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The United Nations of the Auroran Continent
Capital		Aura, Weyrcliff, Sani Bursil
Largest city		Sani Bursil
Official languages		Codexian, Minarin, Unonian, New Axdelian, Staynish (simplified), Old Staynic, Corstanese, Lishboyara, Labian, Jubliakese, Rekliese, Calth, Higher Miyaron, Horkalese, Lower Miyaron, Justelvardic, Amos Noc, Accerus, Atlantean, Frisian, Wachovian, and Kostuvian, Oan (Oalanu)
Demonym		Auroran
Government		Pseudo-Confederacy
Population
-	2017 estimate	1,207,757,804
GDP (nominal)		2015 estimate
-	Total	25,553,412,960,404.35 KRB
-	Per capita	21,157.73 KRB
HDI (2016)		.809 very high
Currency		Kirib (♅/KRB)
Date format		varies (MM/DD/YYYY or DD/MM/YYYY)
Drives on the		varies (Left or Right)

The United Nations of the Auroran Continent (UNAC) is a political and economic union of memberstates that are located primarily in Aurora. It has an area of , and an estimated population of over 1.1 billion. The UNAC has developed an internal single market through a standardised system of laws that apply in all member states. UNAC policies aim to ensure the free movement of people, goods, services, and capital within the internal market, enact legislation in justice and home affairs, and maintain common policies on trade, agriculture, and regional development. Within the ____ Area, passport controls have been abolished. A monetary union in the form of the Auroran Continental Bank was established in 1975, utilizing many aspects of the Bank of the Morstaybishlian Empire, and came into full force a few years after. Initially under direct regulation of the ACA, the Auroran Continental Bank was reorganized as its own independent organization, in an effort to decentralize the currency; a direct result of the "Auroran Split." The ____ Area is composed of __ member states which use the Kirib currency, which is at a current exchange rate of 1.15 KRB to 1 SHD.

The UNAC traces its origins from the Auroran Continental Assembly (ACA) and the short-lived Auroran Union (AU), established, respectively, by the 1976 Weyrcliff Pact and during the 2017 Sani Bursil Summit, the latter of which was formed in direct competition of the former due to apparent shortcomings in the ACA's enforcement of established policy during the Auroran-Pacific War. The ACA, having grandfathered the former members of the ACA and the AU, consists of __ members, and __ observer member(s).

While no member state has left the UNAC, its predecessor, the Auroran Continental Assembly, saw the secession of Baykalia, a result of a major change in Baykalian leadership. The Grand Matriarchy of Ethalria, a former member of the ACA, fractured into four new nations following the conclusion of the Auroran-Pacific War, all four of which have been instated into the Union, but all four have been exempt from certain secession rules applicable to other nations.

Covering 7.3% of the world population, the EU in 2016 generated a nominal gross domestic product (GDP) of _____ trillion US dollars, constituting approximately ____% of global nominal GDP. Through the Common Foreign and Security Policy, the EU has developed a role in external relations and defence. The union maintains diplomatic missions throughout the world. Because of its global influence, the European Union has been described by some as an emerging superpower.

History

Background

Pan-Auroran political thought truly emerged during the mid and late 20th century, prompted primarily by the devastating effects of the Auroran Imperial War. In the decades following the outcomes of the Congress of Weyrcliff, ideals of Auroran unity were first introduced on the continent, with the majority of the continent adopting these new policies.

During the interwar period, the consciousness that national markets in Europe were interdependent though confrontational, along with the observation of a larger and growing Yasterian (In particular, the members of the Kerilo Accord) market on the other side of the ocean, nourished the urge for the economic integration of the continent.

Preliminary (1975)

After the Auroran Imperial War, Auroran integration was seen as a solution to the extreme nationalism which had devastated the continent.

The Weyrcliff Pact and Auroran Continental Assembly(1976-2016)

In 1976, The Morstaybishlian Empire, The Grand Republic of Kostuvastan, The Republic of Xagrurg, The Free State of Kostoria-Obertonia, The Republic of Norograd, and The Grand Matriarchy of Ethalria signed the Weyrcliff Pact, which established the baseline policy of future treaties and unions to come.

The EEC and Euratom were created separately from the ECSC, although they shared the same courts and the Common Assembly. The EEC was headed by Walter Hallstein (Hallstein Commission) and Euratom was headed by Louis Armand (Armand Commission) and then Étienne Hirsch. Euratom was to integrate sectors in nuclear energy while the EEC would develop a customs union among members.<ref>Script error</ref><ref>Script error</ref>

During the 1960s, tensions began to show, with France seeking to limit supranational power. Nevertheless, in 1965 an agreement was reached and on 1 July 1967 the Merger Treaty created a single set of institutions for the three communities, which were collectively referred to as the European Communities.<ref name="ENA Merge">Script error</ref><ref>Merging the executives CVCE.eu</ref> Jean Rey presided over the first merged Commission (Rey Commission).<ref>Discover the former Presidents: The Rey Commission, Europa (web portal). Retrieved 28 April 2013.</ref>

In 1973, the Communities were enlarged to include Denmark (including Greenland, which later left the Communities in 1985, following a dispute over fishing rights), Ireland, and the United Kingdom.<ref name="ENA First enlargement">Script error</ref> Norway had negotiated to join at the same time, but Norwegian voters rejected membership in a referendum. In 1979, the first direct elections to the European Parliament were held.<ref name="ENA New Parliament">Script error</ref> This was marked by a special international friendly football match at Wembley Stadium between two teams called "The Three" and "The Six" which finished 2-0 to "The Three".

Greece joined in 1981, Portugal and Spain following in 1986.<ref name="ENA Enlargement negotiations">Script error</ref> In 1985, the Schengen Agreement paved the way for the creation of open borders without passport controls between most member states and some non-member states.<ref>Script error</ref> In 1986, the European flag began to be used by the EEC<ref>Script error</ref> and the Single European Act was signed.

In 1990, after the fall of the Eastern Bloc, the former East Germany became part of the Communities as part of a reunified Germany.<ref name="Europa History 80-89">Script error</ref> A close fiscal integration with the introduction of the euro was not matched by institutional oversight making things more troubling. Attempts to solve the problems and to make the EU more efficient and coherent had limited success.<ref name=":0">Script error</ref> With further enlargement planned to include the former communist states of Central and Eastern Europe, as well as Cyprus and Malta, the Copenhagen criteria for candidate members to join the EU were agreed upon in June 1993. The expansion of the EU introduced a new level of complexity and discord.<ref name=":0" />

2017 Sani Bursil Summit and the Auroran Union (2017-2018)

The European Union was formally established when the Maastricht Treaty—whose main architects were Helmut Kohl and François Mitterrand—came into force on 1 November 1993.Template:Sfn<ref>Script error</ref> The treaty also gave the name European Community to the EEC, even if it was referred as such before the treaty. In 1995, Austria, Finland, and Sweden joined the EU.

In 2002, euro banknotes and coins replaced national currencies in 12 of the member states. Since then, the eurozone has increased to encompass 19 countries. The euro currency became the second largest reserve currency in the world. In 2004, the EU saw its biggest enlargement to date when Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia joined the Union.<ref name="Europa History 00">Script error</ref>

Renewed Rise in Nationalism (2017)

The Aura Reunification Summit and Formation of the UNAC

Structural evolution

The following timeline illustrates the integration that has led to the formation of the present union, in terms of structural development driven by international treaties: Template:EU evolution timeline

Geography

Environment

Demographics

Population

Urbanisation

Languages

The UNAC has __ official languages: . Important documents, such as legislation, are translated into every official language and the Auroran Council provides translation for documents and plenary sessions. Due to the high number of official idioms, most of the institutions use the global lingua franca of Codexian. Even though language policy is the responsibility of member states, UNAC institutions promote multilingualism among its citizens.

Education and Science

Politics

Member states

Institutions

Constitutional nature

Governance

Auroran Council

Auroran Commission

Council of the European Union

Competences

UNAC member states retain all powers not explicitly handed to the Union. In some areas the UNAC enjoys exclusive competence. These are areas in which member states have renounced any capacity to enact legislation. In other areas the EU and its member states share the competence to legislate. While both can legislate, member states can only legislate to the extent to which the UNAC has not. In other policy areas the Union can only co-ordinate, support and supplement member state action but cannot enact legislation with the aim of harmonising national laws.

That a particular policy area falls into a certain category of competence is not necessarily indicative of what legislative procedure is used for enacting legislation within that policy area. Different legislative procedures are used within the same category of competence, and even with the same policy area.

The distribution of competences in various policy areas between Member States and the Union is divided into __ categories:

Foreign relations

Defence

Humanitarian aid

Economy

The United Nations of the Auroran Continent has continued the single market across the territory of all its members representing nearly 1 billion citizens originally instated by the Auroran Continental Assembly.

Internal market

Free movement of capital is intended to permit movement of investments such as property purchases and buying of shares between countries.

The free movement of persons means that EU citizens can move freely between member states to live, work, study or retire in another country. Exceptions to this policy exist, notably Dragonia and Oceansend, to minimize the flow of workers into their nations.

The free movement of services and of establishment allows self-employed persons to move between member states to provide services on a temporary or permanent basis.

Infrastructure

A continent-wide network of highways, bridges, and tunnels, started and completed under the management of the ACA, is currently maintained by the UNAC.

Agriculture

Competition

The UNAC operates a competition policy intended to ensure undistorted competition within the single market.

Culture

Sport

Symbols

The Flag of the UNAC consists of .

' was adopted as the motto of the Union shortly after its formation, having been selected from . The anthem of the Union is an instrumental version of the prelude to the Ode to Joy, the 4th movement of Ludwig van Beethoven's ninth symphony. The anthem was adopted by European Community leaders in 1985 and has since been played on official occasions.<ref>

Besides naming the continent, the mythological figure of Aurora has occasionally been employed as a personification of the continent.