Europe (From Sea to Shining Sea)

Europe after two world wars, that took place in its territory, began a slow and steady decline of Western European dominance in world affairs by the mid-20th century as the Soviet Union and the United America took prominence.

After World War II, Europe was politically divided along West and East alignments. Western Europe, or former Allies, is the main political, cultural and economical region encompassing the Franco-British Union (FBU), Ireland, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Western Germany and the Scandinavian countries. Eastern and Central Europe encompassing Hungary, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Eastern Germany, Greece and the Balkans. Neutral countries are Switzerland, Yugoslavia and Austria (until 1965).

During the Second American Revolution (1932-1936) and the establishment of socialist United America (1936), Blue Expats were able to transfer their properties and control to newly created overseas headquarters in Europe (mainly London and Paris) and other countries. The already depressed war torn Western Europe and the benefit of the fast economic recovery of the FBU, along the investments of Blue Expats.

At the same time decolonisation, which had already started after World War I, gradually resulted in the independence of most of the European colonies in Asia and Africa. Others became Dominions of the British Commonwealth or states of the French Community.

Association of European States
The Association of European States (AES) is a federation of the Western European states formed in 1957.

World War II had devastated and destroyed much of continental Europe. Bankrupt and in the need to rebuilt it both France and Britain would very quickly realize the need of closer cooperation. The Franco-British Union (FBU-UFB), established as an temporary wartime proposal, was formally established after the legislatures of both countries approve the Entente treaty of the Franco-British Union (1948) that establishes a loose confederal union and common institutions but with mutual coordination in the defence, foreign, financial and economic policies. The FBU-UFB also feared of taking sides between United America and the USSR that would led to losing political and economical independence gathered many to rethink rivalries.

The FBU-UFB pooled together resources to built a European economical pole. In 1955, after several meetings and negotiations the Madrid Communique was issued. The Communique signed by the The FBU-UFB, Portugal and Spain, called for a European Conference to establish a united European organization to deal with economic, social and political united cooperation with the purpose of advocating with the issues of European reconstruction, cooperation and a peace and a pledge to be independent and neutral of the two main socialists powers.

The Treaty of Rome (1957) established the Association of European States with its two main basic institutions: the European Political Community (EPC) and the European Economic Community (EEC). A European common defence policy will come to affect in 1959 after the rearmament of Germany was agreed by the member states of the EPC, installing the European Defense Community (EDC) by the Treaty of Brussels.

After several setbacks on their own joint space program the FBU proposed an European Space program in order to not fall behind the other two powers (USSR and United America). thus creating the European Space Research Organisation (ESRO, 1962).

Main European Institutions / European Political Community (EPC)
 * European Executive Council (EEC). HQ Brussels.
 * Commission. HQ Brussels.
 * European Parliament. HQ Brussels.
 * Court of Justice of the European Communities. HQ Luxembourg.
 * European Court of Auditors. HQ Luxembourg
 * Social and Economic Council. HQ Brussels.

London.
 * European Institutions
 * European Political Community (EPC, 1957) HQ Brussels and Luxembourg.
 * European Economic Community (EEC, 1957) HQ Brussels and Düsseldorf.
 * European Defense Community (EDC, 1959) HQ Brussels and
 * European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM, 1960) HQ Brussels.
 * European Space Research Organisation (ESRO 1962) HQ Paris.

Transatlantic Defence Treaty (TADT). Members EDC and Canada. Extra Territorial Trade Agreements (ETTA): Signed with Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.

There are also two regional economic and customs unions: Benelux Union (1922 to date) and the Nordic Council (1952).


 * Membership AES


 * Other European states

Franco-British Union
The Franco-British Union (Union franco-britannique) is a confederal union of the United Kingdom and France. Created in 1940 by the Declaration of Union of Concarneau jointly signed by the governments of Britain and France as way to help the latter continue the war after suffering serious defeats in the Western front and its eminent occupation by Nazi Germany. The union provided for joint planning of the two countries' wartime economies. After the war the Union was evaluated as positive effort of post war reconstruction of both nations.

In 1948 with the approval in both national legislatures of the Entente Treaty were the institutions of the FBU-UFB, along a Joint Court of Justice, formally established. As in 1940 reciprocate citizenship between France and UK was keep.

Development of nuclear weapons was pursued by both nations in three commons programs under strict secrecy and outside the oversight of the institutions of the FBU-UFB: Project Cyclops (A-Bomb) and Operation Hades (the H-bomb itself) and Typhoon (the air and sea delivery vehicles). Civilian use of nuclear power is under the aegis of the Commissariat à l'énergie atomique (CEA/AEC) member of Euratom.

Independence of British India (post WWII). The French and British Welfare system of the post war. The colonial crisis of the 1950s (Algeria and French-British Africa). Closer economic relations with South America, helped by Spanish diplomacy.

The FBU-UFB's premier, vice premier and ministers and state secretaries cannot be members of their national governments. The Joint Heads of State are symbol of the union of France and Britain. The Premier is the de facto head of state and government. Traditionally the offices of premier and vice premier are alternated between France and UK.

The Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Union consists of equal members, elected proportionally by the national legislatures every four years. The Coordinating Council of FBU-UFB must have the confidence and supply vote from the Joint Parliamentary Assembly. The Joint Court of Justice was established to ensure the observation of FBU-UFB law along with the interpretation and application of the Entente Treaty.


 * Executive of the Coordinating Council

Confederal states the FBU-UFB
 * Great Britain (England, Scotland, Wales)
 * France
 * Other territories of the FBU-UFB
 * Northern Ireland (part of the UK)
 * Algeria (integral part of France)
 * British Crown dependencies (Channel Islands and Isle of Mann)
 * Malta (Crown Colony)
 * Hong Kong (Crown Colony)
 * Gibraltar (Crown Colony)
 * Cyprus (Crown Colony)
 * Falkland Islands (also includes Ascension, Saint Helena, Tristan de Cunha, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands)
 * Saint Pierre and Miquelon
 * French Southern and Antarctic Lands
 * Britain and France's Caribbean territories (Cayman Islands, Saint Martin and Saint Barthelemy, Bermuda, Bahamas, Martinique, Guadeloupe, Montserrat, French Guyana and the Turks and Caicos)
 * Britain and France's Indian Ocean territories (Reunion, Mayotte, Diego Garcia), and
 * Britain and France's Pacific Ocean territories (New Caledonia, Tahiti, Wallis and Futuna, French Polynesia)