NATO (A Wonderful World)

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949. The organization constitutes a system of collective defence whereby its member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party. NATO's headquarters are in Brussels, Belgium, one of the 28 member states across North America and Europe, the newest of which, Albania and Croatia, joined in 2009.

Fouding Members(1949)
Acadia

Belgium

Borealia

Canada

Denmark

France

Iceland

Italy

Luxembourg

Netherlands

Norway

Portugal

Spain

United Kindgom

United States

Later Members
Greece (1952)

Turkey (1952)

Central America (1953)

Federal Republic of Germany (1955)

Slovenia (2004)

Croatia (2009)

Albania (2009)