List of political parties in Hverland

This article contains a list of active political parties in Pharexia.

Conservative Party

The Conservative Party of Pharexia (Pharexian: Stéttarfélags) is the major contemporary party of the Pharexian centre-right, and the leading party in both of the federal legislative houses. It was established as the merger of the National Unity Party and the Ilyçisian–Conservative Party in 1961. Different factions have dominated the party at different times, although over the past 30 years, it has moved from the right-wing more towards the centre.

The party advocates economic liberalism such as a reduction of taxes, deregulation, and free trade. Conservatives support individual rights and define themselves as a "conservative party of progress". The party generally supports semi-privatization through state-funded private services, LGBT rights, gun control, and tougher law and order measures. They oppose identity politics and most abortions.

There have been in total 17 Conservative members of the Federal Council, the most from any one political party. It currently has 2 members, one of which is Head Councilor. As of 2019, the Conservatives leads the governmental coalition in both houses of the Síðari.

A coalition of the Conservative Party, the Science–Moderate Party, and New Future entered federal government in 2018 based on promises of tax cuts, better public services and stricter rules on immigration. They also recieved informal support of the Ilyçisian Democrats, who promised to support the government in order to advance "socially conservative, Ilyçisian-based legislation".

Science–Moderate Party

The Science–Moderate Party (Pharexian: Šísindasveit) is a major contemporary political party in Phareixa. It is typically classified as centre, although has shifted slightly leftwards socially in recent years. It currently has the second most number of seats in the Federal Legislature's Cantonal and National Assemblies. The Science–Moderate Party is built on the belief that scientific advancement has the potential to improve all aspects of public life in the country. They advocate for medical and scientific research, and education. The party supports the welfare state within the current free-market system.

Liberal Party

The Liberal Party of Pharexia (Pharexian: Frjálslynda réttlæti) is a classically liberal political party in Pharexia. The Liberals are led by Petrína Áskelsdóttir. The party was founded in 1948 by members of former liberal political parties (primarily from the Liberal Democrats). The merger was in response to 28 years of continuous Conservative governance at the national level. The party strongly supports human rights, civil liberties, and internationalism. The party was traditionally considered left-wing, although it has drifted more towards the centre in recent years, joining the Coalition of the Centre parliamentary group in 2004. Since then, the party has firmly pushed economic liberalism and has aligned itself closely to the promotion of free markets and privatization. It is strongly opposed to political and internet censorship. The party also supports socially liberal policies like LGBT rights and loosening the country's restrictive abortion laws.

New Future

New Future (Pharexian: Framtíðinni) is a conservative agrarian political party in Pharexia. They hold socially conservative positions, opposing abortion, gun control, and euthanasia, while maintaining moderately progressive stances on agrarian, economic and environmental issues. The party self-describes itself as "centre" and receive support from farmers, fishers, and union members in southern and eastern Pharexia.

Ilyçisian Democrats

Ilyçisian Democrats (Pharexian: Ilyçieoan aðila), also commonly referred to as the Ilyçisian Party, is a right-wing political party in Pharexia. The party was founded in 2000 as the result of the merger of the National Party and the Traditional Voice Party. The party is not affiliated with the Church of Pharexia, and most members are actually Sólheimaka (Orthodox Ilyćisians), while the Church of Pharexia is of the Reykjavík denomination.

The Ilyçisian Democrats exist to maintain Ilyçisian representation at all levels of government in order to promote "ethical values based on...Ilyçisian values". They are aligned with social conservative policies such as criminalizing pornographic distribution and ownership, mandating religious instruction in public schools, expanding gun rights, and cultural tests for immigrants. They oppose legalizing abortion and euthanasia, and advocate repealing the current government-run healthcare. They also wish to restrict Pharexia's loose substance laws by criminalizing marijuana and most other class-A drugs.

Greens–Left

Greens–Left (Pharexian: Græn-vinstri) is an active political party in Pharexia. It is a merger of the Pharexian Greens and the Left Party. The party's ideology combines environmentalism with left-wing and centre-left economic policies, such as supporting a state economy with regulated capitalism and increased taxes for the wealthy. Members support progressive social policies on civil liberties, LGBT rights, animal rights, and drug reform. The party supports non-violence, a universal basic income, and instituting a minimum, living wage across the country. In 2005, the party voted to remove explicitly socialist language from their party platform, and have since seen an increase in support outside of Breíddalsvík.

Dignity–Solidarity Party

The Dignity–Solidarity Party (Pharexian: Reisn–verç) is a left-wing political party in Pharexia that has been described as an alliance of democratic socialists, communists, and secularists. They were seen as the de facto successor to the Pharexian Communist & Workers' Party prior to the establishment of the second Communist Party in 1955. However, since communist symbology was deemed illegal in Pharexia in 1957, many members of the Communist Party have run for office as Dignity–Solidarity.

Their platform emphasizes greater state intervention, social justice, strengthening workers' rights, and, unlike most other political parties in Pharexia (including other left-wing parties) supports the formal separation of church and state. Since the 1990's the ideals of diversity and social justice have also taken a prominent role.

Strength of parties

Party Name		Seats in the Cantonal Assembly	Seats in National Assembly	Seats on the Federal Council	Regional Council Seats	Regional Legislative Seats	Cantonal Council Seats	Position	Ideology
	Conservative Party Stéttarfélags	17 / 63	64 / 277	2 / 8	4 / 15	82 / 300	168 / 893	Centre-right	Liberal conservatism, Economic liberalism
	Science–Moderate Party Šísindasveit	15 / 63	47 / 277	2 / 8	2 / 15	42 / 300	140 / 893	Centre	Technocentrism, Third way
	Liberal Party Frjálslynda réttlæti	9 / 63	44 / 277	1 / 8	4 / 15	60 / 300	170 / 893	Centre-left	Classical liberalism, Social progressivism
	Ilyçisian Democrats Ilyçieoan aðila	6 / 63	30 / 277	1 / 8	1 / 15	19 / 300	101 / 893	Right-wing	Traditionalist conservatism, Social conservatism
	New Future Framtíðinni	8 / 63	17 / 277	1 / 8	2 / 15	38 / 300	100 / 893	Centre-right	Agrarianism, Decentralization
	Greens–Left Græn-vinstri	5 / 63	22 / 277	0 / 8	1 / 15	19 / 300	52 / 893	Centre-left to left-wing	Green politics, Social democracy
	Dignity–Solidarity Party Reisn–verç	1 / 63	8 / 277	0 / 8	0 / 15	5 / 300	22 / 893	Left-wing to far-left	Anti-capitalism, Secularism
	Moderate Party Hófleg	1 / 63	22 / 277	0 / 8	0 / 15	6 / 300	65 / 893	Centre	Economic liberalism, Trasformismo
	Forward Áfram	0 / 63	13 / 277	0 / 8	1 / 15	14 / 300	45 / 893	Right-wing to far-right	Nativism, Ultranationalism
	Lofogengenlok Independence Sjálfstæðismenn Lofogengenlok	1 / 63	1 / 277	0 / 8	0 / 15	2 / 300	N/A	Centre to centre-left	Regionalism
	Unaffiliated Óaðstoð	0 / 63	6 / 277	1 / 8	0 / 15	14 / 300	30 / 893	N/A	N/A

Issues

Abortion and euthanasia

Political Party	Oppose right to abortion	Ban all abortion	Right to Life Act of 2019	Felony for former OBG/YN's	Abstinence education	Oppose right to euthanasia
Forward	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
Ilyçisian	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Conservative	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Centre	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
New Future	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Partial	Yes
Science-Moderate	Partial	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
Liberal	No	No	No	No	No	Partial
Greens-Left	No	No	No	No	No	No
Dignity-Solidarity	No	No	No	No	No	No

Education

Political Party	Support homeschooling	Affirmative action	Universal child care	Privatization of state universities	Public funding for Gender/Women's studies programs
Forward	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
Ilyçisian	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
Conservative	Yes	No	Yes	Partial	No
Centre	Yes	Partial	Yes	Partial	Partial
New Future	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Science-Moderate	Partial	Yes	Yes	No	No
Liberal	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Partial
Greens-Left	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Dignity-Solidarity	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes

Criminal Justice

Political Party	End capital punishment	Legalization of marijuana	Decriminalizing sex work	Ban private prisons
Forward	No	Yes	No	No
Ilyçisian	No	No	No	No
Conservative	Yes	No	No	Partial
Centre	Yes	No	No	Unknown
New Future	No	Yes	No	No
Science-Moderate	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Liberal	Yes	Yes	Partial	Yes
Greens-Left	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Dignity-Solidarity	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

LGBT

Political Party	Same-sex marriage	LGBT adoption	Recognize discrimination on the basis of "sexual orientation" and "gender identity"	Religious Liberty Act of 2019	Ban transgender surgery	Ban transgender participation in athletics
Forward	No	No	No	Partial	Yes	Yes
Ilyçisian	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Conservative	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial	Partial
Centre	Yes	Yes	Partial	Yes	No	Yes
New Future	Partial	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Science-Moderate	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Partial
Liberal	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial	No	Partial
Greens-Left	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Unknown
Dignity-Solidarity	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No

Environment

Political Party	Carbon Tax	Ban offshore drilling	Fracking ban	Plastic ban	Cut emissions by 50%	Ban nuclear energy
Forward	No	No	No	No	No	No
Ilyçisian	No	No	No	No	No	No
Conservative	Yes	Partial	No	No	Yes	No
Centre	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
New Future	No	No	No	No	No	No
Science-Moderate	Yes	Yes	No	Partial	Yes	No
Liberal	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Greens-Left	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Dignity-Solidarity	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial