Being rather cynical about human society, my first impulsive thought was that it's likely to be more like Total Recall's authoritarian evil than Roddenberry's S

Being rather cynical about human society, my first impulsive thought was that it's likely to be more like Total Recall's authoritarian evil than Roddenberry's Star Trek utopia (of no greed, no evil, no harm). But more realistically, I think the occupation of Antarctica is a good model, at least for a century. All the big earth powers will carve out their own areas, set up labs, and put up their flags. Only when earthlings start migrating en masse, disputes may start.