Galactic Council

The Galactic Council, officially known as the Galactic Council of Planets and their Dependencies, was an interplanetary alliance in the Kronian Multiverse whose aim it was to establish an eventual "galactic federation".

Founded in the wake of the Fall of Dracia, the Dracian Refugee Crisis and the resulting collapse of its predecessor, the Planetary Alliance, the Galactic Council builds upon the principles of the Planetary Alliance and expands upon those principles. According to Filius, the brainchild behind the Galactic Council, its purpose is to "establish a democratic galactic federation with a parliamentary system and a fully integrated economic system featuring a common market".

History
After the Fall of Dracia and the ensuing mass panic over the return of Darkness, the remaining planets of the Planetary Alliance, led initially by Rex failed to convene. When they did convene, it was too late, and the Planetary Alliance collapsed as a result, leaving behind a power vacuum in the galaxy.

With no power vacuum to be filled up, the President of Arcturus Magna, Filius, lamented the galaxy's lack of a coherent infrastructure, but was met at first by criticism, especially from Azzilat and Kubran, who were skeptical at best of the President's efforts to bring about a new alliance between governments.

When the Arcturan economy started growing, though, and industrial production on Arcturus Magna grew as a result, the governments of most notably Moni and Kubran became interested in a possible trade agreement with the Arcturans. Trade was, however, threatened primarily by the threat of intergalactic Space Pirates, a band of rogue pilots looking for freedom and money, and the trade agreement was expanded to become a cooperation agreement.

Filius himself eventually pushed for the cooperation agreement to be officialized by the creation of a council, which he dubbed the "Galactic Council" in reference to its interplanetary nature. The Foundation Treaty of the Galactic Council created it as an intergalactic organisation that served to promote peace, trade and democracy between the planets of the Xeler System.

The result was that the Arcturan business community expanded itself over the other member planets, while promoting trade in industrial goods and technological advancement. Fierce criticism emerged as Arcturan businesses started reaping the profits of resource-rich worlds like Azzilat and Kubran, and it had led to protests that the Galactic Council was "little more than a vehicle for Arcturan greed", amongst other criticisms.

When the Nui Tower of Time collapsed and the Universal Paralysis occurred as a result, the Galactic Council attempted to keep the population of its member states calm by increasing its security apparatus. It failed, however, to prevent the Temporal Empire from taking control. In Arcturus City, in the Arcturan Council Hall, Krataxus proclaimed the end of the Galactic Council and the beginning of "a new Imperial era", effectively putting an end to the Galactic Council.

Organisation
The Galactic Council was organised in such a way that every member state was equal to other member states. Each member state had a seat in the Galactic Council and was allowed to address specific issues within the council. Its base of operations circulated between its member states, but the council sessions commonly took place in Arcturus City. The presidency was given to a member state for 10 years on the basis of popular elections.

Members

 * Arcturus Magna (formerly)
 * Estron (formerly; ousted and later observatory member)
 * Azzilat (formerly)
 * Moni (formerly)
 * Kubran (formerly)

Trivia

 * The Galactic Council was, amongst others, inspired by the Galactic Republic of the Star Wars series and a mixture between the European Union (politically) and the United States (economically).