United Socialist Democratic Party (Tarper)

United Socialist Democratic Party Parti Démocrate Socialiste Uni Zjednoczona Partia Socjalistyczno Demokratyczna Partito Democratico Socialista Unito Forenede Socialistiske Demokratiske Parti Verenigde Socialistische Democratische Partij Vereinigte Sozialistische Demokratische Partei
Abbreviation	USDP
Founder	Charles Mark
Founded	1860 (1860)
Dissolved	1890 (1890)
Preceded by	Far Left Group
Succeeded by	Tarperti Section of the Socialist Party Several communist and socialist parties of former imperial states (All not legal successors)
Newspaper	The Socialist Worker
Trade union	Imperial Congress for Labour National Workers' Confederation
Ideology	Socialism Marxism Federalism
Political position	Left-wing
National affiliation	Federalist Union (1880-1890)
Colors	Red
Slogan	"For Socialism in Our Lifetime"
Anthem	The Internationale
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The United Socialist Democratic Party, abbreviated as USDP and commonly referred to as the Socialists or Social Democrats, was a socialist and Marxist party present in the politics and National Imperial Congress of the Platesan Empire after the 1848 Revolution. Though the party never held the office of Imperator, it did manage to garner a large presence in the Imperial Congress during its thirty year existence.

The party is known for having produced various distinguished socialist and communist leaders of the late 19th and early 20th century. Among these leaders are; Ernesto Rivero, of Tarper, Guillame Lafayette, of Plamyadia, Gerard Landman, of Apostoli, and William Herrera, of La Madrepatria.

Legacy

The USDP was founded at the beginning of the socialist movement. The party's relative electoral success and massive grassroots/ bottom-up structure left a positive mark in the people of Covenant. Despite the internal struggles and tendencies at every Party convention, the party maintained stability with these factions. Unlike the other parties present in the Platesan Empire, the Socialists engaged in regionalist politics. For comparison, the Party of the Grand Revolution, only engaged in empire-wide elections running candidates to the Imperial Congress. On the other hand, the USDP ran a strong network of regional politicians and political action groups. The United Socialist Democratic Party was the federal level party, it divided itself into national and regional "Sections" for full members of the empire "Imperial States" and "Affiliate Sections/ Association" for colonies of the Empire. The Socialist party was also a catalyst for the burgeoning nationalist movements in the Platesan Empire. The colonial Affiliate Sections would spin anti-imperialist sentiment with a socialist flavor. The party also established a section fully dedicated to the Tarperti realm rather than establishing one for each of the Tarperti duchies. A massive milestone in Tarperti nationalism. Various of the constituent sections and affiliates of the USDP still exist in former Platesan member states, either through a party with direct lineage or a still extant section.

List of sections, affiliate sections, & associations of the USDP

Name (Native name)	Abbr.	Successors	Years	Countries	Notes
Taperti Section of the Socialist Party	TSSP	Communist Party of Tarper	1860-1885, 1892-present	Astra, Austerfluss, Strander Kingdom, later Tarper	The Communist Party is still technically the same entity as the TSSP but renamed itself in 1902. Every major party in Tarper can trace its lineage to the TSSP, so the Section has more than one successor.
Plamyadian Section of the Socialist Party (Section Plamyadienne du Party Socialiste)	SPPS	Le Llamatarianistes	1860-1885	Plamyadia	Out of the numerous parties in Plamyadia, the Llamatarianists boast the most direct linage to the SPPS.
Skerieyvan Section of the Socialist Party	SSSP	Skerieyvan Communist Party	1860-1885, 1890-2010	Skerieyvan Realm then Skerieyvos, modern Badlands of Hell and Encarmine Valley	One of the longest lived Sections until its outlawing by the governments of the Badlands of Hell and the Encarmine Valley after the Skerieyvan War.
Sangheili Section of the Socialist Party (Sekcja Sanjeilska Partii Socjalistycznej)	SSPS	None	1860-1885	Sanghelios	Sanghelios would not see a democratic government until the late 1980's. Not left-wing parties in Sanghelios has direct lineage to the USDP.
Apostolic Section of the Socialist Party (Socialistpartiets Apostoliske Afdeling)	SAA	People's Unification Party of Apostoli	1850-1897	Apostoli	Founded before the USDP, Apostoli has had the most storied legacy of socialism and communism in Covenant.