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The '''Levantine Union''' ('''LU''') is a political and economic union of 16 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 2.5 billion. The LU has developed an internal single market through a | The '''Levantine Union''' ('''LU''') is a political and economic union of 16 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 2.5 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 | 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 indesensible 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, being the sole member who was not a member of the [[Holy Levantine Empire]] at any point. | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
=== Background === | === Background === | ||
The Holy Levantine Empire was reestablished in the 10th century out of the Southern and Eastern Kingdoms of the Levantines, binding its people and princes together under the authority of the Emperor of the Levantines and Imperial Diet. They reminded bound together for a millennia, but the Second Fratricide effectively brought the Empire to a sudden end in | The [[Holy Levantine Empire]] was reestablished in the 10th century out of the [[Southern Kingdom of the Levantines|Southern]] and [[Eastern Kingdoms of the Levantines]], binding its people and princes together under the authority of the [[Emperor of the Levantines]] and [[Imperial Diet]]. They reminded bound together for a millennia, but the [[Second Fratricide]] effectively brought the Empire to a sudden end in 193X, leaving the economies and political structures of [[Catholic Levantia]] in chaos. The [[Treaty of Corcra]] ended the [[Second Great War]] in southern Levantia and set forth the future settlement of agreements between the former states of the Empire, but such an agreement did not immediately come about as a consequence of the war and the ongoing violence in [[Dericania]] known as the [[Third Fratricide]]. Consequently, [[Urcea]] and [[Burgundie]] agreed to the so-called Istroya Pact, which bound the two nations together in common defense, free travel, and a common market. The Pact was viewed as a wartime expedient, but the relative economic stability within the two nations even during wartime lead to widespread political support for renewing and expanding the agreement. | ||
With the end of the Great War in 1953, the Levantine great powers could end the Third Fratricide in Dericania. Decades of war and sudden economic isolation had depressed the Deric economy, necessitating an infusion of capital from Urcea and Burgundie. Given the popularity and success of the program, as well as the obligation under the Treaty of Corcra to settle the Holy Levantine Empire, Urcea and Burgundie began to negotiate what would become the Levantine Union Treaty, which they agreed to on June 1st, 1954, establishing the Levantine Union. The Deric States, which had been founded earlier in the year, agreed to join the Levantine Union in October of 1954 following the conclusion of the Third Fraternal War. Fiannria decided to join effective 1955. With Fiannria joining, the entire area of the Holy Levantine Empire in 1927 had been rebound together under the terms of the Union. | With the end of the Great War in 1953, the Levantine great powers could end the Third Fratricide in Dericania. Decades of war and sudden economic isolation had depressed the Deric economy, necessitating an infusion of capital from Urcea and Burgundie. Given the popularity and success of the program, as well as the obligation under the Treaty of Corcra to settle the Holy Levantine Empire, Urcea and Burgundie began to negotiate what would become the Levantine Union Treaty, which they agreed to on June 1st, 1954, establishing the Levantine Union. The Deric States, which had been founded earlier in the year, agreed to join the Levantine Union in October of 1954 following the conclusion of the Third Fraternal War. Fiannria decided to join effective 1955. With Fiannria joining, the entire area of the Holy Levantine Empire in 1927 had been rebound together under the terms of the Union. | ||
=== 20th Century === | === 20th Century === | ||
The Levantine Union's primary program in the two decades following the Great War concerned reconstruction of the Deric States, which had been plagued by more than two decades of war. In 1956, the Levantine Union Diet voted to create the Levantine Union Economic Development Agency, which would use funds from Urcea primarily to rebuild the infrastructure of the Deric States. | The Levantine Union's primary program in the two decades following the [[Second Great War]] concerned reconstruction of the [[Deric States]], which had been plagued by more than two decades of war. In 1956, the [[Levantine Union Diet]] voted to create the Levantine Union Economic Development Agency, which would use funds from [[Urcea]] primarily to rebuild the infrastructure of the Deric States. | ||
=== Modern history === | === Modern history === | ||
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==== Union Diet ==== | ==== Union Diet ==== | ||
Main | {{Main|Levantine Union Diet}} | ||
==== Union Defense Council ==== | ==== Union Defense Council ==== | ||
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==== ''Cort de Antics'' ==== | ==== ''Cort de Antics'' ==== | ||
Main | {{Main|Cort de Antics}} | ||
The ''Cort de Antics'' is a court embedded within the Levantine Union which is responsible for adjudicating competing noble claims and awarding compensation for nobles dispossessed during the Fraternal Wars in addition to other dispossessed nobles. As a consequence of its jurisdiction, the ''Cort'' has functionally become the highest court of peerage law in Levantia. The ''Cort'' consists of one judge nominated by each member nation; judges are confirmed by the Levantine Union Diet. | The ''Cort de Antics'' is a court embedded within the Levantine Union which is responsible for adjudicating competing noble claims and awarding compensation for nobles dispossessed during the [[Fraternal Wars]] in addition to other dispossessed nobles. As a consequence of its jurisdiction, the ''Cort'' has functionally become the highest court of peerage law in Levantia. The ''Cort'' consists of one judge nominated by each member nation; judges are confirmed by the Levantine Union Diet. | ||
The ''Cort'' was created in 1956 in order to resolve disputes between member states of the Deric States and deposed Derian nobles in the wake of the Third Fratricide, although the ''Cort'' was soon expanded to adjudicating all rival noble claims. The ''Cort'', since its creation, has accrued the world's largest library of ancestral and feudal records, documents which are necessary for determining claims. Throughout its history, the ''Cort'' has become involved in several high-profile claim disputes, including a large series of claims of Derian nobles against Burgundie in the 1970s | The ''Cort'' was created in 1956 in order to resolve disputes between member states of the Deric States and deposed [[Derian people|Derian]] nobles in the wake of the [[Third Fratricide]], although the ''Cort'' was soon expanded to adjudicating all rival noble claims. The ''Cort'', since its creation, has accrued the world's largest library of ancestral and feudal records, documents which are necessary for determining claims. Throughout its history, the ''Cort'' has become involved in several high-profile claim disputes, including a large series of claims of Derian nobles against [[Burgundie]] in the 1970s. | ||
=== Union Administraton === | === Union Administraton === | ||
==== Market and Currency Authority ==== | ==== Market and Currency Authority ==== | ||
Main | {{Main|Taler}} | ||
==== Economic Development Agency ==== | ==== Economic Development Agency ==== | ||
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[[Category: Urcea]] | [[Category: Urcea]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category: Levantia]] | ||
[[Category: Levantine Union]] | [[Category: Levantine Union]] | ||
[[Category:IXWB]] | [[Category:IXWB]] | ||