An alliance of separate governments could be called a number of things, an organization (like NATO or OPEC), a union (the EU), a confederation, or an alliance.
I believe the answer would be Working to leave the world better than we found it. The other answers are either depressing or have nothing to do with the text.
The recurring theme of "fate vs. man" shows how a weird and cosmic chain of events and temptation is unavoidably going to affect the protagonist.
Hope this helps!
