Earth is the third planet in the Solar System. It is a major location in all series of the Gundam franchise.
Universal Century[]
Earth is the original home world of the human race before the mass migration to space. Though the majority of humanities population lives in space there are still many who live on Earth. It is a unified world as well as the capital of the Earth Federation.
Regild Century[]
After the Universal Century concluded with a series of violent space wars, humanity ushered in a new era of global peace known as the Regild Century. The wars of the Universal Century had left Earth wracked by starvation and ecological collapse. A similar level of destruction occurred in orbit and the space colonies that once surrounded the planet are gone.
The surviving people of Earth clustered around an area in the Amazon (the last green place on the planet at the time) and restored the Capital Tower, a massive space elevator from the UC era. Around this structure a religion emerges, where energy-carrying Photon Batteries come down from space and power society, "SU-Cordism". The SU-Cordism religion aided in Earth's recovery by applying restrictions on technological progress, coined the "AG-Tech Taboo."
Future Century[]
In the Future Century, the elites of humanity (the wealthy, celebrities, scientists, politicians, and the like) have left Earth to live in the space colonies. This led to a war amongst what was left of the nations which ended through the intervention of the colonies and the establishment of the Gundam Fight. The war and Gundam Fights which are held every four years has left the Earth ravaged.
After Colony[]
In the After Colony timeline, by 195 AC every nation on Earth is a member of the United Earth Sphere Alliance which also has full control over the oppressed colonies.
After War[]
In the After War timeline, a mass colony drop at the end of the 7th Space War has killed 99 percent of the human population as well as having devastated much of the Earth's surface.
Correct Century[]
In the Correct Century timeline, all technology on Earth was destroyed, the culmination of mankind's Dark History. As a result, the technological level on Earth in this timeline is comparable to that of Earth in the early 1900s.
In stark contrast to the backwoods nature of Earthlings is the almost Utopia society of the Moonrace, a futuristic society which has changed the barren landscape of the moon into a paradise. The Moonrace is the only group which has advanced to the point of having their own Mobile Suits; the people of Earth only find Mobile Suits as relics of the far-flung past in archaeological digs, such as the MS-06 Zaku II (referred to as MS-06 Borjarnon by the Earth militia) and the titular machine of Turn A Gundam, referred to by the characters as the White Doll.
Though the moon is a paradise there are those who dissatisfied with how unchanging it is and wish to colonize Earth, sparking a war between the Moonrace and Earth.
Cosmic Era[]
- Main article: Earth (Cosmic Era)
Earth is the home world of the Naturals. It is divided into 10 nations: Atlantic Federation, Eurasian Federation, Republic of East Asia, Equatorial Union, Oceania Union, African Community, South Africa Union, United States of South America, Orb Union and Kingdom of Scandinavia.
Anno Domini[]
The Anno Domini timeline uses the current calendar set three hundred years into the future. Earth is much the same except that fossil fuels are virtually depleted, the majority of the world's countries are organized into three power blocks centered around three orbital elevators which supply the world with a nearly infinite supply of solar energy.
Advanced Generation[]
In the Advanced Generation timeline, the world and its nations are governed by the Earth Federation since before the implementation of the AG Calendar.
Post Disaster[]
After the Calamity War, Earth was reorganized into four main economic blocs: the African Union, Arbrau, the Strategic Alliance Union, and the Oceanian Federation. Gjallarhorn, the organization that ended the war, assumed all military and policing responsibilities for the blocs and their territories on other worlds. In 323 P.D., Gjallarhorn's attempt to manipulate the election for Arbrau's prime minister was exposed, shattering the blocs' trust in the organization as a neutral arbiter of peace. As a result, the blocs began to develop their own military forces, and a brief war occurred between Arbrau and the SAU in 325 P.D.
Ad Stella[]
In the Ad Stella timeline, there are significant tensions between natives of Earth, called "Earthians", and the inhabitants of space colonies, called "Spacians", primarily due to economic disparities. Some Spacians have been known to consider Earthians inferior people.
Many once-populated sections of Earth (such as parts of Japan) are now shown to be abandoned and overgrown.
References[]
Solar System |
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Celestial Bodies Mercury | Venus | Earth (Moon) | Mars | Jupiter | Saturn |
Celestial Spheres Venus Globe | Earth Sphere (Universal Century, Cosmic Era) | Mars Sphere | Jupiter Sphere |