↑ The European Union (EU) is an economic and political union of แม่แบบ:EUnummember states that are located primarily in Europe. The EU is included as a separate entity in The World Factbook of CIA because it has many attributes of independent nations, being much more than a free-trade association such as ASEAN, NAFTA, or Mercosur.[7]As the EU is not a country, China is the second ranked country on these lists.
