Political parties of Alduria-Wechua

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The political parties of the Federation of Alduria and the Wechua Nation exist in a fragmented federal multi-party system. At its most basic unit, each Region has its own set of influential regional political parties. These regional political parties then pledge their support to a federally-assembled political coalition. These political coalitions at the federal level are currently arranged along with Federalist (or Aldricist) and Anti-Federalist.

In 1685 AN, a broad Federalist "[[Wikipedia:Aldricism|Aldricism" political grand coalition was assembled, called Coalition for Federal Progress. Initially an alliance between the Democratic Socialist Party of Alduria and the Social Democratic Club of the Wechua Nation, they were later joined by 20 independent Aldurian Assembly members, (later more parties and independents joined as the country grew) making them the largest political coalition in the Federal Constituent Assembly with 483 seats out of 759.

Political parties hold a great deal of power in the Alduro-Wechua system of government. The federal coalition that has the most members to the Federal Constituent Assembly forms the government. The coalition or political grouping with the second-largest number of seats forms the Loyal Opposition.

Political parties in Alduria-Wechua are structured in a very hierarchical fashion. There’s always a single leader at the top, who serves as an all-powerful boss of the party. The leader (and his coterie of aides, advisers, and policy experts) formulate party policy and determines where their party stands on the political issues of the day. All politicians below them, including members of the Federal Constituent Assembly are expected to support and endorse the established agenda. Politicians who misbehave or are embroiled in scandal can be expelled from the party by the leader. It is customary in the event of an electoral loss for party leaders to resign leadership.

Party members in Alduria-Wechua are individuals who pay a yearly fee (usually WAE€5 for students, WAE€15 for adult voters, WAE€10 for seniors) to hold a card-carrying membership in a political party. These are the people who elect the party leader, select local candidates, and vote on important internal matters such as amendments to the party constitution. Different federal coalitions and different regional parties organize and provide for their affairs each in their own ways. Most notably, they all have different ways to select their party leadership. Alduro-Wechua citizens who decide to become party members tend to be people who are quite personally invested in politics, including relatives of politicians and their employees, or people who are very involved in political activism. Party membership tends to increase during high-profile party leadership elections.

Federal coalitions

Alduria-Wechua has what is sometimes called a “federal-plus” system. This means the country is usually dominated by two well-organized federal coalitions — one of the pro-Federalist faction (broadly favoring social reform and activist government) and one of the anti-Federalist faction (broadly favoring social tradition, sovereignty, and limited government). As of 1686 AN, a third grouping, Coalition 1686, has a small political presence. However, there are many members of the interim legislature, the Federal Constituent Assembly, that are either unaligned with a federal coalition (but retain their regional party loyalties). If the unaligned legislators were all one coalition, they would become the Loyal Opposition.

The federal-plus system is dominated by the broad Federalist coalition, the Coalition for Federal Progress. The Loyal Opposition is the Anti-Federalist Front.

• Coalition for Federal Progress (CFP)
• Anti-Federalist Front (AFF)
• Coalition 1686 (C1686)

Regional political parties

The "plus" in "federal-plus" represents the regional political parties. Each region has evolved its own unique multiparty systems that reflect the “left/right” political split in a variety of different ways.

Alduria

• Alduria
  • Democratic Socialist Party
  • Liberty and Democracy Party
  • Aldurian National Alliance
  • Independents

Wechua Nation

• Wechua Nation
  • Social Democratic Club
  • Conservative and Royalist Coalition
  • Alexandrian and Caputian Party
  • Nationalist & Humanist Club
  • Communist Soviet of the Wechua Nation
  • Independents

Santander

• Santander
  • Union for a Democratic Movement
  • Liberal Alliance
  • Socialist Party of Santander
  • Greens
  • Rally for the Empire
  • Independents

Valencia

• Valencia
  • Union for a Democratic Movement
  • Liberal Alliance
  • Socialist Party of Valencia
  • Greens
  • Rally for the Empire
  • Independents

Historical parties

Alduria

Previous Political Parties

Logo		Name	Abbrev.	Founded	Dissolved	Position	Fate
		National Congress for Social Democracy	NCSD	????	????	Center-left	Merged into DFL
		Communist Party of Alduria	CPA	????	????	Far-left	Merged into DFL
	File:N-LA Logo.png	National-Liberal Alliance	N-LA	????	1678	Right	Merged into ANA
		Movement for Alduria	MfA	????	1678	Far-Right	Merged into ANA
		Euran Destiny Party	EDP	????	????	Zurvanism, nationalism, conservatism	Dissolved