After a round of verbal sparring and behind-the-scenes deals, on June 16, 1905, nations around the world signed the Vienna Agreement in Vienna, bringing the World War to a satisfactory close.
Overall, the treaty's terms were generous to most countries. Even the defeated nations were not dealt with too harshly.
The countries that had switched sides and withdrawn from the war earlier were now barely considered members of the Continental Alliance and would no longer be held accountable for their wartime responsibilities.
Only Britain, Japan, and the Union were truly held responsible. The British Empire naturally suffered the worst; as the main force behind the World War, it was stripped bare.
The treaty terms were as follows:
1. The defeated nations—Britain, Japan, and the Union—acknowledged their defeat and accepted full responsibility for the World War;
2. All colonies were ceded to the Continental Alliance;
(These included: the Holy Roman Empire acquiring British Australia, Canada, New Zealand, parts of the Indochinese Peninsula, and overseas islands including Hawaii, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, and other regions;
Spain recovering the Strait of Gibraltar;
Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, Belgium, Northern Europe, Sardinia, Greece, and other nations jointly dividing British India;
...)
3. War reparations totaling 66 billion Divine Shields were to be repaid with principal and interest over 99 years, at a monthly interest rate of five per thousand; (Britain: 33 billion, the Union: 32.5 billion, Japan: 500 million)
(The distribution was as follows: Holy Roman Empire 79.6%, Russian Empire 8.8%, Spain 4.9%, Netherlands 3.5%, Belgium 0.7%...)
Note: Considering the fiscal circumstances of each country, annual repayments need only amount to no less than 15 percent of government fiscal revenue. Any unpaid amount would automatically roll over and accrue compound interest.
4. In order to safeguard world peace and stability, the defeated nations were forbidden from