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The '''Levantine Union''' ('''LU''') is a political and economic union of nine 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''' ('''LU''') is a political and economic union of nine 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 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 sole 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 sole 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 nine presently part of the Union. | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
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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. | 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 [[1930]] had been rebound together under the terms | 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 [[1930]] had been rebound together under the terms of the Union. | ||
=== 20th Century === | === 20th Century === | ||