GDI

The Global Defense Initiative (abbreviated as GDI) is the global government of Earth. It was founded in accordance with the United Nations Global Defense Act (UNGDA), on the date of 12 October 1995. The GDI's initial goal was to preserve world order by combating global terrorism, epitomized by its nemesis the Brotherhood of Nod, but eventually outgrew its original mandate to become a world government.

Much has changed since the last global tiberium war. Access to new technologies forced GDI to focus more on space exploration and less on combating the defeated and more or less reclusive Brotherhood of Nod.

Since the focus of the GDI was more on engineering efforts than on new weaponry, it can field advanced utility components such as hover engines, advanced reactors, detectors and tool blocks.

GDI weaponry is focused around heavy artillery and advanced projectile weaponry.