The Seventh Party System: Part XXXXII
Map of the United States
Part I - Metropotamia
Part II - Alta California
Part III - North Carolina
Part IV - New Jersey
Part V - Adams
Part VI - Alabama
Part VII - Rhode Island
Part VIII - Sequoyah
Part IX - Assenisipia
Part X - East Florida
Part XI - Tennessee
Part XII - Kansas
Part XIII - Dakota
Part XIV - Arizona
Part XV - Delaware
Part XVI - Oregon
Part XVII - Ozark
Part XVIII - New Hampshire
Part XIX - Western Connecticut
Part XX - New York
Part XXI - Santo Domingo
Part XXII - South Carolina
Part XXIII - Baja California
Part XXIV - Chersonesus
Part XXV - Canal Zone Territory
Part XXVI - West Florida
Part XXVII - Missouri
Part XXVIII - Colorado
Part XXIX - Trinidad and Tobago
Part XXX - Pennsylvania
Part XXXI - Wisconsin
Part XXXII - Lincoln
Part XXXIII - Deseret
Part XXXIV - Platte
Part XXXV - Kiribati
Part XXXVI - New Mexico
Part XXXVII - Maine
Part XXXVIII - Alaska
Part XXXIX - Hamilton
Part XXXX - Mississippi
Part XXXXI - North Virginia
What a coincidence that I have finished the forty second installment of this series on April Fools Day. Hope you enjoy this installment of my Seventh Party System series!
Bioko is an interesting territory, as unlike most of the outlying regions of the United States it has a strong right wing presence which consistently polls better than the National Union party.
The history of America's most Eastern territory comes from the Spanish-American war, wherein the US gained Puerto Rico, Bioko, and the Philippines as territories. While the Philippines would later become an independent country and Puerto Rico would become a state, Bioko remained a territory which served as America's forward base on the African continent.
The communist revolutions which engulfed most of Africa following decolonization resulted in the populace of Bioko becoming extremely reactionary as they remained keen to not let the island fall to the red menace. In fact, many on the island cheered as the 1980s brought about a wave of fascist dictatorships, eager to start doing business with these far right countries while turning a blind idea to the various atrocities which they committed. While anti-communism still lent itself to the National Unionist ideology the discovery of oil in 1996 completing turned the tables as businesses began flooding the tiny island territory. Following the 2004 surge in right wing ideologies the right wing Democratic Alliance of Bubi seized the parliament from the National Union and began passing major right wing reforms.
Chief among these reforms was the introduction of two new functional constituencies, one for Botuku, or Bubi tribal noblemen, and one for the Oil Industry, wherein each company's vote power was weighted according to the taxes which it paid to the Bioko territorial government. With the council being Bioko main chamber of parliament, as its House was deemed unnecessary due to the small size of the territory, right wing rule has been guaranteed ever since.
The elections of 2018 were no different from the ones before and in fact resulted in an even larger majority for the right wing alliance. The socially liberal Progress Party was nearly shut out of parliament as voters deemed their plans to decriminalize homosexual relationships as "cultural Marxism." In reaction, the new DAB government promised to crackdown harder on homosexuality than every before, ensuring that the island was completely cleaned of "communist queers."
Government:
Democratic Alliance of Bubi - A right wing party which vows to protect the traditions of the Bubi people and ensure the continuation of "democracy," they believe that a freer market will bring about a freer people, having eliminated all forms of welfare except for the gratuitous tax exemptions which both the Botuku and oil companies receive. They are also extremely reactionary in social terms, making Bioko the only territory to still enforce Prohibition, the only territory with just one abortion clinic, and the only territory where sex before marriage is criminalized. And of course, with gay marriage being completely illegal in the territory of Bioko, this law is a de facto ban on all homosexual relationships.
Anti-Revolutionary Party - A party even further to the right than DAB, they remain staunch opponents of both revolution and even democracy itself. They wish to completely eliminate the Senate so as to ensure "a less divided government" and have wish to eliminate the junior and senior councillors which are elected by popular vote as well. Instead they want to institute a system of government in which only citizens above a certain income have any say over the government, so as to ensure the "pesky commoners" never have an opportunity to turn the territory towards communism.
Business Party - A center right party which is ambivalent on social issues they remain firmly right wing on economic issues and continue to support more privatization efforts in Bioko, proposing that all public schools be abolished and replaced with private schools which they promise will provide children with "a sense of pride and accomplishment."
Supply:
Independents - Despite the fact that these representatives are affiliated with no formal party, they are de facto allies of the Business Party and remain firmly committed to whichever policies line the pockets of the wealthy.
Opposition:
National Union - The main center left parties in all American territories, they are the remnants of the National Union party established by FDR that once dominated the political system for decades on end. However unlike in most territories, here in Bioko the party has been relegated to the opposition, as the majority ethnic group of Bubis continue to back the DAB and ARP. And while the two sides share a disdain for communists the National Unionists equally disdains the destruction of the welfare state which the right wingers have perpetrated, which has become more or less complete here in Bioko.
Progress Party - The second largest opposition party in Bioko, they represent a brighter image for Bioko through the promotion of socially liberal values. And while the party managed to get its highest vote share yet in 2014, in the following two years they support has continued to wane, as the populace has proven that they reject any change to their age old traditions.
Missionary Party - The missionary party is a right wing, socially conservative party which represent the views of the Christian right. While their views would be considered pretty right wing in any territory and even most mainland states, here in far right Bioko they are laughed at by DAB and the ARP for their tolerance of the devil's drink, alcohol.
United Workers Party - A far left party stranded in a far right territory, this party represents the interests of the Fang minority which has been systematically discriminated against by the Bubi majority, unashamed of the fact that the Fang residing in Bioko are mere refugees of the fascist dictatorship which has carried out mass genocide of the Fang people in Gabon.
Movement for Biafra - A party for the Igbo minority in Bioko, they are also refugees of a genocide carried out by fascist dictators, only in Nigeria, not Gabon. Being discriminated against almost a bad as the Fangs, the MB preaches a social democratic ideology and remains committed to petitioning the federal government for an intervention in favor of the Biafra separatists.