The European Union (Pierce Jones World)

The Europeain or the E.U is a federal constitutional democracy comprising of 28 States and 15 Federal Regions.As well as colonies on the Moon,Mars,Venus and Jovian and Saturnian Moons,Along with outposts,Mining operations,Research bases and other small settlements on Mercury,The Asteroid and Kuiper Belts and the Gas Giants.along with Antarctica.

With over a billion people across it borders. As well as the worlds largest economy. With massive Military,Diplomatic and Cultural resources. This is considered by most the worlds most powerful nation.

Etymology
While European is mostly used to describe anyone who lives in the union. Many prefer there nationality (British,French,German etc) or use it along side of European.

History
1952 saw the creation of the European Coal and Steel Community, which was declared to be "a first step in the federation of Europe", starting with the aim of eliminating the possibility of further wars between its member states by means of pooling the national heavy industries.[28] The founding members of the Community were Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and West Germany.In 1957, the six countries signed the Treaty of Rome, which extended the earlier co-operation within the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) and created the European Economic Community (EEC), establishing a customs union. They also signed another treaty on the same day creating the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) for co-operation in developing nuclear energy. Both treaties came into force in 1958.