Union of Albany
The Greater Union of Albany The Union | |
|---|---|
| Motto: Suum cuique To each, his own | |
| Anthem: [1] "Land of Hope and Glory" | |
| Location of the Union Location of the Union | |
| Capital | New Gate |
| Largest city | New Haven |
| Official languages | Cambrian |
| Demonym(s) | Albanese |
| Government | |
• King | King Owen I |
• Prime Minister | PM Oliver Cooper |
• Prince of the Tides | Lucan Ghalen |
| Legislature | Parliament |
| House of Lords | |
| House of Commons | |
| Establishment | |
• Vezaria Founded | 98 |
• Vezaria Destroyed | 211 |
• Council of Crowns | 917 |
• Great Struggle | 1428 |
• Imperial Reformation | 1702 |
• Abolition of the Empire | 2023 |
• Second Union | 2036 |
| Population | |
• 2070 census | 415,000,000 |
| GDP (nominal) | 2020 estimate |
• Total | $26 Trillion |
• Per capita | $63,000 |
| Gini (2070) |  30.7medium |
| HDI (2070) |  .880very high |
| Currency | Union Pound (AUP) |
| Date format | yyyy-mm-dd (official) dd-mm-yyyy (common use) |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +09 |
| ISO 3166 code | UA; UOA |
| Internet TLD | .ua |
Albany, officially the The Greater Union of Albany, is a large North Arcadian nation of 415 million people located on an archipelago encompassing a land are of 2,783,042 km2. To the nation's West are Novosole, Akarus, San Marya and Sartoria while to the East the nation is bordered by sea by Sovyonok. Currently the Union is considered a superpower in Vestan politics and serves as the leader of the Commonwealth of Nations bloc of various nations with interests held together by a mutual dislike of the elitist Valentian Alliance and the ability of them to meddle in the affairs of other. The Union of Albany draws it name, Albany, from the isles of Alba that it sits on. The Union today is a direct successor to the former Cambrian Empire that was abolished in a 2026 referendum that also saw that Empire's monarchy alsoabolished in the wake of the Great War.