GDP

Gross domestic product (GDP) is the market value of all officially recognized final goods and services produced within a country in a given period of time. GDP per capita is often considered an indicator of a country's standard of living.

In the Union, the GDP is hard to calculate due in no small part to it's size. While estimates of the GDP are made on an annual basis, it's widely acknowledged that the total reached could be off by as much as 5% of the total.