Flanker's World

The world diverted from OTL in 2030 when the European Parliament declared the European Federation, thus officially beginning a count-down to the end of the European Union. By December of 2031, all of the European Union member states had ratified their ascension to the new super-power. 2032 saw an agreement in the field of a common security policy, integration of several new states and finally the joint Declaration of European Sovereignty. The European Federation was officially declared in October 2033 with the adoption of the European Constitution and commencement of work by the newly convened European Federal Government in January 2035.

The rest of the world was quick to respond. Russia annexed Belarus peacefully with the consent of most of the population and the Belarussian government in March 2034. China declared its annexation of Taiwan and blockaded the island after a standoff with the USA and a staged invasion by North Korean troops of its southern neighbour followed. The African Union instituted a common currency while India proposed the unification of itself, Pakistan and Bangladesh, thus commencing a civil war in Pakistan between the 'Loyalists' and pro-unification factions. The world then entered a financial crisis in 2037, following the deployment of several USA and military units to Taiwan and South Korea, while China began sponsoring a guerilla movement on its annexed territory.

A decade of stalemates in India and East Asia led to the eventual intervention of the United Nations. NATO by 2040 was disolved as the European Federation member states automatically renounced membership in the military alliance. This led the USA to start a new treaty in its sphere of influence, the Pacific Friendship Treaty, which integrated most of the states on the Pacific Ocean, including all South American states. The USA promised not to support Taiwan militarily in exchange for the peaceful unification of the Koreas. The Taiwanese communist guerilla had fully liberated the island with support of Chinese military equipment and China thus fully annexed Taiwan. The Koreas reunited under the two-state solution and finally China joined the PFT in 2044.

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