Eleven Country Leadership Conference

The **Eleven Country Leadership Conference**, known as the **Conference of the Elite Eleven**, is a biennial international meeting of representatives of leading countries in every civilized sphere of the New World, including the so-called "Superpowers". The conference is normally held every two years in the port city of Cartalpas, at the southernmost point of the Holy Mirishial Empire's mainland. It is considered a great honor for a nation to receive an official invitation to participate, as it is tantamount to being regarded by the international community as one of the driving forces of global politics. The aim of the meeting is to jointly determine the direction of the New World's international politics for the next two years, based on the assumption that all nations not invited to participate are too weak to effectively oppose these decisions and that they have no alternative but to comply. It must be understood that the conference does not have as its main objective the peaceful resolution of international disputes, the maintenance of peace and security and the promotion of respect for human rights, as in the case of the United Nations on Earth, and that it is not at all unusual that participating states use gunboat diplomacy to exert their authority and pursue their objectives.

The most noteworthy conference in recent history took place in 1642 CC, for three reasons: the loss of superpower status for the Parpaldia Empire and Leifor and the rise to power of Japan and the Gra Valkas Empire following the events of the Japanese-Parpaldian War and the Naval Battle of Leifor; the announcement by the Emor Kingdom regarding the almost imminent return of the infamous Ravernal Empire; and the declaration of war of the Gra Valkas Empire to the whole world. The conference ended prematurely when the Gra Valkas Imperial Navy attacked the city of Cartalpas by surprise.

## Participating Countries in 1642

The only regular attendees were currently the following:

* The magic-based Holy Mirishial Empire (Central World)
* The land of dragonfolk, Emor Kingdom (Central World)
* The nation of science, Mu (Second Civilization)

Alongside these three countries, the other attendees at this year’s conference were:

* First Civilization Area (Central World)
	+ Agartha Kingdom
	+ Torquia Kingdom
* Second Civilization Area
	+ Magicaraich Community
	+ Nigrat Union
	+ Gra Valkas Empire (Outside Civilized Area, west of Second Civilization)
* Third Civilization Area
	+ Japan (Outside Civilized Area, east of Third Civilization Area)
	+ Pandora Greater Magic Principality
* Southern World
	+ Annonrial Empire (Branchel Continent)

## Description

As mentioned above, there were two vacant slots in the fixed participation quota, Japan and the Gra Valkas Empire were scheduled to be newly approved as regular participating countries. However, at the actual conference, two ridiculous things happened “Emor Kingdom announces the resurrection of the Ancient Sorcerous Empire, the Ravernal Empire, in the near future” and “The Gra Valkas Empire declares war all over the world and attacks the fleet of the countries gathered at the conference”.

By the way, the Annonrial Empire was invited to the meeting even though it was regarded as a “barbarian with a wide territory of control”.

Japan's representative is sent to the conference with only a Shikishima-Class Patrol Vessel as their escort from the Coast Guard while the other nations sent their best ships practicing "gunboat diplomacy". The Japanese are shocked since this wouldn't be normal in their original world as it represents foreign aggression. Before that, the Japanese government insisted on sending a destroyer to escort the diplomats, but eventually against it since they don't want to hurt the pride of the Holy Milishial Empire as they're in charge of the security for the conference. However, after seeing all superpowers in this world practice gunboat policy, the Japanese diplomats regret their previous decision since their pacifist attitude and international courtesy back on Earth would make them look weak again like what happened with the Parpaldia Empire.

During the conference, the representative of the Gra Valkas Empire declared their ultimatum to the ten countries present that they should submit to their rule and be the colony of the Empire which enraged the gathered diplomats. Gra Valkas sent a fleet to attack the international conference.