Union of Progressive Peoples

The Union of Progressive Peoples (UPP) is an interplanetary governmental organization generally opposed to the United Earth Directorate and Nanotrasen. They are driven by socialist ideology that can best be compared to the Marxism-Leninism practiced by the Old Earth United Soviet Socialist Republics. Following the Void Wars, open hostilities between Nanotrasen and the UPP are rare, with a diplomatic thaw having been underway since the early 26th century. UPP relations with the United Earth Authority remain tense, however, and territorial skirmishes are common. The UPP is thought to be of roughly comparable size and influence to the UEA itself (though it lacks the support of megacorporations), and remains an important geopolitical power in known space. The Syndicate has been known to cooperate with the UPP on numerous occasions, though no official diplomacy exists between the two groups.