European Union

The European Union was a supranational and intergovernmental union of states on the continent of Europe during Earth's late pre-unification era. Founded from a prior organization in 1993, the European Union was originally organized as an international organization, but, over the course of its evolution, began to adopt many of the characteristics and authorities of a state in its own right, especially in the area of economics. It even introduced a common currency, called the euro, that many of its member states adopted as their own.

The European Union was a precursor to the 21st century European Alliance, which itself was a precursor to the establishment of United Earth in 2130.