereign Rights.

Geography
The land area of the entire Confederation is approximately 10,505,728 square miles, with the largest member state being the Russian Federation.