The Union of 17 Different Countries

GPS was originally developed by the US military and was used by them until it was eventually made available for civilian use. To this day, the US military can turn off GPS, which is terrifying. We only use it out of the goodness of the US military's heart,. I mean, we use the time stamping feature like financial transactions are done using the GPS timestamp trains pulling into train stations. The European Union has been plagued with all sorts of ridiculous problems getting Galileo off the ground. If they start moving too fast, they will stop working if they're more than 18 kilometers above sea level. And so if you haven't got a license and you buy a standard issue, consumer GPS device