World Council

**World Council**

Organization Information
Status
Active

Mission
Maintain international peace and security
 Overthrow Advance's government (Episode 2)
 Support the Disrupt movement (Episode 3)
 Restore independence for annexed territories (Episode 3)

The **World Council** is an intergovernmental Group in *Not For Broadcast*.

## Description

The World Council is an intergovernmental organization aimed at overseeing international peacekeeping and political boundaries, being controlled by representatives from most countries, such as Irkistan and Svenland. While some of the World Council's members are accepting of Advance and their policies, a majority of the members find them to be a direct threat and fear popular left-wing uprisings inspired by Advance's movement, resulting in them imposing sanctions on the Territory as an attempt to make Advance's government fail and set an example for other upstart nations. When some nations choose to ignore the sanctions, the World Council imposes a blockade on the Territory, sparking the 20 Week War.

## History

### Episode 1

#### Day ???: The Lockdown

*Main article:* Day ???: The Lockdown
The World Council is referenced by extension during Geoff Algebra's musical number for his play, where he urges for the listeners to lower their expectations. While Geoff originally intended to mention the World Council in his musical number directly, it wouldn't fit with his "-ation" rhyme scheme, so he instead opted to refer to the World Council's predecessor, the 'League of Nations'.

### Episode 2

#### Day 232: The Silence

*Main article:* Day 232: The Silence
At this point, the World Council's embargo begins with the announcement of sanctions on the Territory. The sanctions are condemned by Advance as "illegal" and "outrageous", and not all nations in the Council are supportive of them being imposed. The National Nightly News reports that the sanctions are "broad-ranging", covering food, clothing, fuel and medical supplies, and causing "possible" shortages and power outages nationwide.

#### Day 296: The Heatwave

*Main article:* Day 296: The Heatwave
The sanctioning conflict worsens during the Heatwave as the World Council announces a total blockade on the Territory after some nations (such as Svenland) choose not to abide by the sanctions and to speak up on behalf of Advance. The blockade further deprives the Territory of resources, and places more pressure on Advance to resolve the crisis, described by Jeremy Donaldson as "a siege the likes of which the world hasn't seen in hundreds of years".

#### Day 371: The 20 Week War

*Main article:* Day 371: The 20 Week War
The embargo against the Territory faces a final further escalation into a full-scale war after Advance orders its military to conduct skirmishes in "disputed zones" between the Territory and various nations of the World Council in response to the blockade. This conflict ends with Prime Minister Julia Salisbury's decision to order the detonation of nuclear devices placed in 4 foreign cities to force a capitulation, resulting in the unconditional surrender of numerous World Council nations. These nations are annexed by Advance as the "United Territories", part of Advance's "New Future", and the nations that remain unoccupied as well as the ex-leaders of the annexed territories offer their backing to the Disrupt movement in an attempt to turn the tide of the conflict and overthrow Advance.

### Fate

Depending on the outcome of the finale, the World Council nations that were annexed by Advance will either be restored as independent countries (if Julia Salisbury is overthrown, democratically or otherwise), fragmented with some regaining independence and some remaining under Advance control (if Julia remains in office with Disrupt disbanded and Jeremy Donaldson dead, but public support for Disrupt is high), or remain under the control of Advance under the United Territories (if Julia remains in office with high public support for Advance).

It is unknown if the World Council continues their opposition to Advance if the party remains in power, but it can be assumed that their willingness/ability to challenge Advance further depends on whether or not the former countries of the United Territories are able to achieve independence.

## Trivia

* The World Council is the Not For Broadcast universe's equivalent of the United Nations, it has also been compared to the NATO alliance.
	+ Its predecessor, the "League of Nations", goes by the same name as the real life predecessor of the United Nations.
* The World Council's blockade of the Territory was inspired by the United States blockade of Cuba.

## References

1. ↑ File:SetAnExample.png
2. ↑ File:WorldNationalLeagueOfCouncil.png
3. ↑ https://clips.twitch.tv/UnsightlyDepressedPlumberRedCoat-vnVnLVOLHlqcLoaI