Liberal Will (Eldmark)
Liberal Will Liberala Vilja | |
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| Abbreviation | LV |
| Leader | Matteo Nyholm |
| General Secretary | Lily Ytter |
| Founder | Johan Blom |
| Founded | August 1, 1904 |
| Headquarters | Hammarvik |
| Newspaper | Statsmannen |
| Ideology | Classical liberalism Social liberalism Centrism |
| Political position | Centre-Right |
| Colors | Teal and White |
| Riksdag | 38 / 345
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Liberal Will (Blostlandic: Liberala Vilja; LV), is a classically liberal political party in Eldmark. Founded in 1904 as the formalized and coalesced wing of the Civil Union (an informal party favored by liberals in the late 1800s), it has had several names, founded as Civil Union Party, then Liberal Party, then Liberal Movement, then Liberal Will. The name changes are a result of constant alliance-making and breaking with other parties, most recently Reformblock. The party is seeing a slump in representation in the Riksdag, with 38 seats out of a possible 345, and despite its name, is one of the parties of the National Conservative Organization (Blostlandic: Konservativ Riksorganisation), a coalition formed between the National Party, Liberal Will, and Förbund.
Liberal Will has been long been a fiscally conservative, socially centrist party, their ideals shifting over time to be more socially liberal. Historically speaking, Liberal Will has often been the party concerned with the welfare of business growth and industrialization of the east. For years, policies enacted from the Civil Union camp were designed to rapidly develop industry to settlements east of the Ryggrad, and was successful in establishing itself in swaths of the countryside. They funded the growth of civic services such as town newspapers, operated general stores, and influenced local elections via other means. These corrupt policies, while insanely successful, were quickly stamped out in 1901 when anti-corruption edicts broke up the "camp" system and forced the Riksdag's politicians to form formal political parties. The Civil Union formed in 1904 before the deadline to participate in the next election in 1906.
The Civil Union faded to obscurity during the Great War era and during the Elianoran age, but continued to hold a sway in local elections. Holding onto power through several mergers, the Civil Union, now the Liberal Party, rebranded to great effect, forming a coalition government in 1970 with the new Reform Block, then known as the Reform Party. Shifting policy through the 1970s, it split from the Reform Party's coalition to collaborate with the Nationals during the Black Summer crisis, of which it was credited with the efforts to tone down the nasty rhetoric from the government, and eventually negotiated a drawdown with the protestors.
Briefly leading the coalition for one term under the name "Liberal Movement" in 1986, it would lose out to the AFP, only to regain power as part of an NP coalition in 2010, after merging with the Reform Party a second time, rebranding itself again as Liberal Will. In 2021, it lost most of its Riksdag votes to yet another split, this time in response to intraparty corruption.
History
Origins
- Formed as the party to the expanding east in 1904
- Keeps support through a network of newspapers and party-funded infrastructure projects, often carried out under the table in exchange for votes
- Faded in power as much of its base were more swayed by the AFP
Post-Great War
- Re-emerged locally during the Elianoran era as LV presented itself as an option against what was increasingly being seen as an "extremist" AFP
- Opposed much of the Elianoran era policies such as the Hellmann Codes, eventually led the effort for their repulsion
- Gains power in Reform-Liberal, then Liberal-Reform coalition government, lost to AFP in the Red 90s
21st century
- Absorbs the Reform Block
- Rebrands AGAIN, negotiates a coalition government with Nationals
- Coalition collapsed in 2021 when inter-party corruption and scandal caused mass exodus
- Shell of its former self