12 Nations

The 12 Nations are those countries which had established each space stations in Earth orbit, prior to 2052, when the nuclear exchange has devastated Earth. Those 12 national space stations form the Ark.

• Australia • Brazil (Mecha Station) • Canada • China (Shenzhen) • France • India • Japan • Russia (Mir-3) • United Kingdom • United States (Alpha Station and Go-Sci Ring) • Uganda • Venezuela

Australia

The Commonwealth of Australia.

• Australian Space Research Institute (ASRI)
• Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Brazil

The Federative Republic of Brazil.

• Agência Espacial Brasileira (AEB)

Mecha Station

Main article: Mecha Station

The Brazilian space station formed most of the Mecha Station, evidenced by the Brazilian flag painted on the hull in "We Are Grounders (Part 2)".

Canada

Canada is a country in North America. The Ice Nation expands their territory to what is used to be parts of Canada.

• Canadian Space Agency, also known as agence spatiale canadienne (CSA, or ASC)

China

The People's Republic of China is a country in East Asia, where Kaylee's family was from. A.L.I.E. launched 27 nuclear missiles from that country, during the nuclear apocalypse. It was previously thought that it was politics that led to the Nuclear Apocalypse, with news outlets reporting China was responsible for starting this catastrophe.

• China National Space Administration (CNSA): (Traditional) 國家航天局; (Simplified) 国家航天局; pinyin: Guójiā Hángtiānjú.

Shenzhen

Main article: Shenzhen

Shenzhen (神镇; Shénzhèn, literally "divine-town") was a Chinese space station, and one of the 12 national space stations that the Grounders joined together to form the Ark. Shenzhen station is also known as the Arrow Station, proof of this is from "Spacewalker", when in the flashback it shows Chinese writing.

France

The French Republic.

• Centre national d'études spatiales (CNES)

India

The Republic of India (Bharat Ganrajya) is a country in South Asia, where Priya Desai was from. According to the tagline on the television news, at the time of the nuclear apocalypse, the world's first human brain transplant is successfully performed in the Indian city of Bangalore.

• Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO): Hindi भारतीय अंतरिक्ष अनुसंधान संगठन (Bhāratīya Antarikṣa Anusandhāna Saṅgaṭhana)

Japan

Japan (Japanese: 日本 (Nippon or Nihon); formally 日本国 (Nippon-koku or Nihon-koku, literally "[the] State of Japan") is an island country in East Asia, where the Second Fukushima Disaster has occurred.

• Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA); Japanese: 独立行政法人 宇宙航空研究開発機構 (Dokuritsu-gyōsei-hōjin Uchū Kōkū Kenkyū Kaihatsu Kikō; literally: "Independent Administrative Institution Aerospace Research and Development")

Unknown

The unnamed Japanese space station appears to form most of the Prison Station, because, during the Pilot episode, as the camera closes in to Clarke's cell, a Japanese flag can be seen briefly.

Russia

Russia (Russian: Россия (Rossiya); officially the Russian Federation (Российская Федерация (Rossiyskaya Federatsiya)) is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is where the Russian Ankovirus Outbreak has started, before becoming a global pandemic.

• Федеральное космическое агентство России (ФКА); FKA (Federal'noye kosmicheskoye agentstvo Rossii); Russian Federal Space Agency, commonly called Roscosmos (Роскосмос; "Russpace")
• Институт космических исследований Российской Академии Наук (ИКИ РАН); IKI RAN ("Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences")
• Войска воздушно-космической обороны (ВКО)]]; VKO (Voyska Vozdushno-Kosmicheskoy Oborony; "Russian Aerospace Defense Forces")

Mir-3

Main article: Mir-3

Mir-3 (Russian: Мир-3; literally: "peace" or "world") was a Russian space station, and one of the 12 national space stations that the Grounders joined together to form the Ark. Mir-3 was launched 130 years prior to the 100 landing on Earth, and salvaged in 2102.

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, also known as the United Kingdom (UK), or just Britain. The constituent countries of Great Britain were England, Scotland, and Wales.

• United Kingdom Space Agency (UKSA)

United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly referred to as the United States (US or U.S.), America, and sometimes the States is a country primarily located in North America, where the first setting of The 100 Book One takes place. Bill Cadogan and his family, as well as Russell Lightbourne and his family and some other Pre-Apocalypse Characters lived in this country. Mount Weather was a government and military bunker, built in this country by the U.S. Government. Becca Franko went to Harvard University when she was 10 years old. Shaw grew up in Saginaw, Michigan, U.S., a city two hours outside of Detroit, Michigan, which will become the site of Azgeda in the post-apocalyptic world. An armed conflict, known as the Battle of San Francisco has happened in the United States. Ever since the start of the political corruption and the democratic backsliding, the United States has extremely become corrupt, which led to the mass protest movements and the anti-government terrorist attacks against the corrupt U.S. Government. Charmaine Diyoza was a former U.S. Military soldier who defected to join the terrorist group, due to her dislike towards the government for what they did to her country. Nikki and Hatch were bank robbers in Columbus, Ohio, where Nikki shot two cops, causing them to kill all of the hostages to get rid of witness, leading to their arrest. The Eligius Corporation and the Infinity Corporation are both American companies in the U.S., while Tree Crew and the Second Dawn are both founded in the United States. Bill Cadogan brought the Anomaly Stone to the U.S. for his own research purposes. There was dust storms, somewhere in the United States. The Yosemite National Park Wildfire occurred in the U.S., while the U.S. state of Wyoming joins 32 other U.S. states in legalizing the recreational use of Psilocybin mushrooms. According to the news, a child was born in Wayne County Internment Camp in the U.S., which marked the global population reaching 11 billion people. Ever since A.L.I.E. started the Nuclear Apocalypse, the United States no longer exists, as the nation's capital, Washington, D.C. was first destroyed in a nuclear strike, and many years later, the area in the East Coast was ruled by different Grounder clans. The Mountain Men and the Alpha Station were part of the corrupt U.S. Government at the time of the Nuclear Apocalypse.

• National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
• Air Force Space Command (AFSPC)
• National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)
• Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC)
• United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM)
• Department of the Air Force - Space Force Branch
• United States Space Command (USSPACECOM or SPACECOM)
• Army Space and Missile Defense Command (USASMDC)

Alpha Station

Main article: Alpha Station

The Alpha Station belonged to the United States. It was lead station when the Ark was formed in 2054.

Government & Science Station

Main article: Government & Science Station

The Government & Science Station (Go-Sci for short or simply The Ring) is the large primary ring of the Ark. Go-Sci and the Ark's other ring stations rotate to create artificial gravity using centripetal force. The station has a United States flag on it, implying that much of Go-Sci was converted from the original United States national station. It may possibly imply that the Go-Sci station was merged with the Alpha Station, before the Nuclear Apocalypse in 2052.

Uganda

The Republic of Uganda is a landlocked nation in equatorial East Africa. Due to being on the equator, Uganda is ideally sited for a spaceport launching payloads into geostationary orbit. As of 2014, this had never been pursued because of political instability in the country, although Uganda was active in the development of Space Law.

By the time of the nuclear apocalypse, the Ugandan Space Initiative was large enough to support one of the worlds 13 manned national space stations.

• Ugandan space initiatives (a group of small NGO's in 2014)

Venezuela

The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

• Agencia Bolivariana para Actividades Espaciales (ABAE)
• Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas (IVIC)

See Also

• Polaris space-station