National Conservative Party (Casari)

The National Conservative Party of Casari is the current majority party in the nation of Casari. After ninety years as the nation's third party, the National Conservatives (NatCons) broke back onto the national scene after a standoff in the nomination of a Prime Minister went to the final hours and a young first-term NatCon, Meia Winter, was nominated as a compromise. Since then, the NatCons used the position to transform their party to a socially progressive party with the majority of the youth support.

History

Formation

The Formation of the National Conservative party was in 1346, when they were formed as a right-wing alternative to the left-dominated politics of the era. After modest success in the 1348 Elections, the party moved more to the center and managed to narrowly win a plurality and push through a NatCon as Prime Minister.

Decline

After 90 years of success, a growing Labor party managed to replace the NatCons as Casari's second major party. During this period, the NatCons lived in a bit of a limbo, gathering more votes than the minor parties, but much less than the CasLibs and Labor.

Resurgance

The 1491 Elections left the Casari Liberals and National Labor in a dead heat, leaving some question to who would be the next Prime Minister. Both parties pushed their party leaders for the position, but neither could win the majority necessary to claim the position. As the deadline for the election of a Prime Minister neared, the two parties managed to come to an agreement and nominated Meia Winter, then a first-term representative from the Carlisle Castle district, to the position of Prime Minister. The shock decision managed to draw the support of all three major parties, the Liberals and Labor happy that the other would not hold the top spot, while the NatCons were eager to lay claim to their first upper-government position in 60 years. The coalition government that ensued was rather unsuccessful at passing any needed legislation, which the charismatic Hunter was able to use her platform to blast the majority parties for not getting anything done, and even putting herself up for Votes of No Confidence on the grounds of the government's lack of success. While they naturally failed, the party managed to reform itself in the three years between elections and earned an overwelming majority in the 1494 elections.

Positions

Social issues

• Abortion: Support in necessary cases
• Capital punishment: Support
• Church/state: Support Free Religious Worship
• Crime: Strong stance on felony crime, forgiving of lesser crimes
• Drugs: Oppose
• Education: Support high funding levels
• Euthanasia: Oppose, except in cases of unrecoverable injury
• Gay marriage: Neutral
• Gun control: Oppose
• Healthcare: Support Strong Federal Funding
• Prostitution: Oppose

Economic issues

• Business regulation: Slightly support
• Environmental protection: Support
• Social welfare: Support
• Subsidies to business: Support
• Taxation: Support
• Trade: Lower tariffs, encourage exports
• Workers' rights: Slightly oppose

Foreign policy

• Diplomacy: Strone diplomatic ties with most neighbors, but avoiding international treaties and defense pacts
• Foreign aid: Support
• Immigration: Desires Immigrants to register for resident status before 120 days in-country
• Military: Increase Size, support new technologies
• United Nations: Oppose