United Republic of Antarctica

The United Republic of Antarctica, or U.R.A., is a independent nation, from the fanfic Gundam SEED: Nation of the Ice Revisioned. It is the founding nation of the Independent State Allied Forces (ISAF), and is the main focus of the plot.

Beginnings
In the second decade of the 21st Century AD, with population numbers rising, natural resources running low, pollution running rampant, and disease becoming a common thing in the world, many nations decided to propose the unbelievable... colonize the Antarctic Continent. With some persuasion to the U.N., the nearly century old Antarctic Treaty is discarded, and soon many people head south to Antarctica.