Civil Party (Pacitalia)

Civil Party Partito Civile
Leader	Giorgio Cassata (final)
Founded	January 20, 1504 (1504-01-20)
Dissolved	May 30, 1988 (1988-05-30)
Headquarters	Via D'Amicata 34, Timiocato 2067AG
Ideology	Conservatism, Christian democracy, paternalism, Pacitalian nationalism
Political position	Right-wing
Colours	Yellow   Green
Political parties

The Civil Party (Pacitalian: Partito Civile) was a right-wing political party in Pacitalia that existed from shortly after the founding of the Pacitalian Republic to 1988.

The party initially operated in a two-party-dominant political system with its rival, the Liberal Party. The arrival of the Reformist, Securalist, and Socialist parties in the mid-1700s transformed Pacitalian politics into a multi-party system and reduced the dominance of the Civil and Liberal parties.

The Civil Party saw a resurgence in the 1800s, once again holding power for much of the century, until the arrival of the more moderate Pacifist Party at the beginning of the twentieth century eroded its base of support. Pacitalians were becoming more moderate and secular, but the party failed to keep pace with societal change, and would manage to hold power only three times after 1900, culminating in the election of Giorgio Cassata as prime minister in 1985.

Cassata staged a failed self-coup in 1987, attempting to consolidate power and eliminate opposition to his government; he was deposed, tried, and later executed. The party was dissolved in 1988 and its members were initially banned from ever again running for or holding public office. That ban was reversed by a court decision in 1994, though the party remained dissolved, with most of its former members defecting to other centre-right and right-wing parties.

The party was Catholic, Christian democrat, and conservative, advancing right-wing, traditional social and economic values. It opposed LGBT rights, abortion, divorce, labour unions, and immigration. The party believed Pacitalians were ethnically superior and actively worked to suppress regional identity in Empordia and Marquería and demand the assimilation of any immigrants it did let into the country. Similarly, it opposed religious pluralism, though the party never went as far as to ban religions other than Christianity. The Civil Party maintained strong links with the Catholic Church and was seen as undermining the separation of church and state during the times it held power.

The Civil Party remains the most electorally successful political party in Pacitalian history as of 2024. A total of 28 prime ministers were affiliated with the party while in office, and the Civil Party governed the country the longest out of any party, a total of 216 years, 5 months and 5 days.