Eastern Coalition

The Eastern Coalition, also known as the ECON, was a alliance of Asian nation-states on Earth in the early 21st century. In 2031, the Easter Coalition was amongst those groups which pooled its resources to help divert the orbits of a number of asteroids threatening to impact with the planet, threatening all life in Earth. (TOS TLE novel: The Sundered.)

The Eastern Coalition was a major rival to the United States and the European Union. In the 2030s and 2040s, relations between the rivals continued to degenerate; this led to the outbreak of World War III on 1 May 2053. (The Sundered, TNG movie: Star Trek: First Contact.) The Eastern Coalition nations were amongst those hardest hit; cities such as Karachi and New Delhi were damaged when nuclear weapons detonated over them. (The Sundered.) As late as 2079, many Asian societies were still mired in lawlessness and chaos as a result of the Post-Atomic Horror. (TNG episodes: "Encounter At Farpoint, Parts I & II;", "All Good Things..., Parts I & II.")

Eastern Coalition members included India and Pakistan. (The Sundered.)


 * The exact nature and composition of the Eastern Coalition remains unknown. The unity of action and identity associated with the Eastern Coalition in Star Trek: First Contact implies that the Coalition possessed the power of an all-out nation-state rather than a mere alliance; alliances do sometimes supplant the power of their member states' governments. Exactly what sequence of events could lead traditional rivals India and Pakistan to assume membership in a common organization is unknown, though there remains the possibility of conquest by the nearby People's Republic of China. Chinese domination of the Eastern Coalition seems likely, given the real-life rise in global power of the PRC.