Eurozone
The Eurozone or EZ was an Earth superpower which competed with the United States of America in the early 21st century. It was composed of 25 European countries, including the United Kingdom and France, but excluding Poland. It's form of currency was "euromarks", and it had a Eurozone Space Agency with a Geneva Control and a European Secret Service headquarted in Brussels. Their ULTRA computer was the most powerful computer in the world in 2010, located in a bunker beneath the ESS headquarters. Under the new drug laws, vitamin pills were banned, ecstasy and marijuana were legal (the latter more socially acceptable than tobacco), and nicopills have replaced cigarettes but were themselves highly addictive. (PROSE: Trading Futures, AUDIO: The Feast of Axos)
The British Prime Minister signed the Euro-Combine treaty in the early 21st century, an action seen by the Internal Counter-Intelligence Service and other reactionary forces as a threat to UK sovereignty. (AUDIO: The Longest Night)
In 2010, tensions were high with the United States as both blocs had sent 'peacekeeping' forces to North Africa. Italy was engulfed in civil war. (PROSE: Trading Futures)
Around the mid-21st century, the Eurozone Space Agency sent up the Jules Vernes. It had a second craft, the Johannes Kepler.([[AUDIO: The Feast of Axos)
At some point during the 21st century, the world was being ravaged by the greenhouse effect. The Eurozone closed its borders after a millions-strong stream of refugees from North Africa and the Baltic Sea states; water shortages and riots spread through the bloc. (AUDIO: Hothouse)
The Euro Wars split the continent and one result was the dictatorship of New Britain in the mid-21st century. (AUDIO: The Time of the Daleks)
Behind the scenes
In reality, the eurozone is the collection of European countries that have given up their currencies and adopted the Euro.
