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| - The Pan-EUROPA Ecumene, also known as EUROPAN Ecumene, or the Ecumene (for EUROPA sentients) and PEE (for outsiders), is the ruling aristocratical hyperpower in EUROPA space. Spanning from West to East, composing of classified number of civilizations of all size, they're currently EUROPA's largest alliance, with several members being among most expansive star empires known to pan-universe community. Generating annually at least half of EUROPA's wealth, accounting for 1/13 of known universe's economy, the Ecumene is easily one of the largest economic powerhouses in all known space, should it united into one sovereign state. The Ecumene's political center is Sanctuarium, a celestial megastructure includes multi-layers, totally 2048 layers, each contains at least one distinct world, with various cities and landscapes, styled itself as Dyson swarm. The New Versailles, where the Declaration occurred, is a floating city, exists on 28th layers. The majority of the Ecumene's ruling organizations locate in middle-layers, within several fantasy-liked cities. The Sanctuarium itself located inside the Celestial complex, a much larger complex structure, covering the entire solar system, usually considered as the center of the Ecumene's power, bordered by various defense lines. Neither a sovereign polity nor a supranational institution, the Ecumene instead contains elements of both, featuring a labyrinth of intertwined systems. Ruling power is vest between the Convocation, the Lord Councilor and the Diet, making it a triumvirate. Within core empires, border patrols are either very limit, or fully abolished altogether. The Ecumene also contains a common market, with an overreaching free trade agreement and a single currency, although member races and polities are free to opt out when joining. The Diet's members are voted through democratic systems from each member race, civilization or polity; while the Convocation's members and the Lord Councilor are chosen and appointed from rulers or, in rare cases, the elites of the core empires. Formed with declaration at New Versailles Conference, in the aftermath of the split in 31st century AT, 6th Era, the Ecumene however has their roots traced back to series of mutual defense treaties and free trade pacts among the Alliance, the Commondality, the WINB, the Alpinas and the NHRE in 11th century AT, 5th Era, with the intention to create an alliance includes all, or most, of EUROPA civilizations. Over the next millennia, those treaties were consolidated continuously, until eventually, an organization of some sorts started appearing, but faced first challenges from those who opposed of what they believed to be the dominance of Western European rooted nations in EUROPA space. As such, the first members of the Ecumene were the Alliance, the WINB, the Royalist France, the Benelux and the Netherlands. Over millennia next, the alliance, named EUROPAN Galactica Alignment at the time, had endured various treacherous events, as well as golden ages, witnessing their spheres of influence and power grew exponentially. Members of the alliance didn't change since the formation of the Quorum of Thirty in 33rd century AT, 6th Era, till the rise of the Great Eights in 17th century AT, 7th Era, but slowly and steadily rose again after the last war. By the current era, however, no plan was made for any expansion, instead, consolidation and reparation for damaged territories during the war were prioritize; although the possibility for the Ecumene to one day encompass the whole EUROPA space remains open, with various other alliances and empires act as observers. Overall, the Pan-EUROPA Ecumene is united by common beliefs and concepts of order, democracy, progress and shared cultures through time and space, despite including some of the largest ever exist star empires in known space. For much of their history, the Ecumene had united their member races and civilizations by appealing to their shared historical, cultural and traditional links - priding themselves for glorious past, high levels of sophistication and their supposed exceptionalism. Within the UAN, and many other alliances, the Ecumene represents itself, alongside other grand powers. Initially being more like a loose alliance of star nations, continued bickering each other in similar manner as ancient European Union, the Ecumene has evolved over time, slowly but steadily more integrated, thus getting closer to be a single polity. With members holding various connections with other intergovernmental organizations, the EUROPAN Ecumene enjoys resounding influences across all space corners known to men, in culture, economic prosperity, as well as mutual armed defenses, well-known for producing all types of goods for multiple galaxies. However, this power is hampered by many internal conflicts within the Ecumene itself: The conflicts between the imperial monarchical Grand Lords and the democratic federalist Diet, the social cracks between the elite-class aristocrats and the lower classes of commoner, the inner core grandlord empires and the outer dominions of the realm; as well as the traditional primes of EUROPA sovereign space - the much older and powerful Quorum of Thirty and the rising, much younger but no less ambitious, Great Eights and their allies.
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