Ozaran Economic Community

The Ozaran Economic Community is a and  alliance in south Ozara consisting of South Ranomia and North Ranomia. The alliance has a total area of 3,200,000 sq km (1,235,526 sq mi), and a population of roughly 68 million. The organization is designed to regulate and standardize trade between the two member states and make transactions between currencies easier with their accepted status in both countries. Formerly founded by South Ranomia and Blausland in the 1940's, it served to maintain the apartheid regimes of the two countries and influence the economy of mainland Ozara, making neighboring countries reliant on Ranomian and Blauslander currencies. In the 1963, North Ranomia joined the organization shortly after it's independence, becoming the third and final member of the group. The organization had orbited around Blausland (and to a lesser extend South Ranomia), and once the country collapsed in 2003, the OEC took a major hit to its financial growth that would only recover after 10 years. The OEC's headquarters were soon moved to Bülow, where it remains to this day.

History
Before the organizations formation, the Ranomian Gold Community was founded in 1910, shortly before South Ranomias independence from Saesland, in order to provide South Ranomia with a stable economy upon its independence. The Community was in collaboration with Saesland (with their North Ranomian colony), Blausland, and the newly created South Ranomia. The Community traded majority raw minerals, which were abundant in Blausland and South Ranomia. During the Roaring Thirties, South Ranomia was able to industralize rapidly and further expand the Community's growth, even though it was still a rather loose trading bloc between the three parties that didn't hold any official licitness. By the time of the Great War's end, many in South Ranomia believed that the two global powers would soon focus their efforts outside of Serratar in order to gain leverage against one another, spiraling the conflict into a Cold War. Fearing that this race for influence would extend to Ozara, leaders from South Ranomia and the Azure Free State would meet on 4 5th, 1948, to announce the Lewbrunna Accords, which would oversee further collaboration between the two countries and the eventually formation of the Ozaran Economic Community. The Accords was signed between South Ranomian State President, Eine French, and Azure Stadfoeder, XXXXXXX.

Upon its creation, the OEC began its trade extension between members; weapons, supplies, even scientific expertise that were being used for secret projects. South Ranomia lead the OEC in the early days due to its industrial prowess at the time, becoming a prevalent exporter of goods to the North Ranomian colony of Saesland and Blausland. In 1953, South Ranomia accounted for up to 30% of Blausland's imports and 56% of North Ranomian colonial imports, more than even Saeslands. After the 1962 Watson Agreement, North Ranomia was shortly admitted into the OEC as its third member in the midst of global resentment for, and the OECs connection to Hatar was slowly becoming less prevalent as nations cut off trade with South Ranomia and Blausland. By the late 70's and early 80's, Blausland's economy began to overtake South Ranomia as the largest in the OEC, and soon Blausland began to take a leading role in the community's affairs internationally after H. P. fan þos Xrusi took office following the 1982 Blauslander coup d'état.