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The '''Levantine Union''' ('''LU''') is a political and economic union of | The '''Levantine Union''' ('''LU''') is a political and economic union of eight member states that are located primarily in [[Levantia]]. It has an area of more than 14 million square kilometers, and an estimated population of over 2 billion. The LU has developed an internal single market through a standardized system of laws that apply in all member states. LU 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, fisheries, and regional development. The Union emerged out of the former [[Holy Levantine Empire]], which provided for a degree of economic interoperability for nearly a millennium. Since 2018, the Union has more actively involved itself in the common defense and military preparedness of its members via the [[Levantine Union Defense Council]]. Within the Union, passport controls have been abolished. A monetary union was already in place during the [[Holy Levantine Empire]], and the Levantine Union [[Taler]] is the currency of the Union. The de facto religion of the Levantine Union is [[Catholicism]]. | ||
The Levantine Union's immediate precursor, the "Istroya Pact", was a common market, open borders, and mutual defense agreement signed in 19XX between [[Urcea]] and [[Burgundie]] in the wake of the functional end of the [[Holy Levantine Empire]]. With the end of the Empire's institutions, the various Levantine states that comprised it suddenly found themselves with closed borders, tariffs, and independent economies. The Pact was intended to last the duration of the [[Second Great War]] in order to link the two nations and economies together during the crisis and was not intended to be a permanent institution, but soon became indispensible to both nations. At the end of the war, Urcea and Burgundie replaced the Istroya Pact with the Levantine Union Treaty, signed on June 1st, 1954, joined by the rebuilding and reorganizing [[Deric States]] and by [[Anglei]]. This treaty strengthened the already close union between the states. On January 1st, 1955, [[Fiannria]] joined the Union. [[Yonderre]] was later admitted to the union in 1962, being the first member who was not a member of the [[Holy Levantine Empire]] at any point | The Levantine Union's immediate precursor, the "Istroya Pact", was a common market, open borders, and mutual defense agreement signed in 19XX between [[Urcea]] and [[Burgundie]] in the wake of the functional end of the [[Holy Levantine Empire]]. With the end of the Empire's institutions, the various Levantine states that comprised it suddenly found themselves with closed borders, tariffs, and independent economies. The Pact was intended to last the duration of the [[Second Great War]] in order to link the two nations and economies together during the crisis and was not intended to be a permanent institution, but soon became indispensible to both nations. At the end of the war, Urcea and Burgundie replaced the Istroya Pact with the Levantine Union Treaty, signed on June 1st, 1954, joined by the rebuilding and reorganizing [[Deric States]] and by [[Anglei]]. This treaty strengthened the already close union between the states. On January 1st, 1955, [[Fiannria]] joined the Union. [[Yonderre]] was later admitted to the union in 1962, being the first member who was not a member of the [[Holy Levantine Empire]] at any point. The [[Dissolution of the Deric States|Deric States was dissolved]] in the 2020s and 2030s, consolidating the number of member states to the eight presently part of the Union. | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
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The economy of the Levantine Union is the integrated economies of its member states, which have been tied together not only by the [[Levantine_Union#Economic_Development_Agency|Economic Development Agency of the Levantine Union]] and common market established by the [[Levantine_Union#Market_and_Currency_Authority|Levantine Union Market and Currency Authority]], but also by the historic ties of the member nations of the Union. As nearly all members of the Union were members of the [[Holy Levantine Empire]], which also had a common market and shared tariffs to a certain extent, the member economies of the Union organically grew together and have been closely related for more than a millennia. | The economy of the Levantine Union is the integrated economies of its member states, which have been tied together not only by the [[Levantine_Union#Economic_Development_Agency|Economic Development Agency of the Levantine Union]] and common market established by the [[Levantine_Union#Market_and_Currency_Authority|Levantine Union Market and Currency Authority]], but also by the historic ties of the member nations of the Union. As nearly all members of the Union were members of the [[Holy Levantine Empire]], which also had a common market and shared tariffs to a certain extent, the member economies of the Union organically grew together and have been closely related for more than a millennia. | ||
The Levantine Union economy is the largest in the world, comprising a substantial share of the world's {{wp|gross domestic product}}. The Union, through its member states and especially [[Urcea]] and [[Burgundie]], have a significant global trade presence, and the Union's economic influence over both [[Crona]] and [[ | The Levantine Union economy is the largest in the world, comprising a substantial share of the world's {{wp|gross domestic product}}. The Union, through its member states and especially [[Urcea]] and [[Burgundie]], have a significant global trade presence, and the Union's economic influence over both [[Crona]] and [[Audonia]] is considerable. | ||
The transportation networks of the Levantine Union are mostly integrated, with some exceptions, allowing for open and free transit of people and goods throughout most of the Levantine continent. | The transportation networks of the Levantine Union are mostly integrated, with some exceptions, allowing for open and free transit of people and goods throughout most of the Levantine continent. | ||
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===Infrastructure and transport=== | ===Infrastructure and transport=== | ||
====Passenger Rail Corridor Identification and Development Program==== | ====Passenger Rail Corridor Identification and Development Program==== | ||
The Passenger Rail Corridor Identification and Development Program is an Union-wide adoption of the [[Burgundie|Burgoignesc]] [[21st_Century_Burgoignesc_Power_Projection_Stratagem#Passenger_Rail_Corridor_Identification_and_Development_Program|Passenger Rail Corridor Identification and Development Program]], in [[2033]]. Each route accepted into the program is granted ₮500,000 toward planning activities and is prioritized for future national funding. The program looks to track commercial traffic on the routes identified and seeing if there are ways to route through | The Passenger Rail Corridor Identification and Development Program is an Union-wide adoption of the [[Burgundie|Burgoignesc]] [[21st_Century_Burgoignesc_Power_Projection_Stratagem#Passenger_Rail_Corridor_Identification_and_Development_Program|Passenger Rail Corridor Identification and Development Program]], in [[2033]]. Each route accepted into the program is granted ₮500,000 toward planning activities and is prioritized for future national funding. The program looks to track commercial traffic on the routes identified and seeing if there are ways to route through goods traffic or to consolidate/reroute goods traffic to prioritize passenger traffic. | ||
[[Category: Organizations]] | [[Category: Organizations]] | ||