It's about it being the same in reality

The reality is the EU was and is based off the USA

Which it has modelled quite well

Hence my analogy fits perfectly..

No shit, however it is somewhere between a international treaty and a federal state.

It is in limbo

Should the president have a say in California leaving the republic?

No you analogy doesn't work as I've explained

It does when we're looking at the governmental structure...

As we are

Rather than trying to look at pointless single policies

Which are meaningless..

No I'm looking at it holistically

And giving you examples

I'd say it resembles more a nation that an international treaty imo

how

However it isn't yet

It is in limbo

It has to eventually choose what to be

And it edging towards UoE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlkCQXHEgjA

It *is* a nation / state @OrionVi

wait wait wait.... go back to that "spot.protect" bit 😛

I think so too imo

But What would need to change for it to become a nation in your mind?

Unification on military, taxes, single government type throughout etc

If all countries followed the federal model you'd be almost there

However we have a mix of Parliamentary monarchies, federal govs etc

THIS FUCKING ROBOT JUST DID A 360 NO SCOPE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sBBaNYex3E

One of the big reasons it isn't a state yet

I don't think all of those are really mandatory imo.
As long as federal law overrides the state law.

The only thing it is really lacking imo would be it's own military.

Well it does matter

Since for a federal union of states

The states need to be party to that

They need a form of government that is compatible

It's close orion

But again it's in this wierd place

Where it look ls and feels sorta like a state

But it's just not

YET

I think it's not that far off to say it is a state. Or really really close to. Around 85% of a state

However it isn't a state