Verogianism
Ideology
"Verogianism is an ideology that stresses the free market above all things." Dominic Verogian
Verogianism stresses a society that embraces radical laissez-faire free market economics. This means that;
- Trade and all levels of economic activity have absolutely no interference in economy
- Welfare should never be distributed
- All services are privatised
- The role of the government is to protect its citizens from external threats and crime.
The founder of this socio-political and economic ideology, Frederick Verogian, wrote a book called The Many Faces of the Market and it outlined his beliefs. He believed that the Market had some level of sentience on the same level as Humans. It could interpret moods and changes in the world and respond to them. Frederick Verogian, a staunch anti-communist saw the Wall Street Crash and the subsequent economic depression as the market's intelligently planned and cunning response to a grave threat, the Soviet Union. The depression, he viewed created such turmoil that it lead to the creation of Right-Wing Dictatorships like the Nazis in Germany, a counter-balance, an international antibody against what he saw as the Communist disease.
Of course, while he embraced free market economics, he could never come to terms with the authoritarian ideology that the right at the time had embraced. He was a firm, social liberal and he tied in his Social beliefs with his economic ones in his second book, Market and Life, a lasting partnership. That book stated that a free market inevitably led to greater happiness and the willingness to indulge and express one's freedom, that the Sentient Market was in effect a great Messiah, a god even that would lead them to true happiness and freedom. The Market would be a tool that would judge the worthy and the unworthy and deal out justice to the unjust.
History
The Verogianist movement was a radical revolutionary Libertarian force that began in the early 1930's during the Great Depression. Under the leadership of Frederick Verogian, the British socio-economic and political philosopher, the movement tried unsuccessfully to sieze power in several countries across the globe and was finally but only narrowly defeated in the Battle of the Silver Isles in the East Pacific in 1931, a battle in which Frederick was killed. The movement's survivors led by Dominic Verogian (Frederick's Son) appealed to the League of Nations for a land to call their own and the Silver Isles was ceded to them. The Verogianists settled a colony they called Forum Primus ('Main Market') and began to construct their new home around the principles laid down by their dead leader. In 50 years, overall, they have perhaps succeeded in accomplishing much of what Frederick laid down in the book. Compared to other world nations, Forum Primus enjoys massive civil and political rights (though they are seen by some to be corrupted) and the Free Market economy has only recently opened itself away from internal trade to a more economic globalist policy in accordance with Verogianist ideology. The government has managed to stay away from economic matters and has reserved itself to its traditional radical liberal social policies and national security.
