Nordic Union (1983: Doomsday)

The Nordic Union (NU) is an economic and political union of 8 member states. The successor of the Nordic Council, it was established by the Treaty of Trondheim in 1990 by the Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish and Icelandic governments.

Despite having a shared political system and union, the two countries are relatively independent, relying on the Icelandic fishing and the Norwegian oil industry. Several other Scandinavian countries have since joined the union aswell.

History
After the Third World War, the Nordic countries struggled to rebuild their countries following several nuclear attacks, nuclear fallout, and a subsequent short conflict with Soviet troops in the northern of Norway. However, the nation survived mainly due to their morale boost created by the popular Norwegian king Olav V and his successor Harald V.

On September 26 1990, the surviving Icelandic, Norwegian and Danish governments, along with the Swedish and Finnish governments, declared the foundation of the “Nordic Union” comprising Sweden, Finland, Iceland, parts of Norway, parts of Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Greenland, Svalbard and Bouvet.

Industry
The economy of the Nordic Union has been based on mutual cooperation, with the basic idea of sharing all of their resources with eachother.

Norway is the union's largest energy provider, being the largest exporter of hydropower an of oil and natural gas, making the Nordic countries self-sufficient on fossil fuels. They are also a major exporter of timber.

Norway, Iceland, Faroe Islands and Greenland they also provide the largest supplies of fish and seafood.

Denmark is the union's main agricultural provider, which includes exports of including poultry, pork, dairy products and grain. has been partially rebuilt by fishing and oil. While most of the Norwegian coastline has been polluted by radioactive waste or is too cold for the fishing, the Norwegian still rely on the their former large oil industry for domestic use, while the fishing zones around Iceland and to some degree around the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Svalbard is still suitable for fishing.

Sweden comprises the majority of the union's heavy industry. Sweden's engineering sector accounts for 50% of output and exports. Telecommunications, the automotive industry and the pharmaceutical industries are also of great importance. They also rely on timber, hydropower and iron ore.

Finland is the union's largest contributor of timber, but also along with Sweden contributes with electronics (Nokia), chemical industry as well as nuclear power.

Members of the Union
The union consists of the following members:

Political system
The union has a unique political system. Because of the close cultural ties between Iceland and Norway, the members function almost separately, but cooperate in foreign politics.

The main legislatures on a national level is the Eidsvoll Building (Eidsvollsbygningen) in Eidsvoll, Norway and the Althing (Alþingi) in Reykjavík, Iceland. They function mostly like they did in the early 1980s, but has not the control of the Foreign Affairs. Instead the Nordic Law Thing (Norwegian: Det nordiske lagting, Icelandic: Norðurlandarlögþing) is responsible for taking the decisions in matters concerning foreign affairs and economic affairs between the members.

The de facto head of the union is split evenly by the Norwegian and Icelandic heads of state, King Harald V and Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson respectively. The president and the royal family has proven to be the force behind the reconsiliation of the political ideologies and have helped personally in rebuilding the nations. The union and its parliament's presidium is chaired by the Secretary General, who is nominated from an opposite party of the winning party in Norway or Iceland, in order to promote bipartisanship. The current General Secretary is the the Labour Party chairman Thorbjørn Jagland of Norway.

Politics in Norway
The focus of the main political parties in Norway was to focus on national consolidation and unity instead of emphasing political differences. However, shortly following the war the far-left political parties Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti - SV), Communist Party of Norway (Norges Kommunistiske Parti - NKP) and Red Electoral Alliance (Rød Valgallianse - RV) were banned, and a few members from SV, who were willing to moderate their political views, were allowed to join the Social Democrats.

Following the Third World War, the main political parties from both the left and right put their political differences aside to focus on national reconsiliation and rebuilding. The right-wing parties of Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet - FrP), Conservative Party (Høyre - H), Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti - KrF) and Liberal Party (Venstre - V) allied themselves with the left-wing parties of Social Democratic Party (Arbeiderpartiet - Ap) and Centre Party (Senterpartiet - Sp), and since then there has not been an election focusing mainly on party politics.

In the latest elections in Norway, the Progress Party formed a coalition with the Conservative Party and the Norwegian Labour Party, focusing on national reconsiliation and improving both the economy by a mixture of nationalisation and privatisation.

Politics in Iceland
Since the end of the Third World War, the right-wing Independence Party (Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn) and left-wing Social Democratic Party (Samfylkingin) has, like in Norway, put their political differences aside to focus on national reconsiliation and rebuilding. In the last election, the Independence Party improved their majority in the government, and is now working on expanding the economy by fishing.

Expansion
While the main members of the union are Norway and Iceland, there is local elections held on the Faroe Islands and Greenland as well. On September 26, 1993, Denmark and Sweden accepted to be join the union as sovereign areas with the status of Greenland and the Faroe Islands, with the government and royal families consent.

International relations
As most of Europe is uninhabitable, the Royal families and large numbers of people from Denmark and Sweden, along with people from Finland has resettled in the uncontaminated areas of their respective countries, as well as in Norway and Iceland.

Denmark has officially ceded the Faroe Islands and Greenland to Norway. On September 26, 1993, the remnants of Denmark and Sweden accepted to be join the union as sovereign areas with the status of Greenland and the Faroe Islands, with the government and royal families consent.

Military of the Nordic Union
The defense of the Nordic Union is mostly carried out by Norway, Sweden and Finland as Iceland had no standing army since its independence in 1944. The armed forces of the Nordic Union (Norwegian: Forsvaret, Icelandic: Her) numbers about 10,000 personnel, including civilian employees. The Commander-in-Chief is H.M. King Harald V.

The armed forces is structured into the following branches:
 * Army (Hæren/Her): Defending the union's sovereignty, and exploring the former wastelands in Northern Norway, Sweden and Denmark by WCRB reconnaissance missions.
 * Coast Guard (Kystvakten/Landhelgisgæslan): Exploring the coastlines of the Nordic Union.
 * Air Force (Hærens flyvåpen): Supporting the army in exploration of the northern wastelands with smallscale WCRB aerial reconnaissance missions, alongside military duties
 * Navy: provides maritme defence for the Nordic Union.

The military of the Nordic Union uses equipment of mainly Swedish origin, manufactured by the Saab company. Saab Viggens form the mainstay of the Air Force, Leopard One tanks the mainstay of the Army, while the Navy operates as its main ships Stockholm class frigates and Gustav class submarines. The G3 assult rifle is the military standard issue weapon.