Prime Minister James Jordan, leader of the Liberty and Democracy Party, a centre-left, social democratic party, has announced a bid for re-election. He currently leads an unstable coalition with the Sierra Novalisian Bigtopian Unity Party, an ethnic-nationaist and communist organization.
LOP Gina Cortez, leader of the Novalis Party, a centre-right, Novalisian nationalist party calling for the full "capitalization" of the economy challenges the coaltiion as rumors swirl of a possible collapse. Tensions are rising in the 2 million strong Bigtopian-Novalisian split city of Ostlandia, and Novalisian nationalist activity has been rising.
The Bigtopia Special Cultural and Ethnic Region has been cracking down on the Novalisian minority, leading to a tense election as voters go to the polls during millitary occupation in some polling stations.