Droughers' Party

The Company of Droughers
Flag of the Droughers
Abbreviation	DP
Warden of the Droughers	Richard de Sceller, Lord of Stavensound
Headquarters	Surcourt House, Lendert-with-Cadell
Youth wing	New Youth Movement
Ideology	Democratic nationalism Low Church
Political position	Right
Colour	Yellow
Houses of Commons	131 / 315

The Company of Droughers (pronounced drafters), commonly known as The Droughers’ Party, is one of the two major political blocs in Erbonian politics. Its main opposition is the Coalition of the Company of Scodeliers and the Conservative Party of Erbonia, which currently are the governing party of Great Nortend.

History

See also: The Coalition (Great Nortend) § Factional history

The Droughers originated as a political faction during the „Olnish Matter” who wished to prevent the marriage and „draw apart” the union of Queen Mary to Charles de Oln, the Count of Scode. The opposition was aroused owing to Scode’s being an Akeepian high churchman, against the dominant Lutheran Frympellite churchmanship. It was feared that the marriage would betoken a shift in religious preferment in the Church of Nortend towards the „Catholick” religion of the Akeepians. Subsequent to the marriage, and the dominance of the Akeepian high church, the Droughers advocated for more „Protestant” or reformed religion, and opposed the Akeepian orthodoxy of the established church. This expanded through the 19th century into a more classically liberal, albeit not individualistic, philosophy of freedoms and democracy against absolute monarchy, which the Scodeliers supported.

Ideology

In 1954 the Chesvoir opposition adopted „Democratic Nationalism” as their new ideology, influenced by the unassailable popularity of nationalist conservatism after the Droughers’ massive defeat in 1952. The Droughers’ idea of „Democratic Nationalism” consider it encompass a broad and flexible idea, where the goal is not to reach a specific ideal as in the Coalition ideology of conservative nationalism, but rather acceptance that change consistent with the nation’s desire is not unwarranted. Thus, it continues to emphasise mild liberal freedoms and the democratic will of the people as a way of identifying what the goal of „nationalism” is.