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The Union Protectorate completely oversees the Universal Union, essentially acting as a central government which sets the Union apart from empires like the Caldari State. The Protectorate has the final say in everything happening within the Union's borders and beyond.

Although mostly defended by the Union Navy, the Protectorate maintains its own special forces and military convoys aswell as diplomatic fleets.

The Union Executive Panel prequently gives out orders, public messages, announcements and manifestos. it's also responsible for all conducted operations, both industrial and naval.
-Corporation description from the glory days of the Protectorate

Before the Infomorph Civil War and subsequent rise of Achebe's Inner Party regime, there was the Protectorate. Ran by the Voidstriders, the Union Protectorate was the governing department of the Universal Union, being the first corporation to join the Alliance. It remained in power for a good 9 months, giving out Orders, Manifestos and Commands to the entirety of the Union. However, after a terrible series of events starting with Infomorph and Clone Soldier research done by UEXCC, the tension with creating Synthetic Capsuleers and the rise of the Overmind Hive, the inner conflict reached the breaking point when the escapee Clones, infested by The Other, formed the Vigilant Navarkos enclave, leading to an attempted termination program by Ivory Defense Directive. Although unsuccesful, the program lead to countless encounters and conflict with the Drifters. However, all this conflict gave way to a Capsuleer with unknown origins even speculated to be a Union Infomorph, Achebe, and she slowly infested the governing structure of the Union and ripped apart the relations of the Governing Families. Although the conflict is still failing to fully settle with small amounts of infighting a border skirmishes, the Inner Party has already secured victory, forcing the old Bloodline governing system to adapt to the Vision of The Ancient Testiment.