Eventually, motivated by the new interstellar reality beginning with the first contact, by the early 2100s – less than two generations of the post-atomic horror – humanity was finally able to eliminate most if not all poverty, disease, war and hunger. Along with it a lot of other things disappeared from humanity, including hopelessness, despair, and cruelty. (TNG: "Time's Arrow, Part II" ; Star Trek: First Contact; ENT: "Broken Bow") The post-atomic horror gave way to the stirrings of new attempts at establishing various unified world alliances, including the European Hegemony in 2123. (TNG: "Up The Long Ladder" ) These alliances were eventually instrumental in the establishment of the United Earth Government in 2150. (TNG: "Attached" ) By 2151 Earth's last holdouts agreed to join United E