The Congress of Europe

The Congress of Europe, aka The Congress of Vienna was a conference of ambassadors of European states chaired by Austrian statesman Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, and held in Vienna from September 1814 to June 1815. The objective of the Congress was to provide a long-term peace plan for Europe by settling critical issues arising from the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. The goal was not simply to restore old boundaries but to resize the main powers so they could balance each other off and remain at peace. The leaders were conservatives with little use for republicanism or revolution. France lost all its recent conquests, while Prussia, Austria and Russia made major territorial gains. Prussia added smaller German states in the west and 40% of the Kingdom of Saxony; Austria gained Venice and much of northern Italy. Russia gained parts of Poland. The newKingdom of the Netherlands had been created just months before, and included formerly Austrian territory that in 1830 became Belgium.

Historian Paul Schroeder argues that the old formulae for "balance of power" were in fact highly destabilizing and predatory. He says the Congress of Vienna avoided them and instead set up rules that produced a stable and benign equilibrium. The Congress of Vienna was the first of a series of international meetings that came to be known as the Concert of Europe, which was an attempt to forge a peaceful balance of power in Europe. It served as a model for later organizations such as the League of Nations in 1919 and the United Nations in 1945.

Current Members

 * 1) USA -World Superpower of the Allied Power. Controls many parts of North America and Central & South America.
 * 2) Canada -Main Members of Allied Power. Controls Northern America and Greenland.
 * 3) United Kingdom-World Superpower of the Allied Power. Controls England, Ireland and British Colonies.
 * 4) Kingdom of the Spainish -Main Members of Allied Power. Controls Spain and Portugal.
 * 5) Valtican City -Less famous member of Allied Power. Controls Valtican City and has Papal Power.
 * 6) Poland -A less famous member of Allied Power, puppet nation of Germany.
 * 7) German Empire -Pre-PANZER, world superpower that controls most of Western Europe.

Current Wars of C.O.E
None.