Mankind (Humankind, Humanity) is a unity of individuals, mostly belonging to the human race, and serving to the wellbeing of themselves as this group. Originating on Earth, the Mankind is specified by having a rather decentralised structure, forming thus more of a confederation. However, the members of such confederation are not equal, with the Core Systems holding significantly more power than the other members of the Mankind community.

The beginning of the Mankind as a community is often marked by the First all-Mankind Congress, where instead of the fallen pre-Directorial institutes and those created by the Directory