As everyone knew, fair or not, the signing of any treaty meant the establishment of order.
Especially a treaty like the Treaty on the Peaceful Use of the Webway, which was founded on sharing, cooperation, and mutual benefit. It was equivalent to establishing a safe zone within the Milky Way, which had previously followed the jungle law of the strong devouring the weak, while also giving every race and civilization a channel through which they could understand and communicate with one another.
This was a great feat that had never appeared again since the end of the War in Heaven and the extinction of the civilizations established by the Old Ones.
Before this, whether it was the Eldar, the previous rulers of the galaxy, or humanity, the current rulers of the galaxy, neither had basically regarded any civilization or race other than itself as "people."
The former practiced slavery, torture, abuse, and bloody, cruel sacrifices, while the latter practiced efficient genocide.
Thus, throughout the long history of the Milky Way, there had never been a public institution resembling a "council" or the United Nations, much less any so-called order.
Interactions between most civilizations generally amounted to war, conquest, enslavement, annexation, or mutual indifference.
This was also why the Greater Good promoted by the rising T'au had drawn in so many races and civilizations, even managing to absorb and utilize extremely xenophobic humans.
Because those willing to leave a path to survival for races and civilizations other than their own were simply too rare.
That incomparably powerful inclusiveness and assimilative capacity were the core and greatest competitive advantages of T'au civilization.
Unfortunately, they did not possess the strength needed to spread that inclusiveness and assimilation across the entire Milky Way. They could only remain content within the territory they controlled, with