Patriotic Labour Party (Vasturia)
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Patriotic Labour Party | |
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| Abbreviation | PLP |
| Founded | 1940s |
| Merger of | Communist Party Nationalist Party |
| Student wing | Student Socialist Society |
| Youth wing | Young Reds |
| Women's wing | Vasturian Women's Federation |
| Trade union wing | All-Vasturia Federation of Trade Unions |
| Membership (2020) | Really high |
| Ideology | Democratic socialism Left-wing populism Left-wing nationalism Three Principles of the People Big tent Internal Factions: Traditional socialism Libertarian socialism Orthodox Marxism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| Religion | Fírinnism |
| Colours | Red |
| People's Presidium | 7 / 9 |
| Free Congress of People's Deputies | 597 / 751 |
| Free Congress of Syndicates | 763 / 901 |
The Patriotic Labour Party is the ruling political party in Vasturia. Founded in the 1940s as a merger of the Communist Party and and the Nationalist Party, the two major socialist political parties in Vasturia at the time, the Patriotic Labour Party first took power in [year X], and has continuosly ruled Vasturia since the Socialist Revolution in [three years after year X].
In power, the Patriotic Labour Party has applied its socialistic political ideals to Vasturia, overseeing the Vasturian economy's complete socialisation and Vasturia's development into an advanced, industrialised country. Unlike many ruling socialist parties, the Patriotic Labour Party has tolerated legal opposition parties, and most international observers consider Vasturia's elections free and fair.
However, the PLP has also severely restricted various human rights by allowing for indefinite detention of certain individuals - frequently, the PLP's political opponents - deemed threatening to internal security through the Internal Security Act, severely restricting anti-government speech through the Sedition Act, severely restricting and sometimes prohibiting protests outside of designated Speakers' Corners, mandating government control over the media, and instituting a widespread Eugenics program. In the modern era, many observers describe the PLP as more akin to a political machine or cartel party than a normal political party, using the apparatus of the state and its own massive party apparatus to secure political patronage for its members and maintain political power. Despite Vasturia's low economic inequality, it is customary for senior civil servants and politicians to earn high salaries, and PLP party members are generally afforded certian economic privileges that non-member Vasturians are not; a very high percentage of Vasturians are consequently members of the PLP. Additionally, many observers believe that certain opposition parties, especially the Agrarian League and the Radical Party, are to some extent subordinate to the PLP and primarly serve as a managed opposition under the PLP's ultimate control.