Talk:Continental union

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Australia is a federation of its member states, which have their own constitutions and laws and any Australian will disagree, Australia is the world's only continental union at this time.--71.242.127.31 22:19, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

But Australia doesn't have presidents/prime ministers for each of it's states, it has a single prime minister for the entire country. Australia is a country. 203.51.237.72 03:52, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Australia, like America, is a federation of constituent countries, and a Union is a Federation/Confederation, isn't it?--Tomtom9041 16:53, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

A continental union, in its current usage, has several unique aspects which differentiate it from a classical "federation" of which Australia is one. Most specifically, member states retain control over matters of national defense, foreign policy, and taxation; Australia's states do not have de facto control over either defense or foreign policy, but are subject to the directives of the central government. Australia is a federal state occupying a continent, but it is not a continental union. — Lonelywurm 22:46, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

I agree , OZ is the only "Continental Union" at this time.--4.68.249.3 16:44, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

Australia's a country, not a continental union. It just happens to occupy the entire continent. The differences have already been established by Lonelywurm. Please stop adding it. --Hemlock Martinis 21:10, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

"established" how exactly? I don't see any sources. Declaring something to be so on a discussion page hardly settles an issue. What source differentiates between "continental union"s and politically unified continents like Australia? As a matter of fact this entire article appears to be original research fit for deletion.Zebulin (talk) 07:06, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] North American Union

I removed the North American Union from the list of current continental unions and returned it to the list of "proposed" unions. Apparently at least one user feels it should be listed as a current union; it can be discussed here. -- Lonelywurm 09:36, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Most definitely not a current union--while I personally believe secret agreements are being made, and that it's not too far off into the future, it most definitely should be listed under "proposed unions" until it becomes official.--Fox P McCloud (talk) 20:57, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Change of Map

I propose the map colors be change on the "continental union" page to harmonize with the colors of these pages:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Union http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_American_Union

I will make a proposal to change the color of the EU map to something else--if the proposal is accepted, then the map can be changed to match.--Fox P McCloud (talk) 21:01, 8 June 2008 (UTC)