European Council

The European Council was a international organisation in Solace World 2. It promoted international co-operation between European countries. It was originally founded by the Kingdom of England, Batavian Republic, and Germany.

Prominent members that later joined included Iberia, Austria-Hungary, and Sacrania, which later became Illuccia.

Unfortunately, much of the history of the internal workings EC is unknown, as the archives were deleted for no reason by pieinyoureye, the EC's last leader and the leader of Czechia.

Parliament
The European Council had a strange system of voting. In General Elections, you could vote for "Parties". For every person that voted for a party, the leader of said party would be allocated one extra vote when voting on motions. So, the Parliament would effectively be half independents and half parties, Ince if you don't vote in a general election it would be unlikely that you vote on any motion.

National Interest
The National Interest Party was the first major party of the EC, led by Pine_Of_England, the leader of England. It was a confederalist and anti-unionist party that supported the expansion of the EC whilst also protecting the sovereignty of nations that joined it.

Its colour was Blue.

Neo-Monarchist
The Neo-Monarchist party was the opposition to the NIP in the first election, led by . It promoted Monarchism.

Its colour was Purple.

European Progressive
The European Progressive party was the biggest party ever in the EC, led by Tomad, the leader of Iberia. It promoted infrastructure projects such as rails, and subsidising the creation of gear and xp farms for EC citizens. It also promoted trading within the EC as opposed to with countries such as Zuiderland - this policy led to an embargo against the EC from countries like Zuiderland and the Caribbean Empire. At its peak it held about a third of the "seats" in Parliament.

Its colour was Gold.

European Front
The European Front was a minor party that promoted Nationalism and Militarism. It was led by .

Its colour was Red.

Unionist
The Unionist Party was a minor party that promoted Unionism - i.e. the unification of the EC into a federalised state. It was led by .

Its colour was Dark Blue.

History
The EC was originally formed as a co-operation pact between the Northern European countries of the Kingdom of England, Batavian Republic, and Germany. Once Iberia joined, it quickly expanded to cover most nations on the continent, with the major exceptions of Hoetown and the Kievan Rus.

The EC was used for rallying support in wars such as the Second Sbeve War and the Third Sbeve War.

It also had a strong anti-Commonwealth movement, which was used by many parties to rally votes, though the reasons for this sentiment are unknown - as the Commonwealth had never done anything major to any EC state.

The EC started had building infrastructure to connect some countries, but by the end of the world not much work had been completed.