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 President and the leader of Czechia.

Parliament
The European Council had a strange system of voting.

The EC was essentially a direct democracy with weighted votes. If you were a citizen of an EC member country, you would automatically have one vote by default. For example, if there was a vote on whether the EC endorse chicken murder, you would be able to vote "Yes" or "No" and your vote would count as one vote.

But during a general election, if you had a party and that party received votes, the votes you recieved would be added to the worth of your votes. So, if your party recieved 5 votes and you voted "No" to endorsing chicken murder, that vote would count as 6 (the 5 party votes + your original). Anyone could start a party. 'Independents' weren't candidates who got voted for. Independent seats just referred to the default seats of people who didn't have a party.

Leadership
The EC had two leaders, those being the President and Vice President. The President would be the leader of the party which received the most votes, and would have the responsibility of approving proposed motions (any citizen could propose a motion), holding votes, and representing the council internationally. The Vice President was chosen directly by the President, and could have their title revoked at any time. They were essentially a back-up president who would assume the President's responsibilities should the President not be online within a certain amount of time.

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/Dark Blue.

Neo-Monarchist
The Neo-Monarchist party was the opposition to the NIP in the first election, led by Ibadi Cosmo (Not in-game username). 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 Ranger (Not in-game username).

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 first led by SkjerViking, and then led by Miles (Not in-game username).

Its colour was Amber.

Imperialist
The Imperialist Party was a minor party that promoted Imperialism and the spreading of European empires to other continents. It was led by SkjerViking.

Its colour was Dark Red.

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.

First Parliament
The First European Election resulted in a slim victory for the National Interest Party. The Results came as follows: