List Political Parties of Alternate Countries
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But would you vote for him? I figure even with ridiculous levels of PR a system like this would throw up some Unaccountably Popular Local Blokes.
I figured with a POD sometime before the war of the roses, there's no reason that "Racist" would necessarily become a taboo word. The fact that they are actually assholes is by the by.
Sideways
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I don't think I would, but a few faces sprung to mind.
Galloway now confirmed as Freed Smith
God KNOWS who is a Devonian. And he KNOWS who is not, Let me point out to all the Devonian brothers and sisters what I stand for. I, Fred Smith, always eat scones the proper Devon way - cream first then jam. And I always have. Ask yourself if the CDANSDAPGAP candidate in this election can say that truthfully. I, Fred Smith, have fought for the Stannary at home and abroad, all my life, and paid a price for it. I, Fred Smith, hold the prize for the fattest pig at Widecombe Fair three years running.”
Bulldoggus
Banned
From a TL That May or May Not Ever Happen: America 2085
National-
Worker's Party- 293 Seats
Democratic Socialism, Political Christianity, Rural-Suburbanism, Arcologism, Isolationism, Social Cohesion (Official Platform)
Big Tent, Populism, Rural/Suburban Pork Barreling, Neofedralism (De Facto)
Leader- Dan Garza (AZ)
Liberal Party- 194 Seats
Social Disruption, Free Market, Political Secularism, Humanitarian Interventionism, Urbanization (Official Platform)
Big Tent, Technocracy, Urban Pork Barreling, Neofedralism (De Facto)
Leader- Claire Wong (WA)
Democratic-Republican Party- 77 Seats
Small Government, Neotraditionalism, Libertarianism, Arcologism, Isolationism, Transhumanism, Social Federalism (Official Platform)
Local Issues, Pork Barreling, Constant and Overwhelming Graft Even by 2085 Standards, Neofedralism (De Facto)
Leader- John Murray (AL)
Green Party- 51 Seats
Environmentalism, Anarcho-Primitivism, Arcologism, Anti-Corruption, Zero-Growth Economy, Political Atheism (official platform)
Ludditism, Woo, Pseudoscience, Crankery, Impotence (De Facto)
Leader- Gillian Clay (WA)
If/When I start this thing, I'll get into the regional parties and parliaments, where stuff besides porkbarrel and graft really happens.
National-
Worker's Party- 293 Seats
Democratic Socialism, Political Christianity, Rural-Suburbanism, Arcologism, Isolationism, Social Cohesion (Official Platform)
Big Tent, Populism, Rural/Suburban Pork Barreling, Neofedralism (De Facto)
Leader- Dan Garza (AZ)
Liberal Party- 194 Seats
Social Disruption, Free Market, Political Secularism, Humanitarian Interventionism, Urbanization (Official Platform)
Big Tent, Technocracy, Urban Pork Barreling, Neofedralism (De Facto)
Leader- Claire Wong (WA)
Democratic-Republican Party- 77 Seats
Small Government, Neotraditionalism, Libertarianism, Arcologism, Isolationism, Transhumanism, Social Federalism (Official Platform)
Local Issues, Pork Barreling, Constant and Overwhelming Graft Even by 2085 Standards, Neofedralism (De Facto)
Leader- John Murray (AL)
Green Party- 51 Seats
Environmentalism, Anarcho-Primitivism, Arcologism, Anti-Corruption, Zero-Growth Economy, Political Atheism (official platform)
Ludditism, Woo, Pseudoscience, Crankery, Impotence (De Facto)
Leader- Gillian Clay (WA)
If/When I start this thing, I'll get into the regional parties and parliaments, where stuff besides porkbarrel and graft really happens.
For my "War of Unian Succesion" infoboxes - Political parties of the Estates-General of the United States of America
Background - "New Capitalism" or People's Capitalism basically makes corporations like the United States in miniature - the shareholders and workers vote like houses of a congress and the owners are like the executive. Weird side effect- welfare is mostly handled by employers, so the welfare state is vestigial. Congress is now the Estates General, additionally divided into ten blocs which are basically representing of tax brackets, with the First Estate being well below the poverty line and Tenth Estate being the ultra-rich.
Libertarian Party:"Estates Five and Up"
Very socially liberal, though opposes Affirmative Action on ideological grounds. Fiscally conservative, but has pivoted slightly towards the center in recent years. Successfully abolished income tax a few years ago, now fracturing over whether to privatize policing. Can count on the support of Estates six through nine on fiscal policy alone, though some of the ultra-socially-reactionary elites in the Tenth Estate vote Democratic out of sheer spite. Multicultural, anti-sexist and anti-racist, radicals in the party want to abolish American borders altogether. Have been wholeheartedly behind New Capitalism from the start, because it meant they get to cut the welfare state. Anti-corruption theoretically, though money is starting to talk more than the voters in some districts.
Democratic Party: "Five Below (For Jim Crow)"
Socially liberal in the north, a Klansman's wet dream in the south. By some divine providence, Dixiecrats did not split the party. New Deal-ier than ever, now teetering on whether to champion radical wealth distribution. Can count on the "five below" lower-class estates (or at least the whites thereof) for support due to legacy. Fabulously corrupt.
Republican Party: "Wait, these guys still exist?"
The Libertarian party filled their fiscal spot on the spectrum, and most social and economic conservatives grit their teeth and vote Democratic. Don't count them out completely yet, though- they've decided to bank on the tagline "the Party of Lincoln" and fight hard for black issues, which is winning them support in the minority-dominated second through fourth Estates.
Background - "New Capitalism" or People's Capitalism basically makes corporations like the United States in miniature - the shareholders and workers vote like houses of a congress and the owners are like the executive. Weird side effect- welfare is mostly handled by employers, so the welfare state is vestigial. Congress is now the Estates General, additionally divided into ten blocs which are basically representing of tax brackets, with the First Estate being well below the poverty line and Tenth Estate being the ultra-rich.
Libertarian Party:"Estates Five and Up"
Very socially liberal, though opposes Affirmative Action on ideological grounds. Fiscally conservative, but has pivoted slightly towards the center in recent years. Successfully abolished income tax a few years ago, now fracturing over whether to privatize policing. Can count on the support of Estates six through nine on fiscal policy alone, though some of the ultra-socially-reactionary elites in the Tenth Estate vote Democratic out of sheer spite. Multicultural, anti-sexist and anti-racist, radicals in the party want to abolish American borders altogether. Have been wholeheartedly behind New Capitalism from the start, because it meant they get to cut the welfare state. Anti-corruption theoretically, though money is starting to talk more than the voters in some districts.
Democratic Party: "Five Below (For Jim Crow)"
Socially liberal in the north, a Klansman's wet dream in the south. By some divine providence, Dixiecrats did not split the party. New Deal-ier than ever, now teetering on whether to champion radical wealth distribution. Can count on the "five below" lower-class estates (or at least the whites thereof) for support due to legacy. Fabulously corrupt.
Republican Party: "Wait, these guys still exist?"
The Libertarian party filled their fiscal spot on the spectrum, and most social and economic conservatives grit their teeth and vote Democratic. Don't count them out completely yet, though- they've decided to bank on the tagline "the Party of Lincoln" and fight hard for black issues, which is winning them support in the minority-dominated second through fourth Estates.
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Bulldoggus
Banned
The Regional Parties (the ones that hold the real power in these matters, dontcha know) range widely on both those things, from totally ignoring both (Cascadia), to hardline belief in and implementation of both (New England).
The Divided States of America
First of all, I’m going to go ahead and admit that this scenario is highly implausible and that I probably ignored a lot of butterflies. That being said, a much worse Civil War results in a Confederacy comprising of the entire slaveholding South. Either in the chaos during/after the Civil War or simply due to the butterflies that follow, more areas secede: the city-state of New York, the British Commonwealth Realm of New England, the Mormon State of Deseret, and California (which includes much of the Oregon territory). The resulting United States mainly consists of the Midwest and Rustbelt.
By modern day, the United States, New York, New England, and California are fairly well-off; the Confederacy eventually implemented racial equality, largely due to international pressure, but open racism is still commonplace and the country has a very poor economy; and Deseret is, well… Deseret.
United States of America
Federal Presidential Republic based in Chicago
First-past-the-post voting
Socialist Party
Big tent, conservatism, populism
The USA’s politics can be confusing to newcomers, not least because its main right-wing party is called the Socialist Party. The party did start out as a democratic socialist organization in the late 1800s, but as it grew in prominence, it gradually started to moderate its message, and in the process that comes with political realignment, its socialist message evolved into nonideological populism and it slowly became friendlier to business interests, until the point came in the 1980s that the Socialists indisputably stood as the nation’s conservative party. Due to the big-tent nature of United States politics, each party is ideologically eclectic and has radically different branches across the nation, allowing them to be competitive with each other in many different constituencies. In Dakota, the Socialists appeal to conservative Natives and are friendly to social welfare, except of course when they’re supporting oil companies; in the breadbasket, they are traditionalist agrarians; in the Great Lakes region, they adopt a more pro-worker populist stance; and in the Atlantic coast, they are highly pro-business and tend to be more socially liberal.
Liberal Party
Big tent, liberalism, social democracy
Founded as a moderate party in the early 1900s to combat the growing influence of the Socialists, the Liberal Party has evolved into the Union’s center-to-center-left party. Like the Socialists, the Liberals are very big-tent. They tend to be economic populists and social moderates in the western half of the country, and in the east they agree on social liberalism, but on economics they range from moderate liberals that can attack populist Socialists from the right to social democrats that take them on from the left.
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Confederate States of America
Federal Presidential Republic based in Washington D.C.
First-past-the-post voting with occasional use of electoral fusion
Democratic Party
National conservatism, fiscal conservatism
Taking the nominal mantle of party of Jackson and Davis, there has almost always been some variation of the Democratic Party in Dixie (except, of course, in that early period when politicians attempted to stay non-partisan). This particular one was formed in 1927 as a merger of the Heritage and Yeoman Parties, and by the 1960s it held the Confederacy in a dominant-party system. Originally controlled by white supremacists, it nonetheless conformed to intense international pressure and passed a controversial (among certain circles) law the late 1980s that ended racial segregation throughout the nation. However, the party is still rigidly traditionalist and unafraid to court racists, and holds conservative, pro-business economic policies. Whether the Democrats focus on social or fiscal policy depends on whether the constituency consists of lower-class conservatives or middle-class moderates.
Natural Rights Party
Populism, social democracy, social Christianity, social conservatism, civil rights
Founded in the mid-1900s to promote racial equality, the Natural Rights Party has skyrocketed in support since the end of segregation. While the Democrats reluctantly pass laws banning discrimination, the NRP actively enforces them. Having the guaranteed support of blacks and other minorities, it also uses populist policies to appeal to lower-class whites dissatisfied with the Democratic Party’s focus on big business over the common man. However, reflecting on the religious and traditionalist nature of its key demographics, the Natural Rights Party is conservative on social issues and frequently connects its left-wing economic policies with Christian teachings.
Dixie Freedom Party
Right-libertarianism, paleoconservatism, social conservatism, states’ rights
Founded as a fringe party disappointed by the Democrats’ abandonment of key Confederate values (which it insistently refers to as “states’ rights” rather than racism), the Dixie Freedom Party has gained prominence in recent years. With its new base of disgruntled, lower-class racist whites that dislike the two main parties, the Freedom Party has slowly started to abandon its libertarian roots to adopt populist economic policies on a state level (of course, doing such a thing on a national level would be federal tyranny). It has also made effective use of electoral fusion to promote Democratic candidates that are friendly to its interests.
Social Justice Party
Progressivism, social liberalism, secularism, civil rights
With all these conservative and populist parties, there must be some place for the notable minority of liberals in the South need somewhere to go. This is what the founders of the Social Justice Party had in mind when they founded the party in 1994. Primarily appealing to well-educated urban whites and middle-class minorities, it has strongholds in Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina, along with other places scattered throughout the Confederacy, and has managed to get a few of its members elected into Congress. However, past that, its most effective method of promoting its policies is cross-nominating liberal Natural Rights candidates. It is the only party that supports abortion and affirms that religion should have no part in governance, while on economic issues it mainly appeals to the interests of its middle-class constituents, holding moderately pro-business, center-to-center-left views. Given its discrepancy with the other parties, there is a small movement among the party for the liberal parts of the Upper South to rejoin the Union.
Lone Star National Party
Texan independence, populism
Texas is the largest state and strongest economy in the Confederacy, and the Lone Star National Party thinks that it would be better off without the rest of the country holding it back. On more specific issues, it tends to be rather vague, with its appeal reaching to both hardcore conservative libertarians upset over federal tyranny and moderates who think independence will boost Texas’s economy. Its greatest achievement was electing an eccentric billionaire as governor in the 1990s; the state legislature, which has never been particularly sympathetic to secession, agreed to hold a referendum on independence that failed 57%-43%. This put a permanent block on the Lone Star Party’s momentum, but secessionist sediment is still strong among a vocal minority of Texans.
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Free City of New York
Unitary Presidential Republic based in New York City
Instant runoff voting with extremely heavy use of electoral fusion
Progressive Party
Progressivism, social democracy
Founded in the early 1900s to fight big business and protect the rights of the common man, the Progressive Party has since expanded to guaranteeing affordable housing, public education, and other social democratic policies. However, being an “establishment” party, it has often been accused of being corrupt and overly-moderate.
Conservative Party
Fiscal conservatism, economic liberalism
One of city-state’s earliest political parties, the Conservatives are seen as the party of Wall Street, advocating for pro-business and limited government (except, of course, when the banks need a bailout) policies. In order to stay electorally viable, they tend to tone-down some of their extreme laisses-faire beliefs and portray themselves as the party of economic growth and stability.
Good Governance Party
Technocracy, centrism, fiscal conservatism, free trade, anti-corruption
A relative newcomer that has taken its place among the city’s major parties, the Good Governance Party vaguely promises to bring efficient, nonideological leadership to the city. In general, it supports fiscal responsibility and a balanced budget, free trade agreements, and somewhat paradoxically calls for both experienced leadership and an end to the corrupt political establishment.
NYC Independence Party
Right-populism, protectionism
Founded in the 1980s, the NYC Independence Party is radically different from the other notable parties; protectionist, populist, anti-immigration, culturally conservative, and anti-establishment. The party is extremely unpopular among most New Yorkers, but it maintains a large enough base, particularly in Staten Island, to stay relevant.
Workers’ Party
Pro-labor, social democracy, democratic socialism, left-populism
Originating as a socialist party, the Workers’ Party gradually evolved into a single-issue pro-labor party that mainly served as an appendage of the Progressives. However, in recent years, it has returned to its roots to pressure the Populists from the left, though it still keeps a large focus on the issue of labor.
Libertarian Party
Left-libertarianism, left-populism, egalitarianism
Seeing itself as an extension of “true libertarian” principles in New York City dating back to Anti-Rent War, the Libertarian Party seeks to gradually create an egalitarian, minarchist society, essentially turning the city into a commune. In order to attract more voters, it often focuses on more populist policies rather than this long-term goal, also attracting many far-left voters dissatisfied by the Workers’ Party’s perceived ideological impurity by putting pragmatic solutions above socialist principles.
Free City Party
Right-libertarianism, minarchism
In the 1970s, when right-libertarians found out that the name was taken, they decided to use the city-states’ official name to their advantage, holding a vision similar to the Libertarian Party, just replace the “everyone is equal” part with “survival of the fittest.” As this vision is unlikely to be achieved anytime soon, the Free City Party mainly works with the Conservatives to privatize as many government programs as possible and with the Civil Liberties Party to legalize as many elicit substances as possible.
Rent Is Too Damn High Party
Populism, social welfare, anti-tax
Everyone’s favorite semi-frivolous party, the Rent is Too Damn High Party is notable for its pragmatic, nonideological populism, doing the seemingly impossible by getting along rather well with the Independence, Workers’ and Libertarian Parties. It will do virtually whatever it takes to take the economic burden off of New York’s citizens, a task that is much more complicated than any of its members realize.
Social Tolerance Party
Social liberalism, feminism, LGBT rights
Getting to the single-issue parties – which almost always take advantage of electoral fusion to endorse another party’s candidate – the Social Tolerance Party originated from the early-1900s Gender Equity Party. In the 1990s, the party decided to incorporate other social liberal causes to form the Social Tolerance Party, seeking to end discrimination in all areas of life.
Family Values Party
Social conservatism, anti-abortion
The opponent of the STP also has a long history, ironically finding its roots in the Tolerance Party, founded to support Catholic and immigrant (particularly Irish-American) rights. As anti-Catholic nativism slowly faded in the 1900s, the Tolerance Party found itself at somewhat of a loss, and its socially-minded methods created the Sanctity of Life Party to oppose abortion. This eventually evolved into the general socially conservative, non-explicitly religious Family Values Party. Knowing that many of their goals are unattainable in the socially liberal city, party members have found themselves forced to compromise – rather than banning abortion outright, they simply seek to reduce funds to abortion providers; rather than banning all sex-ed besides “wait until marriage,” they simply seek to “highlight the importance” of abstinence education.
Law and Order Party
Anti-crime, deterrence, anti-drug
A natural ally of the Independence and Family Values Parties, the Law and Order Party is based on “tough on crime” policies, namely pushing harsh prison sentences for virtually any crime and allowing the police great liberty in solving and preventing crime. The Party has often been accused of racism – as minorities typically suffer most from these policies – and of violating civil liberties.
Equal Rights Party
Minority rights
Founded to support the rights of the city’s black and Hispanic minorities, the Equal Rights Party opted not to join the Social Tolerance Party, seeing its issues as distinct from women’s and LGBT rights. It advocates for affirmative action, prison reform, and increased social programs in minority neighborhoods; opposes gentrification; and is naturally not on good terms with the Law and Order Party.
Civil Liberties Party
Civil libertarianism
The final part of a triumvirate with the Social Tolerance and Equal Rights Parties, the Civil Liberties Party focuses on ensuring negative liberties (not to say that it necessarily opposes positive liberties) whereas the others focus on identity politics. Free speech, privacy, anti-discrimination, prisoners’ rights, and, of course, the legalization of recreational cannabis all fall under the CLP’s banner. Naturally, it also tends to find itself opposing the Law and Order Party.
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Commonwealth of New England
Unitary Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy based in Boston
First-past-the-post voting
Whig Party
Liberalism, fiscal conservatism
As the “natural governing party of New England” (although they’ve spent more time in opposition over the last decade), the Whigs are a centerpiece of the country’s politics. The party is traditionally moderate, focusing on fiscal responsibility and economic growth while being unafraid to expand social programs when necessary, and takes a liberal stance on social policy. There is also a notable right-libertarian faction that has tried several times to form its own party, but found little electoral success.
Labour Party
Social democracy
Started as a socialist working-class party in the early 1900s, Labour has since evolved into a general-purposes social democratic party. The party is credited with the expansion of the New England welfare state in the the mid-to-late 1900s, including programs such as universal healthcare. On social issues, the Labour Party is primarily liberal on par with the Whigs, with a slightly larger focus on environmentalism.
National Party
Conservatism, right-populism
Founded in the 1970s by more conservative former Whigs, the National Party has its base in rural New Hampshire and Maine. The only party that takes a solidly social conservative stance, it additionally denounces the socialism of Whig and Labour while also supporting some populist policies itself. New England has a small non-white population, but Nationalist politicians go seemingly out of their way to make offensive statements towards them, something that has not helped the party widen its base.
New England Independence Party
Republicanism, democratic socialism, left-wing nationalism, left-populism, left-libertarianism, environmentalism
There are factions within the other parties that advocate leaving the British Commonwealth and becoming a republic, but the New England Independence Party is by far the largest party that makes this the central part of its platform. Originally formed as around this single issue in the 1960s, the NEIP morphed into the main left-wing challenger to the Labour Party, pushing for left-libertarian socialist policies and taking a libertine approach to social issues that has led it to be labelled the “pot and pornography party.”
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Third California Republic
Federal Semi-Presidential Republic based in Sacramento
Mixed-member proportional representation
Civic Alliance
Liberalism, progressivism, social democracy
When the Second California Republic (the first, of course, having only existed briefly in 1846) fell to dictatorship under the Ursus California Party, it was the Civic Alliance that led the fight against tyranny and presided over the formation of the Third California Republic in 1949. Originally a moderate liberal party, the party moved sharply to the left in the decades following its formation, though there are still a large number of leftists who will proclaim that the Civic Alliance is no different from the Democratic Unity Party, if only because of not-unsubstantial accusations of corruption an its somewhat interventionist foreign policy.
Democratic Unity Party
Liberal conservatism
The second-oldest active party, founded soon after the formation of the Third Republic, the Democratic Unity Party has managed to maintain a large, center-right alliance over the years. Led by socially moderate, fiscally conservative, pro-business politicians, it also occasionally introduces socially conservative, “tough on crime,” and/or hawkish policies whenever it fits the mood of the electorate. This ensures the establishment conservative party always carries a fairly large swath of the electorate and has also made it the bogeyman of left-wing activists everywhere.
Future Party
Technocracy, social liberalism, fiscal conservatism, techno-progressivism, environmentalism
A relatively new party that is taking much of the youth and moderate votes, the Future Party largely represents the tech industry in California and seeks to start a new technocratic, socially liberal, fiscally conservative movement. It espouses some right-libertarian principles, but also holds that the government should have an active role in promoting technology and infrastructure and protecting the environment, among other endeavors. Of course, hardcore leftists simply see the Future Party and its talk of “ethical capitalism” as another part of the corporatist conspiracy.
Humanist Party
Democratic socialism, social liberalism, environmentalism, anti-war, feminism
Founded in 1973 as a merger of several left-wing parties, the Humanist Party is an alliance of socialist, environmentalist, anti-war, feminist, LGBT, and minority rights activists that seek to take on the Civic Alliance from the left. It has typically relied on the support of students and middle-class leftists, though these demographics are under threat from the Future and Earth First Parties, and the party has been criticized for putting ideology above evidence and pragmatism.
Earth First Party
Environmentalism, eco-socialism, social liberalism
A newer party with an even larger focus on environmentalism than the Humanist Party, the Earth First Party seems to do better in Cascadia whereas the Humanists perform well in the southern areas that make up the traditional borders of California. Being even more socially liberal, environmentalist, nonviolent, and socialist, the Earth First Party is often seen as the epitome of the “crazy” left that pushes ideology over facts and often partakes in conspiracy theories about big business, foreign intervention, GMOs, nuclear energy, and anything else it dislikes.
Radical Democracy Party
Left-libertarianism, left-populism, direct democracy
The Radical Democracy Party has its roots in the Citizens’ Revolutionary Front, a socialist group that organized violent resistance to the Ursus California government in the 1930s and 40s. Dominated by Old Left socialists, it chose not to join the student-dominated Humanist Party in the 1970s, but has been a close ally of it in parliament. As its name loosely implies, the Radical Democracy Party is focused on left-libertarian, direct democracy that will supposedly let proletarian voices be heard loudest.
Liberty Party
Paleoconservatism, right-libertarianism right-populism, social conservatism, anti-immigration
There is a notable demographic that Democratic Unity Party has found hard to (or, in some cases, has refused to) appeal to, and that is the hard-right, heavily traditionalists, and anti-government voters that make up the Liberty Party. Taking stances that have virtually no hope of being implemented in liberal California, it nonetheless finds itself a solid base that has been stereotyped as vigilante militiamen, disgruntled ranchers, and neoreactionary teenagers seeking to restore Ursus California.
Chicano Rights Party
Hispanic interests, pro-immigration, social conservatism
The Chicano Rights Party was founded in the 1960s to promote the interests of the country’s large Hispanic minority. The name has been of major controversy ever since the party was founded, as the word “Chicano” has historically been derogatory and only refers to those of Mexican descent, but, while there has been much discussion, it has yet to be changed. The party primarily advocates for immigrants’ rights and increase funding for social welfare and education programs. On social issues, it takes a more traditionalist stance, reflective of the strong Catholicism of its constituency.
Pirate Sex Party
Civil libertarianism, progressivism, sex-positivism, freedom of information
Created in 2013 as a merger of several smaller groups, the Pirate Sex Party was formed with the goal of having the most eye-catching name possible. The PSP is clear about its stance on social issues, wanting to remove virtually all government censorship and surveillance, ensure net neutrality, and decriminalize many narcotics, but it has no coherent economic views, wanting less government in theory but unable to find a way to implement this without cutting important social programs. This, along with the vocal minority of members that take its civil libertarian message to a “three-year olds should be able to inject heroin without parent supervision” levels of extreme, has limited the Pirate Sex Party’s appeal to voters.
Conservation Party
Environmentalism, social conservatism, distributism
The Conservation Party puts the conserve in conservative. Mixing environmentalist stances with traditionalist social views, the Conservation Party is rather quaint when it is not espousing primitivist and reactionary conspiracy theories. Its idiosyncratic economic views, which mix environmental sustainability with communitarianism, can be best described as distributionist.
Anti-Speciesism Party
Animal liberation
Yet another environmentally-themed party, the Anti-Speciesism Party is focused on the welfare of animals, and split off from the Earth First Party over its tendency to put the wellbeing of the environment above that of individual animals; for example, calling for the extermination of invasive species. One would expect such a party to be on the absolute fringe, but the Anti-Speciesists have somehow won seats in parliament.
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State of Deseret
Unitary Presidential Republic based in Salt Lake City
First-past-the-post voting
People’s Party
Theodemocracy, distributism, paternalism, social conservatism
The People’s Party has dominated Deseret’s politics for the entirety of its existence, representing the mainstream of the Church of Latter Day Saints. It has molded the nation’s “theodemocratic” government structure – which officially works like a normal representative republic, but is de facto influenced heavily by the Mormon Church – along with Deseret’s somewhat primitive and underdeveloped economic system, which is often classified as distributionist, although the People’s Party prefers not to use such a Catholic-associated word.
Republican Party
Centrism, fiscal conservatism, economic liberalism, reformism
The Republican Party was founded in the 1950s by more liberal Mormons and has since stood as the strongest opposition to the People’s Party in Deseret’s history. Focusing on economic issues, the Republicans seek to modernize the nation’s economy and adopt more capitalist, pro-business practices to spur growth. Mainly consisting of well-educated urbanites, they also tend to be more secular and tolerant of minorities and “deviant behavior,” but tend not to include this in the platform as to broaden their appeal.
Honeybee Party
Theodemocracy, paleoconservatism, Mormon fundamentalism
Attacking the People’s Party on their own turf is the Honeybee Party (honeybee, of course, being the supposed meaning of the word “deseret” in the ancient language of the Jaredites). The party holds that Mormonism has become too liberal and needs to return to its roots (though, they avoid being too harsh in their rhetoric against the church, as not to be excommunicated). They are sometimes jokingly called the “polygamite party” by outsiders, referring to their ardent defense of the practice.
First of all, I’m going to go ahead and admit that this scenario is highly implausible and that I probably ignored a lot of butterflies. That being said, a much worse Civil War results in a Confederacy comprising of the entire slaveholding South. Either in the chaos during/after the Civil War or simply due to the butterflies that follow, more areas secede: the city-state of New York, the British Commonwealth Realm of New England, the Mormon State of Deseret, and California (which includes much of the Oregon territory). The resulting United States mainly consists of the Midwest and Rustbelt.
By modern day, the United States, New York, New England, and California are fairly well-off; the Confederacy eventually implemented racial equality, largely due to international pressure, but open racism is still commonplace and the country has a very poor economy; and Deseret is, well… Deseret.
United States of America
Federal Presidential Republic based in Chicago
First-past-the-post voting
Socialist Party
Big tent, conservatism, populism
The USA’s politics can be confusing to newcomers, not least because its main right-wing party is called the Socialist Party. The party did start out as a democratic socialist organization in the late 1800s, but as it grew in prominence, it gradually started to moderate its message, and in the process that comes with political realignment, its socialist message evolved into nonideological populism and it slowly became friendlier to business interests, until the point came in the 1980s that the Socialists indisputably stood as the nation’s conservative party. Due to the big-tent nature of United States politics, each party is ideologically eclectic and has radically different branches across the nation, allowing them to be competitive with each other in many different constituencies. In Dakota, the Socialists appeal to conservative Natives and are friendly to social welfare, except of course when they’re supporting oil companies; in the breadbasket, they are traditionalist agrarians; in the Great Lakes region, they adopt a more pro-worker populist stance; and in the Atlantic coast, they are highly pro-business and tend to be more socially liberal.
Liberal Party
Big tent, liberalism, social democracy
Founded as a moderate party in the early 1900s to combat the growing influence of the Socialists, the Liberal Party has evolved into the Union’s center-to-center-left party. Like the Socialists, the Liberals are very big-tent. They tend to be economic populists and social moderates in the western half of the country, and in the east they agree on social liberalism, but on economics they range from moderate liberals that can attack populist Socialists from the right to social democrats that take them on from the left.
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Confederate States of America
Federal Presidential Republic based in Washington D.C.
First-past-the-post voting with occasional use of electoral fusion
Democratic Party
National conservatism, fiscal conservatism
Taking the nominal mantle of party of Jackson and Davis, there has almost always been some variation of the Democratic Party in Dixie (except, of course, in that early period when politicians attempted to stay non-partisan). This particular one was formed in 1927 as a merger of the Heritage and Yeoman Parties, and by the 1960s it held the Confederacy in a dominant-party system. Originally controlled by white supremacists, it nonetheless conformed to intense international pressure and passed a controversial (among certain circles) law the late 1980s that ended racial segregation throughout the nation. However, the party is still rigidly traditionalist and unafraid to court racists, and holds conservative, pro-business economic policies. Whether the Democrats focus on social or fiscal policy depends on whether the constituency consists of lower-class conservatives or middle-class moderates.
Natural Rights Party
Populism, social democracy, social Christianity, social conservatism, civil rights
Founded in the mid-1900s to promote racial equality, the Natural Rights Party has skyrocketed in support since the end of segregation. While the Democrats reluctantly pass laws banning discrimination, the NRP actively enforces them. Having the guaranteed support of blacks and other minorities, it also uses populist policies to appeal to lower-class whites dissatisfied with the Democratic Party’s focus on big business over the common man. However, reflecting on the religious and traditionalist nature of its key demographics, the Natural Rights Party is conservative on social issues and frequently connects its left-wing economic policies with Christian teachings.
Dixie Freedom Party
Right-libertarianism, paleoconservatism, social conservatism, states’ rights
Founded as a fringe party disappointed by the Democrats’ abandonment of key Confederate values (which it insistently refers to as “states’ rights” rather than racism), the Dixie Freedom Party has gained prominence in recent years. With its new base of disgruntled, lower-class racist whites that dislike the two main parties, the Freedom Party has slowly started to abandon its libertarian roots to adopt populist economic policies on a state level (of course, doing such a thing on a national level would be federal tyranny). It has also made effective use of electoral fusion to promote Democratic candidates that are friendly to its interests.
Social Justice Party
Progressivism, social liberalism, secularism, civil rights
With all these conservative and populist parties, there must be some place for the notable minority of liberals in the South need somewhere to go. This is what the founders of the Social Justice Party had in mind when they founded the party in 1994. Primarily appealing to well-educated urban whites and middle-class minorities, it has strongholds in Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina, along with other places scattered throughout the Confederacy, and has managed to get a few of its members elected into Congress. However, past that, its most effective method of promoting its policies is cross-nominating liberal Natural Rights candidates. It is the only party that supports abortion and affirms that religion should have no part in governance, while on economic issues it mainly appeals to the interests of its middle-class constituents, holding moderately pro-business, center-to-center-left views. Given its discrepancy with the other parties, there is a small movement among the party for the liberal parts of the Upper South to rejoin the Union.
Lone Star National Party
Texan independence, populism
Texas is the largest state and strongest economy in the Confederacy, and the Lone Star National Party thinks that it would be better off without the rest of the country holding it back. On more specific issues, it tends to be rather vague, with its appeal reaching to both hardcore conservative libertarians upset over federal tyranny and moderates who think independence will boost Texas’s economy. Its greatest achievement was electing an eccentric billionaire as governor in the 1990s; the state legislature, which has never been particularly sympathetic to secession, agreed to hold a referendum on independence that failed 57%-43%. This put a permanent block on the Lone Star Party’s momentum, but secessionist sediment is still strong among a vocal minority of Texans.
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Free City of New York
Unitary Presidential Republic based in New York City
Instant runoff voting with extremely heavy use of electoral fusion
Progressive Party
Progressivism, social democracy
Founded in the early 1900s to fight big business and protect the rights of the common man, the Progressive Party has since expanded to guaranteeing affordable housing, public education, and other social democratic policies. However, being an “establishment” party, it has often been accused of being corrupt and overly-moderate.
Conservative Party
Fiscal conservatism, economic liberalism
One of city-state’s earliest political parties, the Conservatives are seen as the party of Wall Street, advocating for pro-business and limited government (except, of course, when the banks need a bailout) policies. In order to stay electorally viable, they tend to tone-down some of their extreme laisses-faire beliefs and portray themselves as the party of economic growth and stability.
Good Governance Party
Technocracy, centrism, fiscal conservatism, free trade, anti-corruption
A relative newcomer that has taken its place among the city’s major parties, the Good Governance Party vaguely promises to bring efficient, nonideological leadership to the city. In general, it supports fiscal responsibility and a balanced budget, free trade agreements, and somewhat paradoxically calls for both experienced leadership and an end to the corrupt political establishment.
NYC Independence Party
Right-populism, protectionism
Founded in the 1980s, the NYC Independence Party is radically different from the other notable parties; protectionist, populist, anti-immigration, culturally conservative, and anti-establishment. The party is extremely unpopular among most New Yorkers, but it maintains a large enough base, particularly in Staten Island, to stay relevant.
Workers’ Party
Pro-labor, social democracy, democratic socialism, left-populism
Originating as a socialist party, the Workers’ Party gradually evolved into a single-issue pro-labor party that mainly served as an appendage of the Progressives. However, in recent years, it has returned to its roots to pressure the Populists from the left, though it still keeps a large focus on the issue of labor.
Libertarian Party
Left-libertarianism, left-populism, egalitarianism
Seeing itself as an extension of “true libertarian” principles in New York City dating back to Anti-Rent War, the Libertarian Party seeks to gradually create an egalitarian, minarchist society, essentially turning the city into a commune. In order to attract more voters, it often focuses on more populist policies rather than this long-term goal, also attracting many far-left voters dissatisfied by the Workers’ Party’s perceived ideological impurity by putting pragmatic solutions above socialist principles.
Free City Party
Right-libertarianism, minarchism
In the 1970s, when right-libertarians found out that the name was taken, they decided to use the city-states’ official name to their advantage, holding a vision similar to the Libertarian Party, just replace the “everyone is equal” part with “survival of the fittest.” As this vision is unlikely to be achieved anytime soon, the Free City Party mainly works with the Conservatives to privatize as many government programs as possible and with the Civil Liberties Party to legalize as many elicit substances as possible.
Rent Is Too Damn High Party
Populism, social welfare, anti-tax
Everyone’s favorite semi-frivolous party, the Rent is Too Damn High Party is notable for its pragmatic, nonideological populism, doing the seemingly impossible by getting along rather well with the Independence, Workers’ and Libertarian Parties. It will do virtually whatever it takes to take the economic burden off of New York’s citizens, a task that is much more complicated than any of its members realize.
Social Tolerance Party
Social liberalism, feminism, LGBT rights
Getting to the single-issue parties – which almost always take advantage of electoral fusion to endorse another party’s candidate – the Social Tolerance Party originated from the early-1900s Gender Equity Party. In the 1990s, the party decided to incorporate other social liberal causes to form the Social Tolerance Party, seeking to end discrimination in all areas of life.
Family Values Party
Social conservatism, anti-abortion
The opponent of the STP also has a long history, ironically finding its roots in the Tolerance Party, founded to support Catholic and immigrant (particularly Irish-American) rights. As anti-Catholic nativism slowly faded in the 1900s, the Tolerance Party found itself at somewhat of a loss, and its socially-minded methods created the Sanctity of Life Party to oppose abortion. This eventually evolved into the general socially conservative, non-explicitly religious Family Values Party. Knowing that many of their goals are unattainable in the socially liberal city, party members have found themselves forced to compromise – rather than banning abortion outright, they simply seek to reduce funds to abortion providers; rather than banning all sex-ed besides “wait until marriage,” they simply seek to “highlight the importance” of abstinence education.
Law and Order Party
Anti-crime, deterrence, anti-drug
A natural ally of the Independence and Family Values Parties, the Law and Order Party is based on “tough on crime” policies, namely pushing harsh prison sentences for virtually any crime and allowing the police great liberty in solving and preventing crime. The Party has often been accused of racism – as minorities typically suffer most from these policies – and of violating civil liberties.
Equal Rights Party
Minority rights
Founded to support the rights of the city’s black and Hispanic minorities, the Equal Rights Party opted not to join the Social Tolerance Party, seeing its issues as distinct from women’s and LGBT rights. It advocates for affirmative action, prison reform, and increased social programs in minority neighborhoods; opposes gentrification; and is naturally not on good terms with the Law and Order Party.
Civil Liberties Party
Civil libertarianism
The final part of a triumvirate with the Social Tolerance and Equal Rights Parties, the Civil Liberties Party focuses on ensuring negative liberties (not to say that it necessarily opposes positive liberties) whereas the others focus on identity politics. Free speech, privacy, anti-discrimination, prisoners’ rights, and, of course, the legalization of recreational cannabis all fall under the CLP’s banner. Naturally, it also tends to find itself opposing the Law and Order Party.
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Commonwealth of New England
Unitary Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy based in Boston
First-past-the-post voting
Whig Party
Liberalism, fiscal conservatism
As the “natural governing party of New England” (although they’ve spent more time in opposition over the last decade), the Whigs are a centerpiece of the country’s politics. The party is traditionally moderate, focusing on fiscal responsibility and economic growth while being unafraid to expand social programs when necessary, and takes a liberal stance on social policy. There is also a notable right-libertarian faction that has tried several times to form its own party, but found little electoral success.
Labour Party
Social democracy
Started as a socialist working-class party in the early 1900s, Labour has since evolved into a general-purposes social democratic party. The party is credited with the expansion of the New England welfare state in the the mid-to-late 1900s, including programs such as universal healthcare. On social issues, the Labour Party is primarily liberal on par with the Whigs, with a slightly larger focus on environmentalism.
National Party
Conservatism, right-populism
Founded in the 1970s by more conservative former Whigs, the National Party has its base in rural New Hampshire and Maine. The only party that takes a solidly social conservative stance, it additionally denounces the socialism of Whig and Labour while also supporting some populist policies itself. New England has a small non-white population, but Nationalist politicians go seemingly out of their way to make offensive statements towards them, something that has not helped the party widen its base.
New England Independence Party
Republicanism, democratic socialism, left-wing nationalism, left-populism, left-libertarianism, environmentalism
There are factions within the other parties that advocate leaving the British Commonwealth and becoming a republic, but the New England Independence Party is by far the largest party that makes this the central part of its platform. Originally formed as around this single issue in the 1960s, the NEIP morphed into the main left-wing challenger to the Labour Party, pushing for left-libertarian socialist policies and taking a libertine approach to social issues that has led it to be labelled the “pot and pornography party.”
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Third California Republic
Federal Semi-Presidential Republic based in Sacramento
Mixed-member proportional representation
Civic Alliance
Liberalism, progressivism, social democracy
When the Second California Republic (the first, of course, having only existed briefly in 1846) fell to dictatorship under the Ursus California Party, it was the Civic Alliance that led the fight against tyranny and presided over the formation of the Third California Republic in 1949. Originally a moderate liberal party, the party moved sharply to the left in the decades following its formation, though there are still a large number of leftists who will proclaim that the Civic Alliance is no different from the Democratic Unity Party, if only because of not-unsubstantial accusations of corruption an its somewhat interventionist foreign policy.
Democratic Unity Party
Liberal conservatism
The second-oldest active party, founded soon after the formation of the Third Republic, the Democratic Unity Party has managed to maintain a large, center-right alliance over the years. Led by socially moderate, fiscally conservative, pro-business politicians, it also occasionally introduces socially conservative, “tough on crime,” and/or hawkish policies whenever it fits the mood of the electorate. This ensures the establishment conservative party always carries a fairly large swath of the electorate and has also made it the bogeyman of left-wing activists everywhere.
Future Party
Technocracy, social liberalism, fiscal conservatism, techno-progressivism, environmentalism
A relatively new party that is taking much of the youth and moderate votes, the Future Party largely represents the tech industry in California and seeks to start a new technocratic, socially liberal, fiscally conservative movement. It espouses some right-libertarian principles, but also holds that the government should have an active role in promoting technology and infrastructure and protecting the environment, among other endeavors. Of course, hardcore leftists simply see the Future Party and its talk of “ethical capitalism” as another part of the corporatist conspiracy.
Humanist Party
Democratic socialism, social liberalism, environmentalism, anti-war, feminism
Founded in 1973 as a merger of several left-wing parties, the Humanist Party is an alliance of socialist, environmentalist, anti-war, feminist, LGBT, and minority rights activists that seek to take on the Civic Alliance from the left. It has typically relied on the support of students and middle-class leftists, though these demographics are under threat from the Future and Earth First Parties, and the party has been criticized for putting ideology above evidence and pragmatism.
Earth First Party
Environmentalism, eco-socialism, social liberalism
A newer party with an even larger focus on environmentalism than the Humanist Party, the Earth First Party seems to do better in Cascadia whereas the Humanists perform well in the southern areas that make up the traditional borders of California. Being even more socially liberal, environmentalist, nonviolent, and socialist, the Earth First Party is often seen as the epitome of the “crazy” left that pushes ideology over facts and often partakes in conspiracy theories about big business, foreign intervention, GMOs, nuclear energy, and anything else it dislikes.
Radical Democracy Party
Left-libertarianism, left-populism, direct democracy
The Radical Democracy Party has its roots in the Citizens’ Revolutionary Front, a socialist group that organized violent resistance to the Ursus California government in the 1930s and 40s. Dominated by Old Left socialists, it chose not to join the student-dominated Humanist Party in the 1970s, but has been a close ally of it in parliament. As its name loosely implies, the Radical Democracy Party is focused on left-libertarian, direct democracy that will supposedly let proletarian voices be heard loudest.
Liberty Party
Paleoconservatism, right-libertarianism right-populism, social conservatism, anti-immigration
There is a notable demographic that Democratic Unity Party has found hard to (or, in some cases, has refused to) appeal to, and that is the hard-right, heavily traditionalists, and anti-government voters that make up the Liberty Party. Taking stances that have virtually no hope of being implemented in liberal California, it nonetheless finds itself a solid base that has been stereotyped as vigilante militiamen, disgruntled ranchers, and neoreactionary teenagers seeking to restore Ursus California.
Chicano Rights Party
Hispanic interests, pro-immigration, social conservatism
The Chicano Rights Party was founded in the 1960s to promote the interests of the country’s large Hispanic minority. The name has been of major controversy ever since the party was founded, as the word “Chicano” has historically been derogatory and only refers to those of Mexican descent, but, while there has been much discussion, it has yet to be changed. The party primarily advocates for immigrants’ rights and increase funding for social welfare and education programs. On social issues, it takes a more traditionalist stance, reflective of the strong Catholicism of its constituency.
Pirate Sex Party
Civil libertarianism, progressivism, sex-positivism, freedom of information
Created in 2013 as a merger of several smaller groups, the Pirate Sex Party was formed with the goal of having the most eye-catching name possible. The PSP is clear about its stance on social issues, wanting to remove virtually all government censorship and surveillance, ensure net neutrality, and decriminalize many narcotics, but it has no coherent economic views, wanting less government in theory but unable to find a way to implement this without cutting important social programs. This, along with the vocal minority of members that take its civil libertarian message to a “three-year olds should be able to inject heroin without parent supervision” levels of extreme, has limited the Pirate Sex Party’s appeal to voters.
Conservation Party
Environmentalism, social conservatism, distributism
The Conservation Party puts the conserve in conservative. Mixing environmentalist stances with traditionalist social views, the Conservation Party is rather quaint when it is not espousing primitivist and reactionary conspiracy theories. Its idiosyncratic economic views, which mix environmental sustainability with communitarianism, can be best described as distributionist.
Anti-Speciesism Party
Animal liberation
Yet another environmentally-themed party, the Anti-Speciesism Party is focused on the welfare of animals, and split off from the Earth First Party over its tendency to put the wellbeing of the environment above that of individual animals; for example, calling for the extermination of invasive species. One would expect such a party to be on the absolute fringe, but the Anti-Speciesists have somehow won seats in parliament.
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State of Deseret
Unitary Presidential Republic based in Salt Lake City
First-past-the-post voting
People’s Party
Theodemocracy, distributism, paternalism, social conservatism
The People’s Party has dominated Deseret’s politics for the entirety of its existence, representing the mainstream of the Church of Latter Day Saints. It has molded the nation’s “theodemocratic” government structure – which officially works like a normal representative republic, but is de facto influenced heavily by the Mormon Church – along with Deseret’s somewhat primitive and underdeveloped economic system, which is often classified as distributionist, although the People’s Party prefers not to use such a Catholic-associated word.
Republican Party
Centrism, fiscal conservatism, economic liberalism, reformism
The Republican Party was founded in the 1950s by more liberal Mormons and has since stood as the strongest opposition to the People’s Party in Deseret’s history. Focusing on economic issues, the Republicans seek to modernize the nation’s economy and adopt more capitalist, pro-business practices to spur growth. Mainly consisting of well-educated urbanites, they also tend to be more secular and tolerant of minorities and “deviant behavior,” but tend not to include this in the platform as to broaden their appeal.
Honeybee Party
Theodemocracy, paleoconservatism, Mormon fundamentalism
Attacking the People’s Party on their own turf is the Honeybee Party (honeybee, of course, being the supposed meaning of the word “deseret” in the ancient language of the Jaredites). The party holds that Mormonism has become too liberal and needs to return to its roots (though, they avoid being too harsh in their rhetoric against the church, as not to be excommunicated). They are sometimes jokingly called the “polygamite party” by outsiders, referring to their ardent defense of the practice.
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This is P H R E S H
Am I meme-texting right? Also trying to find a list of presidents / leaders in the list thread but am not finding anything, did you post a companion list??
The best part is that there's an actual Sex Party in Australia. I just took that idea and said "what can I combine this with to make it even better?" I experimented with the Pirate-Cannabis-Sex Party for a while, but it just didn't have the same ring to it.
Bulldoggus
Banned
Bringing federal buildings/jobs/projects to your district/state, often at the expense of the greater good and occasionally common sense (see: the bridge to nowhere).
Consular Republic of Louisiana
National Agrarian Party (Parti National Agrarian): The old conservative Party of Louisiana, has mostly representation from the Northern and Western States. Represents the interests of farmers and rural Louisianans. Socially Conservative and in favor of laissez faire economics and heavy protectionism. In power for most of Louisiana's history, only lost power during the 1932 crisis to a military and later Fascist dictatorship.
National Union of Fascist Legionaries (Union National de Legionnaires Fascistes): The Fascist Party of Louisiana, founded in 1926 inspired by Gabriel D'Annunzio's Italian Fascist Legion. Their paramilitary Greyshirts ruthlessly suppressed communist agitation after the turmoil after the conclusion of the North American Front of the Great War. Currently the 2nd largest party in Louisiana, with the largest card carrying membership. Support a Corporatist economic policy. The Louisianan Council of Corporations still exists much in the style of Italy's Council of Corporations. Since the end of official dictatorship it has still been mostly dominated by the FFJ and Fascist supporters. However, no official party designation is allowed in the Council which functions as Louisiana's lower house to the Senate.
Louisianan People's Party (Parti de les Peuples Louisianan) : A Social Democratic Party recently reformed after being banned during Les annes de les Marechals (the years of the Marshals) the period of military dictatorship in Louisiana. The Party was allowed to reform during the 60s, but split apart during the late 70s into a series of minor parties and has never held the Consulship. Most Black Louisianans have supported this party and its anti racist message since its inception.
Communist Revolutionary League of Louisiana (Legion Revolutionaire Communiste de Louisiana): The long banned and still illegal communist party of Louisiana. Active since the dissolution of the Socialist Revolutionary League in 1932. Active in revolutionary terrorist activity until present day. However, not including the 70s and early 80s (a period dubed le guerre internal; the internal war) have a very minor effect on Louisiana.
Freedom, Fatherland, and Justice (Liberte, Patrie, et Justice): The National Democratic Party, formed in 1982 and which won the Nation's first democratic election since 1930 that year in a landslide victory of 52% over the Fascist 28% and Agrarianist 20% coalition that had been ruling the country since 1942. The Party is socially conservative and Patriotic. They support a negative income tax and a good number of social welfare programs and healthcare policies.
National Liberal Party (Parti National Liberaux): A Party that governed Louisiana for a few small periods in time, historically opposition to the Agrarian Party during most of Louisiana's early history. Currently a small opposition party with a small but loyal base primarily in Louisiana's cities and universities. Following an economically laissez faire, open borders, and free trade economic platform. Few immigration restrictions and racial integration are on their platform as well.
Patriotic Revolutionary White Fatherland Front (Front Patriotic de la Patrie Blanc): A small white supremacist party formed in the aftermath of the end of official racial discrimination in 1979. Officially banned due to low level terrorist activity and anti government protests.
National Agrarian Party (Parti National Agrarian): The old conservative Party of Louisiana, has mostly representation from the Northern and Western States. Represents the interests of farmers and rural Louisianans. Socially Conservative and in favor of laissez faire economics and heavy protectionism. In power for most of Louisiana's history, only lost power during the 1932 crisis to a military and later Fascist dictatorship.
National Union of Fascist Legionaries (Union National de Legionnaires Fascistes): The Fascist Party of Louisiana, founded in 1926 inspired by Gabriel D'Annunzio's Italian Fascist Legion. Their paramilitary Greyshirts ruthlessly suppressed communist agitation after the turmoil after the conclusion of the North American Front of the Great War. Currently the 2nd largest party in Louisiana, with the largest card carrying membership. Support a Corporatist economic policy. The Louisianan Council of Corporations still exists much in the style of Italy's Council of Corporations. Since the end of official dictatorship it has still been mostly dominated by the FFJ and Fascist supporters. However, no official party designation is allowed in the Council which functions as Louisiana's lower house to the Senate.
Louisianan People's Party (Parti de les Peuples Louisianan) : A Social Democratic Party recently reformed after being banned during Les annes de les Marechals (the years of the Marshals) the period of military dictatorship in Louisiana. The Party was allowed to reform during the 60s, but split apart during the late 70s into a series of minor parties and has never held the Consulship. Most Black Louisianans have supported this party and its anti racist message since its inception.
Communist Revolutionary League of Louisiana (Legion Revolutionaire Communiste de Louisiana): The long banned and still illegal communist party of Louisiana. Active since the dissolution of the Socialist Revolutionary League in 1932. Active in revolutionary terrorist activity until present day. However, not including the 70s and early 80s (a period dubed le guerre internal; the internal war) have a very minor effect on Louisiana.
Freedom, Fatherland, and Justice (Liberte, Patrie, et Justice): The National Democratic Party, formed in 1982 and which won the Nation's first democratic election since 1930 that year in a landslide victory of 52% over the Fascist 28% and Agrarianist 20% coalition that had been ruling the country since 1942. The Party is socially conservative and Patriotic. They support a negative income tax and a good number of social welfare programs and healthcare policies.
National Liberal Party (Parti National Liberaux): A Party that governed Louisiana for a few small periods in time, historically opposition to the Agrarian Party during most of Louisiana's early history. Currently a small opposition party with a small but loyal base primarily in Louisiana's cities and universities. Following an economically laissez faire, open borders, and free trade economic platform. Few immigration restrictions and racial integration are on their platform as well.
Patriotic Revolutionary White Fatherland Front (Front Patriotic de la Patrie Blanc): A small white supremacist party formed in the aftermath of the end of official racial discrimination in 1979. Officially banned due to low level terrorist activity and anti government protests.
Congressmen earmark a significant part of the Budget to things that are of dubious use to anyone outside their constituency, often at an inflated price.
Republic of Texas Political System, 2018
NATIONAL
The Big Ol' Blue Machine is no longer as powerful as it was thirty - or even twenty - years ago, but it remains the most powerful party, with control of the Presidency and de facto command of the legislature. The dominant party for 150 years and the ruling party for around 90% of that, Nationalists have stood - and do stand - for all sorts of policies, from Sam Bunton's expansion of the welfare state and civil rights to Aron Owens' stands against both. Generally, though, they stand for military buildup, massive public-private partnerships, social small-c conservatism, and cautious loosening of immigration restrictions. But more than any one policy, they stand for a brand of ruthless and untrammeled pragmatism that has allowed them to land on their feet after setback after setback, but has also led to a reputation as unprincipled and callous wheeler-dealers.
PROGRESS
The Progress Party has been the main opposition to the National Party for 80 years - longer, if you count its forebears in the first Radical Party that lasted from the 1870s to the 1930s. Its politics are considered uncompromisingly liberal, with many calling its universal healthcare ideas "socialist" - a label which many on the left of the party wear proudly. Other Progressive policies include a land-value tax, affirmative action, restrictions on abortion, and legally recognized same-sex marriage.
VALUES
The Values Party split off from Sam Bunton's Nationalists in the 1970s, but didn't gain prominence until the Nineties. Socially conservative and very religious, it is strongly in favor of immigration restrictions and fairly isolationist. Despite being ideologically closer to the Nationals, it more often allies with Progress.
RADICAL
The Radical Party is the party of urban and suburban Anglos who don't want to join the National Party. Vaguely socially liberal and economically libertarian, it generally supports privatization and government decentralization. However, its main themes are opposition to corruption and small government.
LA RAZA
Once upon a time, La Raza was the main and only party for most Hispanics - it had near-complete control of the Rio Grande Valley and Hispanic neighborhoods like Harrisburg's East End. But its achievements of its main goals - de facto bilingualism, automatic voter registration, and political representation for Hispanics - led to its supporters departing en masse for the Big Three-and-a-Half, mostly Progress.
"INDIAN INTEREST"
This party is really just one guy, Nick Padre, who has been a Representative since time immemorial. It will almost certainly end whenever he dies.
House of Representatives, 2017:
P - 67
N - 60
V - 47
R - 22
LR - 3
II - 1
NATIONAL
The Big Ol' Blue Machine is no longer as powerful as it was thirty - or even twenty - years ago, but it remains the most powerful party, with control of the Presidency and de facto command of the legislature. The dominant party for 150 years and the ruling party for around 90% of that, Nationalists have stood - and do stand - for all sorts of policies, from Sam Bunton's expansion of the welfare state and civil rights to Aron Owens' stands against both. Generally, though, they stand for military buildup, massive public-private partnerships, social small-c conservatism, and cautious loosening of immigration restrictions. But more than any one policy, they stand for a brand of ruthless and untrammeled pragmatism that has allowed them to land on their feet after setback after setback, but has also led to a reputation as unprincipled and callous wheeler-dealers.
PROGRESS
The Progress Party has been the main opposition to the National Party for 80 years - longer, if you count its forebears in the first Radical Party that lasted from the 1870s to the 1930s. Its politics are considered uncompromisingly liberal, with many calling its universal healthcare ideas "socialist" - a label which many on the left of the party wear proudly. Other Progressive policies include a land-value tax, affirmative action, restrictions on abortion, and legally recognized same-sex marriage.
VALUES
The Values Party split off from Sam Bunton's Nationalists in the 1970s, but didn't gain prominence until the Nineties. Socially conservative and very religious, it is strongly in favor of immigration restrictions and fairly isolationist. Despite being ideologically closer to the Nationals, it more often allies with Progress.
RADICAL
The Radical Party is the party of urban and suburban Anglos who don't want to join the National Party. Vaguely socially liberal and economically libertarian, it generally supports privatization and government decentralization. However, its main themes are opposition to corruption and small government.
LA RAZA
Once upon a time, La Raza was the main and only party for most Hispanics - it had near-complete control of the Rio Grande Valley and Hispanic neighborhoods like Harrisburg's East End. But its achievements of its main goals - de facto bilingualism, automatic voter registration, and political representation for Hispanics - led to its supporters departing en masse for the Big Three-and-a-Half, mostly Progress.
"INDIAN INTEREST"
This party is really just one guy, Nick Padre, who has been a Representative since time immemorial. It will almost certainly end whenever he dies.
House of Representatives, 2017:
P - 67
N - 60
V - 47
R - 22
LR - 3
II - 1
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