The unity of the human race, as envisaged by Bahá’u’lláh, implies
the establishment of a world commonwealth in which all nations,
races, creeds and classes are closely and permanently united, and
in which the autonomy of its state members and personal freedom
and initiative of the individuals that compose them are definitely
and completely safeguarded. This commonwealth must, as far as we
can visualize it, consist of a world legislature, whose members
will, as the trustees of the whole of mankind, ultimately control
the entire resources of all the component nations, and will enact
such laws as shall be required to regulate the life, satisfy the
needs and adjust the relationships of all races and peoples. A
world executive, backed by an international Force, will carry out
the decisions arrived at, and apply the laws enacted by, this
world legislature, and will safeguard the organic unity of the
whole commonwealth. A world tribunal will adjudicate and deliver
its compulsory and final verdict in all and any disputes that may
arise between the various elements constituting this universal
system. A mechanism of world inter-communication will be devised,
embracing the whole planet, freed from national hinderances and
restrictions, and functioning with marvellous swiftness and
perfect regularity. A world metropolis will act as the nerve
centre of a world civilization, the focus towards which the
unifying forces of life will converge and from which its
energizing influences will radiate. A world language will either
be invented or chosen from among the existing languages and will
be taught in the schools of all the federated nations as an
auxiliary to their mother tongue. A world script, a world
literature, a uniform and universal system of currency, of weights