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Babylon 5 was a USA tv series that ran from 1994-1999
Eugene Ipavec, 22 september 2005
sent by Eugene Ipavec with a sceal taken from this site, 22 september 2005
The Earth Alliance is the government of not only Earth, but also a number of
colony worlds, most importantly Mars, Io, Proxima 7 and Orion 3. Capital is
Geneva. The Alliance is a federation of supranational consortia, which have
considerable local autonomy. The offworld colonies are by contrast governed
directly from Earth, a cause for resentment. Mars in particular has a
widespread and often violent independence movement. In the series the
Alliance's disposition toward centralization and nationalism comes to a head
when an authoritarian president takes power and gradually implements a police
state, with a strong Orwellian subtext. I seem to recall a scene in which a
political officer visits the protagonist, the military governor of an outlying
outpost, and berates him for having the Alliance seal and flag displayed
insufficiently prominently in his office. (They're in a corner or something.)
The flag was often visible in the background, in Commd. Sinclair and Capt.
Sheridan's offices. A b&w image is available here. It gives a sense of scale, but it also has the seal in a darker-shaded circle, while I seem to recall the
seal being directly on the background. The shade of dark slate blue is from
memory and may be off--it's been six or seven years.
Eugene Ipavec, 22 september 2005