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|name=Eastern Astyria Treaty Organization
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|abbreviation = EATA
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|mcaption=Member states of EATA; blue represents former members
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|headquarters=[[Paradise City]], [[Blackhelm Confederacy]]
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 |title=[[Member states of EATA|17 states]]
 |{{flag|Blackhelm Confederacy}}
 |{{flag|Dungeyland}}
 |{{flag|Polarus}}
 |{{flag|Scottopian Isles}}
 |{{flag|Serretes}}
 |{{flag|Kwalawi}}
 |{{flag|Red River Free State}}
 |{{flag|San Joaquin Valley}}
 |{{flag|Stretta}}
 |{{flag|Zitru}}
 |{{flag|Thomaion}}
 |{{flag|Terra Azure}}
 |{{flag|Jafala}}
 |{{flag|Colchester Landing}}
 |{{flag|Bungussi}}
 |{{flag|Cote dCuivre}}
 |{{flag|Hifax}}
||{{flag|Kyashi}}
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|formation=7 May 1952
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The '''East Astyrian Treaty Alliance''', also known as the '''EATA''', is an {{wpl|intergovernmental}} {{wpl|military alliance}} based on the EATA charter that was signed by the [[Blackhelm Confederacy]], the [[Dungeyland|Dangish Empire]], the [[Aquitayne|Constitutional Monarchy of Aquitayne]], [[Caprica]], and the [[Scottopian Isles]] on 7 May, 1952. The organization uses a system of {{wpl|collective defense}} whereby its member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attack by an external party. EATA's headquarters are located in [[Paradise City]], [[Blackhelm Confederacy]]. The Blackhelm Confederacy is one of 17 current member-states in the EATA, the newest of which, the [[Imperial Spartanian Empire]]], joined in 2009. The combined military spending of EATA member states exceeds over 40 percent of the Astyrian defense market annually. Members' recommended defense spending by EATA standards is 2% of GDP, but this remains only a recommendation.

The EATA was formed in the early 1950's, and remained almost solely an economic free trade agreement until the [[1966 Pangus Revolution]], where {{wpl|communist}} {{wpl|revolutionaries}} took over the government of [[Pangus]] and [[Aquitayne|Aquitaynian]] and [[Blackhelm Confederacy|Confederate]] military forces invaded Pangus and disposed of the communist government. After that point, what was mostly seen as the fringe benefits of mutual defense and military cooperation became a cornerstone to EATA policy as well as its outlook on the rest of [[Astyria]]. Through the 1960's into the 21st century, a strong rivalry developed between the EATA and the [[Astyrian Trade Organization]], a mostly western-nation {{wpl|intergovernmental}} {{wpl|military alliance}} that rivaled the power projection and influence of the EATA drastically, and lead to a {{wpl|cold war}} between the two political blocs. One of the founding members of the EATA, Aquitayne, left the political bloc in 1982 after a national referendum determined the people of the country wanted to leave the military alliance in favor of establishing the [[United Kingdom]]. 

Article IV of the EATA treaty requires member-states to "come to the assistance of the state or states attacked with all such means as it deems necessary, including armed force."<ref>[https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?p=19018319&sid=a83c58539130f09d5ecd69d5d4588d6b#p19018319 ''EATA Charter'']</ref> The article has never been invoked, but since the establishment of the EATA there have been many times a deterioration in political standing have lead to near misses in total mobilization. The organization has operated in a multitude of roles since its founding, intervening in the [[Plattesian Adler crisis]], Kamalbia, the [[Greater Insula Feran Conflict]], among others. Currently the alliance conducts anti-piracy operations throughout Astyria and combats multiple terrorist organizations in Kamalbia, Terre Azure, and [[New Pangus]].

==History==
===Beginnings===
===Cold War===
===Aquitaynian withdrawal===
===After the Cold War===
==Military operations==
===1966 Pangus Revolution===
===Terre Azure===
===Ala Moana===
===Plattesian Adler crisis===
===Insula Fera===
===Kamalbia===

==Participating countries==
===Members===
{{flag|Blackhelm Confederacy}} <br>
{{flag|Dungeyland}}<br>
{{flag|Polarus}}<br>
{{flag|Scottopian Isles}}<br>
{{flag|Serretes}}<br>
{{flag|Kwalawi}}<br>
{{flag|Red River Free State}}<br>
{{flag|San Joaquin Valley}}<br>
{{flag|Stretta}}<br>
{{flag|Zitru}}<br>
{{flag|Terra Azure}}<br>
{{flag|Jafala}}<br>
{{flag|Colchester Landing}}<br>
{{flag|Bungussi}}<br>
{{flag|Cote dCuivre}}<br>
{{flag|Kyashi}}<br>
{{flag|Hifax}}<br>

===Partnerships===
==Structure==
===EATA Council===
==References==
[[Category:Astyria]][[Category:Blackhelm Confederacy]][[Category:EATA]][[Category:Aquitayne]]