Defunct (Sep edit)


Name: Nylander Union for Independence
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Popularity: Medium (More popular in rural and religious areas)

Position on Foreign Policy: Center Right
Position on Economics: Right
Position on Political Centralization: Center Right
Position on Civil Rights: Center to Center Right
Position on Social Welfare: Center (It supports farm subsidies and aid for blue collar workers, but only to a limited extent)

Info: The Nylander Union for Independence is a party based on 'principled' conservatism, in that it believes a free market is essential to the well-being of the state and to progress in the world as a whole. It believes in law and order, doling out the administration of justice with no exceptions with a "law and order" policy. They do embrace some welfarist policies, but mainly to preserve iconic industries such as agriculture and industry. Recently, they have also aimed to create a society where 'all men and women know the spirit of hard work and principle'. Indeed, it has religious roots and applies them into their policies but also believes that there are indeed limits to the extent religion and state should intermix. They emphasize tradition and military might, and believes that encouraging moderate civic nationalism is a healthy and constructive way to creating a self-reliant society. The party unifies two different forms of conservatives under one roof due to the combination between the not-Christian democratic Union party with the liberal conservative Independence Party, hence the name "Nylander Union for Independence"

It typically targets those in more rural areas, supporting agricultural subsidies and criticizing some laws on pesticides and fertilizers championed by the more centrist Progressive Conservatives as "economically and socially destructive." They also have raised qualms with their secularism, stating that "secularism can frequently be a slippery slope to politically correct laicism." Ironically, the NUI can sometimes veer to the left of the Progressive Conservatives, especially in supporting farmers and blue collar laborers with welfare policies. Despite the NUI's typical hatred for the PCs as "cowards to the right", the NUI and the Progressive Conservatives have sometimes been known to govern together.

In the modern day, the NUI is powerful mainly in rural states, the Progressive Conservatives acting as their opposition in the more right-wing states. The modern party has also undergone an ideological shift with the decline of agriculture in Nyland, and the world in general. The more agrarian not-Christian democratic wing has been slowly displaced by the liberal conservative wing of the party, which has a more economically neo-liberal platform, but is also a strong condemner of political correctness, critical of progressivism in general as destructive to traditions, and seeks to preserve the Nylander national spirit. This new character was reflected in the recent ascent of Finn Starhl to the leader of the NUI.

Finn Starhl has started to engineer a plan to "Seek not discord but union between farmers and their consumers in the cities", a cornerstone of the new party policy. He has also moved the party from a mainly agrarian platform to a non-interventionist, anti-immigration foreign policy. He has criticized immigration as "Intellectually indefensible", saying "Immigration is a two-fold burden. It increases our crime rate by placing within our country people that do not speak our language nor know or laws and customs, and robs the home nation of people that could otherwise have been talented individuals."

Name: Progressive Conservative Party
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Popularity: Medium (Sep edit)

Position on Foreign Policy: Centre

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The Progressive-Conservative Party supports a well-equipped military force and the nuclear deterrent if and where possible. Ideally the military ought to deter foreign aggression for the sake of national security, however we accept that there are times when foreign intervention is necessary. The Progressive-Conservative Party, although supporting a well-armed military, stands wary of the military-industrial complex and the lobbying power of such groups.

Position on Economics: Centre-Right

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The Progressive-Conservative Party believes that a market economy is the only way to create wealth, sustainable jobs, innovation and economic growth, and is also the best way to preserve the right of an individual to an individually directed lifestyle.

The party accepts that privatising public services is not always the most efficient course of action, but in the private sector actively seeks to partner with businesses and job creators and to create the best conditions for investors and business owners, as well as taking an active stand in promoting entrepreneurs.

The party believes that while free trade is an excellent long-term goal that gives the benefits of more markets for exporters, and while an open market can help bring new jobs to a local area, free trade needs to be treated with caution as it could negatively impact local industries in the short and medium term.

The Progressive-Conservative Party believes that while trade unions are admirable in their goals of securing better working and living conditions, and that people ought to continue to strive for such things, trade unions need to be kept in check to ensure they don't cause inflation to rise, or price their workers out of the market, or shut down key sectors of the economy for unrealistic demands.

The party believes that immigration needs to be restricted only to those who are educated, and coming to fill a gap in the market where there is too much demand, or they should be coming to create jobs.

The Progressive-Conservative Party believes that full employment is something that should be sought.

Position on Political Centralization: Centre

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The party is conservative in the sense that we reject change for the sake of change but progressive in the sense that we actively seek out new ways of bettering humanity and the citizens of Nyland.

We believe in a government that empowers the individual, but one which also takes strong measures to ensure the security of its citizens. We believe in creating equality of opportunity, but accept that inequality is natural in a meritocratic society. We believe that society does have an obligation to the poor and needy, but we also believe that the way to help those at the bottom is not by making the rich poor.

Position on Civil Rights: Centre

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The PCP believes that Civil Rights are a fundamental bloc for a functioning society, however we must ensure that the expansion of rights do not detriment the rights of others but also does not undermine national security and our primary duty of protecting the citizens of our country.

The PCP believes that the church and state should be entirely separate, that religion has an important role to play in society but has no role in the operation of government in any form.

The PCP believes that debates on topics such as LGBT Rights and Abortion, whilst important, distract from the really important national issues such as crime prevention, defence and the economy.

The PCP believes that there is nothing 'positive' about 'positive discrimination', and strongly opposes Affirmative Action on the grounds that for meritocracy to truly exist then everybody should have an equal opportunity and can be built into society without the use of Affirmative Action by providing top-quality Education and delivering equal opportunities for all.

The PCP believes all people are born equal, regardless of gender, sexuality ethnicity or any other identity factor. However there is little reason to change the status quo at present.

Position on Social Welfare: Centre

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The Progressive-Conservative Party believes that society has an obligation to the poor and needy, and that a social safety net is an important component of being a civilised, first world country.

However we emphasise that it is a net, not a hammock, and that the role of social security is to empower the individual to return to an individually directed lifestyle.

As such the Progressive-Conservative Party supports:

• Separate & High Quality Pensions for veterans and the elderly
• Compulsory Work Programmes for the unemployed to help them get back into sustainable jobs
• Universal Credit programmes to combine basic state benefits opposed to individual benefits paid separately to reduce costs
• State Housing to prevent homelessness and to allow individuals to be able to earn their way out of their situation with a roof over their heads
• Means testing for all benefits and entitlement to such benefits

Info: The Progressive Conservative Party prides itself on the belief that change for the sake of change is wrong. It is the party of pragmatism and rationalism, with the PCP standing for governance by consensus and common sense, rather than by idealism and division. The PCP argues that the that the main role of the state is to provide security for its citizens, in order to create a safe place for all people to live thus supports a strong law & order policies such as a well-funded and armed police force, a justice system based on deterrence, not rehabilitation, with sensible sentences that fit the crime, Public CCTV and in certain circumstances wiretapping, to prevent crime and terrorism, Strong Anti-Hate laws and Anti-Radicalisation laws thus recognising that in some cases freedom of speech needs to be restricted for the sake of security.

In regards to Taxation, the PCP believes that while taxes are necessary to support public works, having a tax rate too high can have a detrimental effect on the economy. The Party believes that the top marginal tax rate should not exceed 40% for doing so will negatively impact job creating businesses, and act as a deterrent to those seeking to become wealthier. The party accepts that a progressive tax system is ultimately the fairest to the poor, beginning with a personal tax allowance up to $10,000 followed by marginal rates of 10%, 20%, 25%, 30% and 40% dependant on income brackets.

Other policy areas such as Education, Healthcare and the Environment the PCP supports a pragmatic approach with all stakeholders to deliver inclusive, fair and ultimately balanced policies between Progressivism and Conservatism such as an equal education policy including government vouchers for private schools available to all from 5%-100% of the cost covered depending on income brackets however the PCP endorses state schools and academies that should be well-funded and equipped for the future.

The PCP believes that Healthcare should be universal, however where necessary should include charges to ensure it is well-funded in other critical areas. Prescriptions should have a minimum charge, dental and optic services should incur charges to all with refunds eligible to those who require assistance from the state. We believe that Doctors should be the driving force of our health service, deciding and allocating resources as appropriate to each local area's need, however the PCP believes that a National Health Service is crucial to the long-term survival of our nation.

The PCP seeks a clean, green and sustainable future for all people, and seeks to invest in alternative energy sources and promote green technology.
However, we do not believe that people should have to lower their quality of life to preserve the environment, and that we should seek to slowly transition to a green economy lest we cost important jobs in heavy industry, coal or oil. Thus, we are against "green taxes" instead we opt to apply soft power to industries to ensure a smooth transition such as subsidies and government endorsement for companies that transition to a low-carbon green economy.

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Name: Nyland Systems
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Type: Defense Conglomerate

Position on Foreign Policy: Right.
Position on Economics: Right.
Position on Political Centralization: Center
Position on Civil Rights: Center
Position on Social Welfare: Center

Info: Nyland Systems plc is a Nyland multinational defence, security and aerospace company headquartered in Flåleandshem and with operations worldwide. It is among the world's largest defence contractors with over 90,000 employees an $20 billion in revenue every year. Nyland Systems is the successor to various aircraft, shipbuilding and defence electronics companies that were merged together in 1527. Since its formation it has made a number of acquisitions, in other fields, expanding into armoured vehicles and armaments.

Nyland Group produces military equipment, vehicles, aircraft and ships for dozens of nations across the world and is a very well known defense contractor. Ironically, thanks to Nyland's small military, most of Nyland Group's income comes from foreign arms sales to countries such as Lanlania.