In the StarCraft universe, the United Powers League (UPL) was a world government and police-state formed by most countries of Earth. Only a few politically unstable South American countries were not part of it. The UPL was the predecessor of the United Earth Directorate. The StarCraft universe is a fictional universe in which the StarCraft series of computer games and books are set. ... It has been suggested that World Federation be merged into this article or section. ... The term police state is a pejorative term for a state in which the government exercises rigid and repressive controls over the social, economic and political life of the population, especially by means of a secret police force which operates above the normal constraints found in a liberal democracy. ... Adjectives: Terrestrial, Terran, Telluric, Tellurian, Earthly Atmosphere Surface pressure: 101. ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... Logo of the United Earth Directorate. ...

History

Following a period of social anarchy and the "fall of western civilization", a new world-government is re-asserted over Earth: the United Powers League. A police-state, it encompasses all but a few politically unstable South American countries.

Rounding up "undesirables" —cyborgs, geneticly "impure" individuals, hackers, policital dissidents— Project Purification was instituted: a genocide in which millions died. For other uses, see Cyborg (disambiguation). ... This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling. ...

However, the young scientist Doran Routhe wanted to explore deep space. It was very risky, but he had no problem with sending political prisoner "lab rats" to their possible deaths. Thousands were loaded into four sleeper-ships and loaded for a 1 year journey into deep space. However, the guidance computer failed, and they traveled at faster than light speeds for 30 years. When they awoke, the survivors had no idea where they were or where Earth was: all hope of making contact again was lost. One of the spaceships crashed killing all aboard, one founded the colony of Umoja, another founded the colony of Moria, and the last built the main Terran colony is the sector: Tarsonis. Doran Routhe is an important character in the history of the fictional StarCraft universe. ... Outer space (also called just space), as a name for a region, refers to the relatively empty parts of the Universe, outside the atmospheres of celestial bodies. ... Cherenkov effect in a swimming pool nuclear reactor. ... Umoja is one of the three original Terran-colonized worlds in the StarCraft universe. ... In the fictional StarCraft universe, Moria is a mineral-rich world located in the Koprulu Sector. ... Tarsonis was the capital of the Terran Confederacy in the StarCraft universe. ...

The Terrans of Tarsonis eventually re-built the stardrive and created an interstellar Terran Confederacy. There were roughly a dozen important Terran colony planets in the sector by the 25th century. However, war broke out with the Zerg invasion and subsequent clashes with the Protoss.

As was later revealed, the UPL had been observing the Terran breakaway colonies for some time. By this time, Earth had developed its own interstellar empire that was far larger than the combined colonies of the Koprulu Sector. Shocked by the appearance of two alien races in the Terran sector, the UPL reformed into the United Earth Directorate; now it encompassed all nations of Earth. Logo of the United Earth Directorate. ...

References

• StarCraft homepage at Blizzard Entertainment
• Battle.net StarCraft Compendium