UNITED COLONIES IN STARFIELD
Starfield, the newest title from Bethesda Game Studios, offers a new take in the Fallout series, following Bethesda's legacy in Fallout 3 and 4.
As the oldest known monarchy in the Settled Systems, the Brotherhood of Steel is an absoute monarchy in the Settled Systems, with the current Supreme Elder being Arthur Maxson.
The House Va'runn is a theocratic absolute monarchy that centered on the worship of the Great Serpent, with the monarch uses the title of Supreme Leader (a shortened version of Supreme Leader of the House Va'runn and the Great Serpent) and the current Supreme Leader is Anasko Va'runn.
The United Colonies (UC) is a Semi-Democratic and Meritocratic Federal Autocratic Presidential Republic republic in the Settled Systems, and controls the star systems Alpha Centauri, Sol, and Wolf. The UC's capital is the city of New Atlantis on planet Jemison in the Alpha Centauri system.
The phrace "Supra et Ultra", which was first coined by William Blackmore in 2161, is the official motto of the United Colonies and it has been recognized by fans of both Fallout series and Starfield.
The current president of the UC is Alexandra Abello as of 2330, where Starfield takes place.

HISTORY OF THE UNITED COLONIES
The United Colonies was established in 2159 as a breakaway state of the Enclave, even during President Joseph Richardson's leadership with the Enclave. Just a year after the United Colonies gained their peaceful independence from the Enclave (now known as the Great Enclave), the colony of New Atlantis was founded in 2160, and officially became the United Colonies' capital in 2161.
In 2162, when the Brotherhood of Steel at their zenith in the Settled Systems, the UC officially established diplomatic relations with the Brotherhood under the Supreme Elder John Maxson's reign within the Brotherhood of Steel. The relations still unbreakable during the 168-year diplomatic history.
The UC attempted to expand into the independent system of Narion in 2194 by placing The Clinic star station above Deepala, but the residents of Narion protested and voted to join the Freestar Collective. The dispute over Narion escalated into the Narion War in 2196, which concluded in 2216 with the Treaty of Narion. The UC ceded its claim over Narion and recognized it as a Freestar member, and halted its expansion beyond the three star systems it already possessed.
In 2231, when the follower of House Va'runn and the Great Serpent's religion, Jeremy Maxson, staged a military coup with the Brotherhood of Steel against the Supreme Elder Owyn Lyons, leading the Brotherhood Civil War.
During the Brotherhood Civil War, the United Colonies and the Great Enclave supported the Reconstructionist faction, led by ousted Supreme Elder Owyn Lyons, while the Freestar and House Va'runn backs the Centralist faction (led by Jeremy Maxson).
By 2235, the United Colonies supports Owyn Lyons' overthrow of Jeremy Maxson, restoring Lyons as the Supreme Elder and ending the Brotherhood Civil War. That same year, the deposed Supreme Elder Jeremy Maxson was executed for his war crimes by the United Colonies Army by a firing squad.
By 2267, the United Colonies and the Brotherhood declares the war on the Great Enclave, angering Great Enclave's plan to destroy New Atlantis under the guidance of the Great Enclave president John Henry Eden.
In 2280, the UC restored its diplomatic relations with the Great Enclave and welcomed Augustus Autumn as the President of the Great Enclave. Throughout Augustus Autumn's presidency with the Great Encave, the UC played their important economic assistance to the Brotherhood of Steel alongside the Great Enclave.
Tensions between the UC and Freestar resurfaced in 2307, when the UC lodged a formal complaint over Freestar's colonization of the Lunara system and insisted that the Treaty of Narion prohibited Freestar from claiming a fourth star system. When diplomatic talks failed, the UC besieged the Freestar colony on the planet Vesta and killed all of its defenders, igniting the Colony War. This second conflict ended in 2311 after the UC Navy lost the Battle of Cheyenne to a Freestar flotilla of military and civilian ships, and both sides ratified the Armistice. In response to this defeat, the UC created the UC Vanguard, a civilian navy pledged to protect UC member colonies and interests, in 2315.
As of 2330, UC military forces are on alert due to increased aggression from the Crimson Fleet, which has established new footholds in several systems that threaten UC territory.

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED COLONIES
The President of the United Colonies is the head of state and head of government within the United Colonies. The President also acts the commander-in-chief of the United Colonies Armed Forces.
Currently as of 2330, Alexandra Abello is the 7th and current president of the United Colonies, taking her office since President Sarkin's resignation in 2318.

List of Presidents of the United Colonies

William Henry Blackmore (2159-2195) (2120-2195): William Blackmore was the first President of the United Colonies and his eventual establishment of diplomatic relations with the Brotherhood of Steel in 2162 marks the significant milestone of the United Colonies' political history. First UC president to die in office.
Edward Blackmore (2195-2210) (2149-2237): Son of William Henry Blackmore, the 2nd UC President and first UC president to establish its relations with the Freestar Collective.
Isaac Sarkin (2210-2239) (2183-2241): Isaac Sarkin's presidency of the United Colonies oversaw the Brotherhood Civil War, expressing his support of Supreme Elder Owyn Lyons and the Reconstructionist faction. Resigned in 2239, due to ill health.
Herbert Stapleton (2239-2250) (2210-2250, assassinated by House Va'runn zealots): He was the last United Colonies president to die in office while he was murdered in 2250 by House Va'runn sympathizers during the Serpent's Crusade.
John Brown MacIntyre (2250-2303) (2221-2314): President MacIntyre's 53-year term was characterized by his friendly relations with the Brotherhood of Steel and his severance of UC's diplomatic relations with the Great Enclave, House Va'runn and the Freestar Collective during the Brotherhood-Enclave War.
Donovan Sarkin (2303-2318) (born 2259): In 2307, UC President Sarkin declares the war against the Freestar Collective, House Va'runn and the Great Enclave, triggering the Colony War. All 3 factions later restored its diplomatic relations in 2311 following an uneasy peace after the end of the Colony War.
Alexandra Abello (2318-present) (born 2280): Current President of the United Colonies and a central political figure in Starfield. She became known for her strengthening political alliance with the Brotherhood of Steel and the Great Enclave in a plot to destroy the Crimson Fleet, an organized crime group of space pirates once being the ally of the Freestar Collective during the Colony War.

UC CITIZENSHIP
Citizenship in the United Colonies (UC) is not automatic, and there are different grades. Residents of the UC can achieve citizenship through service by working for any of the branches of MAST, but the only option foreigners have to earn it is to enlist in the UC Vanguard, which is part of MAST's military branch. Citizenship benefits vary by grade and include credit rewards, the right to home ownership in New Atlantis, and discounts in UC businesses.
Earning citizenship is said to be difficult as MAST has limited employment slots. The administration and science branches of MAST are particularly competitive as they are more appealing to most people than the military. In order to make the military branch more appealing to applicants, the UC changed its policies so that citizenship could be earned substantially faster in the military than in the other two branches, and those who served in the military with distinction would be eligible for first-grade citizenship, the highest tier with the most benefits.

RELATIONS WITH THE BROTHERHOOD OF STEEL
While the United Colonies declared independence from the Enclave in 2159, the Brotherhood of Steel was the first foreign interstellar government to recognize United Colonies independence from the Enclave, and the Brotherhood was the first to establish its diplomatic ties with the United Colonies.
The United Colonies enjoyed their long-standing and unbreakable diplomatic and economic ties with the Brotherhood of Steel. The Brotherhood of Steel was the first interstellar government to recognize the United Colonies independence from the Great Enclave in 2159.
The relations were officially established in 2162 during the reign of Supreme Elder of the Brotherhood of Steel John Maxson and the President of the United Colonies William Henry Blackmore.
In 2231, the United Colonies supported then Supreme Elder Owyn Lyons and his Reconstructionist faction during the Brotherhood Civil War, against the House Va'runn-aligned Supreme Elder Jeremy Maxson and his Centralist faction.
In 2235, Jeremy Maxson was overthrown by the United Colonies and UC President Isaac Sarkin congratulates the restoration of Owyn Lyons as the Brotherhood's Supreme Elder
In 2267, things did really happened around the Settled Systems when the United Colonies and the Brotherhood of Steel severed its relations with the Enclave and subsequent declaration war against the Enclave, triggering Brotherhood-Enclave War. In the Great Enclave, de jure President Richard Richardson Jr was overthrown by a devout House Va'runn and the Great Serpent believer Augustus Autumn through his military coup backed by House Va'runn and Freestar Collective, resulting of the unification of First and Second Enclaves, forming the Great Enclave, as John Henry Eden remains the Great Enclave's president after the 2267 unification of two Enclaves.
In 2283, the UC, then under the Presidency of John Brown MacIntyre, oversaw the coronation of Arthur Maxson as the current Supreme Elder of the Brotherhood of Steel.
By 2307, the Brotherhood severed its diplomatic relations with the Enclave and the Freestar Collective, triggering Colony War.
By 2311, the Colony War ended in uneasy peace and in 2312, the Brotherhood celebrates its 150th anniversary of its relations with the UC.
By 2328, when President of the Great Enclave Elizabeth Autumn came to power, the Brotherhood and the UC offers their strong military alliance against the Crimson Fleet, once being the ally of the Freestar Collective during the Colony War.
Today, as of 2330, the unbroken 168-year relations between the Brotherhood of Steel and the UC plays its significant history of political, military, cultural and economic development in the Settled Systems, even the Brotherhood and the UC was seen as the key players in Starfield, per the Fallout universe.

RELATIONS WITH THE GREAT ENCLAVE
In 2159, United Colonies became independent from the Great Enclave (then known as the First Enclave or the Enclave), and the Enclave did not establish its diplomatic relations with the United Colonies by 2167.
Relations with the Great Enclave were severed during the Narion War and the UC reestablished its diplomatic ties with them by 2196. Reasons given was the Enclave's diplomatic and military support of the Freestar Collective.
In 2267, things did really happened around the Settled Systems when the United Colonies and the Brotherhood of Steel severed its relations with the Enclave and subsequent declaration war against the Enclave, triggering Brotherhood-Enclave War. In the Great Enclave, de jure President Richard Richardson Jr was overthrown by a devout House Va'runn and the Great Serpent believer Augustus Autumn through his military coup backed by House Va'runn and Freestar Collective, resulting of the unification of First and Second Enclaves, forming the Great Enclave, as John Henry Eden remains the Great Enclave's president after the 2267 unification of two Enclaves.
By 2277, the relationship between the UC and Great Enclave started to change, when Augustus Autumn became the President of the Great Enclave after he staged a military coup against the the Great Enclave's de facto leader John Henry Eden and its de jure leader Richard Richardson Jr following the Brotherhood victory in the Capital Wasteland.
By 2280, during the presidency of John Brown MacIntyre and the tenure of the Great Enclave President Augustus Autumn, the UC recognizes the Great Enclave as an unified successor state of the Enclave, following the 2267 unification of First and Second Enclaves in Akila system. UC President John Brown MacIntyre also praised President Autumn's leadership with the Great Enclave.
By 2307, when the Great Enclave's president Augustus Autumn on his peak of his power, the UC declares the war on the Great Enclave, prompting Enclave's support for the Freestar Collective and triggering the Colony War.
By 2310, in the midst of the Colony War, the United Colonies resumed its diplomatic relations with the Great Enclave when William Coulson became the Great Enclave President following his UC-backed coup d'etat against Augustus Autumn.
By 2311, diplomatic relations with the Freestar Collective restored during the Colony War.
As of 2330, the UC forms an alliance with the Enclave and the Brotherhood of Steel to combat Crimson Fleet threats, as the Brotherhood of Steel consider the Crimson Fleet as their enemies due to Crimson Fleet's longstanding political ties with the Freestar Collective during the Colony War.
The remainder of UC's diplomatic and military alliance with the Enclave and the Brotherhood plays a significant moment in Starfield, per the Fallout universe.

RELATIONS WITH THE HOUSE VA'RUNN
In 2235, after the Brotherhood Civil War that ended with Owyn Lyons' overthrow of Jeremy Maxson as the Supreme Elder, the UC established its diplomatic relations with House Va'runn.
Relations were severed during the Serpent's Crusade, a decade-long period of mass killings conducted by Jinan Va'runn, the first Supreme Leader of the House Va'runn and the Great Serpent, until the UC restored its diplomatic relations with House Va'runn since Jinan's successor Jarek Va'runn ascended his throne of the Great Serpent.
In 2310, many group of House Va'runn defectors to the United Colonies Army were involved in the successful coup against the Great Enclave government under President Augustus Autumn. This led to 29-year old William Coulson's overthrow of Augustus Autumn and his loyalist pro-Va'runn propagandists.
William Coulson's overthrow of President Augustus Autumn plays its important role for reestablishing United Colonies' diplomatic relations with House Va'runn and the Great Enclave.