Political Scene of Korolia and its predecessors

The political scene of the United Commonwealth is really dynamic, with many parties appearing and fading into obscurity in the matter of years.

The 00s
The 1000-1010 ACA decade was dominated by four parties tracing their roots back to the State of Nova Žemja, the UCRP, PNU, NDU and NAP. Back then the centre-right was in full swing, with all three moderate parties being inside that zone, it was also the time of the Provisional Government, so no elections were held in that decade - the Second United Commonwealth itself was reformed only in the tail end of the decade - in 1007.

The 10s
The first half of the 1010s was marked with Provisional Government, with the constitution being finally drafted in 1019. It would've been drafted earlier if not for the annexation of the second member of the UC - Czervoslavia,by Plagatea-Lunaris. The same four political parties dominated the scene.

The 20s
In 1021 the first elections in the new United Commonwealth took place. The elections were a big victory for the Progressive-National Union, which won absolute majority of seats in the United Sejm, and was able to push Matos Slavski-Epitichan for the Pjervod seat. The Sejm was filled in with the NDU, who were in coalition with the PNU, and the UCRP. NAP didn't win any seats.

In 1026 after his coronation, the Csar Slout V Korol was banned from participating in any party under Csar's non-partisanship, so the leadership of the UCRP was passed down to Ludomir Korol.

In the next elections however, which took place in 1027, the result was wildly different, with the National Agricultural Party achieving victory, taking up 40% of the Sejm. The remaining 60% was evenly divided between the remaining four.

The 30s
In the next elections of 1033, PNU recovered, taking up just as much seats as the NAP, which was mildly embarassed by the Constitutional Crisis of 1029. The NDU was out of the Sejm this time. Prior to the elections, UCRP also announced it's dissolution, throwing the country into a short period of two-party system.

After the election, two major parties formed, which will later become both embroiled in controversy - Zerkalo Lands! and the National Democratic Party.

The election of 1039 was won by the Zerkalo Lands! party, who after striking a coalition with PNU, had complete control over the government. NAP and NDP also got seats but they were no match for the ZL-PNU coalition.

The 40s
The 1039-1045 term was marked with the Zerkalo Commonwealth controversy, as it turned out that ZL! party was part of a wider scheme of the organization known as the ZC, to infiltrate democratic governments and take control of them, with later plans of merging the countries into Zerkalo Empire. Luckily, due to the ZC being preoccupied with other locations, all the UC suffered were few years of stagnation until the election of 1045, with the plans of the ZC never succeding.

The election of 1045 saw the victory of the National Democratic Party, which yet again made a coalition with PNU. The country saw major progress, however that was soon to end...

The 50s
In 1055, during the NDP-PNU's term, vassalization agreement with Aurea was signed. However, the public did not like that, and set up foundations for what will become known as the Orange Revolution.

In the period between 1055 and the 1058 - the year of the election, following events took place:


 * National Democratic Party reformed into National Labour Party
 * Conservative Party of National Rebirth was formed and dissolved
 * League of Commonwealth Patriots was formed
 * The anti-vassalization coalition of the LCP, NAP and NDU was formed, known under the names of Anti-Integration League, Free Commonwealth List, and the Free Commonwealth Alliance.

After the elections of 1058, the Orange Revolution took place. The FLA achieved a tight victory, and proceeded to reveal evidence of a plot to coup the United Commonwealth. What ensued was chaos, with several politicians from the NLP-PNU coalition arrested, military trying to enforce martial law to prevent the country from collapsing but then withdrawing and more.

After that the country stabilized under the Interim Government, with the Alexei Vargas and Matos Slavski-Epitichan respectively getting killed by mafia and facing trial for treason (ultimately declared innocent).

In the aftermath of the Orange Revolution another event took place, the "Springtime of Parties" with about half of the active parties being formed during, or after the Revolution.

The 60s
The elections to finish the Interim Government period are planned for early 1060s. The parties have already announced their programs, with some notable things happening, such as the PNU switching their logo, and the NDU switching from centre-right to centre-left.

Zerkalo Commonwealth
The controversy known as the ZC Controversy, or simply the Zerkalo controversy took place in the Zerkalo Lands! party existence and revolved around them, and specifically their (or rather wider Zerkalo Commonwealth organization's) plans toto infiltrate democratic governments and take control of them, with later plans of merging the countries into Zerkalo Empire. Luckily, due to the ZC being preoccupied with other locations, all the UC suffered were few years of stagnation until the election of 1045, with the plans of the ZC never succeding.

Aurean Crisis / New Banners Rebellion / Orange Revolution
The Aurean Crisis revolved around the Aurean Vassalization of the UC, and the events surrounding it - such as the discontent of the citizens with it, the controversial way of pushing it through, and finally, after the society expressed their discontent, with the planned "coup" of the UC to turn it away from democracy, and towards a more autocratic, although more stable government. The Orange Revolution sparked after the Elections of 1058, when the coup plans were released to the public, and people involved with it got arrested, two prime suspects who were meant to face trial - Alexei Vargas of NLP and Matos Slavski-Epitichan of PNU were later respectively: killed in a murder framed as suicide, and declared innocent by the Supreme Court.

The Aurean Crisis resulted in the dissolution of the National Labour Party, and the ending of the vassalization, setting ground for future lack of trust and rivalry in the region.