OOC: This is my first thread, so please be merciful. Also, how do I make a poll?
IC:
While the Communist Party is the only legal political party, it's philosophy is not universally popular amongst the country's citizens. Various informal societies, unoficial parties, and factions within the Party each compete for the loyalty of the Sebastianalandian citizenry. The latest opinion estimates gathered by the Police are as follows:
Socialist Revolutionaries (Left-Wing Radical) - 12%
Communist Party (Leninist) - 45%
Hardliners (Stalinist) - 6%
Sebastianalandian National Party (National Socialist) - 1%
Traditionalist Phalanx (Fascist) - 4%
Control Clique (Paternal Autocrat) - 9%
Sebastianalandia First Party (Social Conservative) - 2%
People's Party (Market Liberal) - 1%
Progressive Party (Social Liberal) - 5%
Democratic Socialists (Social Democrat) - 15%
Now, we wish to see the opinions of the international community of the various factions within the United Socialist States. A brief summary of the parties is as follows:
Socialist Revolutionaries (Left-Wing Radical) - A collection of non-Communist Socialists, Mensheviks, and more moderate elements within the Communist Party that in-general supports the Party line but believes it should take a more moderate stance on various issues.
Communist Party (Leninist) - The ruling party in this system, with a monopoly of political power. Adheres to Marxism-Leninism as its ideology, and rules in accordance to the Leninist model of the dictatorship of the vanguard party. Founded as an off-shoot of earlier Socialist revolutionary movements in the monarchist era, spearheaded the revolt that overthrew the Kings and seized power afterwards.
Hardliners (Stalinist) - A platform within the Communist Party that, while similarly adhering to Marxism-Leninism, believes a proper implimentation of Marxist-Leninist ideals requires a more hardline aproach. Their main theoretical differences from the mainstream Party is their belief that the class strugle should increase in intensity over time, their belief that the State should continue to exist even once Communism has been achieved, and in their conservative attitudes towards education, family relationships, etc.
Sebastianalandian National Party (National Socialist) - An association of intensely sentimentalist National Socialists who take Sebastianalandian nationalism to the point of considering the Sebastianalandian 'race' to be superior to all others. Worships all things Sebastianalandian.
Traditionalist Phalanx (Fascist) - The direct successor to the old Protect the King Society, this organization is dedicated to upholding the traditional authoritarian values that were the official policy under the Old Regime. At its core are a dedicated group of nostalgic monarchists, but their numbers are augmented by hardcore conservatives who believe in traditional authoritarian family values.
Control Clique (Paternal Autocrat) - The association of pragmaticists. Not so much a political party as a loose society of nonpolitical officials (especially in the armed forces) who are dedicated to maintaining order within the country. Utterly practical and Machiavellian, these slightly right-wing authoritarians consider it their duty to ensure the stability of whatever regime happens to be in charge at the moment. Many of the highest-ranking military offials are part of this group (including the Commissar of War and the Commander-in-Chief of the Admiralty, though the latter is rumoured to be a part of the Traditionalist Phalanx).
Sebastianalandia First Party (Social Conservative) - A watered-down version of the Sebastianalansdian National Party. Heavily in favour of an isolationist foreign policy, dislikes the Communist Party's handling of social issues, and has a somewhat firm commitment to democratic politics.
People's Party (Market Liberal) - An extremely misnamed gentleman's club founded by decendants of Grittonian immigrants. Is the epitomization of the capitalist ideas the Communist Party has set itself to destroy, and is disliked outside of Grittonian business circles. The Communist Party tolerates it as a sop to the aforementioned Grittonian businessmen who conduct much of Sebastianalandia's commerce.
Progressive Party (Social Liberal) - Beginning its life as a trade union that came out in suport of a gay rights demonstration in the monarchist era, this organization is dedicated to lobbying the Communist Party to support progressive social policies in education, law, equaility, etc. - with much success.
Democratic Socialists (Social Democrat) - This movement also began lifge as a trade union. At first branded as 'betrayers of the working class' by the more radical Socialist groups, the Democratic Socialists regained their standing when they mobilized significant working-class support in favour of the Communist-led Revolution.
So, international community, what d'you think?
