[Kyle]

Originally Posted by MTVN

Nah there's too much cultural/religious/historical/economic/national/etc. variation across the world for everyone to ever be united under one government, unless it was more really of a symbolic thing and all the countries just governed themselves still anyway but even then I don't think people would want that

If it did happen it's hundreds of years away in a Futurama type world

That's what I think it will be. A larger version of the European Union with more effective powers but independent nations will probably keep their sovereignty.

However, I think in 200 years time the following will be the case;

1) Religion will be in major remission

2) People will be so integrated that nationalities will become nothing more than a term of identity.

3) the appetite for finding resources outside of our planet couple with the depletion of our own will be too much for super corporations to ignore.