Political Parties of Ardalia

This article lists political parties in Ardalia. Ardalia has a multi-party system representing the full range of the political spectrum.

A Short Political History

Ardalia's Democratic Party commanded a resounding majority of the chamber from 1910-1935. During the Great War, a national unity government was formed to see the nation through the conflict. In the aftermath of the war, political instability and paralysis gripped the nation. Though the Democrats still had the highest number of seats, they had attempted to establish coalitions with the Moderates, only for those to break down a few months later. Frenlo Letzek would overthrow the First Republic in 1945 and democracy would not return until his ouster and execution in 1983.

The Democratic Party returned to their former dominance in the aftermath of Letzek's regime through the remainder of the 1980's, however, their long-standing supermajories were never to happen again. During this decade, nearly a dozen parties were seated in the Assembly. The nation's economic conditions were not improving and despite the party's efforts to rebuild relations with the Pontanore, they had lost a considerable amount of their support. The Moderates, built on the principles of the Caropsyne conservative liberalism prior to Fostana rule, forced the Premier to call early elections. Ardalians were presented with an aggressive manifesto and a firm promise to ensure Ardalian-Caropsyne relations were fully restored within five years. They were swept into power and the Democrats were put into opposition.

At first, the Moderates stumbled and the Democrats thought they could force another election to regain their control of the Premiership but their hopes were scrapped to pieces when the Moderate Government was able to deliver on their foreign policy promise with the signing of the Treaty of Taerisz in 1992. In the following months, the Fostana reintroduced democracy in the Pontanore and their affiliated colleagues in Carops were elected (abet with a tight coalition). For a few years, conditions improved dramatically in Ardalia and it was beginning to look like they would dominate the next several cycles without serious opposition. That all changed with the outbreak of the Ardalian Civil War in 1996. The Moderates and the Democrats met and formed a coalition government to ensure a stable government to bring an end to the war and outright eliminate the Nationalist Front.

The Moderates in both Ardalia and the Pontanore would lose political control in 2000 as the intersection of three major events all occured in quick succession, all due to machinations of the now-banned Caropsyne intelligence service, the Damosca. This organization had a dubious reputation for its ruthlessness and extensive involvement in the affairs of other nations regardless they were friend or foe. The Damosca was discovered to be actively involved in the armament and financing of the Ardalian Nationalist Front during the beginning of the second year of the conflict. The coalition government called out the Maldian Government and claimed it was a direct violation of the 1992 agreement between the two countries, demanding them to cease their involvement and recommit to the existing treaty. There was no change in course. This was because it would be determined in the last months of the war that Maldian's Government had been directly influenced by the intelligence services to make a series of devasting foreign policy decisions whether known or unknown to the Premier himself. In the early months of Damosca forces (and to an extent Maldian's government) attempted to overthrown the Caropsyne political system. The coup attempt failed and Maldian committed suicide. Elections were called in the wake of the constitutional crisis and the voters overwhelming elected their first-ever Socialist Premier, Miria Seranoda.

With the Civil War behind them and the Nationalists destroyed and their organization banned by the coalition Government, new elections were called. Seranoda's election and the loss of general credibility for the Moderates in light of their counterparts anti-Government actions gave the Ardalian Socialist Party's best opportunity to take control of Government. Leno Frikasz and Ardor Raszan would meet for long nights with their election staff to develop the most ambitious manifesto ever presented to the voters to move Ardalia into a new age of equity, propersity, and peace. They would also quietly work with Seranoda's team to design the messaging they had used that got her elected. As she implemented her platform and the level of positive response from the Caropsyne electorate for them, the higher the possibility of introducing such efforts in Ardalia. In the elections later that year, the Socialists claimed a majority of the seats and took over the Premiership and continue to do so this year. Tereza Darvas became leader of the Socialists in the run-up to the election and in cycle to determine the current Assembly, grew the Socialist majority to the second-highest in all Ardalian democratic history.

Parties Represented in the National Assembly

Party Name		Status	Party Leader	Seats in the National Assembly	Ideology
	Socialist Party	Government	Tereza Darvas	232 / 386	Democratic Socialism, Social Democracy, Pro-Theareanism
	Green Party	Supporting	Oszkar Hanzo	20 / 386	Eco-Socialism, Progressivism, Pro-Theareanism
	Democratic Party	Supporting	Petar Kupa	11 / 386	Liberalism, Capitalism, Pro-Theareanism
	Moderate Party	Official Opposition	Andras Bokros	71 / 386	Conservative Liberalism, Civic Nationalism, Capitalism, Pro-Theareanism
	Conservative Party	Opposition	Lazar Finta	34 / 386	Social Conservatism, Anti-Immigration, Catheric Democracy, Pro-Theareanism
	Our Homeland	Opposition	Janza	15 / 386	Conservative, Ardalian Nationalism, Anti-Theareanism, Anti-Immigration, Agrarianism, Cultural Conservatism, Catheric Traditionalism
	Liberty Party	Opposition	Janos Veres	3 / 386	Social Libertarianism, Laissez-faire Capitalism, Anti-Theareanism, Non-Interventionalism

Minor Political Parties

• Pirate Party (PPA)
• Fight Against Corruption
• Dracian People's Party (DPP)
• Prassian Unification Alliance (PUA)

Defunct or Banned Parties

• Communist Party of Ardalia (CPA): Dissolved in 1945 upon Letzek's usurption of power.
• Agrarian Party: Dissolved in 2005 and merged into "Our Homeland."
• Smallholders' Party: Dissolved in 2005 and merged into "Our Homeland."
• Ardalian Restoration Movement (ARM): Banned in 1983 following the ouster and execution of Frenlo Letzek.
• Ardalian Nationalist Front (ANF): Banned in 2000 for insurrection against the Government (Ardalian Civil War). Less 'extreme' supporters go onto form "Our Homeland" Movement.