Asterian Forum for Development and Cooperation

Asterian Forum for Development and Cooperation

Names Conseil de Développement Asterien (Gaullican) Cunsil-Dévelopement à Asterie (Geuche) Forum asteriano per lo sviluppo e la cooperazione (Etrurian) Asteriaanse Ontwikkelingsraad (Nuvanian) Asterianskt forum för utveckling och samarbete (Ostisk) Fórum Asteriano para Desenvolvimento e Cooperação (Iustan) TBD (Ruttish)
Predecessor	Treaty of Pasau
Formation	1987
Founded at	TBD
Headquarters	San Pietro, Imagua and the Assimas
Membership	9 members Aucuria Belmonte Eldmark Imagua and the Assimas Nuvania Saint-Baptiste Sanslumiere Satucin Zaralaja 2 observers Euclean Community Gaullica
Secretary-General	Ornell Elliott

The Asterian Forum for Development and Cooperation, or the AFDC (Gaullican: Conseil de Développement Asterien, CDA) is an intergovernmental regional organization comprising of nine member states, situated in Asteria Superior and Asteria Inferior.

Established with the Treaty of Pasau in 1987, the Asterian Forum for Development and Cooperation was designed to be a trade bloc, where barriers to trade were reduced within its member states, with the idea that it would help foster cooperation among its members. Since its inception, the AFDC has expanded in scope, as although it remains primarily an economic organisation, the increased ties between member states has led to the growth of political institutions within the Asterian Forum for Development and Cooperation.

History

Origins

• predecessor organizations, agreements probably existed
• maybe we should increase economic cooperation?

Establishment

• Treaty of Pasau signed in 1987 in Pasau, Satucin, thus establishing the AFDC

Structure

Secretary-General

The Asterian Forum for Development and Cooperation is headed by a Secretary-General (Gaullican: secrétaire général), currently Ornell Elliott from Imagua and the Assimas. It rotates every five years among the member states of the Asterian Forum for Development and Cooperation.

The Secretary-General's main responsibilities are to represent the Asterian Forum for Development and Cooperation as an equivalent to the head of state, as well as being the chief administrative officer of the Asterian Forum for Development and Cooperation. He also presides over the Executive Council, which meets twice a year, and is made up of the heads of government of the member states of the Asterian Forum for Development.

Asterian Forum

The main legislature of the Asterian Forum for Development and Cooperation is the Asterian Forum (Gaullican: Forum asterien). The responsibilities of the Asterian Forum include the proposal and passage of regulations on areas delegated to the Asterian Forum for Development and Cooperation by its member states.

As of 2020, there are 442 legislators in the Asterian Forum. They are all appointed by the legislatures of the members of the Asterian Forum for Development and Cooperation.

Summits

Once a year, summits involving the heads of government of the member states of the Asterian Forum for Development and Cooperation are held to discuss issues of mutual concern. Every five years, a summit is hosted in Gaton to discuss major issues facing the Asterian Forum for Development and Cooperation.

As well, extraordinary summits may be called by the Secretary-General of the Asterian Forum for Development and Cooperation at any time, mostly to deal with crises involving the AFDC.

Demographics

As of 2020, the Asterian Forum for Development and Cooperation is home to 350 million people spread among nine member states. Of the nine member states, five are situated in Asteria Inferior (Aucuria, Belmonte, Nuvania, Satucin, and Zaralaja), and four in Asteria Superior (Eldmark, Imagua and the Assimas, Saint-Baptiste, and Sanslumière).

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Economy

As of 2020, the combined gross domestic product of all member states in the AFDC is $4.452 billion (nominal) and $8.614 billion (PPP), making it one of the largest economic blocs in the world alongside the International Forum for Developing States, Euclean Community, and COMSED. The average nominal gross domestic product per capita is $20,285.

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Members

Nation	Capital	Language	Population	Gross domestic product (nominal)	GDP (nominal) per capita	Area (km²)	Year joined
Aucuria	Kalnaspilis	Ruttish	30,223,510	$213,649,992,190	$7,069	1,098,581	TBD
Belmonte	Castelonovo	Lusitan	19,880,143	$385,038,609,624	$19,368	1,003,144	TBD
Eldmark	Hammarvik	Ostisk	34,764,129	$1,129,834,192,500	$32,500	1,614,037	TBD
Imagua	Cuanstad	Estmerish Etrurian	1,306,505	$44,423,783,010	$34,002	24,084.48	1987
Nuvania	Pietersburg	Nuvanian	48,177,598	$1,392,091,694,210	$28,895	1,055,828	TBD
Saint-Baptiste	Port-Anne	Gaullican Baptistois Creole	830,631	$13,242,750,033	$15,943	27,848	TBD
Sanslumiere	Découverte	Gaullican	10,342,850	$65,738,223,700	$6,356	120,982	TBD
Satucin	Gatôn	Gaullican Geuche Ngu	125,105,368	$1,690,673,943,152	$13,514	3,051,077	TBD
Zaralaja	Montes	Auratian Iustian	29,000,000	$530,700,000,000	$18,300	TBD	TBD