UPR

UPR
Abbreviation	UPR
Leader	Michael Hutchinson
Chairman	Morgan Sharp
President	Anthony Kelly
Spokesperson	Leon Wright
Founded	1656 AN
Merger of	Conservative Party of the Florian Republic Florian Independence Party Imperial Democratic Party of Floria
Headquarters	10 Revenue Street,Northcliff
Newspaper	Dail Republican
Student wing	Student Republicans
Youth wing	Young Republicans
Overseas wing	Republicans Abroad
Membership  (1733)	20,359,225
Ideology	Florian nationalism Florian conservatism Statism Raspursceptic
Political position	Centre-right to right-wing
Official colors	Dark Navy,white,black
Seats in the House of Representatives	362 / 705
Election symbol
Website
UPR.FLO

The United Party of the Republic also known as the UPR is the ruling political party in Floria and one of the two contemporary political parties in the country. The UPR throughout its history has been the largest party in Floria and has dominated Florian politics since its formation. It was formed in 1656 through a merger of the Conservative Party and members of the Florian Independence Party who had not fled to the free state or joined the Nationalist & Humanist Party. The party was briefly known as the UIP but changed its name to its present name in 1705 AN.

Despite not officially being aligned with the Nationalist and Humanist movement, many of its ideologies have influenced the party. The party’s ideology is considered right wing with many conservative values however ideology became more centrist when members split from the party to form the Democratic Conservative Party. From 1732, following the disbanding of the breakaway party, the Democratic Conservative Party the party ideology returned to right-wing policy and in 1733 became the sole ruling party of Floria after the collapse of the Social Democratic Party of Floria.

The party currently supports lower taxes, gun rights, restrictions on abortion, restrictions on labour unions, restrictions on some LGBT+ rights and increased military spending. It has taken widely variant positions on abortion, immigration, trade and foreign policy in its history.

As of 1733, the UPR holds a supermajority in the Florian Congress. Its most recent presidential nominee was Michael Hutchinson, who has served as the President since 1725. There have been 6 United Republican presidents, the most from any political party. The United Republican Party has won 7 presidential elections, six more than its main political rival, the Social Democratic Party of Floria.

Allegations of crime and corruption

The UPR has been widely criticised for being a party full of corrupt fascists after winning a supermajority in the 2018 general election. Adam Cooke the then President rejected the criticism saying that it was a general problem that was not restricted to one particular party but to all Florian parties.