History Main / FictionalUnitedNations

* The Citadel government in ''Franchise/MassEffect'' is headed by a Council of appointed representatives of races that have demonstrated a commitment to the welfare of the entire alliance, both economically and militarily. Initially it's just the asari, turians, and salarians but after ''VideoGame/MassEffect1'', humanity gains a seat (or in one ending, takes it over completely). The Council is somewhat of a benevolent dictatorship in that any decision they give ''must'' be abided by, and non-Council races can only make their case and hope the Council agrees with them. Unusually the Council can enforce its decisions fairly readily: though it doesn't have a formal military of its own it does have an office of elite covert operatives, the Spectres, who legally answer only to the Council. Larger problems still require member governments' troops, though.

* The Peaceful Nations Alliance in ''WesternAnimation/{{MASK}}''.

%%* The Peaceful Nations Alliance in ''WesternAnimation/{{MASK}}''.

** In the AceCombat Strangereal Universe, UPEO is actually an organization under the Neo United Nations (NUN), which is itself a successor to the earlier International United Nations (IUN), which is itself a successor to the Congress of Nations (based on the League of Nations). All probably fit this trope. They all, also, do very little int he plot of the games.

* In the AceCombat Strangereal Universe, UPEO is actually an organization under the Neo United Nations (NUN), which is itself a successor to the earlier International United Nations (IUN), which is itself a successor to the Congress of Nations (based on the League of Nations). All probably fit this trope. They all, also, do very little int he plot of the games.

* The [[VideoGame/TheSecretWorld Council of Venice]] is equivalent to the UN for the secret conspiracies right down to the blue beret-clad soldiers and the [[NotSoOmniscientCouncilOfBickering crippling in-fighting.]]
* ''SidMeiersAlphaCentauri'' has the Planetary Council, a UN-like organization that consists of all human factions (the two Progenitor factions in the ''Alien Crossfire'' expansion can't join) except those who have been eliminated or committed major atrocities. The Council can first be called by a faction that has obtained communication frequencies with all others. The first task is always to elect the Planetary Governor. A Governor can call the Council to make a single decision every 10 years, while any other faction can do it every 20 years. For most decisions, the factions have 1 vote each, although the Planetary Governor has veto power. When electing a Planetary Governor or a Supreme Leader (diplomatic victory; only possible in the expansion if no aliens remain), the number of votes each faction has depends on its population and secret projects. Before a vote, it's possible for backroom deals to take place, where one faction agrees to vote a certain way in exchange for something else. For example, the UN Charter is initially in force, meaning all atrocities result in harsh penalties from other factions. The Charter can be repealed (and reinstated later) by a vote in the Council, resulting in such actions being considered normal parts of warfare (except the use of [[FantasticNuke Planet Busters]]).

* ''SidMeiersAlphaCentauri'' has the Planetary Council, a UN-like organization that consists of all human factions (the two Progenitor factions in the ''Alien Crossfire'' expansion can't join) except those who have been eliminated or committed major atrocities. The Council can first be called by a faction that has obtained communication frequencies with all others. The first task is always to elect the Planetary Governor. A Governor can call the Council to make a single decision every 10 years, while any other faction can do it every 20 years. For most decisions, the factions have 1 vote each, although the Planetary Governor has veto power. When electing a Planetary Governor or a Supreme Leader (diplomatic victory; only possible in the expansion if no aliens remain), the number of votes each faction has depends on its population and secret projects. Before a vote, it's possible for backroom deals to take place, where one faction agrees to vote a certain way in exchange for something else. For example, the UN Charter is initially in force, meaning all atrocities result in harsh penalties from other factions. The Charter can be repealed (and reinstated later) by a vote in the Council, resulting in such actions being considered normal parts of warfare (except the use of [=WMDs=]).

* The [[VideoGame/TheSecretWorld Council of Venice]] is equivalent to The UN for the secret conspiracies right down to the blue beret-clad soldiers and the [[NotSoOmniscientCouncilOfBickering crippling in-fighting.]]

** The eponymous station served as a United Nations of sorts, with ambassadors from the League of Non-Aligned Worlds, the Narn Regime, the Centauri Republic, the Minbari, the Earth Alliance, and the Vorlon Empire each having a vote on various diplomatic resolutions. Often (as with the RealLife UN) this council proved ineffective in some crucial matters, ultimately (by admission of Ivanova in the Season 3 opening monologue) failing in its mission for peace as the Shadow War expanded.

This can fall practically anywhere on the scales of [[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism Idealism Versus Cynicism]] and RomanticismVersusEnlightenment. In some portrayals the Fictional United Nations is hamstrung by applications of {{Realpolitik}} and greed, with big, powerful nations essentially free to ignore it without much consequence and run riot over weaker nations. In other cases the author depicts the job of keeping the peace between nations as tricky but not impossible, with the participants more inclined towards [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enlightened_self-interest enlightened self-interest]] and willing to work together for the greater good, allowing for [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming Crowning Moments of Heartwarming]] when peoples of many tribes and creeds come together and do something awesome.

* The Citadel government in ''Franchise/MassEffect'' is headed by a council of appointed representatives of races that have demonstrated a commitment to the welfare of the entire alliance, both economically and militarily. Initially it's just the asari, turians, and salarians but after ''VideoGame/MassEffect1'', humanity gains a seat (or in one ending, takes it over completely). The Council is somewhat of a benevolent dictatorship in that any decision they give ''must'' be abided by, and non-Council races can only make their case and hope the Council agrees with them.

May enforce a set of FictionalGenevaConventions.

Compare TheAlliance and TheFederation, as well as UnitedSpaceOfAmerica, which has a similar based-on-a-real-organization derivation. Also compare MultinationalTeam. See also UnitedNationsIsASuperpower, where the Fictional United Nations has a lot more power than usual; the logical conclusion of this is OneWorldOrder.

* The [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture 21st-century timeline]] in ''Franchise/{{Star Trek|ExpandedUniverse}}: Literature/{{Federation}}'' features an organization in the background called the New United Nations that apparently replaced the original. We never find out much detail because [[ANaziByAnyOtherName the Optimum]] destroy the entire organization in the course of their bid for world domination.

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* The Peaceful Nations Alliance in ''WesternAnimation/{{MASK}}''.
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The concept is similar to TheAlliance but can contain both [[GoodRepublicEvilEmpire good and evil members]] which provides a story set there with a source of conflict. Also alliances are often just a treaty or even an informal agreement making countries allies, whereas here there is a formal governing apparatus. However unlike TheFederation the Fictional United Nations is not treated as a single state: individual members are still sovereign nations and may take action unilaterally if they feel the need. It also tends to have no military of its own, and operations ordered by its (usually) ruling council are executed by the armies of member states.

Compare TheAlliance and TheFederation, as well as UnitedSpaceOfAmerica which has a similar based-on-a-real-organization derivation. Also compare MultinationalTeam. See also UnitedNationsIsASuperpower, where the Fictional United Nations has a lot more power than usual; the logical conclusion of this is OneWorldOrder.

* ''Film/BatmanTheMovie'' has the United World, serving as a NoCelebritiesWereHarmed version of the UN. The villains' main plot in the film involves kidnapping United World diplomats.

* The Creator/ThomasDixonJr book ''Literature/TheFallOfANation'' has a "Parliament of Nations" created when the United States does not intervene in UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, and that conflict ends in a negotiated stalemate. (The book was written before the US entry into the war.) The delegates are the head of state of each member country, and it's even more useless than the real-life UsefulNotes/LeagueOfNations.

** The eponymous station served as a UN of sorts, with ambassadors from the League of Non-Aligned Worlds, the Narn Regime, the Centauri Republic, the Minbari, the Earth Alliance, and the Vorlon Empire each having a vote on various diplomatic resolutions. Often (as with the RealLife UN) this council proved ineffective in some crucial matters, ultimately (by admission of Ivanova in the Season 3 opening monologue) failing in its mission for peace as the Shadow War expanded.
** The Interstellar Alliance which formed toward the end of the series after the Earth Civil War was probably a more effective version, as each member was mutually protected from aggression by the treaty binding all members, which was enforced by the organization's military force, the Rangers.

* The Citadel government in ''Franchise/MassEffect'' is headed by a council of appointed representatives of races that have demonstrated a commitment to the welfare of the entire alliance, both economically and militarily. Initially it's just the asari, turians, and salarians but after ''VideoGame/MassEffect1'' humanity gains a seat (or in one ending, takes it over completely). The Council is somewhat of a benevolent dictatorship in that any decision they give ''must'' be abided by, and non-Council races can only make their case and hope the Council agrees with them.

* The Creator/ThomasDixon book ''Literature/TheDeathOfANation'' has a "Parliament of Nations" created when the United States does not intervene in UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, and that conflict ends in a negotiated stalemate. (The book was written before the US entry into the war.) The delegates are the head of state of each member country, and it's even more useless than the real-life UsefulNotes/LeagueOfNations.