NATO

NATO is one of the unique characters in the fandom, mostly because like the European Union and  United Nations, they are a union/alliance featuring 30 members.

On April 4, 1949, they're made to provide collective security against the USSR, insuring extreme politics don't revive in Europe and encouraging cooperation between its members.

Today, NATO's purpose is to protect the freedom of its members through political and military means, collective defence, and to link its members in Europe and North America.

Appearance
NATO is majorly shown as male and is usually depicted in military clothing (blue cameo from head to toe, combat boots, armor, and some sort of weapon). They can also be seen with a sky blue beret with a white compass rose emblem resembling the one on their face or a cameo cap. NATO can also be seen wearing some sort of suit, a halo resembling their flag, signs of battle are also shown on NATO such as eye patches and scars. Depending on head-canons they may have tiny bolts and screws as people head-canon NATO as a type of robot built by the United States, their sole parent.

Personality
NATO is very protective of its friends and family. They enjoy the peace and resolving issues. Plus are very open-minded, have a strong sense of justice, and are very empathetic. Due to this, they like to intervene in affairs which cause more trouble than good a lot of times. So although NATO has good intentions they do it in ways that can come off angrily. To people, they don't like it, however, it's a different story, they can be quite cruel.

Interests

 * Teamwork
 * Peace
 * Military
 * Democracy

Aftermath of World War II
After the events of World War II, European countries struggled to get their economies up and running again and assure their security. They needed a gigantic amount of help to re-establish their means of agriculture and to assure the inhabitants that Germany or any other country will not surge to power and cause another war. Incursions from the Soviet Union, the secondary super-power at the time were also a constant worry.

America thought that an economically strong, rearmed, and cooperative Europe was crucial to prevent the spread of communism. So, the Secretary of State George Marshall proposed a program of large-scale economic aid to Europe named the Marshall plan which not only facilitated European economic integration but promoted the idea of shared interests and cooperation between the United States and Europe. The USSR's refusal to let their satellite states or themselves participate in the Marshall Plan strengthened the divide between Eastern and Western Europe.

From 1947-to 1948, a series of events causes the European countries to become even more paranoid about their physical and political security causing the U.S. to become more involved in European affairs. These included but were not limited to tensions rising between Türkiyë, an ongoing civil war in Greece, a Soviet-sponsored coup in Czechoslovakia which resulted in a communist government coming to power (which is right next to  Germany), elections in Italy as the communist party had made significant gains among Italian voters, and the split of  Germany from east to west was also quite controversial. Then in 1948, the premier of the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin, chose to test the Western countries by implementing a blockade against West Berlin which was jointly occupied by  France,  Britain, and the U.S.

Relationships
Bold ones are founders

Neutral

 * Afghanistan
 * Algeria
 * Argentina
 * Armenia
 * ASEAN
 * Belarus
 * Bolivia
 * Chile
 * Colombia
 * Dominican Republic
 * Ecuador
 * El Salvador
 * Iraq
 * Kazakhstan
 * Kyrgyzstan
 * Lebanon
 * Malaysia
 * Morocco
 * Moldova
 * Pakistan
 * Panama
 * Paraguay
 * Peru
 * Philippines
 * Russia  (Sometimes, not currently)
 * Saudi Arabia
 * Serbia
 * Switzerland
 * Tajikistan
 * Turkmenistan
 * Tunisia
 * Uruguay
 * Uzbekistan
 * Vietnam

Enemies

 * China
 * Cuba
 * Nicaragua
 * North Korea
 * Iran
 * Third Reich (Past)
 * USSR (Past)
 * Venezuela
 * CSTO