Ayreonism

An Elw translation of Beets Rutherford's As Malarbor Burned.

Ayreonism (named after Prince Elijah Ayreon) is a centrist political ideology originating from Elwynn. At its core, Ayreonism resembles social liberalism and promotes civic (instead of ethnic) nationalism and pacifism.

Ayreonist policies have included free immigation, equal rights for all sentient beings, republicanism, a somewhat regulated market, and the self-determination for all peoples. Ayreonism tends to propagate for Ayreonist greenism, the idea that the Green must be conquered and subjugated to "righteous body-politics" (i.e. states organized under Ayreonist ideals).

Ayreonism developed during the early years of Elwynnese independence in the 1570s and was initially largely built on the Antican philosopher Beets Rutherford's treatise As Malarbor Burned, combined with pacifist egalitarian and religious mores taken from Hurmu religion. Proto-Ayreonism was found through the ideology of Prince Daniel Kalirion of Elwynn and Hurmu, and was later formalized by Elijah Ayreon through various political writings in the 1580s and 1590s.

In the latter part of the 17th century, however, Ayreonism became more nationalistic and began promoting a regulated migration policy for Elwynn. It was represented in the Elwynnese legislature by the Ayreonist Independence Party. In Benacia, Ayreonism more or less died with the Scouring. It has since the re-establishment of Hurmu in 1689–1690 found resurgence in Hurmu, with the Edasi Hurmu party adopting Ayreonism. Ayreonism was represented in the Senate with the Ayreonist Faction from 1690 to 1707 and from 1745 to 1751, and with the United Ayreonist–Traditionalist Faction in the years between 1707 and 1745. Following the 1751 elections, however, Ayreonism has no longer been represented in the Senate. Meanwhile, the Edasi Hurmu party has taken a more traditionalist stance gradually over the years since the 1719–1720 Hurmu civil conflict.

In Elieland, where the ideology is commonly known as elianisme, "Elianism", Ayreonism is propagated by the Elianist Party.