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The '''National Patriotic Union''', also commonly called the '''Nationals''' or the '''Reactionaries''' ({{wp|colloquially}}), is a currently ''{{wp|Defunct|defunct}}'' and relatively short-lived contemporary {{wp|Far right|far right}} and {{wp|Ultranationalism|ultranationalist}} {{wp|Political party|political party}} in [[Belhavia]] in the early [[Provisional Government of Belhavia|post-Galarian period]], being active from late 1945 [[Imperial Senate (Belhavia)#Senate_Composition_Since_1955|until]] early 1969, when it was disbanded and criminalized following its key role in the [[Ben-David Incident]]. 

At the time of its existence, it overlapped two Party Systems - the very late end of Third Party System (1858 - 1955) and the current Fourth Party System (1955 - present). It was opposed on the {{wp|Right-wing politics|right}} by the [[Federalist Party (Belhavia)|Federalist Party]] (until 1955) and then the [[Conservative Party (Belhavia)|Conservative Party]] (1955 onward), opposed on the {{wp|Center-left|center-left}} by the [[Liberal Democratic Party (Belhavia)|Liberal Democratic Party]] and the similarly-short-lived [[United Left (Belhavia)|United Left]] party on the {{wp|Far left|far left}}. 

==History==
{{main|Provisional Government of Belhavia|Ben-David Incident|Vern Callan}}

In late 1945, the party was created by prominent members of the [[Provisional_Government_of_Belhavia#Convention_Factions_.26_Politics|Far Right faction of the 1945 Provisa Convention]], who themselves were made up of low-key members of the [[Fascist Party (Belhavia)|Fascist Party]], the disillusioned extreme right-wing of the [[Federalist Party (Belhavia)|Federalist Party]], and some elements of the outlawed [[Galarianism|Galarianist political platform]], the [[National Front (Belhavia)|National Front]]. The party field 54 candidates for the [[Provisional_Government_of_Belhavia#Interim_Regime:_Provisional_Assembly|Provisional Assembly]] out of 70 possible seats. The party fared best in [[Middle Belhavia#Geography|traditionalist rural Belhavia]] and in small towns and cities where voters retained [[Galarianism|crypto-Galarianist]] and {{wp|reactionary}} political views. 

In the [[Imperial_Senate_(Belhavia)#Senate_Composition_Since_1946|November 1945 elections]], the NPU gained its largest share of seats in the Provisional Assembly, and later its successor body, the [[Imperial Senate (Belhavia)|Imperial Senate]], winning 10 seats. It captured the both Senate seats in three provinces, and split 4 other province senatorial delegations with Federalist senators. It reached its political heyday during the [[Imperial_Senate_(Belhavia)#Senate_Composition_Since_1946|80th and 87th sessions of Senate]], when it joined the Federalists, and later their successors the [[Conservative Party (Belhavia)|Conservatives]], to form governing {{wp|Political coalition|coalition majorities}}.

After its initial election, the party steadily lost seats in subsequent elections, and by the early 1950s and [[Ben-David Incident|until its dissolution]], controlled between just 2-4 seats in the Senate. They often voted and {{wp|political alliance|worked in tandem}} with the Federalists/Conservatives, but sometimes defected to vote unorthodoxly with [[Liberal Democratic Party (Belhavia)|Lib Dem]] and [[United Left (Belhavia)|United Left]] senators on {{wp|Economic nationalism|economic nationalist}} bills and other legislation favoring  {{wp|Business nationalism|protection of domestic conservative-leaning industries}} and other government-centric fiscal legislation that conflicted with the Federalists'/Tories' pro-business and pro-free market stances.

==Legacy==

The NPU was the Belhavian far right's last grasp in post-Galarian politics. Its [[Ben-David Incident|failed coup de'etat in 1969]] was the last attempted {{wp|Coup d'état|change of government}} by military force in Belhavian history, and is considered by many historians as the final nail in the coffin of the ideology of [[Galarianism]]. 

The {{wp|Far right|far}}- and {{wp|Radical right|radical right}} in [[Belhavia]] was immeasurably impaired by the public fallout of the failed coup, and faded from view as a mainstream political force. Those elements that sympathized with its worldview and policies but remained untainted by coup either left politics or quietly joined the right-wing of the Tories. The party's brazen coup attempt sparked a societal-wide reconsideration of the [[Galarian Regime|Galarian years]], which had been seared from {{wp|Collective consciousness|collective memory}} after its topple, pushing the stature and opinion of [[Zachary Galarian]] and his regime into further disrepute. 

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