Equally possible is that Zakharov's rant after the Lab Three incident was just a Heroic BSoD and he got better. In the end, Dierdre Ascends, with Lal joining in (per the Pact), and Morgan goes back to recolonize Earth. Plus, the Hive and Believers are quite aggressive. The Peacekeepers don't tend to get along very well with either (not running Democratic) the Gaians and Morganites agree on their hatred of Planned and the University, besides the usual anti-religious vitriol, doesn't think very much of Power, either. note Particularly if both are running Planned and Power-not terribly unlikely-giving each of the other four something to dislike. Yang and Miriam are probably seriously weakened, and it would be highly realistic for them to be hated enough by the Gaians, Peacekeepers, Morganites, and University for them to be the pariah states of this world-and come to think of it, let's just compare the Hive to North Korea and the Believers to Iran. The University probably still exists, but Zakharov's post-Lab Three campaign against the mindworms earned him a Gaian-Peacekeeping "police action," with one of his underlings (Petrov, perhaps) being installed as the new Provost. Morgan himself is retired, giving the responsibilities of management to his son or nephew (T.M. My guess: Dierdre and Lal are Pact Sister and Brother, with Lal distinctly the junior partner, maintaining an uneasy peace with the Morganites. Morgan probably surrendered to Lal and Morganites reverted to being a big company in a democracy. Morgan stops contributing to quotes after tech level 10, but Morgan Industries keeps being quoted, implying that Morgan either retreated from the public or was ousted by T.M. Made even more obvious since Deidre provides the quotations for the Ascent to Transcendence and Transcendent Thought projects. There is, of course, Lal, but some of the technology that makes the Ascent possible clearly offends his sensibilities due to its potential for abuse. Plus, if you look at them all, an environmentalist and humanitarian who occasionally crosses the line into ecoterrorism is at least a few steps ahead of a Mad Scientist, Corrupt Corporate Executive, Knight Templar, Evil Overlord, and Colonel Kilgore. Less ominously, Yang and Morgan stop contributing to quotes after tech level 10 or so, having little to nothing to say about some rather momentous events. In addition, Miriam dies going through a flawed psi gate Zakharov clearly goes over-the-top bananas in the aftermath of the Lab Three incident and Santiago is defeated by the Gaians' mindworms. 
Much of the game makes no sense if, for example, you play Miriam and have your protege meld with a mindworm boil. The canonical storyline is: Deirdre is the protagonist and completes the Ascent to TranscendanceOutside-of-game media aside, the interludes are clearly conversations with planet.
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