Fiction:Astral Union

The Union of Astral Nations (UAN), also known as the Union of the Astral States or, more commonly, the Astral Union, is a transgalactic economic and political union between 10 member states, the ruling civilizations of the “Astral Galaxies”. The Union mantains a common currency, shares economic and social boundaries set via inernational treaties, and is represented by a parliament of 100 elected, appointed or otherwise chosen representatives that commune regularly on the interstellar planet of Arctus.

Made up of 10 recognized member states, from monarchies to republics to federations, which interact within the alliance with the purpose of strengthening each other mutually, the Union is a successor to the failed Universal Alliance of Nations. It operates through intergovernmentalism yet guarantees the right of every state to secede or impose their own laws or motions within their territories. In this sense the Alliance can be compared to a confederacy, though it is based upon looser regulation.

History
After the reformation of the Core Federation into the Empire of the Core and its subsequent withdrawal from the Alliance of Universal Nations, the alliance’s support waned and it was finally dissolved weeks later. Few interuniversal nations showed interest in new international organizations, instead opting to revive the previously existing Seven Starr Alliance. However, the minority of smaller empires in the Alliance along with the newly created Imperium reformed it instead of completeley destroying it-creating the Union of Astral Nations.