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In the Cosmic Era, the present-day Earth Alliance funded the idea of constructing new space colonies originally as manufacturing and research facilities. Known as PLANTs (Productive Location Ally on Nexus Technology) these hourglass shaped colonies were primarly manned by Coordinators. Over time, they became a haven and eventually the permanent home of the vast majority of the Coordinator population, fleeing persecution. The PLANTs are divided into 12 groups known as "cities," each one named for a month of the Roman Calendar (i.e. Aprilius, Junius).
The government of the PLANT cities is the PLANT Supreme Council, and their military is Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty or ZAFT for short. The PLANTs are described as one nation by some characters, but they are in fact several different nations (each PLANT city can be considered an independent nation) united in their common heritage and the need for protection. The word "PLANT" is actually sometimes used to referred to all the PLANTs as a whole (again as if they were a single nation), and the term ZAFT is also used to (incorrectly) describe the PLANTs.
There are currently around 119 PLANTs located at L5, following the Bloody Valentine War. One PLANT, Junius Seven, was destroyed early in the war by a nuclear attack. As of late Cosmic Era 73, there is at least one PLANT located at L4, Armory 1, a ZAFT military base.
See Also
Space Colony (Gundam)
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