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{{Infobox organization
|name         = The Verdean Union </br>
''Unión Verdeano''
|image        = VU Flag.png
|image_border = 
|size         = 
|alt          = 
|caption      = Emblem of the Verdean Union
|map          = Map VU.png
|msize        = 200px
|malt         = 
|mcaption     = Map of the Verdean Union (Member Nations in Green, Observers in Blue)
|abbreviation = UV
|motto        = 
|goal         = 
|formation    = 8 de Mesjula DI 200
|extinction   = 
|type         = 
|status       = {{wp|Supranational organization}}
|purpose      = Political and economic cooperation
|headquarters = [[Corazón del Rio]], Centro Verde, [[Verde|The Republic of Isla Verde]]
|location     = 
|coords       = 
|region_served = Verdean Archipelago
|membership   = ''[[Verdean Union#Membership|(see below)]]''
|language     = {{wp|Spanish language|Classical Verdean}}, {{wp|Spanish language|Vulgar Verdean}}
|leader_title = General Secretary of the Verdean Union
|leader_name  = [[Image:Flag of Plata.png|25px]] [[Ramón Fransisco del Toro]]
|main_organ   = Verdean Central Council
|parent_organization = 
|affiliations = 
|num_staff    = 
|num_volunteers = 
|budget       = $4,678,985,127
|website      = 
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}}

[[Category: Greater Meridon]] [[Category: Culturally Verdean Nations]] [[Category: Organizations]] 

The Verdean Union is a {{wp|Supranational organization|supranational organization}} intended towards fostering the cooperation and economic development of nations in the Verdean Archipelago. It is also responsible for ensuring {{wp|rule of law}}, {{wp|human rights}}, and {{wp|democracy}} throughout the Archipelago, as well as encouraging the development of {{wp|Socialism|socialist}} economies in the region. Its legal framework was adopted in the Pan-Verdean conference of DI 199, which itself entered into force the following year with the formal creation of the Verdean Union. Currently 272,962,428 people are citizens in a nation that is a full member of the Verdean Union, 

The Verdean Union has served to foster the creation of a {{wp|common market}}, as well as sponsoring an organization, the [[Pan-Verdean Restoration Corps]], an organization dedicated to rebuilding the Verdean nations after the Capisarian occupation of the Archipelago. The Verdean Union is one of the primary supranational organizations of [[Greater Meridon]], and is a partner of the larger [[Meridonian Union]].

The Verdean Union establishes rules via the Central Council which is composed of fifteen members (three per full member nation), one whom is appointed general secretary. New legislation is passed on a two-thirds majority the council. 

==Institutions==

The Institutions of the Verdean Union are:

*The Verdean Central Council: The primary legislative body of the Verdean Union, elected by the general population of member nations. A leader, (the General Secretary), is appointed by the council to maintain decorum, and act as chief diplomatic officer of the Council. Based in [[Corazón del Río]], [[Verde]].
*The Verdean Central Court of Justice: Serves to enforce human rights protections, and arbitrate trade issues. Based in [[El Dorado]], [[Plata]]
*The Verdean Police (VerPol): Acts as an enforcment arm of the Verdean Central Court of Justice, based in [[El Dorado]], [[Plata]]
*The Verdean Economic Development Department: Organizes trade between Verdean nations, and hosts the [[Meridonian Economic Development Index]], a major indicator of economic development of nations in Greater Meridon. Based in [[Castille]], [[Verde]]
*The [[Pan-Verdean Restoration Corps]]: A major organization in the Verdean Archipelago responsible for the assistance with development of the less developed nations in the Archipelago, it's role has expanded somewhat to include other poorer communities in Meridon, especially those of Culturally Verdean nations, and Verdean minorities in [[Greater Meridon]]. Based in [[Corazón del Río]], [[Verde]].

==Membership==

Members of the Verdean Union must be predominantly [[Verdean People|ethnically Verdean]], and must submit to a five year trial period wherein they are granted non-voting Observer Status. Ascendancy into full membership status mandates a two-thirds majority approval of the Council. Observers do not have voting status in the council, but are granted the right to join the common market and are not obligated to be predominantly Verdean. Currently there are five full voting members of the Verdean Union, and two Observers.

===Voting Members===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Official Name !! Capital !! Population !! Joined
|-
| [[Image: Flag of Verde.png|25px]] [[Verde|The Republic of Isla Verde]] || [[Castille]], [[Centro Verde]] ||  224,670,350 || Founder
|-
| [[Image: Flag of Plata.png|25px]] [[Plata|The Democratic Republic of Isla Plata]] || [[El Dorado]], [[Districto Capital]] ||  35,678,976 || Founder
|-
| [[Image: Diamante Flag.png|25px]] [[Diamante|The Septonate Brotherhood of Isla Diamante]] || [[Ciudad dele Templo]], [[Isla Diamante]] || 156,215 || Founder
|-
| [[Image: Flag of Lesser Verde.png|25px]] [[Lesser Verde|The Confederacy of Lesser Verdean Islands]] || [[El Sacramento]], [[Isla Rubí]] ||  12,456,987 || DI 208
|-
| [[Image: Cuarzo flag.png|25px]] [[Los Cuarzos|The Cuarzan Confederacy]] || [[Matanzas]], [[Gran Cuarzo]] || 1,276,485 || DI 217
|}

===Observing Members===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Official Name !! Capital !! Population !! Joined !! Type
|-
| [[Image: Flag of Diamante.png|25px]] [[Dorado|The People's Republic of Isla Dorado]] || [[Puerto Bello]], [[Puerto Bello]] || 56,876,425 || DI 215 || Provisional Membership
|-
| <imgur w="25">efBHMwS.png</imgur> [[Davidos|The Free Republic of Davidos]] || [[Puerto Libertad]] ||  17,560,115 || DI 205 || Observer status, given to government exile, full membership is disallowed until end of conflict.
|-
| [[Image: Flag of Datchlia.png|25px]] [[Datchlia|The State of Datchlia]] || [[Hadradstadt]] ||  32,624,500 || DI 200 || Granted Honorary and Observant membership for its generous contribution to the [[Pan-Verdean Restoration Corps]]
|}

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