Liveable Groonbank

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Liveable Groonbank

Lyybiś Groonbank
LeaderSigmund Alanssun
Founded12 December 2020 (2020-12-12)
Split fromGold Flame
The Radicals
HeadquartersWesthaltuun, Groonbank
Membership (2023)2,394
IdeologyGroonbanker regionalism
Liberalism
Economic liberalism
Populism
Pro-development
Political positionCentre to centre-right
International affiliationForward Euclea
ColoursDark green
Folksmot (Groonbanker seats)
2 / 38
Landsmot (Groonbanker seats)
0 / 5
States of Groonbank
7 / 75

Liveable Groonbank (Azmaran: Lyybiś Groonbank) is a regionalist political party operating in the Azmaran province of Groonbank.

The party was formed in December 2020 by Sigmund Alanssun after resigning as the province's Infrastructure Minister in protest at what he saw as a "reluctance" to allow new development projects by the Provincial Government, with the aim of building a broad coalition of the centre in favour of pro-development policies and affecting the balance of power in the province towards such an aim. The party's creation saw defectors from both Alanssun's former colleagues in Gold Flame and from The Radicals.

The party ran in the 2022 provincial election, gaining 9% of the vote and 7 seats largely at the expense of the two parties its members had split from. It would enter the Provincial Government in a coalition with Gold Flame and the Centre Party, with Sigmund Alanssun regaining the Infrastructure portfolio and party member Karoliina Mâþisdohter gaining the Environment portfolio. The party would also contest the 2023 Azmaran legislative election, where it would win almost 7% of the vote in the province of Groonbank and gain two members of the Folksmot, who currently provide confidence and supply to the government of Freidrik Aleksaanderssun.

The party self-describes its programme as "economically, fiscally, socially and ecologically liberal", with some academics additionally describing it as populist but others disputing this.