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[Mass Effect] After humanity were given a seat on the council, why weren't the volus also offered a similar position?

The volus have been waiting centuries for a seat on the council, they created the entire economic system, and allowing another species on the council after humanity would balance power more effectively than having an even number of councilors. What gives?
gpt
Council positions are awarded due to Realpolitik concerns, not what's necessarily "right". The reason the Systems Alliance was given a seat was because the humans' influence in the galaxy was growing at a rate that the Council couldn't simply just ignore, and put on the back burner for a few centuries. In only 26 years, humans went from not knowing that aliens even existed, to being one of the major economic and military powerhouses in the galaxy. In another few decades, it's likely that they would have surpassed the Turians with their military, the Asari economy, and the Salarians in terms of technological sophistication.