North American Union (22nd Century and On)

The North American Union (Spanish: Unión de América del Norte, French: Union Nord-Américaine) is a political and economic union located in North America, consisting of the United States, Canada, Mexico, Oaxaca, Guatemala, Panama, El Salvador and Yucatán. The initial goal was combat the ever-going influence of Russia, the Union State, especially the after the launching of the GOAB. However after the formation of the Dixie Republic (to which, is Russia's westernmost, biggest and most powerful ally), and its subsequent sphere of influence in North America, the NAU has extended its goals into combatting the Dixie Republic's influence.

After Russia launched the GOAB, the Great Raids followed. While Canada and the Latin States favored forming a coalition, the United States (under a right-wing Nationalist government) and Dixie were adamantly against the formation of a North American Union. This left Canada and the Latin States to fend for themselves, and while the Latin States were essentially American puppet states, the American government allowed them to conjoin with Canada to form the North American Union.

The mass migration of Americans into Canada meant there was more to contribute to Canada's system of government and society. The Canadian government funded its own space weapons program, and began to build up its military. After the Nationalist government of Ammon Bundy ended, as the United States came under Liberal Republican leadership via the Beckam Administration, Beckam immedietly admitted the United States into the North American Union, thereby adding much needed power to it.

There had been many attempts to enter Dixie into the NAU, but all of them failed. In 2087, the United States launched the Space Eagle, the answer to Russia's GOAB, eventually putting the United States and NAU back into the global stage. In 2090, the United States launched the land-based Hydronuclear Plasma bomb, allowing it to destroy any space target within its sight.

The NAU is similar to the EU, having a common defense and currency. When combined, the military forces of the NAU form the world's third largest, second to that of the Union State and NATO, the latter to which the NAU is part of.

When the Belizian government willfully entered the Dixie Republic's sphere of influence, Belize was forcefully expelled from the NAU.

COMPARISONS WITH THE EU There are significant differences that differentiate the NAU from the EU. Unlike the EU, countries are free to enact border laws, whereas EU member states are required to initiate open borders and open movement of goods and services, though the latter is the exemption. As a result, the United States still bears phsyical borders with the Latin States.