Eurasian Federation

Eurasian Federation
Eurasian Federation (ユーラシア連邦, Yūrashia Renpō)
Data
Purpose	Federal State
Parent	Earth Alliance
Subdivisions	Task Force X
Allies	Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty (Partial; during and after the Second Alliance-PLANT War)
Enemies	Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty (Reduced; during and after the Second Alliance-PLANT War) Atlantic Federation (Partial; after the First Alliance-PLANT War) Kingdom of Foundation
Mobile Weapons/Armors/Workers
GAT-01A1 Dagger TS-MA2 Moebius CAT1-X1/3 Hyperion Gundam Unit 1 CAT1-X3/3 Hyperion Gundam Unit 3 TS-MA4F Exus CAT1-X2/3 Hyperion Gundam Unit 2
Vehicles
Agamemnon-class Linear Gun Tank Small Launch
Miscellaneous
Movie	Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom
Manga	GSXA

The Eurasian Federation is one of the superstates of the Earth Alliance, introduced in the anime Mobile Suit Gundam SEED.

Overview

As its name implies, the Eurasian Federation is a fusion of the European Union (minus Ireland), members of the former Warsaw Pact, post-Soviet states, Middle East, Heilongjiang province, and Hokkaido Prefecture. The Federation is governed by a federal council dominated by the nations of the European region, with its capital in Moscow (Brussels before C.E. 75). This nation is a powerful member of the Earth Alliance, second only to the Atlantic Federation in power and influence. As a result, both federations have long been rivals, and a strong undercurrent of mistrust remains between them.

The military of the Eurasian Federation is part of OMNI Enforcer and uses the same Mobile Suits as the other EA members, although it has created its own series of mobile suits in form of the CAT1-X Hyperion series. It was also the Eurasian Federation who first invented beam shield technology in form of their Lightwave Barrier. Besides this fact, the Federation also previously controlled the Artemis asteroid at Lagrange 3, although this base was considered strategically unimportant.

In terms of Coordinators, it seems that the Eurasians are not strongly influenced by Blue Cosmos, and don't mind as much about Coordinators in their own ranks. When the Archangel was in Artemis asteroid, base commander Gerard Garcia made an offer to Kira Yamato that the Eurasians would protect him from his own people (Coordinators) if he would help them, something a Blue Cosmos member would never do. Another example is the special operative Canard Pars, who was allowed to work for the Eurasians in exchange for his life. While the Atlantic Federation, and with them Blue Cosmos, also used Coordinators, their so-called Combat Coordinators were mentally controlled by the Atlantic Federation. Canard, however, was not controlled mentally but only placed in handcuffs because of his abilities and short temper. Garcia has also said that he hates Coordinators like Canard, but never expressed any overt anti-Coordinator sentiments. Further examples include the hiring of Serpent Tail mercenary, Gai Murakumo, who is also a Coordinator, into the ranks of the Eurasian Federation military. Because of this, it seems the Eurasian Federation doesn't mind if someone is a Coordinator or Natural as long as they are on their side.

History

Like the other superpowers on Earth, the Eurasian Federation emerged as a result of the Reconstruction War. Over the next few decades, the Eurasian Federation not only collaborated with the South Africa Union in building the Habilis Mass Driver, but was also one of the sponsor nations which funded the construction of the PLANT Colonies and imported lots of products from them. The Federation also took part in creating a joint military with the other superpowers to more tightly control the PLANT Colonies, and eventually became a member of the Earth Alliance when it was formed after the Tragedy of Copernicus. It thus actively took part in the First Alliance-PLANT War, although at the same time tried to become stronger than the Atlantic Federation. Their intentions weakened however, when many soldiers of the Eurasian Federation were sacrificed by the Atlantic Federation comrades during Operation Spitbreak. After the first war, they lost large amounts of territory to the Equatorial Union and ZAFT-controlled African Community. Also, ZAFT was allowed to keep their Gibraltar Base on Eurasian Federation territory.

During the "Break The World" Incident, the Eurasian Federation suffered heavily, with severe damage to many historical cities including Rome and Athens. Rome and Athens were hit especially hard; the Basilica of St. Peter and the Acropolis were both destroyed by debris hits.

At the beginning of the subsequent Second Alliance-PLANT War, many factions within the Eurasian Federation sought to withdraw from the Earth Alliance, which resulted in Atlantic Federation forces being deployed against those states. Since they did not have the support of the Eurasian main forces they were thus quickly defeated. The rebels however got support from ZAFT, which intervened on behalf of these independent movements. The Atlantic Federation, under the command of Logos, eventually deployed the GFAS-X1 Destroy Gundam to maintain control of Eurasia, which led to even stronger anti-Alliance sentiment in Eurasia due to the near destruction of Berlin and other smaller cities by the gigantic mobile suit.

By the end of the Second Alliance-PLANT War, the Eurasian Federation's control over its territory had been significantly weaken, causing a rise of secessionist movements within Eurasia. In what was later known as the "Foundation Shock", the Kingdom of Foundation, a small nation located in southern Eurasia, successfully achieved de facto independence from the Eurasian Federation with the support of ZAFT, which further embolden other secessionist movements in Eurasia. Unlike the Atlantic Federation, the Eurasian Federation wasn't a member of Compass, and took a hardline stance against the PLANTs.

In C.E. 75, during a joint Compass-Eurasian-Foundation operation to root out a Blue Cosmos base in Eldore, the Foundation's Black Knight Squad infiltrated behind Eurasian lines and hijacked a Eurasian missile launcher, then launched three nuclear missiles in a false flag attack. Although one of them was intercepted and destroyed by Lunamaria Hawke's ZGMF-2025/F GELGOOG Menace, the remaining two managed to slip through and obliterated Ishtaria (the Foundation's capital) and Eldore, respectively. Using the nuclear strike on Ishtaria as a pretext, Foundation's Chancellor Orphee Lam Tao ordered the complete destruction of Moscow using the reactivated Requiem, annihilating it in one shot.

Notes & Trivia

• The rivalry between the Atlantic and Eurasian Federations is a possible reference to the Cold War, as the Atlantic Federation capital is in present-day United States (presumably Washington D.C.), while the Eurasian Federation capital is in modern Russian Federation (Moscow), albeit most of the EU also belongs to it except for Great Britain, which is a member of the Atlantic Federation.
• According to the novelization of Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom, the Eurasian Federation might have tacitly allowed the existence of Blue Cosmos after the Second Alliance-PLANT War, and may have been providing the group with military resources to replenish their forces.
• In Super Robot Wars W, the Eurasian Federation is shown to primarily use the OZ-12SMS Taurus and MMS-01 Serpent, the latter design confiscated from the Barton Foundation after their rebellion was put down around Colony X-18999. They also used mecha and powered armor from the anime series' Detonator Orgun, Tekkaman Blade II and Martian Successor Nadesico.

Appearances

Television Series

• Mobile Suit Gundam SEED
  • PHASE-04, Silent Run
    • First Appearance
  • PHASE-05, Phase Shift Down
  • PHASE-06, The Vanishing Gundam
  • PHASE-22, The Sea Dyed Red
    • Flashback(s) Only
  • PHASE-35, The Descending Sword
    • Mentioned only
  • PHASE-38, Decisive Fire
    • Mentioned only

Movies

• Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom

Manga

• Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Astray
  • Chapter 2, Showdown! Astray vs Astray
• Mobile Suit Gundam SEED X Astray
  • Chapter 0.5, Prologue
  • Chapter 1, The New G

Novels

• Mobile Suit Gundam SEED MSV: Battlefield Record
  • Chapter 1, Field 01: El Alamein