The Federation of the Arabian Peninsula was born out of the necessity to protect individual nations, and the realization that such is possible through unity. After a series of trade agreements and renewed alliances between the nations of the Arabian Peninsula and the Appalachian Federal Republic, the nations prospered through coordinated trades, tariff rates, infrastructure improvement, and the adoption of a new currency. When war broke out between the Allies and Axis in the opening days of World War III, vulnerability was felt by every nation, fearing that they would be dragged into the ongoing conflict.