I do not believe they are the same, no. It is interesting, I cannot quite place who the United Earth once was. It is as though it were an... amalgam of many governments I once knew.

( A bit of a pause. God, does he hope they don't. )

I wish that I could say they do not. However, I imagine that the destruction of -- of whole continents here in this world that were once in mine can... only be attributed to such scientific technology. My best guess would be that they do still exist, in some form.