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The European Defence Force is a multinational military alliance. Founded after the World War by the founding members of the ETU, the European Defence Force was a military alliance that would allow European states to contest U.S domination and fight for the interests of the ETU abroad. It is required for any ETU state to adhere to the EDF as well. Usually seen as second fiddle to the United States, after Walter Mondale's election and the withdrawal of the US from much of world affairs, the EDF became the primary peacekeepers in the world. With the strongest navy in the world from 1982 on, and one of the most modern air forces, it intervened in bloody conflicts such as the Indian Conflict or the South African Civil War. Even with the involvement of the United States following the Millenium Attacks, the EDF remains a strong military power. It has been deployed to Africa notably, to quell unrests and islamic revolutions since the 1960s and the brutal post-World War civil wars plaguing the continent, and is the only armed forces with a permanent presence on all 5 continents. Today, it still ranks as the third largest military by active force size, behind the U.S and China, and is one of the best equipped, in addition to having access to half of France and Germany's nuclear arsenals under dual-key activation system, which are deployed both on EDF bases across Europe, but also on EDF nuclear submarines around the globe.