List Political Parties of Alternate Countries

[TransUral]

Here's some of the political parties and political group in my fictional country of La Costa. A listing of leaders and a decent explanation of the country's history here: https://www.alternatehistory.com/fo...s-or-presidents.171310/page-486#post-13909167

Spoiler: Warning, is gigantic

Major Parties:

The Union Party (Union, PU)
Party Head(s): Francisco 'Freddy' Cisneros
Party Ideology: Center-Right, Social Conservatism, Big Tent
Party Supporters: A wide coalition of Anti-Garza supporters and a wide spectrum of right-wing supporters.
Brief Description: Formed by Freddy Cisneros several days after appointed to the post of President by the Bartolo Junta. Currently the largest and strongest party but the most prone to breaking due to how many parties merged into the Union Party. Largely a Pro-US but it has different factions within it that are less enthusiastic about the US and a few that are anti-US.
Strength: Very Strong, currently in charge of the government

The Party of Believers (Creyentes, PC)
Party Head(s): Father Julio Carmona, Hector Salamanca
Party Ideology: Right-Wing, Social Conservatism, Agrarianism
Party Supporters: Very religious members of society, very popular in rural areas with the more religious lower classes and the landowners.
Brief Description: Formed as a reaction to 'anti-rural' policies under Andres Fuente, it went underground to oppose the policies and briefly resurfaced during the 1966 Presidential election before going underground once again after Fernandez-Garza took over. Mostly represents landowner and religious conservative interests and has practically no support in urban areas. It is very Pro-American in general, however more nationalistic members have considered splitting off.
Strength: Strong, has a political monopoly in rural areas at the moment.

The Freedom Party (Libertad)
Party Head(s): Romeo Garcia, Oscar Heurta, Hugo Weissmann
Party Ideology: Right-Wing, big business, Classical Liberal
Party Supporters: Rich urbanites, business owners, though the party mostly buys votes
Brief Description: Formed by three of the richest men in La Costa in an attempt to secure political power for themselves and their supporters. Promotes low regulations, low taxes and a firm Pro-American foreign policy. Party heads have recently considered a merger with Freddy Cisneros' Union Party but are concerned about Freddy's authoritarian streak.
Strength: Moderate, most interest and support is bought but the upper class and foreign businesses support the party unquestioningly.

The Liberals (Liberales)
Party Head(s): Paulo Teijas
Party Ideology: Center, Socially Liberal
Party Supporters: Most of La Costa's middle class supports this party.
Brief Description: Founded by Paulo Taijas after Garza was ousted, it is intended to take the place of the short lived Society Party ran by Malcon Fukuyama. Some elements of the party are Pro-US but most argue for neutrality in world affairs. Currently attempting to form a social liberal political bloc to beat out the Socialist Party.
Strength: Moderate and growing, many are tired of the current economic and political situation. Many are afraid Freddy Cisneros is just another Garza.

The Socialist Party (Socialista, PS)
Party Head(s): Enrique Ortega, Francisco Carazo, Juanita Ortega
Party Ideology: Left-Wing, Socially Liberal, Democratic Socialism
Party Supporters: Mostly the disenfranchised poor and those whom came over to the left after missing the Fuente style populism. Dejected anti-US members of The Liberals led by Teijas have also joined the party.
Brief Description: A long time underground party, Enrique Oretga was a part of a guerrilla group that intended to stop the forced labor camps Garza ran. The only legal Socialist party because it avoided using terror against civilians during the anti-government guerrilla campaign unlike other groups. Mostly neutral in foreign policy but a large portion are at least sympathetic to the Soviet Union. Very anti-US all across the board.
Strength: Moderate and growing, many Leftists were either killed or are in jail and about to be released. But the party is becoming popular with new people for their staunch opposition of the Garza regime.

Weak or Local Parties:

The Force (Fuerza)
Party Head(s): Malcolm Fukuyama
Party Ideology: Center, Classical Liberal, Social Liberalism
Party Supporters: Mostly liberals who are not pleased with The Liberals and big business folks who oppose the Freedom Party for whatever reason.
Brief Description: Founded by Fukuyama after his return to La Costa. After Malcolm Fukuyama's exile his original party was systematically destroyed so he had to build a new party for himself and his few political allies that remain.
Strength: Weak, most of his policies are already backed by the larger Liberal Party or Liberty Party. Fukuyama is also regarded as corrupt, so that doesn't help his chances either.

The Progressive Party (EPP)
Party Head(s): Erlinda Teran
Party Ideology: Feminism, Center-Left, Progressivism, Environmentalism
Party Supporters: Mainly women or intellectuals
Brief Description: Founded by Women's advocate Erlinda Teran after returning from exile abroad. Represents Women's interests primarily, currently in negotiations with The Liberals regarding potentially having the EPP join the Liberals.
Strength: Weak, most intellectuals were targeted and killed by both Communist groups and the government during the Garza government.

The Party of Fuente (Fuente)
Party Head(s): Alberto Fuente, Colonel Esteban Fuente
Party Ideology: Authoritarianism, Populism, Fuente Thought
Party Supporters: The urban poor and former supporters of the Fuente family. Has a markedly strong base in the military as well. The party is separated into those who are very anti-US and those who are neutral towards the US but none desire friendly relations with America.
Brief Description: Founded by some of the few remaining Fuentes, the party is an attempt to reclaim the country but it isn't doing so well.
Strength: Weak, understandably many people don't want to return to a dictatorship.

The Party of the Natives (PN)
Party Head(s): Dr. Carlos Kan, Pedro 'El Jefe' Alarcon
Party Ideology: Center, Minority rights
Party Supporters: Mostly Indians or Blacks.
Brief Description: A party made for various minorities as a method to defend against racism and institutional violence against minority groups.
Strength: Weak. Has most of its popularity taken by the MNRPI but the two groups could work off each other in the future.

The Farmers Party (PA)
Party Head(s): Jose Delgadillo
Party Ideology: Center-Left, Agrarianism
Party Supporters: Mainly poor farmers.
Brief Description: A party founded by Jose Delgadillo in an effort to bring forth land redistribution and establish a wide and expansive welfare system.
Strength: Weak but growing, the number of poor tenant farmers and those who were forced off their land are growing every angrier however voter intimidation is common in rural areas which prevents quick growth in many areas.

Illegal Parties or groups:

The People's Revolutionary Front of La Costa (Originales)
Party Head(s): Lara 'Comandanta Camila' Espino
Party Ideology: Maoism
Party Supporters: Mostly radical farmers or radicalized Indians.
Brief Description: The original and strongest Communist group to fight the government, after its founder Hector Espino was executed by the government in 1985, the group split into three factions. The Originales are rabidly Pro-Chinese. Currently centered mostly out in Peten Occidental which it effectively runs since the overthrow of Garza but it has expanded into Carmelita recently.
Strength: 6,000 armed fighters, 6,750 members total

The Revolutionary Council of La Costa (Concilio)
Party Head(s): Domicio 'Comandante Ortega', Javier 'subcomandante Carlos' Sanabria
Party Ideology: Zapatismo, Liberation Theology
Party Supporters: Mainly people who are followers of Comandante Ortega's religious interpretation of Marxism
Brief Description: One of the splinter groups that formed after Hector Espino's death. Concilio takes inspiration from Liberation Theology and Zapatism. It is allied with the Zapatists in Mexico and has a non-aggression pact with the Originales. Living in a several Communes across Poptun and Oro.
Strength: 220 armed fighters, 350 members total

The Revolutionary Front of La Costa (FRC)
Party Head(s): Ciro Apodaca
Party Ideology: Marxist-Leninism
Party Supporters: A small number of political allies and converts
Brief Description: One of the splinter groups from Hector Epino's original party, formed by Ciro Apodaca with the intent to align themselves with the Soviets rather than the Chinese. It has done well as a terror organization, not as a political organization which has hampered growth and cut down on members. Currently somewhere in the Tikal Indian Reservation.
Strength: 15 armed fighters, 15 members total

The May-10 Movement (Mayo-10)
Party Head(s): 'El Tigre'
Party Ideology: Guevarism, Marxist-Leninism
Party Supporters: A small cadre of rebels and their allies
Brief Description: The main group behind the 1977 '10 Days in May' bombings that helped kick off the anti-government campaigns run by various groups over the years. Has shrunk considerably since then. Reportedly training and resting in Cuba at this time.
Strength: 25 armed fighters, 25 members total

The National Restitution Movement for Indiginous peoples (MNRPI)
Party Head(s): Marina Kan
Party Ideology: Anti-government, Progressivism, Indiginous autonomy, Anti-Cisneros
Party Supporters: Many Indians back this movement as well as many people of mixed background
Brief Description: Banned by Freddy Cisneros after violent protests and rioting in Carmelita.
Strength: Moderate, getting banned was the best thing that ever happened to the movement and now everyone across the country knows their name.

The People's Army (EP)
Party Head(s): Breogan Kan, Hubert Canek
Party Ideology: Indiginous Nationalism, Indiginous Indepedence, Anti-government
Party Supporters: Radicalized members of the indigenous population who aren't Communists
Brief Description: A radical group of natives who typically carry out raids against government posts or political rivals. Known for narco-terrorism mostly. Operating in the Payai and Tikal Indian Reservations, and Carmelita. Currently launching raids against the Originales in Peten Occidental.
Strength: 2,500 armed fighters, 2,750 members total

Army of the South (ES)
Party Head(s): Manuel Jaquez
Party Ideology: Fuente thought, Populism, Authoritarianism, Anti-Communist, Anti-Government, Anti-Capitalist
Party Supporters: Radical members of the military, various nationalists, and poorer farmers
Brief Description: A radical Fuente supporting militia. Known for advocating against the dynasticism of the Fuente family, preferring to promote Manuel Jaquez as the future head of La Costa. Known to take part in narco-terrorism. Based almost exclusively in Montanas del sur, hence the title.
Strength: 500 armed fighters, 500 members total.

The Loyal Regiment (Leal regimento, Loyalists)
Party Head(s): Colonel Armando Casares
Party Ideology: Fernandez-Garza Thought, Authoritarianism, Anti-Government
Party Supporters: Loyalist members of the Army, government paramilitaries, death squads, and former state security.
Brief Description: Formed out of members of the military or government that either feel loyal to Fernandez-Garza and want to free him or are afraid of being prosecuted for their crimes committed during the dictatorship. Has a large net of collaborators and insurgents across La Costa however the standing forces are based mostly in Flores.
Strength: 1,000 armed fighters, 3,000 members total

 

[WotanArgead]

I decided to conduct a little experiment. For major political parties to introduce this system created @Jello_Biafra. Let's hope that this was a good idea.

Political Parties of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Major Parties​

All-Union Bolshevik Party (Всесоюзная Большевистская Партия)
Founded: 1923 (as the right faction in the AUCP (B)). 1932 (as an independent party).
Ideology: Marxism-Leninism (Bukharinism)
Political position: The center-right / Centrists (Socialist Commonwealth), Left (OTL).
International Affiliation: Comintern
Youth Wing: Young Bolsheviks
Party Newspaper: True! (Правда)

General Description: In the past, advocates of the New Economic Policy, now the pragmatic faction of the Soviet regime. Put above all the development and well-being of the Soviet State, and least of all concerned with the revolution abroad. The basis of the electorate - creative intelligentsia, agricultural workers, lawyers, national minorities.

Capital Punishment: Universally opposed
Cultural Stance: Culturally, relatively liberal. Emphasizes the need for cultural diversity. Protector of constructivist direction in art, the regional offices are sponsoring folk art.
Defense: Limitation of offensive weapons. The elimination of nuclear weapons.
Drug Policy: The decriminalization of soft drugs.
Economy: State control of the heavy industry and the defense industry. The development of agricultural cooperatives.
Education: supports a state-sponsored educational program to preserve standarts. It resists the idea of the elimination of the traditional family.
Environment: Introduction to prevent the degradation of the environment.
Foreign Alliances: The relative isolationists.
Health Policy: support a government-sponsored free healthcare system
Social Welfare: State social security system.
Taxation: The transition from the individual income tax to a progressive tax for enterprises.
Trade: free trade

The Communist Party of Revolutionary Internationalist (Коммунистическая Партия Революционных Интернационалистов)
Founded: 1923 (as the Left faction in the AUCP (B)). 1932 (as an independent party).
Ideology: Trotskyism, International Socialism, Neo-conservatism.
Political position: The center-left/ Centrists (Socialist Commonwealth), Left Radicals (OTL).
International Affiliation: Comintern
Youth Wing: Communist Young Guard
Party Newspaper: Spark (Искра)

General Description: Heirs of Lev Davidovich Trotsky. Flaming revolutionaries and fighters for the cause of October. It is true that sometimes it was a revolution yesterday, today becomes the reaction ...
The basis of the electorate - engineers, scientists, military personnel.

Capital Punishment: continues to support using the death penalty against counterrevolutionary crimes
Cultural Stance: The left wing of the party promotes avant-garde lines, right - protects Soviet neoclassicism.
Defense: The elimination of the nuclear arsenal.
Drug Policy: The decriminalization of soft drugs with increased penalties for the sale and use of heavier materials (as well as being for the use of narcotic substances before the age of 18). Also raise awareness of the population.
Economy: Combination of workers' control in the factories with the government control.
Education: Full state control of education. Development of the "Theory of training".
Environment: Introduction to prevent the degradation of the environment.
Foreign Alliances: Maintenance of Union and other socialist countries. The spread of socialist ideals around the world.
Health Policy: Proposed reforms include increased support for state directed medical research and tighter regulation of individual practice physicians. The active promotion of healthy lifestyles, rehabilitation measures for the mass population.
Social Welfare: State social security system.
Taxation: most often the party of balanced budgets.
Trade: Free trade with the socialist countries. The embargo on trade with the right-wing dictatorships.

Radical Workers' Party (Радикальная Рабочая Партия)
Founded: 1921 (as the "Workers' Opposition" in the ranks of the RCP (B)). 1930 (as an independent party).
Ideology: Council communism, syndicalism, Ecosocialism.
Political position: Left (Socialist Commonwealth), the Left Radicals (OTL)
International Affiliation: Comintern
Youth Wing: Free Youth
Party Newspaper: Flame of Revolution (Пламя Революции)

General Description:Those who were a "small minority" at the beginning of its existence, has become one of the most influential parties in the Soviet Union. The party, which has undergone an incredible metamorphosis of its existence fighting for the triumph of true communism. Electorate - students, representatives of trade unions, women.

Capital Punishment: Universally opposed
Cultural Stance: Insists on continuing cultural transformation. Proponents of feminism and rights of sexual minorities. Actively support the Soviet counterculture.
Defense: Complete disarmament
Drug Policy: total decriminalization of all drugs, combined with civilian-run programs to combat addiction
Economy: Full transfer of control over enterprises collective farms and factory committees.
Education: support for increased regional control of education
Environment: dvocates a total integration of the economy with the biosphere.
Foreign Alliances: support foreign aid to be used to promote democratic values in developing socialist states
Health Policy: support a council workers'-run health system
Social Welfare: opposed to government programs, which are to be transferred into the workers' councils
Taxation: Universally opposed
Trade: free trade

Minor parties
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People's Democratic Party - Heirs of the Right SRs and Left faction of the Cadets. Latest in the USSR who cares about the private property. In the Soviets performs a supporting role "Bolsheviks".

The Christian Social Union - a group of socialists who did not take the materialist position of the Soviet leadership. Combine radical social-economic policies with moral sermons. Maintain close contact with the "Bolsheviks" cold relations with the internationalists who openly criticize the Radicals.

Free Muslim League - The continuation of Mirsaid Sultan-Galiev. They promote the ideas of socialism among the Muslim peoples of the USSR.

National parties, I do not see any sense to list.

 

[InfernoMole]

King Arthur who returned to Britain and saw his beloved country in waste

Well, duh, of course it is. It's controlled by the filthy Anglo-Saxons!

 

[Turquoise Blue]

ADVANCE AUSTRALIA FAIR?
Political Parties Down Under: 2182!

Federal
Note: The federal government is toothless and the states have all the power. The parties noted here are mostly a concept.

Australian Labor Party
Vaguely left-ish populist-y.
Australia's oldest party, it is now mostly a concept as its state parties go their own way. But what a concept it is! The concept of the hardworking Australian lad and lass, free from exploitation by the foreign corporations!

Progress Party of Australia
Vaguely paternalistic liberalism.
Protectionist and Free Trade, Commonwealth Liberal, Nationalist, UAP, Liberal, Liberal-National, Progressive-Liberal, Progress, it has gone under many different names for many different eras. Now, it's mostly an idea, an idea of a civilised Australia, one not corrupted by radical socialism, anarcho-scavengerism or militarism.

National Party of Australia
Militaristic agrarianism.
The Nationals have a phrase that sums up what they're all about quite well: Countrymindedness. The idea of the rural people, uncorrupted by urban influence. But the tide of anarcho-scavengerism has forced rural people to arm up way more than normal, and this has influenced the Nationals as well. If they had their way, the country would be a dictatorship in the name of "law and order".

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New South Wales
The First State, and the self-appointed "leader" of the now-fragmented Australia.

United Australia Coalition
"National stability", Pro-"Proportion".
Formed to "ensure stability" in the days when Sydney was threatened by anarcho-scavengers, it has lasted up to now.

It is made out of the...

Progressive Liberal Party
Liberalism, Conservatism.
Federal affiliation: Progress.
We must keep NSW safe, and ensure the tide of anarcho-scavengerism is dealt with, properly. Not descending in savageness like they want us to. All standard Progress fare. What is unusual is their liking the United Australia Coalition and wishing it to last for ever and ever. They even divided up supposedly-non-partisan jobs proportionally between them and the other parties in it.

Labor Party - New South Wales
Social democracy, Techno-socialism.
Federal affiliation: Labor.
This Labor Party has came under great criticism by other Labor parties for keeping the UAC going beyond the period NSW was seriously under threat by the anarcho-scavengers. It has fired back by saying "the job isn't done!". Many have said that the LPNSW benefits from the UAC thanks to the "proportion" system and they don't want to stop the mutually-beneficial deal.

National Party of New South Wales
Militaristic agrarianism.
Federal affiliation: National.
The Nationals split due to their leadership agreeing to the UAC, into a pro-UAC National Party and an anti-UAC Country Party. The Nationals are still pretty militaristic, but they subscribe to the "all hands on deck!" thinking of the UAC.

The opposition are the...

Country Party of New South Wales
Militaristic agrarianism.
Federal affiliation: National.
The Country Party have dubious links to militia that does Very Problematic Things to caught anarcho-scavengers. They defend this by saying "We're at goddamn war. The UAC wants us to fight with one arm behind our backs!"

Labor Party - New South Wales (Anti-UAC)
Social democracy, Techno-socialism.
Federal affiliation: Labor.
"This UAC was a good idea at the start, but now that the anarcho-scavengers are gone, we should get out!". That was the mentality behind the split that created the Labor Party (Anti-UAC) that is somehow still affiliated to the federal Labor Party [told ya the federal parties were toothless].

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Victoria
The Garden State. It's the place to be if you want to see a lot of fear and dread with no anarcho-scavengers.

Victorian Green Labor Party
Eco-socialism, Techno-socialism.
Federal affiliation: Labor.
The dominant party of Victoria, it is the party of the ecological sector that has benefited Victoria in the past. Currently, it is curiously enough feeling powerless despite having a healthy majority, because the NSW government has been looking at Victoria with hungry eyes. Attempts to negotiate an alliance with Queensland are ongoing...

Progress Party of Victoria
Paternalistic liberalism.
Federal affiliation: Progress.
Despite being the main party of opposition, it has pledged every support to the government in their efforts to "maintain Victorian sovereignty" as even their voters feel the same as Green Labor voters. All of Victoria is feeling it.

Victorian Party of Regions
Militarism, Anti-NSW sentiment.
Federal affiliation: National.
The Party of Regions offers an alternative if Green Labor's alliance negotiations fall through and NSW invades. Namely, fighting the seemingly-inevitable occupation with guns! And drones! And... you get it, they want every single Victorian to force NSW to retreat via making their occupation hell. They've already proposed several bills that would create a compulsory draft, and by now, Green Labor and Progress are seriously considering that option...

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Queensland
The Sunshine State. The government is in rather good moods lately, as they've just held on their majority for the ninth time running, a strong mandate for "Queensland Socialism" as they call it [the Opposition calls it tyranny].

Queensland Labor Party
Techno-socialism, Syndicalism.
Federal affiliation: Labor.
The furthest-left of any Australian Labor party, the QLP has led Queensland further and further to the left. Even as it split, creating the Social Democratic Labor Party, it still holds its majority and some even call it Queensland's "Natural Party of Government". After all, all other parties teamed up together can't defeat it!

Opposition Coalition
Anti-QLP.
The "Opposition", as it is often called for short, is an eclectic coalition ranging from the center-left to the far-right, with one solidary purpose: Opposing Labor's attempt at implementing communism! Unfortunately, they're so divided they're not good at that either, with Labor often playing the various parties against each other.

It is made out of the...

Progressive Party of Queensland
Paternalistic liberalism.
Federal affiliation: Progress.
The split between the Progressives and the Nationals in the fall of the Progressive National Party was the start of Labor's dominance, and even though the two now work together in the Opposition, Labor seems more secure than ever. The Progressives are basically standard Progress fare, apart from a strong loathing of Labor unmatched by any other Progress parties.

National Party of Queensland
Militaristic agrarianism, Populism.
Federal affiliation: National.
Oddly enough for a National party, this party can seem indistinguishable from other states' Labor parties when it talks economic issues. This is a way Labor destabilises the Opposition, by proposing bills they know the Nationals will like, but the Progressives won't. The resulting kerfuffle sounds like perfect time for an election, doesn't it?

Party of Northern Queensland
Northern Queensland regionalism.
Federal affiliation: None.
The idea of a State of Northern Queensland has a long history, and the PNQ continues fighting for that idea! Unfortunately, the Progressives and to a lesser extent the Nationals aren't big supporters of that. A bill proposing more funding for the NQ Regional Council? Opposition falling apart in squabbling? Election time!

Social Democratic Labor Party
Social democracy, Anti-syndicalism.
Federal affiliation: Labor.
Yes, they're affiliated with Labor. At a federal level Labor, Progress and National are more "ideas" than actual parties, remember? Anyway, they're the "no, you're going overboard" centre-left splitter off the radicalising QLP. Entering in a formal coalition deal with the Progressives and Nationals has decimated their support, which benefits the QLP of course. They only have one seat now.

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Western Australia
The Golden State. At this point, it's seriously wondering why it's tied with the rest of Australia.

The system of WA is called "issue-based direct democracy", in which people are able to vote direct on issues affecting WA and local communities. What's peculiar is that in a system that logically should erase representative democracy, the Legislative Assembly still exists. Why? Because people voted for it to still be around despite the fact it should serve no purpose. Democracy!

Anyway, the Assembly has taken on the role of "administrator" and the parties push forward their "interpretation" of what the people clearly wish. The fact the questions put forward to the WA people are incredibly vague helps.

Anyway, the parties...

Flux Western Australia
Direct democracy, WA unionism.
Federal affiliation: None
A rather old party, surprisingly. The architect of WA direct democracy, it criticises the "fact" that "the establishment" has "corrupted" its system. It refuses to support WA secessionism because it still holds a dream that its sister parties in the other states would go beyond their seemingly-permanent two percent. This led to a split between pro-independence and pro-secession creating the Direct-Democratic Rally.

Westralian Alliance
Conservatism, WA secessionism.
Federal affiliation: None.
The Alliance is a splitter of the Liberal Party, and explicitly backs secessionism, arguing that WA holds nothing in common with the rest of Australia any longer, and should secede as the Westralian Dominion, or maybe even a republic!

Liberal Party of Western Australia
Paternalistic liberalism, WA unionism.
Federal affiliation: Progress.
Supports the current Status Quo of quietly moving back to representative democracy. They are distinctly unionist, which created a splitter party the Westralian Alliance.

Labor Party - Western Australia
Left-wing populism, Techno-socialism.
Federal affiliation: Labor.
Somewhat waffly on the issue of if WA should secede or not, arguing "well, we're a direct democracy, aren't we? We should put it up to the voters!". This has somehow kept it together and prevented unionist or secessionist factions from splitting. But given it's fourth now, that seems to have been replaced with a quiet death.

Direct-Democratic Rally
Direct democracy, WA secessionism.
Federal affiliation: None.
The Direct-Democratic Rally split from Flux because Flux's refusal to support secessionism "shows a betrayal of its core values". Apparently.

National Party of Western Australia
Militaristic agrarianism, WA unionism.
Federal affiliation: National.
The WA Nationals are basically normal National fare, militarism, law and order mentality, all that. They're unionist as well.

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South Australia
The Festival State, but Canberra would say it's a festival for anarcho-scavengers as SA has "sold out" to them.

Best Party
Centrism, "Pragmatism".
Federal affiliation: None.
The Best Party is SA's current governing party, and it is a deeply pragmatic one. A sort of realpolitik, if you will. People vote for them because they know they can be trusted to be competent. Not like the others...

Labor Party - South Australia
Left-wing populism.
Federal affiliation: Labor.
SA Labor is the current opposition, but the SA people see them as some sort of left-wing kooks, truth be said. They're very unlikely to win government any time soon, for this reason. That and Best does well in urban areas.

Liberal-Progressive Party of South Australia
Paternalistic liberalism.
Federal affiliation: Progress.
The LPP is South Australia's main center-right party, but their last time in government was a disaster, so people aren't voting for them to be government any time soon. Plus, they voted for the Treaty, so they lost rural votes.

Shooters, Scavengers and Motoring Enthuasists Party
Anarcho-scavengerism.
Federal affiliation: None.
The SSMEP is banned in every state. But one. And in South Australia, they do relatively well for a party based around basically anarchists who harass rural people and make their lives hell. Still, it's obvious why they're not a government-contester.

National Party of South Australia
Militaristic agrarianism, Anti-scavengerism.
Federal affiliation: National.
SA was historically a poor area for the Nationals, but the Liberal-Progressives voting for the treaty with the anarcho-scavengers burnt bridges with the anti-scavenger rural people, who then voted for the Nationals. They can be counted on to strongly oppose the treaty and its effects. In fact, National MHAs never even speak to Shooters-Scavengers-Motoring Enthuasists MHAs.

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Tasmania
The Island of Inspiration. And people here are inspired to leave Australia.

Tasmanian Labor Party
Social democracy.
Federal affiliation: Labor.
The Tasmanian Labor Party is the current government of Tasmania. Even as they talk highly of the Labor tradition of Australia, they also talk of "diverging destinies" and how Tasmania should think of leaving.

Moderate Party of Tasmania
Paternalistic liberalism.
Federal affiliation: Progress.
Surely the conservatives would argue that Tasmania should stay? Nope, they're on-board with the whole "Leave Australia" idea, actually.

Tasmanian Greens
Agrarianism, Environmentalism.
Federal affiliation: None.
Once, they were big. Once, the Greens were Australia's third-biggest party. Once... Now, the Tasmanians are all that's left. Concerningly enough, they're taken a hard anti-synthesis-rights stance, which disturbs Labor and the Moderates quite a bit. What is left of the federal Nationals have been trying to get them to affiliate with it, but they turned it down. Nope, joining NZ for them!

Democrats for Tasmania
Social liberalism, Tasmanian unionism.
Federal affiliation: None.
Oh come on, is there ANY unionist party in Tasmania? Well, yes, the Democrats. Ironically enough, they're the only "social-liberal" party in Australia that wins seats. This is probably because Tasmania was never invaded by the scavengers.

Tasmania Party
Tasmanian secessionism, Agrarianism.
Federal affiliation: None.
Tasmania has been the Nationals' weakest region for well, ever. They've attempted to win seats there for yoinks, but never really was successful. The last attempt, the federal party just forgot about because, well, y'know the scavengers were invading everything. Left in isolation, the Tasmanian Centre Party became the Tasmania Party, a secessionist party. Ironically enough, this was what brought it success, and led to Tasmania saying "You know what, we should leave Australia!".

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Australian Capital Territory
The Nation's Capital. Currently under occupation by New South Wales, with parties and elections suspended.

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Northern Australia
The Top State. The core of all this anarcho-scavenger nuisance. The government is now under control of all the "Top End", but there were times in the past when they controlled only the island of Melville. Thankfully they were able to have an election this year...

Country Party of Northern Australia
Broad-tent centre-right.
Federal affiliation: None.
For a party calling itself the Country Party, you would expect it to be affiliated with the Nationals. Well, not in NA. The Country Liberal Party rebranded as the Country Party when the Progressive-Liberals finally dropped the Liberal bit. Currently, they're the government, elected in the first NA election for way too long.

Labor Party - Northern Australia
Left-wing populism.
Federal affiliation: Labor.
It's to their eternal shame that they lost to the Shooters in that long-ago election. That was what led to the anarcho-scavengers, nothing to do with the Apocalypse and all thos scary monsters, right? By the way, the last Labor leader died because a drop bear killed her. A great loss to all Top Staters as they lose a respectable stateswoman, but a great meal to that drop bear.

1 State Party
Centrism.
Federal affiliation: None.
We still don't know what they stand for, even after 167 years of existence. At least they rebranded from "1 Territory" to "1 State".

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Hope you enjoyed this! ​

 

[Sulemain]

@Turquoise Blue I do like the concept of political parties in a post-apocalyptic world.

 

[Turquoise Blue]

@Turquoise Blue I do like the concept of political parties in a post-apocalyptic world.

Well, the Apocalypse wasn't exactly "OH GOD, CIVILIZATION'S GONE!", but it was that as well, sorta. Humanity was driven to the brink, but they bounced back.

 

[Noravea]

Very well made @Turquoise Blue !

 

[Wayside]

Brilliant stuff! I kinda want to know more about the whole Canberra-occupied-by-NSW thing...

Also, as is obligatory:

 

[lord protector 99]

Political Parties Represented in The People's Revolutionary Convention of America
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The Union of Anti Fascist Committees: Lead by The Black Panther Party, the UAFC began life as an United Front of left wing organizations focused on defense against far right and Cointelpro repression, however as the revolutionary conditions in America became more and more acute the organization began to act as a general organizational center for the Panther aligned sections of far left. When federal troops gunned down striking postal workers in 1970, the UAFC sprang into action mobilizing a broad coalition ranging from lumpen "brothers on the block" in Oakland to Revolutionary Communist coal miners in West Virginia in a revolutionary upsurge that reduced the Federal Government's territorial control to Hawaii, Alaska and the states that made up the Old Confederacy. Currently lead by Fred Hampton and Omar Lopez, The Union holds 350 seats in the 500 member Convention and holds firm majority in The Popular Revolutionary Executive Council. Generally considered the party of revolutionary order, national self determination and socialist market economics the party is the architect of the basic elements of American Socialism. Internationally they are close to Maoist China, but they are not above alliances of convenience with "Soviet social imperialism" against world capitalism.


Progressive Labor Alliance: After the 1965 split of the Panther aligned SDS faction into The Front of Revolutionary Youth and The JOIN Community Union, the remaining Progressive Labor Party aligned sections were reorganized into The Progressive Youth Movement, a student adjunct to the communist PLP. The PYM quickly became a center of radical campus organizing, especially after its role in The Kent State Uprising, at the 5th congress of the PLP the two organizations launched The PLA a broad united front including The Official Communist Party and several small anarchist and "democratic socialist" groups. It played a junior role in the revolution and The Popular Reconstruction, but the existence of an open opposition faction with impeccable socialist credentials helped to prevent American socialism's decent into one party authoritarian dictatorship. The PLA believes that the revolution is only half complete, with major advances still needed on the questions of women's liberation, workers control of production and the abolition of the value form. Ironically, a party of staunch Stalinists have become the most dedicated advocates of Permanent Revolution. Internationally they align with The Italian Socialist Republic's Assembly of Marxist Movements and Parties holding to a slogan of "neither Moscow nor Beijing". Currently holding 120 seats in The Convention and about all but three opposition seats in The PRE.

The Internationalist Workers League: A broad union of small "post revolution" sects, the IWL is theoretically Trotskyist, and is The American section of The Fourth International. In reality its member organizations span a broad cross section of left wingers alienated from The Stalinist-Maoist ideological hegemony in America. Anarchists, social democrats and "orthodox Marxists" all find their home in this organization. It even includes members who have in the past advocated, and even engaged in violent struggle against The Socialist People's Republic of America. This has lead to several attempts to ban the League, but it has always managed to stay just this side of legality. It holds 30 seats in The Convention, and 3 seats in The PRE.

 

[lord protector 99]

List of Parties represented in the Assembly of American States:

The Democratic-Republican Party: The sole legal party in the American Republic (the legal successor to the United States, recognized in the Treaty of Peace and Understanding with the People's Republic and The Cuban Republic) The DRP was formed by a merger of the Democratic and Republican Parties. The Party is lead by J. Edgar Hoover, who is also the director of The Committee on National Sovereignty, an outgrowth of The Mississippi State Sovereignty Committee. The CNS combines elements of The Klan, County Sheriffs and The FBI into what is widely agreed to be the worlds most deadly secret police apparatus. The combination of public ruthlessness with a highly skilled intelligence apparatus have keep Hoover in power. The CNS is staffed with men fanatically loyal to Hoover's personal cult of personality, a cult that is replicated throughout Continental American society. It is widely accepted that the regime will collapse upon Hoover's death, this assumption guides The People's Republic's policy. They fund left wing guerrilla groups, mostly to minimize the causalities of Hoover's regime while keeping 45% of Red Army Troops along the border with The Republic. They only need the slightest excuse to "restore order", while PLM calls for immediate invasion most citizens accept that to invade early would risk nuclear war with Britten and the Alliance of Free States.

However, it is important not to confuse Continental America with Hawaii and Alaska. While both regions nominally accept rule from Birmingham, both are highly nominal members of The Republic. Haw'aii has adopted a Natives First policy and has had good relations with the American Indian Republics in America, even having leading members of The American Indian Movement address The Hawaiian Parliament. It has a multiparty system internally, though its delegates to the Assembly accept The DRP whip. In practice Assembly representatives act as defacto diplomats to what is supposed to the "mother country", negotiating with Hoover and others over issues of local importance.

In contrast to the almost totally independent Hawaii, Alaska is much more part of The Republic. While Alaskans enjoy more political freedom than their neighbors on The Continent, mostly due to the relatively sparse population and the ability to flee to Canada to escape the most dangerous threats, Alaska is still a dictatorship. Ruled over by Hoover's deputy, Henry Wallace, the territory has become a corrupt boondoggle. With Wallace's cronies using a core of "white colonizers" drawn from the most brutal sections of the Klan to monopolize the states lucrative extraction economy. Maintaining brutal work camps filled with political dissidents and Natives, Alaska has become known as The Republic of Gulags. Alaskan Deputies to the Assembly are invariably powerful allies of Wallace whose primary role is to lobby for more workers to be sent north to fill the ever expanding coal pits, oil rigs and lumber camps, along with more autonomy for Alaska (mostly less taxes from the capital on their profits).

 

[Turquoise Blue]

Scottish parties in TDL

Scottish National Party
"Norse democracy", Scottish regionalism.
A "Norse-democratic" party [as it calls itself], it is one of the Big Two of Scottish politics, along with the Techno-Unionists. The result of the merger of the original SNP, the Liberal Democrats and the Scottish Greens, it is very much a soft-nationalist party, arguing "for Scotland", although it refrains from supporting Independence in the question of a fifth "IndyRef", instead arguing for "a stronger Scottish voice in the Union".

Techno-Unionist Party
Techno-conservatism, Scottish unionism.
The result of the merger of the Scottish Unionist Party and the Tech Rights Movement [similar to nationwide Tories and Synthetic Rights], it is a secular-conservative party and is a strong Scottish-unionist party, although it often use regionalist rhetoric. On the up and up, but time will tell if Prime Minister Smith's UK government will stop that.

Radical League
Scottish nationalism, Radicalism.
Scottish independence is still something debated even though the SNP has abandoned that goal. You can thank the Radicals for that, they're a left-wing nationalist group that argues Scotland should be free. They're also an unashamedly radical party, unaffected by the polarisation between religious-democracy and secularism.

Ordinary Scots
Manualism, Scottish unionism.
Manualism, the rising agrarian, environmentalist and anti-synthesis-rights ideology, is well-represented in Scotland by the rising "Ordinary Scots", a weird mix of political party and all-ages scout club. They even wear really odd uniforms which perplex other parties. They're of course the UGF's Scottish affiliate.

Scottish Democrats
Scottish nationalism, Classical-rightism.
Scottish nationalism isn't always left-wing. The Scottish Democrats are Scotland's most right-wing party, and they often rival the Radicals in how much they talk about "IndyRef5", which will happen if they win a majority this election, they swear. They tend to do best in rural areas.

Lìog na h-Alba
Scots-Gaelic language advocacy, Highland regionalism.
The language of Scottish nationalism has always been Scots, which is in the Germanic language family. But as the Scottish League argues, the Scots-Gaelic language (which is in a period of revival) deserves to be widely reknowned. They're part political party, part language organisation, and they tend Highland-regionalist at times.

Bloc of Scottish Minorities
Fantasian minority rights.
Despite being a nautical creature, Nessie has led this party steadfastly and with a firm flipper on the wheel for the last thirty years, keeping the main Fantasian-minority rights advocating party on the right track as it enters the 2180s. She doesn't plan on stepping down any time soon.

 

[Turquoise Blue]

Some future ideologies prominent in TDL's 2182.

Popularism: A variant of religious-democracy that argues for working for all the people of a specific country, not for a specific race, class or creed. It is criticised by quite a few racial minorities for "painting over" their issues in favour of an imagined "national populace". Tends economically interventionist and socially moderate.

Examples
National Party (UK): The main popularist party in the UK, it differs from popularist "orthodoxy" in its emphasis on local-based solutions, perhaps because of Britain's religious divide between a Druidic South and a Norse North.
Social People's Party (France): France's popularists, they're markedly more anti-secular than others, and often has a "Republican Front" against them despite the incoherency that creates.
Christian Democrats (Southern Republic): North America doesn't have much popularism, truth be told, this one is the most prominent. In contrast with European popularism, the CDP enjoys support from minorities.
Progressive Party (NY): The Progressives don't call themselves popularist nor does they have the religiosity, but their policies have been observed to be rather popularist-like.

Cerebral conservatism: In contrast with popularism, cerebral conservatism enjoys the support of racial minorities. It is very much a secular ideology, insisting that religion plays no part in governing, instead preferring the 'secular' past to the religious present. It is vaguely technocratic in policies, but still very much democratic in theory. A middle-class ideology, really.

Examples
Techno-Tory Party (UK): The Techno-Tories are a very good example of cerebral conservatism and how it rose as a reaction to popularism. They're very much pro-synthesis rights as well, which is generally the rule.
Union of Democrats for the Republic (France): The UDR, in contrast to the Techno-Tories, is iffy about synthetic rights and is more vocal about secularism (laïcité). They're also rather more "liberal" on economic issues, arguing for lower tax.
Democratic Party (California): Although cerebral conservatism first rose in reaction to popularism, it does exist in countries without major popularism, like California. The Democrats are the party of the techno-companies of California.
Whig Party (NY): Rather like the sorta-popularist-but-not Progressives, the Whigs are sorta-cerebral-conservative-but-not. They advocate a sort of muddled-centrism that tends liberal on economics and is very much secular and pro-immigrant.

Manualism: A rural-based protest movement based around Agrarianism, Environmentalism and Anti-Synthesis Rights, it argues that technology is not always good and that humanity is making great risks for itself in its blind trust in technological advancement. It could be seen as the final evolution of environmentalism if you squint hard enough.

Examples
Union of Greens and Farmers (UK): The UGF is a prominent party that is growing in support as people grow disillusioned with the Techno-Tories and Nationals. They're rather hardline on the "distrust technological advancement" bit.
Revolutionary Party (France): The Revolutionaries in France are very much rooted in revolutionary symbolism, arguing that France needs a new republic, "one for the people!". Very much agrarianist and religious, although it despises the PPS.
National Party (Appalachia): The Nationals of Appalachia were once vaguely-popularist, mixing religion with interventionist economics, but now they're distinctly-manualist, hardening their stances. Although it's still rather moderate for a Manualist party.
Greens (Tasmania): The Tasmanian Greens are a good example of environmentalism's evolution from vaguely-left sustainability to rural-populism, which happened way after the Australian Greens collapsed at a national level.

Neo-Democratism: The latest form of liberalism, it argues for a "redefinition of democracy", seeing the failure of liberal democracy being based in its lack of 'connectedness' with the people. Neo-Dems advocate a local-based somewhat-direct democratic system responsive to the people, with a written Constitution preventing breaches of human rights.

Examples
Localist Alliance (France): The Localists aren't exactly 100% Neo-Democratist, but they broadly agree with its policies (although more from a localist point of view rather than a liberal one) and don't shy away from associations with it.
Flux (Western Australia): Western Australia under Flux was heading towards "neo-democracy", but the establishment sabotaged it, so they say. Neo-Democratists are split those days between Flux and Direct-Democratic Rally.
Faction inside Liberal Party (Canada): The Canadian Liberal Party is everything to everybody, but there still exists a faction that argues it should commit itself to "true liberalism" (i.e. neo-democratism). Time will tell if they succeed.
Faction inside National Party (UK): There do exist a neo-democratist faction inside the Techno-Tories, but the National one is more prominent, due to their emphasis on local-based solutions that appeal to neo-democratists.

Radicalism: 22nd century radicalism is the closest thing to "socialism" apart from explicit classical-leftism [which is seen in the same way as communism in the 21st century]. It argues for a "labour democracy" where democratic power is more at the economic bottom, i.e. with the working-class having more of a say than the wealthy.

Examples
Labor Party (Australia): The ALP has evolved much over its three hundred or so years, but radicalism is generally their ideology those days, arguing for a "people's Australia". There's elements of popularism there as well, but radicalism is more obvious.
Labor Party (California): The opposition to techno-corporate power in California ended up being the Labor Party, and they argues that the Democrats prioritise profit, not the people. Indeed, chants of "People Before Profit" are common at their rallies.
Alternative (UIS): The Farmer-Labor Party is a confusing mush of popularism and radicalism (and some manualism) that can be summed up as "Farmer-Labor Party". Alternative is the one true radical party in the UIS.
Most major "socialist" parties: Most major "socialist" or "social-democratic" parties have shifted to some form of radicalism as ideologies shifted, although there do exist classical-leftist holdouts that see radicalism as too soft or too hard.

Precariatism: Much feared by people for its hardline revolutionary stance, Precariatism argues that 22nd-century managed-capitalism is still screwing over the working-class and that radicalism is not enough, revolutionarism is needed. Uses Soviet aesthetic a lot and they are popular with edgy teens on the Nanonet, which is concerning to governments.

Examples
Radical Justice (Southern Republic): Due to an agreement with the Legion [their paramilitary organisation] the RJP is allowed to run freely in open elections, although they receive rather limited support.
A lot of banned parties elsewhere: Sufficient to say, precariatism prioritises "active" revolution, and thus often get banned when their supporters try to rise up against the government using violent means.

 

[Heliogabalus]

Factions in La Parlamento de la Eŭropa Federacio (AKA United Europe)

Socialdemokrata Partio
Ideology:
-Social democracy
-Keynesianism
-Social liberalism (majority)
-Democratic socialism (factions)
-Neo-liberalism (factions)
Political Position: Center-Left
Status: Major

Kristandemokrata Partio
Ideology:
-Christian democracy
-Liberal conservatism
-Social conservatism (majority)
Political Position: Center-Right
Status: Major

Naciisma Alianco*
Ideology:
-Right-wing populism
-Nationalism
-Regionalism
-Social conservatism
-Anti-globalization
-Anti-immigration
-Secessionism (factions)
-Anti-Islam (factions)
Political Position: Right to Far-Right
Status: Medium

Liberala Partio
Ideology:
-Classical liberalism
-Liberal conservatism
-Economic liberalism
-Right-libertarianism (factions)
Political Position: Center to Center-Right
Status: Medium

Progresemdemokrata Partio
Ideology:
-Progressivism
-Centrism
-Social liberalism
-Internationalism
-Political reform
Political Position: Center to Center-Left
Status: Medium

Radikalsocialista Partio
Ideology:
-Left-wing populism
-Democratic socialism
-Anti-capitalism
-Anti-globalization
-Anti-austerity
-Regionalism
-Communism (factions)
-Left-libertarianism (factions)
Political Position: Left to Far-Left
Status: Minor

Farmistaj Partio
Ideology:
-Agrarianism
-Populism
-Regionalism
-Social conservatism
-Green conservatism
Political Position: Center to Center-Right
Status: Minor

Verda-Pirata Partio
Ideology:
-Green politics
-Pirate politics
-Environmentalism
-Direct democracy
-Civil libertarianism
-Alter-globalization
-Political reform
-Techno-progressivism
-Eco-socialism (factions)
-Left-libertarianism (factions)
Political Position: N/A**
Status: Minor

*La Naciisma Alianco is not a united political party, but a parliamentary alliance of like-minded regional parties.
**La Verda-Pirata Partio sees itself as being outside of the traditional left-right spectrum. Nonetheless, analysts have typically classified it as being either a centrist or left-winged.

 

[ThatOneGuy]

Political Parties of The United States of America in 2017 AD.

Left Wing:

Peoples Rights Party (Peoples Democracy): Founded in 1969 after the collapse of the long struggling Democratic Party, it was an immediate success. Finding a willing audience in the disenfranchised factory workers of the Rust Belt it quickly expanded across the country. Now, with many youth taking an interest in the Party, many think that it has a chance at securing its second Presidency in 2020, after Al Gore ran for the party in 2000. However, many on the right liken the Party to Marxism-Leninsim that tore the Russian Empire to pieces after the Second Great War. While Party President and Former President Al Gore denies these claims only time will tell if it will effect the Party's polling numbers. It controls 93 seats in the House and 20 in the Senate.

The American Party (Social Democratic): Claiming to be the successor to the Democratic Party, it was founded after the Party tore itself apart in 1966 over the Indochina War. They have found a stronghold in the traditionally Democratic South, but has found competition with the PRP and other left leaning parties. It has an enrollment of a few million and is the smaller of the Democratic successor parties, not having the numbers to run in many national elections. It has had no presidents since its inception, however the Kennedys run the party as their own kingdom, only allowing their allies to advance and passing leadership from one to another when leaders are elected. This has drawn criticism from both sides however the Party seems reluctant or unable to change as Robert and John Kennedy's charisma is what got the party moving in the beginning. It is now lead by Senator Joseph P Kennedy III and pledges to run its first Presidential candidate since the 1980's in 2020. It controls 40 House seats and no Senate seats.

The New Democrats (Central Democratic): The closest thing the Left has to a centrist party it is the largest of the Leftist parties. It is used to bridge partisan gaps in the Government by both sides and runs the Union of the Left, a coalition of left-leaning parties (including the PRP and TAP until both parties left in 1994) to unite the Left against the more unified Right. Lead by Senator Barack Obama from Hawaii it is seen by many former Democrats, who haven't already chosen a party, as the only true successor to the Democratic Party and as such became the largest of the parties. It suffered a hit when its more left leaning factions split off into the PRP in 1966 but has recovered nicely. It has managed to hold onto many states in the South and a few in West (Oregon and California). It controls 60 House seats and 10 Senate seats and the current president Hillary Rodham is a New Democrat.

Right Wing:

American Freedom Party (Fascist): A party many on both sides of the isle pretend do not exist due to their overt and fanatical following of their leader Reverend Bradley Jenkins. They follow Mussolini's fascist doctrine outlined in The Doctrine of Fascism written by far right agitator Benito Mussolini in 1932, shortly before his death from heart failure. They have found only sparse support until the 2016 Election. Reports say their membership has been boosted by fears over a woman President. While they have no overt government officials following the party they have a sprinkling of state senators and representatives across the Nation, concentrated in the Deep South. They have a legit para-military arm in the KKK who guard meetings of the Party from outside intervention. This has lead to many arrests over alleged murders by KKK members particularly against minorities and homosexuals.

Republican Party (Conservatism): The Republicans have kept the right together while the left tore itself apart and has benefited greatly for it. They control both Houses of Congress with 256 seats in the House and 70 Senators. They also controlled the Presidency up until 2000 when the PRP elected Al Gore to the White House. However they still had Congress that they retook the WH until the 2016 elections. They are lead by John McCain who ran against Rodham in 2017, losing by 100,000 votes in one of the closest elections in US history. He has however pledged to work with Hillary to keep the nation moving, getting her Supreme Court pick Merrick Garland confirmed in a marathon Senate session. However, he has been facing a faction from his party lead by Senator Donald Trump that doesn't want to cooperate, and had condemned McCain many times.

 

[Sideways]

Dammit @Turquoise Blue out seems I have to hang out with the bigots. Thanks for that

 

[Sideways]

The Devon Stannary Parliament: 2017
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The Devon Stannary Parliament pre-dates the foundation of the Combined Regencies of England, Eire and the Protectorates by five hundred years which makes it the oldest continually serving legislative body in EEP. Originally established to protect the rights of tin miners, it grew in power during the English Civil War of the fifteenth century and survived the ensuing crises well. It's strength and wealth allowed it to weather the abolition of the English Parliament, King George's Wars of Conquest, disestablishment of the church, re-establishment of the church, and even the end of mining at Dartmoor. It now has jurisdiction over the area designated as the Dartmoor World Nature Reserve.

The parliament is made up of four constituencies (known as jurates) representing the old mining towns of Tavistock, Ashburton, Chagford and Plympton. Each elects 24 representatives. Given that Dartmoor has a population of just 24,000 this means that for every 250 residents, there is 1 representative. Given that elections are done by PR, this makes the Stannary Parliament the most representative legislature in the UK. Representatives to the Stannary Parliament are called Stannators.

The Chief Executive of the Stannary Parliament is called the Lord Warden of the Stannaries and is for some reason elected through an electoral college made up of the Devon and Cornwall Stannarates. Like the Prince Bishop of Durham, the Interfaith Synod Archbishop, the Governor General of the Antarctic Territories, Lord Mayor of Doggerland, and the President of Wales, the Lord Warden of the Stannaries is an honorary member of EEP's Executive Council. This means that she attends ceremonial occasions but is not present for day-to-day meetings.

Technically, the Stannary Parliament meets at Crockern Tor, an isolated outcropping of rocks deep in the moor where a stone table and shelter have been existed for time immemorial. Although day-to-day the government of the region takes place in Widecombe in the Moor.

Parties in the Stannary Parliament​

The Noble Party (Traditionalist): 23 Seats

The largest party in the parliament and head of the Government, the Noble Party has maintained its popularity in Dartmoor with both newly arrived retired people and the long-standing landed farmers. The Party tends to be represented by members of a few families. The last Noble government saw numerous appointments of these people into the House of Lords, which meant that some of the biggest names in Dartmoor politics abandoned the Stannarate. This has, ironically, been good news for the party locally as it has allowed a new generation to establish itself. The new Lord Warden - Kirsty Fox - is just 29, but in her three years as leader of the party in the region she has overseen a root and branch re-branding exercise that is attracting the attention of the national party. It is expected that she will be called away to London soon and that her younger sister Grace will take over from her.

Mebbian Dewnans (Devonian Nationalist): 17 Seats

A quite quixotic nationalist party that has no representation beyond Dartmoor aside from a single town Councillor in Totnes. MD are mostly concerned with increasing the power of the Stannary Parliament, expanding its influence over the whole of Dartmoor World Nature Reserve, fighting the Plymouth ring-road and removing the military training base from north Dartmoor. Devonian language teaching is technically also a key manifesto pledge. Though none of their representatives speak the language and only around 300 people in Dartmoor speak it fluently. Like the Nobles, the party's support is centred around a few powerful and long established families.

Ecology Party: 15 Seats

The Ecology Party is the main party advocating wildlife reintroduction and conservation over farming. It has a growing level of support among employees of the Global Conservation Organisation, families that rely on tourism, artists, and retired people. Since the party's recent surge in growth they have been pumping more and more resources into the area in the hope that in time it will give them control of a legislative body.

British Catholic Party: 11 Seats

Centred around Sion and Buckfast Abbeys, the BCP represents a very Conservative strain of thought in the Stannarate. The party has been declining nationally for decades, and the same is true in Devon. Particularly as their vote-share has been hurt by the resurgent Nobles. They are mostly concerned with resisting de-Christianisation, although they also have a strong environmentalist tradition.

Reform Party: 6 Seats

The Reform Party is currently the party of government in London, but they traditionally didn't compete in Dartmoor, favouring MD instead. Their appearance on the scene since the end of selection of stannators by jury has had very little impact. Their current leader, Alan Stevens, is typical of their voters: Exeter born, moved to the Stannarate to live in a farmhouse but still works elsewhere.The party has very few local footsoldiers and relies on immigrant tribal Reform voters to achieve any representation.

The English Racist Party: 6 Seats

Owe their relatively high level of popularity to anti-globalist feeling and the high levels of foreign visitors to the Stannarate. Their leader is currently under arrest for leading an attempt to burn down the Temple of the Many Names of God in Hexworthy.

Independent Stannators: 5 Seats

The Independent Stannator's Group is traditionally a very successful vaguely centre-right group made up of families not quite respected enough to get to be Noble Party candidates. They are still important to the Nobles as a necessary ideological ally.

Artist's Union: 4 Seats

A party made up of artists who have opted to move to the Stannarate to enjoy the pristine beauty of the region. Their primary policies are to do with limiting development, criticising the architecture of anything that is built, and increasing the amount of supplementary funding the Stannarate puts into art education.

Druid Party: 3 Seats

The Druid Party is centred around the Temple of the Many Names of God, although their leader represents North Devon. Her official name is The Goddess Aodwin and she has maintained a permanent prayer vigil around the Dartmoor military base for over a decade. The party has a flourishing youth wing based in Ashburton College who are trying to take the party in a more mainstream direction. It is not immediately obvious why they consider it worth the bother.

Civil Defence Anti-Nuclear Sustainability Direct Action People's Global Alliance Party (Dartmoor and Kernow Stannarates): 2 Seats

The CDANSDAPGAP (DKS) has been a constant presence in the Stannarate since the 60s, in the early 80s, they briefly formed the government of the Stannarate. But that was a long time ago and since then the rise of the Ecology Party has cut into their votes and robbed them of most of their sane members. Their only remaining footsoldiers are a few survivalist families who live in bunkers dotted around the moor. Their youth wing consists entirely of a pair of twin sisters who speak primarily old Devonian and live in a caravan. However, they still have two representatives who have been Stannators since 1977 and have sufficient local popularity to ensure that they keep getting elected.

Fred Smith Independent: 1 Seat

Was sent to jail for embezzlement, and is known to be a pervert and a letch yet still has enough local support to keep getting elected. Nobody really understands this.

The Radical Party: 1 Seat

Despite exceptional election results nationwide, the Radical Party has only managed to get one person elected in the Stannarate, Ruth (she doesn't believe in surnames) has the dubious honour of being the stannator elected on the smallest number of votes.

 

[KingCrawa]

I'm intrigued. I'd like to know more about the EEP.

 

[Sideways]

I'm intrigued. I'd like to know more about the EEP.

Glad to hear it, I am imagining a more globalist world. EEP is the product of an absolute monarch attempting a power grab over the British Isles at around the start of the Industrial Revolution, leading to a partial revolution. There isn't a monarch any more, but the regents still derive power from the Accession Council. It's a rather British British state, with lots of things that exist due to constitutional precedent, and agreements that have passed out of usefulness. I may revisit. It depends if I find something in it that could be fun.

Oh, and relevant to your brand, they have an elected inter-faith synod.

 

[Mumby]

Breaking Wind In The Palaces Of The Mighty

The British Imperial Federation (composed of the Dominions of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Newfoundland, South Africa, Southern Rhodesia and Ceylon as of 1948)

United Empire: Some might say the natural governing party of the Imperial Federation, seeing as they have won every presidential election between the foundation of the Imperial Federation in 1935 until last year. The party can generally be described as conservative, composed as it is of parties like the Conservative Party of Canada, the United Australia Party and most obviously the United Party of South Africa. However, they encompass a broad swathe of the ideological spectrum, and generally what unites the party is a commitment to the Imperial Constitution, parliamentary democracy and a general preference for capitalism over socialism. The party is currently undergoing a crisis as decolonisation has begun and the fate of non-white colonies within the Empire are in the air, and white supremacists, imperial unionists and liberal moderates are all clashing.

Labour Federation: More ideologically coherent than United Empire, the Labour Federation is formed over the numerous Labour Parties of the Dominions along with the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation of Canada. Labour has generally committed itself to the Imperial Constitution, though many in their number are republicans. They are the premier socialist party, and are currently attempting to establish socialist institutions across the Imperial Federation and remove the hypocrisies of colonial government but are coming up against considerable resistance in the imperial bureaucracy as well as unfriendly governments in some of the Dominions. Labour is also suffering its own ideological ructions between a republican left who would prefer to grant full independence to new non-white Dominions (and establish true democracy in Dominions like South Africa and Southern Rhodesia) and a patriotic right who would prefer to maintain the integrity of the Imperial Federation.

Nationalist List: The most heterogenous of the parties, they began life as little more than a front for the Afrikaans dominated National Party of South Africa but over the course of the Second World War, they have extended their grip to all of the other Dominions. They can broadly be described as a white supremacist party, in favour on maintaining the dominance of white Europeans within the Dominions and have decided the only way to maintain that is to bring an end to the necessarily multiracial Imperial Federation, pointing to the admittance of Ceylon and the debate over India's destiny as indicative of a trend toward the end of the white race's premier position in the former Empire.

The Peoples' Commonwealth of Great Britain

Labour: Perhaps the natural governing party of Great Britain, perhaps not. They have not led a government since the Maxton Ministry that ended 11 years ago. But Labour propped up the National Democratic minority government of the late forties and were a member of the National Government until two years ago. But many in the party and country feel Labour's purpose has been served. The key objects of Labour's desire have been achieved. The working class is firmly in the saddle and the institutions of the socialist state have been erected and held as sacrosanct. While it is hard to imagine Britain without Labour, it may be that the party's days are numbered.

National Democratic: The one survivor of National Government that went down in flames in the 1920s, the National Democrats have been on top now for over decade and show little sign of slowing down. They have positioned themselves as the party of the patriotic working-class, pragmatic in foreign policy and a safe pair of hands economically. While the Prime Minister can hardly be described as working class, he has over the last two years demonstrated his commitment to the revolutionary ideals upon which the party was established. Controversially however, he has extended feelers out to the Imperial Federation. If India becomes a republic but is allowed to remain within the Imperial Federation, then there is the possibility that Great Britain will be allowed to reunite with her former Dominions without having to re-establish the deeply unpopular former institution of the monarchy.

Radical Liberal: David Lloyd George got out of the National Government at just the right moment, and his Independent Liberals survived the ructions of the British Revolution. They declined during the 1930s, but in the fires of the Second World War, they filled the void that was left as the Populists declined. The Radical Liberals are opposed to the current consensus, in the sense that they are opposed to the managerial institutions of the socialist economy, calling for a devolution of power from central planning to local cooperatives and economic diversity.

Populist: The hard-right nationalist Peoples' League could not survive the British Revolution, but reformed as the Populists, they grew in the 1930s into a powerful third party that became a kingmaker. They earned their position on a heady cocktail of economic populism, opposition to any antagonism with the Europaverein, and anti-Semitic venom. The Second World War has burned them and they have shrivelled accordingly and have less than 10 seats in the Workers' House. Whether they can survive the decade is up in the air.

 

[Fletch]

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Fred Smith Independent: 1 Seat

Was sent to jail for embezzlement, and is known to be a pervert and a letch yet still has enough local support to keep getting elected. Nobody really understands this.

Fred is quite a lad.