European Union



The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union of 40 member states that are located primarily in Europe. It has an area of 6,089,503 km2 and an estimated population of about 900 million. The EU started as an internal single market but transformed into a federal union of states in 2060 with the Bucharest Treaty.

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Containing 12% of the world population, the EU in 2095 generated a nominal gross domestic product (GDP) of 44 trillion US dollars, constituting approximately 24.6% of global nominal GDP. The capital of the EU is Concordia, an artificially created island betweed Montenegro and Italy.

Constructed in 2068 the island was built to house the organizations and institutions of the European Union while also serving as the main site for the European Parliament. Being two hundred square kilometers is size it houses a little less than two hundred thousand permanent citizens including the elected representatives of the states.

All of the island is owned by the European Union and while there are several malls, theatres, cinemas and everything one would find in a normal city, they are not that common since the island was constructed with one purpose in mind alone. To serve as an administrative center without attracting the populations that come with it.

As a result, only cargo ships are allowed on its ports and the only way for passengers to travel to the rest of the continent is by airplane. This measure came into place due to the heavy terrorism movements that prevailed in the late 70s.

Its location was decided there rather than the North Sea or the Bay of Biscay in order to boost the local economies. South-East Europe always fell behind in the GDP scale in contrast to their northern counterparts, and its location in a somewhat closed sea helped cement that decision.