International Asian Union

The International Asian Union (IAU) is a geo-political and economic union of five countries located in Asia, which was formed on 16 May 2012 by New Brunton, Okatabawashi, Hong Kong and Hoshisora originally founded as East Asian Union.

The International Asian Union Headquarters or also known as the Asia Centre resides in international territory in Okatabawashi City, Okatabawashi, with further main offices at Atarashima and Karasem. The organization is financed from assessed and voluntary contributions from its member states, and has 4 official languages: English, Japanese, Chinese and Indonesian.

History
The IAU was originally founded as East Asian Union (EAU) with by four countries, New Brunton, Okatabawashi, Hong Kong and Hoshisora. However due to the departure of New Brunton from AIN on 03 June 2012, the EAU didn't go any further.

When Atarashima joined the AIN on 21 July 2012, the founding members saw this as a chance to relaunch EAU. A month later after Atarashima joined the AIN, it was granted a member of the EAU.

Relaunch as IAU
In September, the EAU relaunched as International Asian Union (IAU), so it could broaden its relationships with not only East Asian countries but all of Asia. That month, Karasem was also granted a member of the IAU as the only South East Asian member in the union.

Due to inactivity Hoshisora left the AIN along with the IAU.

IAU Economic Leaders' Gatherings
Since its formation in 2012, IAU will have IAU Economic Leaders' Gatherings approximately every 3 months and will be held in a host city from a member of the union. The first gathering that will take place is in December 2012 in the Atarashima. Each member's head of state are expected to attend every gathering. The IAU Economic Leaders' Gatherings are not called summits.

1st Gathering
The 1st Gathering was by far the biggest event to happen yet. It took place in the new IAU Headquarters in Okatabawashi City.

The most noticeable event that happened during the 1st Gathering was the addition of two new members. Shihaisha was granted full membership and Atlantsia was granted an observer membership.

Presidents and Vice Presidents
Within the IAU there are Presidents and Deputy Presidents who make the major decisions within the union. The president of the union is usually the head of state of a nation in the union and the deputy president would be the 2nd in line from the head of state, however it does not have to be the same nation.

The current and the first president of the IAU is Edward Huang, the President of Okatabawashi whilst the Vice President is William Rakyoshi, the Prime Minister of Atarashima.

Agreements
The only agreements already made within the union is the Asia Free Trade Shipping Agreement (AFTSA).

Union Projects
The International Asian Union currently has no major projects apart from the Islands in Peace which is mainly focused only by Atarashima and Okatabawashi. In the future there may be a project to resolve the land shortage issue within Atarashima and the use of their land reclamation on how it is affecting the marine life and ecology.

Islands in Peace
Islands in Peace or IIP is a peace project to resolve issues between islands claimed by Japan, Taiwan or China. The aim of the IIP is that there is to be no war over these matters. The IIP is mainly focused by Atarashima and Okatabawashi due to its proximity with these countries and islands.

Linking Asia
Linking Asia is a recently developed project which aims to connect most of the Asian countries with bridges or tunnels.

International Asian Time
International Asian Time is an idea proposed by the IAU Nations to adopt a standard time of UTC+08:00 for all member countries apart from Atlantsia. Some regional businesses have already began adopting the phrase "International Asian Time," and often use the abbreviation IAT in their press releases, communications, and legal documents.