{"population":450380320,"blurb":{"text":"The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union of 27 member states that are located primarily in Europe. A supranational union with a total area of 4,233,255 km2 (1,634,469 sq mi) and an estimated population of over 450 million as of 2025, its member states generated a nominal gross domestic product (GDP) of around €18.802 trillion in 2025, accounting for approximately one sixth of global economic output. The EU is often described as a sui generis political entity combining characteristics of both a federation and a confederation.","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union"},"vexillology":{"text":"The flag of Europe or European flag consists of twelve golden stars forming a circle on a blue field. It was designed and adopted in 1955 by the Council of Europe (CoE) as a symbol for the whole of Europe.","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Europe"},"flagDesign":{"text":"According to graphical specifications published online by the Council of Europe in 2004, the flag is rectangular with 2:3 proportions: its fly (width) is one and a half times the length of its hoist (height). Twelve yellow stars are centred in a circle (the radius of which is a third of the length of the hoist) upon a blue background. All the stars are upright (one point straight up), have five points and are spaced equally, like the hour positions on the face of a clock. The diameter of each star is equal to one-ninth of the height of the hoist.\n\nThe colours are regulated in the 1996 guide by the EC, and equivalently in the 2004 guide by the Council of Europe.\n\nThe blazon given by the EU in 1996 describes the design as: \"On an azure field a circle of twelve golden mullets, their points not touching.\"\n\nThe flag used is the Flag of Europe, which consists of a circle of twelve golden stars on a blue background. Originally designed in 1955 for the Council of Europe, the flag was adopted by the European Communities, the predecessors of the present European Union, in 1986.\n\nAgainst the blue sky of the Western world, the stars symbolise the peoples of Europe in a form of a circle, a…","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Europe"},"photos":["https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/04CFREU-Article2-Crop.jpg/500px-04CFREU-Article2-Crop.jpg","https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/1951_CECA_ECSC.jpg/500px-1951_CECA_ECSC.jpg","https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/2016_Karta_parkingowa.jpg/500px-2016_Karta_parkingowa.jpg","https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-45653-0001%2C_Rom%2C_Vertr%C3%A4ge_%C3%BCber_Zollpakt_und_Eurotom_unterzeichnet.jpg/500px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-45653-0001%2C_Rom%2C_Vertr%C3%A4ge_%C3%BCber_Zollpakt_und_Eurotom_unterzeichnet.jpg"]}