World Government

The World Government (世界政府, Sekai Seifu) is a fictional political organization, in the Japanese manga and anime series One Piece.



About the World Government
The World Government is affiliated with roughly 170 countries from around the world. Those member countries retain autonomy, that is to say, the countries run their own internal affairs (though the World Government does sometimes meddle), but cooperate with the World Government for massive international relations. Their political ideals are unknown and everything they do is right. Not everyone approves of their political ideals as there are people like Dragon who was against it. They approve of Absolute Justice and reside in the holy land of Maryjoa, ruled by the Gorousei, the highest authority of the world. They seem afraid of losing power and the World Government stands on the 3 Great Powers to keep the world from revealing at it's seams.

At first glance, the World Government seems to maintain a worldly order that benefits all, making the world safe for the sake of everyone. Using the Marines, they pursue criminals endangering the lives of those who are innocent, protecting the people of each country in the world. The World Government is the largest World Power maintaining full rights to halt or encourage any political action without question or opposition from any side.

The reality though is that, unknown to most citizens (and many world leaders), the World Government's actions are secretly and often based on corruption or questionable motives. Often when the storyline involves them, it shows them hiding the truth or ignoring the rights of the people. Individuals who become the enemies of the World Government are ruthlessly hunted down and dealt with and all those who walk along the same path as them are doomed to share the World Government's fury.

The World Government's power to release information on anyone as they please can often led to the truth being hidden, altered or ignored all together. Any countries attempting to protect or harbor criminals are at risk from the World Government, although what would happen exactly has not been addressed yet. For the most part, the important role in maintaining world stability on a political ground far outweighs the corruption they often display.

Often there is a 'holy' or 'just' theme to the naming of things related to the World Government, like 'the Just Eleven Jurymen'.

History of the World Government
800 years ago, the World Government was once the ancient Alliance force who overthrew the Ancient Kingdom. After that, they banned research on the Phonegyph and set their headquarters in Mariejois.

22 Years ago, the World Government captured Pirate King Gol D. Roger and executed him. His death however sparked the Great Pirate Age.

20 years ago, the World Government sent the Buster Call to wipe out the Oharan Clan. They accuse the clans for trying to recover the Ancient Weapon and spread lies around the world when in reality; they never cared about it. Nico Robin was the only survivor of the clan and was hated by the brainwashed world, thinking that she would kill them all. Nico Robin grew up hating the World Government and is determined to find out what happened during the missing 100 years.

12 years ago, Spandam manipulated the Gorousei to change their mind about preventing the Ancient Weapons from rising and allow him to revive the weapon. However Spandam polt to overthrow the Government himself and rule the world.

6 years ago, Monkey D. Dragon started to stir up rebellion against the Government

Security Forces
A large government wouldn´t function without some forces that establish law and order. The Security Forces consist of the following groups:

Law Enforcement

Agents

Marines

Police

Government Members
All over the world there are over 170 countries that are members of the World Government. Within their own territory all these members have their own sovereign government that rules over its people. However in the large World Government itself those leaders are treated as equals and each have a seat within it.

Among these member countries, not all are of the same kind. Some are really large countries with kings as their leaders, while others are simply big cities that are governed by mayors.

Kingdoms

 * Arabasta


 * Ilusia


 * Drum

Cities

 * Water 7

The three Great Powers
Not much is known about the Three Great Powers (三大勢力, San Dai Seiryoku) except for the fact that they seem to be a very vital part of the World Government. There seems to be some sort of balance between the Three Powers. The Gorousei fear that if this balance gets disrupted, the world itself could fall apart, this is why the defeat of Crocodile was so distressing to them ( the lose of such a powerful ally tip the balance away from the Shichibukai and in turn the Navy). This has not yet been explained so far as to why one of the Three Powers being weakened could pose such a dangerous threat. One possible reason may be that the World Government or the Gorousei themselves play these various powers against one another to ensure that no single institution becomes too powerful.

The Three Powers are the Marines, the Shichibukai, and the Yonkou.