North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) or OTAN (Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord) was a intergovernmental military alliance. The alliance is a mutual defensive pact incase of an external assault.

Pre-Divergence
March 4th 1947, the Treaty of Dunkirk was signed by France and the United Kingdom as a Treaty of Alliance and Mutual Assistance in the event of a possible attack by Germany or the Soviet Union in the aftermath of World War II. In 1948, this alliance was expanded to include the Benelux countries, in the form of the Western Union, also referred to as the Brussels Treaty Organization (BTO), established by the Treaty of Brussels. Talks for a new military alliance, which could also include North America, resulted in the signature of the North Atlantic Treaty on 4 April 1949 by the member states of the Western Union plus the United States, Canada, Portugal, Italy, Norway, Denmark and Iceland.

NATO had no official military organizations under the Cold War until Operation Anchor Guard 1990 and Operation Ace Guard 1991 that were prompted by the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. Following the dissolvement of Yugoslavia, NATO intervened in the Bosnian War. The War in Afghanistan was a critical point for NATO that started after the September 11 attacks, NATO forces were deployed (as ISAF) to fight the Taliban, Al Qaeda forces and many other factional warlords.

Post-Divergence
August 8th, 2033. The Iraqi Civil War starts in the Middle East, split up into three regions, a NATO-controlled region, a ECSA-controlled region and a region controlled by remnants of the previous regime. The conflict spreads into the borders of Syria, Iran, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia and Kuwait send forces to aid the NATO campaign against the ECSA state and the Persian Iraqi Republic.

Members

 * Belgium (1949)
 * Canada (1949)
 * Denmark (1949)
 * France (1949)
 * Iceland (1949)
 * Italy (1949)
 * Luxembourg (1949)
 * Netherlands (1949)
 * Norway (1949)
 * Portugal (1949)


 * The United Kingdom (1949)
 * The United States (1949)
 * Greece (1952)
 * Turkey (1952)
 * Germany (1955)
 * Spain (1982)
 * Czech Republic (1999)
 * Hungary (1999)
 * Poland (1999)
 * Bulgaria (2004)


 * Estonia (2004)
 * Latvia (2004)
 * Lithuania (2004)
 * Romania (2004)
 * Slovakia (2004)
 * Slovenia (2004)
 * Albania (2009)
 * Croatia (2009)
 * Montenegro (2017)
 * FYR Macedonia (2020)
 * Sweden (2021)
 * Finland (2022)
 * Australia (2022)
 * Spain (2023)
 * Portugal (2025)
 * Mexico (2033)
 * Kosovo (2034)

Asian Cooperative Treaty Organization (NATO Sub-Faction)
The Asian Cooperative Treaty Organization (abbreviated: ACTO) was founded a sub-faction of NATO, this group was free of having to defend nations of NATO generally but rather themselves. However the opposite was not true, NATO was forced to defend ACTO incase of any external threat.


 * Japan (2024)
 * South Korea (2025)
 * Philippines (2030)
 * India (2031)
 * Taiwan (2033