CoN 5: Events

Over the course of The Council, many notable events occurred, between both player-controlled and AI-controlled nations. The events listed here were impactful or memorable enough to be worth remembering.

Supremacy of the Orthodox Faith
In most saves, the Orthodox faith is usually a waning religion, quickly pushed further and further to Eastern Europe until Russia is the only country left following it. In this save, however, the Orthodox faith showed supremacy over the Ottoman Turks, and found a stronghold in the Balkans, Anatolia, the Caucasus, and much of Eastern Europe.

Following the marriage ties common in Christianity, Bavaria quickly found itself with the same dynasty as the Orthodox Georgians. Georgia claimed the throne and declared war on Bavaria. Bavaria's allies in Italy tried to stop this, their armies were ultimately crushed. Bavaria fell under a Personal Union with Georgia, and its state religion was changed to Orthodox.

Burgundy would also eventually convert to Orthodox. Italy routinely killed Orthodox Zealots in Burgundian territory, even though the Burgundian King actively encouraged the conversion to an Orthodox faith. Eventually, the Zealots won out and Burgundy, an elector in the Holy Roman Empire, officially endorsed Orthodox as its state religion.

Now, the Eastern Orthodox branch of Christianity can be found in many parts of the world. It has spread to Persia, the Levant, Arabia, Central Germany and France. There is even a province in Central Africa, surrounded by Fetishist provinces. And now, the faith begins to seep into the New World thanks to the colonization of the Great Wall being done by Burgundy.

The Catholic faith is rarely practiced any more in Europe. Bohemia, Trier, and Norway seem to be the only relevant European nations still practicing the faith. However, it is fairly common in the New World. The Great Wall was heavily colonized by Portugal and Castile before their nations' destruction, so it will be here to stay for some time.

Ultimately, the religious split in the Council, as well as most of Europe, developed to be Orthodox against all others. However, with the collapse of the Orthodox bloc following Russian disengagement from European Politics, this may change. For now, only time will tell.

Revolution in the Council
Starting in the powerful Protestant nation of Italy, the revolution began to spread across Europe and the council alike. This new foe against the absolutist ways of old allowed the Italian state to rise as a center of revolutionary zeal. Members of the previous "Second Coalition" followed the Italian footsteps to create a larger divide between the coalition and the diplomatically isolated state of Russia. The Bear wants no part in this new governance, yet as the revolution expands the Coalition's power will expand with it. The monarchs of old will have to navigate their way to crush this sentiment without having their empire crushed under the weight of the revolution.