Association of Germanic States

The Association of Germanic States (German: Verein der Germanischen Staaten) was a short-lived supranational federal association formed on 2 January 2008 by Germany, Denmark, Switzerland, Austria, Luxembourg, and the Czech Republic. Liechtenstein joined in August, and the newly-independent Alsace-Lorraine joined in September. The Canary Islands were purchased by Germany in early December, but they were never formally a part of the Association.

The body was governed by the Germanic Council, under the leadership of German Chencellor Michael von Preußen. Each member state appointed one ambassador (usually the head of state or government), who recieved one vote on behalf of their country. Depending on the domestic laws of the states, sometimes the vote of the legislative bodies of the respective members was needed to ratify the vote. Decisions made by the Association were binding on all members.

Following the granting of membership to Alsace-Lorraine in September 2008, the Association turned its focus from merely competing with the European Union as an economic and political union, as it originally was, to forming a new sovereign state to unite Germanic regions of Europe. After a failed attempt to convince Norway and Sweden to join, the Association secured, by economic means, the acquisition of areas of Poland and the Russian territory of Kaliningrad. On 11 December 2008, the Treaty of Kraków was concluded between the Association, the Russian Federation, and the European Union (representing Poland), granting these areas to the Association, and, at the same time, disbanding it. The next day, Germany formally annexed those areas, ad the People's Empire of Greater Germania was formed.