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Baltic Union
Timeline: Great Nuclear War
OTL equivalent: Baltic States, Belarus, Kaliningrad Oblast
United Baltic Duchy flag Baltic assembly logo trimmed
Coat of arms
Baltic Union Map GNW
Administrative centerKaunas, Lithuania
Area
 -  Total 397,920 km2 
153,638 sq mi 

The Baltic Union is an Economic-Military Union of Belarus, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. It was formed in 1982 to co-ordinate trade between Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Belarus, a strong trading partner of Estonia particularly, was admitted in 1984, prompting talks for a unified military structure, which was approved by the Baltic Assembly in 1992. After the International League was formed in 2002, the members of the Baltic Union issued a joint application to join in 2003, and were admitted in 2005.

History[]

Great Nuclear War[]

In the Great Nuclear War, the capitals Minsk (Belarus) Tallinn (Estonia) and Riga (Latvia) were hit, and the various nations were forced into disarray at best, and anarchal civil war at worst.

Post-war[]

However, by 1970, each of the nations had effectively stabilized under democratic rule, and in 1972 the leaders of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania met in the Latvian capital, Daugavplis. There a general pooling of resources was announced, and representative of each nation were agreed upon. Continued meetings between leaders sporadically occurred over the next few years. In this time, relations were also established between Belarus and the other Baltic states, and by extension the other states, and Belarus began to trade with them greatly, also making use of Lithuania's ports.

Establishment[]

In the 1981 the Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian leaders met in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius, and discussions turned to the establishment of an organisation to coordinate trade. Agreements and negotiations were made, and in 1982 the Baltic Union was formally created with three members, greatly and positively received. Indeed, over the next two years the Union proved extremely successful, and in 1984 Belarus, by this time greatly using Lithuania's sea access, made a formal application to join the Union, which was accepted. 

In 2002, the International League was formed by various nations as a solely successor to the United Nations, and in 2003 the three states issued a joint application, and acceded in 2004.

Politics[]

Organisation[]

The lower legislature of the Baltic Union is the Baltic Assembly, made up of 90 members from nine constituencies, whilst the upper body is the heads of state and/or government of each of the member states, who meet annually or in times of crisis.

Members=[]

Flag Name Capital Date of Admission Area (km2) Population
Flag of Belarus (1918, 1991-1995) Belarus Gomel 1984 207.595 9,498,700
Flag of Estonia Estonia Tartu 1982 45.336 1,315,635
Flag of Latvia Latvia Daugavpils 1982 64.589 1,953,200
Flag of Lithuania Lithuania Vilnius 1982 80.400 3,789,674
United Baltic Duchy flag Baltic Union Kaunas  - 397.920 16,557,700


Military[]

The Baltic Military is made up of portions of each state's armed services with a unified Command Structure. Any military operations must be approved unilaterally by the heads of state/government of each state.