Six party chairs walk into a room, diametrically opposed. Foes.
Welcome to the Six Party System. In an alternate future, society has restarted as a whole- and now, you’re fighting to build a completely new nation. Let me show you the characters.
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Six Parties (or maybe more?) start with a score of 3 variables. Each variable impacts how much popularity they have in the Seven States of Society and what they start off with. Variables start with red signifying extreme unpopularity, and purple signifying extreme popularity.
The Six States, Shellville, Oceania, Novus, Techo, Rerum and Callens all have different demographics, beliefs (on average) and influential figures.
The First Variable: Economics. Economics is a weird place to put on a spectrum, but it goes from left to right. The farthest left economically is Anarchist Communism, then Communism, Socialism, Social Capitalism, Regulated Capitalism, Capitalism, Libertarianism, and then Anarchist Capitalism. (I’m probably missing a few notable ideologies, but this works for now. Also, don’t expect either Anarchist ideologies to ever not be Red.)
Then we have the Liberalism scale. How much rights do you want people to have? What will you restrict or make illegal? Can people defy the government? The most authoritarian is …1933, Certain Rights, Social Conservatism, Social Liberalism, Modern Liberalism, and Everything is Legal. (I don’t know what you expected. Look at what’s happening right now, and tell me that 1933 is Red.)
The third scale is the Progressive v Conservative scale. Do you prefer the status quo, or do you want change? The most progressive is Always Evolving, Progressivism, Moving Realistically, Status Quo, Conservatism, Moving Backwards, and Traditionalism. (If you’re leading a party with the last one, never admit they want to do this. Seriously. Don’t.)
When it comes to characters, everyone is an influential character. Seats will open, Governor slots will open. Elections will be fairly fast, but not too fast paced- I’m thinking about 1 month between elections?
Presidential system. President is elected in a 3 round system. 15% in the first round gets you to the 2nd round. Top 2 advance from there.
Legislature is 14 seats FPTP, 16 seats proportional, with 30 seats total. I’m sure there’s a name for this somewhere, I just don’t feel like finding it.
I have a giant google sheets and a map to track all this. Polling data gets released every turn.
Party Chair: RUSSELL CAMPBELL
The Democratic Party. Named after the old Democrats of the US, the Koreas, and many other Democratic Party, they’re focused on modern liberalism and capitalism. The complete center, leftist infighting and rightist infighting has given the Democrats and Russell Campbell an incredibly strong position. Can you capitalize? Most similar to the 2006 US Democratic Party.
Starts as Modern Liberalism/Capitalism/Status Quo. Most popular in Rerum and Callens.
PARTY CHAIR: ARIHAN CARSON
The Conservative Party. They pride family values and protecting the children, but tend to ignore some very rampant problems in society. The Conservatives have only lasted this long due to the sheer campaigning skill of former Speaker Marcus McCain, but with their right-wing splitting off, it’s going to be harder to keep them afloat post-McCain. Can you keep the Conservatives afloat for a little longer? Most similar to the 2025 UK Conservative Party.
Starts as Social Conservatism/Capitalism/Conservatism. Most popular in Shellville and Techo.
PARTY CHAIR: SAVANNAH ROBINSON
The Progressive Party, started after a wave of left-wing populism paraded by the late Gary Bernard, has risen to the 3rd largest party. A openly democratic socialist party, its’ left-wing focus on Economics has attracted many people looking for a new solution. Has the Overton window finally shifted leftward enough? Can Ms. Robinson seal the deal & usher in a new progressive wave? Most similar to the 2023 NL PvDA.
Starts as Modern Liberalism/Socialism/Progressivism. Most popular in Novus and Oceania.
PARTY CHAIR: JACK COLEMAN
The Popular Party’s rise in politics looks threatening. Made of defectors from the Conservatives, they promise change. There is a lot of internal fighting, though, and riots for the Popular cause continue to rise the support- they look threatening- but can former Conservative leader turned face of the Popular Party Jack Coleman lead the Popular Party to the top of the polls? Most similar to the 2024 UK Reform Party, or the 2025 DE Alternative for Germany.
Starts as Social Conservatism/Capitalism/Moving Backwards. Most Popular in Oceania and Rerum.
Popular among the youth, the Communist party is in a weird spot. They’re headed by older folks who want to bring back authoritarian communism, but their voting base are all liberalists who seem to like communism. Either way, they haven’t won more than 2 seats in over 20 elections and will struggle to even win a district in their most popular state. Don’t piss off the base, Tim Hall.
Starts as Social Conservatism/Communism/Moving Realistically. Most popular in Techo and Novus.
The Agrarians LOOOVE farmers. Their entire base is made of it! They prioritize the farmers, coal country and like capitalism. All they want is for farmers to be able to make lots of money. An interesting thing about this party though, is that they also want to break down monopolies. Hmm. Sky Cotton, representative for Callens, is set on getting her goals passed. Similar to uhhhhhhhhh
Starts as Social Liberalism/Social Capitalism/Status Quo. Most popular in Callens and Shellville.
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