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The Popular Assembly of the High Kingdom of Aurelia is one of the High Kingdom's two chambers of legislature, and the one with most power.
Established in the mid-16th century as the Popular Assembly of Albion after the Princes' Rising led the King at that time to establish a chamber for the "populace", in contrast with the much-older Senate. The use of "Popular" here was deliberate as Albion, later Albion-Hibernia, liked evoking Rome.
Over time, especially after the Popular Acts of 1749, 1812, 1874 and 1913, the PA got more power and grew in clout, rivalling the Senate by the 1850s and surpassing it by the 1900s. Liberals/Farmer-Liberals preferred the Popular Assembly, in contrast to the Senatorial Conservatives.
A bombing by a Communist terrorist group acting in support of the UAIC during the Grand War brought down the old building that served as the assembly point for the Popular Assembly and the Senate. Thankfully, both were in recess so the death number was low. The two chambers would convene temporarily in Canterbury ("The Saxish Parliament") before the Constitutional Convention decided on New Amsterdam as the new capital city.
The building erected in New Amsterdam for the Parliament was decidely in the architectural traditions that reached their height in the 1930s. The "Decorativist" type of architecture, pioneered in the Brazilian Empire, grew rapidly in popularity in the 1930s and was picked by the architect to be used as the style in which Parliament's Building would be made. While waiting for the new building to be created, the Senate and Assembly convened in an closed rugby stadium.
The new building was opened to fanfare in 1935, and the first season of Parliament in their permanent building started the following Monday.
The Constitutional Convention, thanks to strong pressure from the Farmer-Liberal government (which was sure in the knowledge they would plummet in support due to the Grand War), implemented Single-Transferrable Vote for the election system used to elect Assembly Members.
Under pressure from the government, the Convention also established the "Secondary Opposition", something much-criticised for the fact that it was transparently made to support the (Ecologist-)Farmer-Liberals from being seen as irrelevant, by basically treating them as a smaller version of the Primary Opposition.
The War in China (often called "the Second Grand War") was voted through by the Parliament, incensed at China's belligerent expansionism even though a Democratic AM pointed out the sheer hypocrisy of Aurelia in moving to contain a country from doing what they exactly did in the past.
The old "Three-Party System" (of the socialist Democrats, the centre-right Conservatives and the centrist Farmer-Liberals) fell apart in the 1970s-1990s, creating the unsure politics that exist today. The Farmer-Liberals had an upsurge of "classical" liberal thought that proved incompatible with their support for farm subsidies, and the "New Liberals" walked out and formed their own party.
The Democratic Party's traditional walking the tightrope between their left-wing base and the centrist swing voters ended up alienating the extremists, which walked out and formed the Social Democratic Party, an explicitly socialist party criticising the Democrats' milquetoastness.
Green concerns would rise and rise, powering the small Ecologist Party, which entered Parliament in 1982. They would prove more influential than their size would have suggested, and cemented a very close relationship with Farmer-Liberal (both being quite similar in a fair bit of ways), leading to a merger.
Regionalism would spring up seemingly everywhere in the 1970s and 1980s. Nova Hibernia (Pairti an Phobail), Quebec (Bloc Quebecois), Louisiana (Parti Cadienne), even Albion itself! (Albion Nationalist League). Many wondered if this was indeed the end of Aurelia.
But despite a close scare in Quebec in 1995, there was no falling-apart of Aurelia. But the chaotic party system would not cease.
Progressive Future, an technocratic party led by scientists, was established in 1998 over concerns that science and technology was getting short-shrifted by the government. They surged to 8 seats in the election of 2000 and have been in Parliament since. Notoriously weak at a state level due to their very high focus on Parliament, at the disadvantage of any state-level parties they have (if any).
The Conservatives' "New Conservatism", dropping social issues in order to appeal to more people about economics, alienated the far-right, and thus created the Christian Unionist Party, a far-right theocratic party that was at times predicted to win huge amounts of seats in the 2016 election, but imploded due to its' incoherent structure, being more a coalition of small far-right parties than anything like a normal party. They won no seats this election, despite winning seats at a state level previously.
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Conservative: 420 seats
Traditionally the party of the elite. They have moved to the centre due to 21 years of centre-left government. Socially moderate those days, focuses primarily on economics, and even there they've dropped many of their old libertarian ideas. There are considerable levels of tension between the Reformists (the ones in charge, advocating "New Conservatism") and the old Reactionaries (disgruntled right-wing who believes in moral issues).
Democratic: 251 seats
The social democrats, more or less. Strong ties with labor unions (which has gotten them into trouble...), is mildly socially liberal. A move to the centre got them 21 years of government before being defeated in 2016. The base is a bit grumpy and might push for a shift back to the left. Some MPs defecting to the Social Democrats are not out of the question, much to the establishment's anguish. A delicate balancing act seems needed.
Ecologist-Farmer-Liberal: 78 seats
The "anti-establishment" party, more or less. Started off as the old anti-Conservative party the Liberals. Merged with a disgruntled agrarian organization to form the Farmer-Liberals. In the 1990s, they merged with the rising Ecologists to form Ecologist-Farmer-Liberal. To their credit, they have managed to synthesise the three ideologies together well. A bit of a hit this election due to the Red-Green coalition.
Pairti an Phobail: 18 seats
"People's Party" in Irish. A Nova Hibernian nationalist party that argues for its' independence from the rest of Aurelia. Despite Conservative success elsewhere, they took a major hit in the traditionally Conservative stronghold of Nova Hibernia due to the PP surging. Ideologically, they form a part of Aurelia's left-regionalist tradition, believing in democratic socialism. However, on social issues they are quite conservative.
Bloc Quebecois: 9 seats
"Quebecker Block" in French. A Quebec nationalist party that was dominant back in the 1980s and 1990s and succeeded in pushing for an independence referendum (which was a disappointing defeat...). Took a hit this election due to supporting the unpopular Democratic government. Ideologically, they form part of the Aurelian left-regionalist tradition, with a strong social-democratic ideology.
Albion Nationalist: 7 seats
The party of the disgruntled Mother Country. Tends to do best in the Saxland area in the east of Albion. Argues for the end of the "false country" and the return of the old Federated Realms. They are highly distrustful of immigrants and wishes for heavy control of immigration levels. Economically, they are populist and socially very reactionary. A big gain this election due to disgruntled Reactionary voters switching.
Aotearoa First: 7 seats
The party of Aotearoans unhappy with their lot in life as "Aurelia's Pacific fringe". Quite popular with the Maori people. Tends to vote for what will benefit Aotearoa the most, being quite pragmatic and non-ideological. Dislikes Zuidland the most of any party.
Progressive Future: 5 seats
A technocratic party mainly made out of scientists. Does best in Christiania due to their technological sector.
New Liberals: 4 seats
A splitter from the Farmer-Liberals due to severe disagreement on economic policy, this party views the 1990s merger as betraying the Liberal tradition in favor of the Ecologists. Tends to call the EFL the "Ecologist-Farmers" due to this. They are classical liberal and advocate economic policies to the right of the Conservatives.
Parti Cadienne: 3 seats
"Cajun Party" in French. A Cajun-interests' party that never really advocated separatism (although it did have people who did). It tends to be populist, voting for bills in exchange for investment into Louisiana. Was called upon by the Democrats a fair bit last parliament.
Social Democratic: 2 seats
The far-left party, they emphasise the "Social" part of the name due to viewing the Democrats as betraying socialism in favor of corporate interests. Did fairly well this election thanks to anti-Democratic backlash and some of the grumpy left-wing base preferring to vote SDP above DP.
Alternatief voor Nieuw Nederland: 2 seats
"Alternative for New Netherland" in Dutch. The New Netherland regionalist party. Never was that popular, but consistently win seats every election. Most relevant when it proved the decider in the vote of no confidence against Primary Secretariat Lloyd Benson in 1982 (it voted no confidence). Agrarian-ish.
Aloha Aina: 1 seat
"Love of the Land" in Hawaiian. The Hawaiian regionalist party, they enjoy considerable popularity due to their moderate reputation, even after Hawaii received considerable amounts of immigration. Aloha Aina MPs tend to be well-liked with their fellow parliamentarians.
Oregonian People's: 1 seat
Oregon's regionalist party, it's a part of the left-regionalist tradition, but isn't radical. Not really significant apart from a strong-ish deep ecologist faction influencing their manifesto and policies when in coalition governments.
Partido Mexicano: 1 seat
"Mexican Party" in Spanish. For California to have a referendum on if it wants to return to Mexico or not, and it's pro-returning to Mexico. Heavily unpopular, its' only seat is in the comparatively pro-Mexico province of Baja California.
Independent Ecologist: 1 seat
Arthur Peladeau was a fresh MP for the Ecologists elected in the Maritimes, when they merged with Farmer-Liberal. He opposed this decision, and remained an (Independent) Ecologist. Manages to get re-elected every time since due to strong local popularity.
Independent Farmer-Liberal: 1 seat
Ricardo Sanchez was an EFL minor MP who opposed the deal they made with the Democrats and the growing Ecologist influence in EFL. Breaking away, he managed to narrowly win his California seat as an Independent Farmer-Liberal.
(sorry for the crappy logo.)
The Popular Assembly of the High Kingdom of Aurelia is one of the High Kingdom's two chambers of legislature, and the one with most power.
Established in the mid-16th century as the Popular Assembly of Albion after the Princes' Rising led the King at that time to establish a chamber for the "populace", in contrast with the much-older Senate. The use of "Popular" here was deliberate as Albion, later Albion-Hibernia, liked evoking Rome.
Over time, especially after the Popular Acts of 1749, 1812, 1874 and 1913, the PA got more power and grew in clout, rivalling the Senate by the 1850s and surpassing it by the 1900s. Liberals/Farmer-Liberals preferred the Popular Assembly, in contrast to the Senatorial Conservatives.
A bombing by a Communist terrorist group acting in support of the UAIC during the Grand War brought down the old building that served as the assembly point for the Popular Assembly and the Senate. Thankfully, both were in recess so the death number was low. The two chambers would convene temporarily in Canterbury ("The Saxish Parliament") before the Constitutional Convention decided on New Amsterdam as the new capital city.
The building erected in New Amsterdam for the Parliament was decidely in the architectural traditions that reached their height in the 1930s. The "Decorativist" type of architecture, pioneered in the Brazilian Empire, grew rapidly in popularity in the 1930s and was picked by the architect to be used as the style in which Parliament's Building would be made. While waiting for the new building to be created, the Senate and Assembly convened in an closed rugby stadium.
The new building was opened to fanfare in 1935, and the first season of Parliament in their permanent building started the following Monday.
The Constitutional Convention, thanks to strong pressure from the Farmer-Liberal government (which was sure in the knowledge they would plummet in support due to the Grand War), implemented Single-Transferrable Vote for the election system used to elect Assembly Members.
Under pressure from the government, the Convention also established the "Secondary Opposition", something much-criticised for the fact that it was transparently made to support the (Ecologist-)Farmer-Liberals from being seen as irrelevant, by basically treating them as a smaller version of the Primary Opposition.
The War in China (often called "the Second Grand War") was voted through by the Parliament, incensed at China's belligerent expansionism even though a Democratic AM pointed out the sheer hypocrisy of Aurelia in moving to contain a country from doing what they exactly did in the past.
The old "Three-Party System" (of the socialist Democrats, the centre-right Conservatives and the centrist Farmer-Liberals) fell apart in the 1970s-1990s, creating the unsure politics that exist today. The Farmer-Liberals had an upsurge of "classical" liberal thought that proved incompatible with their support for farm subsidies, and the "New Liberals" walked out and formed their own party.
The Democratic Party's traditional walking the tightrope between their left-wing base and the centrist swing voters ended up alienating the extremists, which walked out and formed the Social Democratic Party, an explicitly socialist party criticising the Democrats' milquetoastness.
Green concerns would rise and rise, powering the small Ecologist Party, which entered Parliament in 1982. They would prove more influential than their size would have suggested, and cemented a very close relationship with Farmer-Liberal (both being quite similar in a fair bit of ways), leading to a merger.
Regionalism would spring up seemingly everywhere in the 1970s and 1980s. Nova Hibernia (Pairti an Phobail), Quebec (Bloc Quebecois), Louisiana (Parti Cadienne), even Albion itself! (Albion Nationalist League). Many wondered if this was indeed the end of Aurelia.
But despite a close scare in Quebec in 1995, there was no falling-apart of Aurelia. But the chaotic party system would not cease.
Progressive Future, an technocratic party led by scientists, was established in 1998 over concerns that science and technology was getting short-shrifted by the government. They surged to 8 seats in the election of 2000 and have been in Parliament since. Notoriously weak at a state level due to their very high focus on Parliament, at the disadvantage of any state-level parties they have (if any).
The Conservatives' "New Conservatism", dropping social issues in order to appeal to more people about economics, alienated the far-right, and thus created the Christian Unionist Party, a far-right theocratic party that was at times predicted to win huge amounts of seats in the 2016 election, but imploded due to its' incoherent structure, being more a coalition of small far-right parties than anything like a normal party. They won no seats this election, despite winning seats at a state level previously.
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Conservative: 420 seats
Traditionally the party of the elite. They have moved to the centre due to 21 years of centre-left government. Socially moderate those days, focuses primarily on economics, and even there they've dropped many of their old libertarian ideas. There are considerable levels of tension between the Reformists (the ones in charge, advocating "New Conservatism") and the old Reactionaries (disgruntled right-wing who believes in moral issues).
Democratic: 251 seats
The social democrats, more or less. Strong ties with labor unions (which has gotten them into trouble...), is mildly socially liberal. A move to the centre got them 21 years of government before being defeated in 2016. The base is a bit grumpy and might push for a shift back to the left. Some MPs defecting to the Social Democrats are not out of the question, much to the establishment's anguish. A delicate balancing act seems needed.
Ecologist-Farmer-Liberal: 78 seats
The "anti-establishment" party, more or less. Started off as the old anti-Conservative party the Liberals. Merged with a disgruntled agrarian organization to form the Farmer-Liberals. In the 1990s, they merged with the rising Ecologists to form Ecologist-Farmer-Liberal. To their credit, they have managed to synthesise the three ideologies together well. A bit of a hit this election due to the Red-Green coalition.
Pairti an Phobail: 18 seats
"People's Party" in Irish. A Nova Hibernian nationalist party that argues for its' independence from the rest of Aurelia. Despite Conservative success elsewhere, they took a major hit in the traditionally Conservative stronghold of Nova Hibernia due to the PP surging. Ideologically, they form a part of Aurelia's left-regionalist tradition, believing in democratic socialism. However, on social issues they are quite conservative.
Bloc Quebecois: 9 seats
"Quebecker Block" in French. A Quebec nationalist party that was dominant back in the 1980s and 1990s and succeeded in pushing for an independence referendum (which was a disappointing defeat...). Took a hit this election due to supporting the unpopular Democratic government. Ideologically, they form part of the Aurelian left-regionalist tradition, with a strong social-democratic ideology.
Albion Nationalist: 7 seats
The party of the disgruntled Mother Country. Tends to do best in the Saxland area in the east of Albion. Argues for the end of the "false country" and the return of the old Federated Realms. They are highly distrustful of immigrants and wishes for heavy control of immigration levels. Economically, they are populist and socially very reactionary. A big gain this election due to disgruntled Reactionary voters switching.
Aotearoa First: 7 seats
The party of Aotearoans unhappy with their lot in life as "Aurelia's Pacific fringe". Quite popular with the Maori people. Tends to vote for what will benefit Aotearoa the most, being quite pragmatic and non-ideological. Dislikes Zuidland the most of any party.
Progressive Future: 5 seats
A technocratic party mainly made out of scientists. Does best in Christiania due to their technological sector.
New Liberals: 4 seats
A splitter from the Farmer-Liberals due to severe disagreement on economic policy, this party views the 1990s merger as betraying the Liberal tradition in favor of the Ecologists. Tends to call the EFL the "Ecologist-Farmers" due to this. They are classical liberal and advocate economic policies to the right of the Conservatives.
Parti Cadienne: 3 seats
"Cajun Party" in French. A Cajun-interests' party that never really advocated separatism (although it did have people who did). It tends to be populist, voting for bills in exchange for investment into Louisiana. Was called upon by the Democrats a fair bit last parliament.
Social Democratic: 2 seats
The far-left party, they emphasise the "Social" part of the name due to viewing the Democrats as betraying socialism in favor of corporate interests. Did fairly well this election thanks to anti-Democratic backlash and some of the grumpy left-wing base preferring to vote SDP above DP.
Alternatief voor Nieuw Nederland: 2 seats
"Alternative for New Netherland" in Dutch. The New Netherland regionalist party. Never was that popular, but consistently win seats every election. Most relevant when it proved the decider in the vote of no confidence against Primary Secretariat Lloyd Benson in 1982 (it voted no confidence). Agrarian-ish.
Aloha Aina: 1 seat
"Love of the Land" in Hawaiian. The Hawaiian regionalist party, they enjoy considerable popularity due to their moderate reputation, even after Hawaii received considerable amounts of immigration. Aloha Aina MPs tend to be well-liked with their fellow parliamentarians.
Oregonian People's: 1 seat
Oregon's regionalist party, it's a part of the left-regionalist tradition, but isn't radical. Not really significant apart from a strong-ish deep ecologist faction influencing their manifesto and policies when in coalition governments.
Partido Mexicano: 1 seat
"Mexican Party" in Spanish. For California to have a referendum on if it wants to return to Mexico or not, and it's pro-returning to Mexico. Heavily unpopular, its' only seat is in the comparatively pro-Mexico province of Baja California.
Independent Ecologist: 1 seat
Arthur Peladeau was a fresh MP for the Ecologists elected in the Maritimes, when they merged with Farmer-Liberal. He opposed this decision, and remained an (Independent) Ecologist. Manages to get re-elected every time since due to strong local popularity.
Independent Farmer-Liberal: 1 seat
Ricardo Sanchez was an EFL minor MP who opposed the deal they made with the Democrats and the growing Ecologist influence in EFL. Breaking away, he managed to narrowly win his California seat as an Independent Farmer-Liberal.
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Thanks!This Aurelia is just so awesome!
I see you're Canadian. Do you live in the areas where Aurelia governs, or do you live in the communist UAIC?
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Thanks!
I see you're Canadian. Do you live in the areas where Aurelia governs, or do you live in the communist UAIC?
I live in Columbia, in the Viceroyalty of Oregon, just across the water from Narváez.
Lovely place, very multicultural. I believe the dominant language there is Russian, right?
Chicxulub
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It is a mix of Russian and Spanish really, I am a member of a small English minority.
I think, of all the music infoboxes lately, this is my favorite.
Thanks!
I see you're Canadian. Do you live in the areas where Aurelia governs, or do you live in the communist UAIC?
I'm a British Columbian and proud of it
Ah, a good Oregonian!I'm a British Columbian and proud of it
Hmmm...I think I could supported an Ecologist-Farmers-Liberal Party in real life.
Quite interesting.
Quite interesting.
Ah, a good Oregonian!
I think you mentioned Russian influences?
Well, IRL I'm of Scots-Slavic ancestry, so I should fit right in
Any Asian influences in Oregon, though?
Chicxulub
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I think you mentioned Russian influences?
Well, IRL I'm of Scots-Slavic ancestry, so I should fit right in
Any Asian influences in Oregon, though?
I am a mix of French, Scottish, Swedish, and a drop of Native American.
Plenty of Japanese and Korean. Since the China War broke China up into squabbling states, there've been a considerable influx of Chinese immigrants.I think you mentioned Russian influences?
Well, IRL I'm of Scots-Slavic ancestry, so I should fit right in
Any Asian influences in Oregon, though?
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