Central Asian Union

Central Asian Union Markaziy Osiyo Ittifoqi (Uzbek) Ittihodi Osijoi Markazī (Tajik) Borborduk Aziya Birimdigi (Kyrgyz) Merkezi Aziýa Bileleşigi (Turkmen) Ạwrtạ Ậsy̰ạ Brạbr (Saljuq) Ortalıq Azïya Odağı (Kazakh)
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: "United We Stand, For The Good Of Our Nation"
Anthem: Glory Central Asia
CAU on the globe
Capital	Tashkent
Largest city	Tashkent
Official languages	Uzbek, Turkmen, Kyrgyz, Tajik, Saljuq
Recognised national languages	Karakalpak, Russian
Recognised regional languages	Uyghur, Pamiri Languages, Dungan, Khorasani Turkic, Yaghnobi, Tatar
Ethnic groups	40.5% Uzbeks 18.7% Kazakhs 10.2% Tajiks 7.3% Kyrgyz 5.4% Turkmen 5.3% Russians and Belarusians 0.9% Karakalpaks 0.6% Tatars 0.6% Ukrainians 0.4% Uyghurs 0.3% Koreans 0.3% Azerbaijanis 0.1% Saljuqs 0.1% Dungans 9.3% Other (Including Germans, Turks and Bashkirs
Religion	47.3% Atheism or Irreligion 28.5% Islam - 25.4% Hanafi Sunni - 4.1% Ismaili Shia - 0.4% Other Islam 16.7% Christian - 8.4% Timurid Church of the East - 7.1% Eastern Orthodoxy - 1.2% Other Christian 4.0% Zoroastrianism 2.2% Manichaeism 1.6% Other (Such as Judaism and Buddhism)
Demonym(s)	Central Asian
Government	Federal Presidential Republic
• President	His Excellency Khudabayerdi Ghaniyev
• Prime Minister	The Honourable Kasym Berdimuhamedow
Legislature	Grand Assembly of the Central Asian Union
Establishment
• Independence from the USSR	August - December 1991
• Beginning of the Troubled Times	5th of May 1993
• Formation of the Central Asian Commonwealth	1st of January 2000
• End of the Troubled Times	25th of February 2003
• Creation of the Free City of Bähnabat	29th of October 2005
• Treaty of Union Signed	8th of April 2011
Area
•	4,008,009 km2 (1,547,501 sq mi) (9th)
Population
• 2020 estimate	75,270,000
• 2024 census	79,017,353
• Density	19.7/km2 (51.0/sq mi)
GDP (nominal)	2022 estimate
• Total	$533,446,712,991 ($533.45 Billion USD)
• Per capita	$6,751
Gini	33.6 medium
HDI	0.721 high
Currency	Central Asian Som (₴)
Time zone	UTC+5:00 and +6:00 (KAZ-KGZ Time, KKT and Central Asian Standard Time, CAST)
Date format	yyyy-dd-mm (In KAZ, UZB, KGZ, TKM, BAH) and dd-mm-yyyy (In TJK)
Driving side	right
Calling code	+992
ISO 3166 code	CAU
Internet TLD	.ce

The Central Asian Union, officially The Sovereign Union of Grand Central Asian Republics and the Free City of Bähnabat, is a country located in Central Asia. It is bordered by the Russian Federation to the north, China to the East, Iran to the South-East, Afghanistan to the South-West and the Caspian Sea to the West. The Central Asian Union is a key member of the Turkic World and the founder of the Organisation of Turkic States