Laudean/Government: Difference between revisions

* In the last election, Zeon Zrong’s Neo-Modernist party won a majority by attracting votes from the masses whilst also attracting supporters away from Royalist and Tradionalist trends.

* With Zeon’s borther Paetra Zrong having broken away from the Neo-Modernist party and founding the Popularist party for the masses, Zeon Zrong’s Neo-Modernist party is weakend. Polls indicate that Zeon Zrong has also lost his right wing support back to the Royalists and Tradionalist.

* '''The Naturalists:''' Extreme Left of centre. The naturalists are almost anti-technology and modernisation. In touch with their environment and the elements they are often powerful fielders and very down to earth people. Not overly politically active but a lot of support in more rural areas of Duronis II. Strong attachment to their space of nature and sharing many of the early beliefs that set up the fielding league but much more part of the people and a way of life. Refusal to acknowledge the modern world makes them a smaller party.

* '''The Traditionalists:''' Extreme Right of Centre, this is the party who lends its full support to the Fielding League and belief the Elders and the Feldlesser should be more than just the moral leaders of the people. Believing in Fielding and the tradional ways of Laudean life the Traditionalists ironically share many similarities with the extreme left naturalists, however, the traditionalists are much more rooted in their support for propriety,  traditions and ceremony. Of course, because of this, their support is weak and this is a small party.

It is therefore possible for a party to have 50% of the planetwide vote but only 10% of the parliamentary seats –either because all their voters may live in one area or because their voters are spead too thinly across the planet!

Political parties may form coaltions. The coalition with the most seat will form the government.

Rocar: oO Of course if the votes were spread out over the planet and the seats come from each province that means very little. The tradionalists could have 20% of the vote but still only hold 10% of the seats in parliament as they would not of won any electoral areas outrightOo

In early 2383 the Laudean parliament voted no confidence in Zeon Zrong and the Planetwide parliament. As can be seen above, this was possible due to a united opposition (and a few party disidents) having a larger number of seats in parliament to the government.

No Party has a clear majority. Both Zrongs scamble to secure Ahishma Chandra's support to form a coalition government. It looks like either populairst or Neo-Modernist could form government, however, with a slight return to a Naturalist way of life.

Paetra Zrong realises his mistake and concedes the election, offering his seat to the Neo Modernist party. See: http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/sb118-embassy/message/2734