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World Government (One Piece)

fictional government from One Piece

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionSep 18, 2026
Entity authorityQ1132614
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The World Government (Japanese: 世界政府, Hepburn: Sekai Seifu) is a fictional global empire that rules over the world of One Piece by Eiichiro Oda. The World Government is affiliated with over 170 nations from around the world[ch. 398] and is led by Nerona Imu. Its greatest enemies are pirates, such as the Straw Hats, and the Revolutionary Army, who unlike most pirates directly oppose the Government. The World Government is very powerful with many armies stationed around the globe

Eight centuries after its foundation by a group of twenty kings known as the First 20 (最初の20人, Sekai Seifu),[ch. 497] their descendants, the Celestial Dragons, live luxurious lives and abuse their power.[ch. 498] The capital of the World Government is the Holy Land of Marijoa (マリージョア, Marījoa; Mary Geoise) and its governing headquarters is Pangaea Castle (パンゲア城, Pangea-jō) where there is an Empty Throne (虚の玉座, Kara no Gyokuza) said to symbolize that not a single person from any of the twenty families of Celestial Dragons can rule the world, but in actuality used by Imu.[ch. 396][ch. 763][ch. 907][ch.

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Begin with the source’s own compact description: “World Government (One Piece)” is fictional government from One Piece. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through World, Government and Piece, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewMost valuable as an event-and-institution map that identifies actors, dates and record creators for deeper historical inquiry. The current 177-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, World, Government and Piece is the immediate research focus.
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