Vestean Union

The Vestean Union (VU) is a political and economic union of the 5 member-states that are located primarily on Vestea. Its members have a combined area of ??? km2 and a combined population of citizens. The VU has developed internal multinational legislative, judiciary and executive institutes common to all member-states as well as a single economic market. All this based on a common system of law agreed and applied upon all member-states.

VU policies ensure free movement of people, goods, services and capital within the single market area; and maintain common policies on trade, regulation and foreign affairs.

History
Since the end of the Vestean War, sovereign Vestean countries have sought to heal the wounds left from the war and enter a new era of cooperation and peace. The devastation of the war lead to heavy anti-war sentiments among most of the Vestean populations. In increasing numbers throughout the late 20th century Vestean countries have signed treaties between each other that later formulated the creation of the Vestean Union. This period was known as the reconstruction of Vestea or the Vestean Cooperation Initiative. The Vestean Union has inherited most of its functions and responsibilities from these prior organisations and treaties.

Vestean Council
With the end of the Vestean war and the start of the reconstruction period one of the first international treaty to be signed in Vestea was the Vestean Council which created a public forum for representatives from across the continent to sit together and envision the reconstruction. The council was the basis for all further treaties and organizations that later became the Vestean Union. Originally the council was an annual meeting between heads of states and with time it has gained more responsibilities and powers over the continental diplomacy and since it had transformed into monthly meetings of state representatives, continual work on international treaties and continuous enforcement of the subsidiary treaties.

The initial Vestean Council focused mostly on reconstruction and writing down the basic human rights of the Vestean citizens. The continental laws written by the council insured sovereign integrity and a strive for peace and closer cooperation between the Vestean countries. Due to the dissatisfaction of several members in the lack of support towards a common union between Vestean nations, the Vestean Commission was formed among Umbrellia, Lindenholt, Nordal, Allentyr and Ripuaria.

Vestean Commission
The Vestean Comission was a subsidiary organisation of the Vestean Council that's aim was to factually facilitate a Union between Western Vestean countries. It's first members arrange regularly scheduled meetings in the Commission to work laws and regulations starting from a common economic market to common regulations and laws to insure a transaction from sovereign independent nations differing from each other to a common Union with common regulations, policy and laws.

The Union
In 1979 after years of legislating by the commission a treaty under the Vestean Council was signed and ratified that formed officially the Vestean Union as it is today. The treaty of the council facilitated the Union between all members of the Vestean Commission under the grounds of common policy and regulation to set up a common Vestean nationality, policy and economic zone. The treaty of the Union included the creation of a Vestean Parliament, Executive Coalition Government and a Union Court Judiciary system.