Preservation Party

Preservation Party
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Abbreviation	PP
Leader	Îng Kokol
Founded	TBA (ingame) Peska 123 (in-lore)
Headquarters	TBA
Ideology	Conservatism Royalism
Political position	TBA
Color	Gold

The Preservation Party is a political party in Rauratoshan. They platform themselves on agrarian support, and have a traditional Rauratoshanian view on the role of the government.

History

The roots of the Preservation Party go back to before the establishment of Parliament, and even before the Rauratoshanian incursion. The Preservation Party began as a cabinet of advisors to Queen Setlan, the last regent from House Randa. After her death, the cabinet was sent away by King Azbin IV. However, the group stayed together, forming the Preservation Press, a propaganda mill for Randan ideals and against House Mohito. Soon afterward, members of House Randa themselves started supporting the project.

Around the time of the Rauratoshanian incursion, the Preservation Press turned outright into the Preservation Party, initially hoping to sway the new quing regent, Nozomi I, to not annex the Elemental Republic. However, their cries fell on deaf ears. Ironically, the royalist propaganda mill ended up calling against the rulings Queen Nozomi I was making. After the parliament was established, the Preservation Party quickly made a bid for seats, and although many of their elections failed to produce any results, the most critical election, that of Preservation Press editor Kokoya Randa, succeeded.

Beliefs

• The role of the government is to protect its people.
• Unitarianism: A large bureaucracy is suboptimal for this purpose, because too much time will be spent arguing over problems instead of solving them. Ditto separation of powers.
• The role of the people is to provide resources which the government can allocate.
• Isolationism: An open-border policy is suboptimal for this purpose, because it invites elements that have no intention to support, or may actively oppose, the government.