3C

The 3C Community was a post-Coalition War peacekeeping alliance formed between the three major non-Fialta powers of Imperial Space (the Serene Duchy of Aeldrum, the Shantine Empire, and the Empire of Alusia), with the Second Fialta Imperium joining the 3C on a provisional basis in .
== History and Objectives ==
The alliance's principal stated objective was arms control and establishment of rules of war, though it came to serve as a coordinating body for the foreign policy of the great powers, expanding beyond its initial remit. 
Examples of these informal functions include standardization of ethernet infrastructure under the AeldNet model, use of the 3C platform to assert a unified stance on the Confederate Crisis. As the Crisis unfolded, 3C was at once marred by examples of disunion within its membership (e.g. with Alusia reneging on sanctions commitments against the Fialta Imperium) and elevated as an early-stage forum for initiatives, such as the Shantine-led demands for emancipation of Fialta slaves that would ultimately form a cornerstone of the Treaty of Saldan. With the Second Coalition War and the chaotic international position of Alusia and Bishant, the 3C community became largely defunct, superseded in its organizing functions by new, explicitly economic institutions such as TOSTA and the BSSA IP Consortium. 
== Legacy ==
The principal legacy of the 3C effort was the establishment of international norms regarding warfare and weapons of mass destruction, though enforcement has remained highly inconsistent and generally driven by great power considerations than by any legalistic process.
Category:Alliances