Fiction:Universal Trading Union

The Universal Trade Union, also called the Trader's Union, the Trading Consortium or the Trader's Guild, is an intergalactic organization that manages trade amongst different Empires, classifies and records Empires' wealth, and organizes trade embargoes,boycotts and economic punishments for violent, warfaring and unstable Empires. One of the Union's most important attributes is that is merges any funds that member empires direct at it, allowing damaged, war-torn and civil-war-engulfed Empires to recover quickly and allows them to purchase weapons by soliciting lended funds. Only the richest empires can afford to pay for the Union's expenses and needs, which aid struggling Empires.