First Pilotan Union
Pilot first engaged the world stage with a partner nation, Edolia. Entering together into United Alliance Against Oppression and Tyranny, both nations shortly left after an armed conflict broke out between the two nations and the nation The Bisons.
After leaving UAAOT, Pilot worked with Edolia and several other NationStates nations to create the United NationStates Anti Oppression and Tyranny Organization, an alliance of which Pilot served as first Secretary of Policy, and then Secretary General for six months before the alliance was dissolved. A third attempt at an regional alliance was successful, as Pilot helped to ratify the Constitution of the United Alliance of Progressive States (UnAPS).
Pilot's first major involvement in international conflict was its war with Allanea. After the ally Edolia launched a campaign to stop Christian rebels from controlling several of that nations' southern cities, Allanea launched a counterattack to the aid of the rebels. Upon request of Edolia's strained forces, Pilot responded by initiating a series of attacks upon the Allanean homeland. After a brief lull, Allanea raided a Pilot Air Force Base. Pilot responded by invading Allanea, quickly destroying its forces and occupying the nation. Sovereign control was handed to Edolia shortly after the invasion, but with the help of Der Angst and the Empire of the Eternal Dawn, Allanea's government-in-exile was able to force Pilotian and Edolian forces to retreat. To this day, Edolia still maintains control over one of Allanea's provinces Axackal. Pilot, however, has washed its hands of the war and refused diplomatic relations with a new and friendlier Allanean government.
Pilot was once again put on the international stage to come to the aid of Edolia during the Edolia-NCA war. After Edolia attacked Allanea for its aggressive actions against the friendly nation of Gore-2004, the New Conservative Alliance launched a counterattack that demanded the preperation of forces of all branches of the Pilotian military. Old enemies reuniting on the battlefield, but little fighting was actually done and the war ended with no conclusion. However, it took a toll on Pilot's economy: because of the sudden buildup in forces and government spending, Pilot's top three stock exchanges, the Pilotian Stock Manager, S&O 1000 and Market 500 crashed on November 3, 2003 (realtime). It plunged the nation into deep depression, causing the fold of some of Pilot's most profitable companies, including Digital Technologies - responsible for 70% of Pilot's military production.
After the stock market crashed, Pilot followed a much more isolationist foreign policy. It began to pump more and more money into education and national commerce while cutting off military defense ties with allied nations. Pilot withdrew from the "inner" UnAPS alliance on December 16, 2003, refusing to pay member dues or participate in any of its regional programs. Republicans in Congress and the White House were emboldened with massive amounts of power, as Pilot's federal government held only six Democrats (two in the House, four in the Senate). Pilot participated briefly in the Allanea-UnAPS War in defense of its oldest allies, however, most of the support was logistical and Pilot lost no military servicemen.
Almost year later and a vast amount of economic reforms lead to the reflourishment of Pilot's economy. Employment, which was over 30% the year before, dipped to a historic low of 3.46%. Its GDP, which had been lower than fifty billion before, now topped 119 trillion - making it the second strongest economy in Haven (behind Feline). Pilot is now enjoying one of its longest prosperity streaks in history. The nation rejoined the UnAPS "inner" alliance in early 2004 and began to push for reforms and recent elections have made Pilot's intentions to deal with its perceived alliance corruption of values very clear. However, unable to attain their hopes, Pilot officially withdrew from the alliance entirely in November of 2004, citing "alliance-wide corruption of values" as the primary reason.
After UnAPS dissolved in mid-December, Pilot began work to establish OHS, a regional forum without any bounds of economic or defensive alliance. When President David Mitchell was elected to a second term in the 2005a federal elections, Pilot following through with its promise to step down from the U.N. delegateship and was succeeded by Edolia after a brief confirmation fight with fellow Havener Sniperwolf. Since that time, Pilot has taken a less active role in international politics. After an economic crash in early 2005, Pilot took an even more aggressive approach to domestic problems. It was shown, however, that the crash was caused by investor worries about the changing Haven diplomatic climate (in regards to close economic ties with fellow Haveners such as Edolia, Scandavian States and Mintar). Pilot's economy quickly rebounded, and late reports have shown that the nation has a lower unemployment rate and a higher GDP per capita than before the crash, leading to astonishment from both domestic and international observers. Most economists call Pilot's economic situation as to represent "good, sustainable growth". In 2005, Pilot ended its subsides for the Pilot United Nations News Service, effectively dissolving the organization. In the wake of that decision, the Pilotan Senate authorized smaller funding for a new group, the Alliance for Reform and Values in the NationStates United Nations (ARVNSUN), which would conduct similar lobbying operations but would not release internal poll numbers on each individual resolution. Other domestic reforms have included the Pilotan Educational Revitalization Act, which restored and renovated over a thousand colleges, gave books, supplies and grant money to local schools and reformed accountability standards and established a national curriculum. The Pilotan Senate also recently approved raising the minimum wage to $14.55, which creates a living standard of the average Pilotan - at a little above $35,000 per year. In a surprising move to appease Pilotan Republicans in the Governors' Assembly and the Senate Assembly, the Mitchell Administration has pushed through several domestic tax reforms in an effort to balance the current budget with a projected five trillion dollar surplus.
On May 3, 2004, Pilotan President David Mitchell confirmed that talks between his nation and the neighboring nation of Christintinea were on the subject of the latter nation joining the former's union. This announcement comes on the heels of similar landmark releases that Christintinea would remodel its economy and attempt to completely remove religion from state decisions.
The first Pilotan Union dissolved on January 11, 2005.
