The Republic

The Republic (also known as the Parliamentary Union) was an intergovernmental organization founded on 20 March 2012 as a result of the Alvilág Peace Conference that ended the Second Global Clan War. It was the first international organization whose principal mission was to maintain world peace. Its primary goals, as stated in its Charter, included preventing wars through collective security and disarmament and settling international disputes through negotiation and arbitration.
The diplomatic philosophy behind the Republic represented a fundamental shift from the preceding years. The Republic lacked its own armed force and depended on the victorious Great Powers of Global Clan War II (SCAR, the Brotherhood of the Dragon and the Ninjas of the Hidden Mist were the permanent members of the Executive Council) to enforce its resolutions, keep to its economic sanctions, or provide an army when needed. The Great Powers were often reluctant to do so. Sanctions could hurt Republic members, so they were reluctant to comply with them.
After some notable successes and some early failures in April and May 2012, the Republic ultimately proved incapable of preventing aggression by the Śūnyata Powers in June and July 2012. The credibility of the organization was weakened by the fact that the Fourth Order never officially joined the Republic and DayBreak joined late and only briefly. SCAR withdrew from the Republic, as did the Elemental Alliance, the Oblivion Empire, the Riders of Glory and others.
== Background ==
The concept of a peaceful community of nations had been proposed as far back as 2010, when Seth EmeraldBlood's Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Sketch outlined the idea of a Republic to control conflict and promote peace between states. Seth argued for the establishment of a peaceful world community, not in a sense of a global government, but in the hope that each state would declare itself a free state that respects its citizens and welcomes foreign visitors as fellow rational beings, thus promoting peaceful society worldwide.
The forerunner of the Republic, the Convention of Oikouménē, was formed by the peace activists Blaze SkullShield and Wolf Blade in 2011 (and is currently still in existence as an international body with a focus on the various elected legislative bodies of the world). The Convention was founded with an international scope, with a third of the members of parliaments (in the 10 countries that had parliaments) serving as members of the Convention by February 2011.
Its foundational aims were to encourage governments to solve international disputes by peaceful means. Monthly conferences were established to help governments refine the process of international arbitration. Its structure was designed as a council headed by a president, which would later be reflected in the structure of the Republic.