Council of Nations IV: Social Distancing

'Social Distancing' is the name of the fourth installment of the Council of Nations in Europa Universalis IV. After the great success that was the third Council, a couple changes were made to our playstyles and countries picked that made the game likely to last a longer period of time. After the original Westphalia, Portugal and Kurland players left the game following crippling conflicts, lack of expansion routes, and general stagnation of the game, the players of this Council decided to spread themselves out more geographically. Additionally, a development limit for choosing nations was established at 150, including vassal development. An exception was made for Ashikaga after considering its low influence over its vassals.

A few other changes were made in this council. Proposing a Resolution required the "Sponsorship" of another member state to be brought to vote. Additionally, the "Judiciary Committee of the Council of Nations" was founded, seeking a further diplomatic approach to inter-member state disputes, opting for a randomly selected independent third party, rather than the majority vote of all council states. Additionally, non-entry/removal votes to the Council were required to be abstained upon unless the member state voting could see the capital of the member state calling the vote. However, for a country to be added or removed from the Council, at least one member state was required to have vision of the capital of the nominee.

History
The Fourth Council was founded on November 11th, 1444. Due to some nations not being independent on this date, they were not all officially members of the council yet. The founding members of the save as a whole are listed below, as well as their membership status during the Council's formation.

A New Identity
As these small nations grew and expanded their influence throughout the globe many of these states would grow to form a new nationality, a new identity for their people to follow. Formed nations and their previous development and name are listed below.

Fallen Empires
For every nation that rises, there are two that fall. In these cases, member-states were the ones who fell. These nations and the nations they changed to are listed below. See also:

Legislation in Council of Nations IV

Events in Council of Nations IV

CoN 4: Legacies