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Count Stadion, Austria's Finance Minister, immediately agreed: "Your Majesty, actually we only need to expand the 'State Council' in size, such as increasing its members to 200, and adding some influential lawyers and writers to counteract the impact from France's House of Representatives."
What he referred to as the "State Council" was established during Joseph II's reforms and is somewhat similar in structure to England's House of Lords, with a Prime Minister set up for overall management.
However, as soon as Leopold II came to power, he quickly marginalized this institution, opting instead to use a series of "Court Committees," such as the "Court State and Foreign Affairs Commission" and the "Court War Committee" to hold real power.
Therefore, the State Council represents enlightenment and democracy in the minds of Austrians.
