United Nations of the Auroran Continent

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The United Nations of the Auroran Continent (UNAC) is a political and economic union of 17 member states and one observer state (Nilovia) that are located in Aurora. It has an area of , and an estimated population of around 1 billion. The UNAC has developed an internal single market through a standardised system of laws that apply in all member states. UNAC policies aim to ensure the free movement of people, goods, services, and capital within the internal market, enact legislation in justice and home affairs, and maintain common policies on trade, agriculture, and regional development. Within the Aegis Area, passport controls have been abolished. A monetary union in the form of the Auroran Continental Bank was established in 1975, utilizing many aspects of the Bank of the Morstaybishlian Empire, and came into full force a few years after. Initially under direct regulation of the ACA, the Auroran Continental Bank was reorganized as its own independent organization, in an effort to make the currency more independent of political affairs; a direct result of the "Auroran Split." The Aegis Area is composed of 17 member states which use the Kirib currency.

The UNAC traces its origins from the Auroran Continental Assembly (ACA) and the short-lived Auroran Union (AU), established, respectively, by the 1976 Weyrcliff Pact and during the 2017 Sani Bursil Summit, the latter of which was formed in direct competition of the former due to apparent shortcomings in the ACA's enforcement of established policy during the Auroran-Pacific War. The UNAC, having grandfathered the former members of the ACA and the AU, consists of 17 members, and 1 observer member.

While no member state has left the UNAC, its predecessor, the Auroran Continental Assembly, saw the secession of Baykalia, a result of a major change in Baykalian leadership. The Grand Matriarchy of Ethalria, a former member of the ACA, fractured into four new nations following the conclusion of the Auroran-Pacific War, all four aforementioned nations having been instated into the Union. All four nations, however, are exempt from certain secession rules applicable to other nations in an effort to allow the nations to "chart their own course".

Covering nearly 17% of the world population, the UNAC in 2017 generated a nominal gross domestic product (GDP) of 29.4 trillion SH dollars, constituting almost 23% of global nominal GDP. Because of its global influence, the United Nations of the Auroran Continent has been described occasionally by some as a superpower.