Board Thread:Fiction Universe Discussion/@comment-1892820-20140630023113/@comment-5365119-20140705082712

In response to Hel'Bre'K Ce'So'Va

''"There is little precedent for what would happen if that were the case, though it could go one of two ways:

A) The Orion League would become irrelevant and fade into the background, much like its ancestors--the United Nations and the League of Nations--fell into obscurity and disuse during the World Wars on Earth. The Orion League has mechanisms and laws to keep the peace, but these laws are enforced by the states themselves. If all of the League's member states flagrantly disregard these laws, then the organization will become useless.

B) The Orion League would fracture. The minority, alienated by the choice of the majority, would leave and perhaps form its own rival alliance.

However, this is all highly theoretical and unlikely. The common depiction of humanity is that we're fragmented among warring states who are at each other's throats at the slightest provocation, but that is simply not true. The Orion League is not the only thing holding us together. Alliances, economic and technological agencies, the interdependence of our economies, these are the real glue which hold humanity together. If humanity really does go to war with itself, then it would mean the failure of much more than the Orion League.

ANZR

''There is really no issue, as I see it. Participation within the Orion League is entirely voluntarily for humans and non-humans alike. If a state does not wish to participate, who are we to argue?''