[CP] Guide: Political Parties ^__^

Day 1,806, 10:22 • Published in Japan Japan • by DEN 007


What is a Political Party?
A Political Party is a way for players to organise and coordinate their votes in Congress and Country President elections. There is only one feature which joining a Party opens up for you, this is being able to run for Congress.
You can see the list of Parties by pressing Community -> Rankings -> Parties.

Many players choose not to join a Political Party as there are no guaranteed benefits to doing so unless you can win Congress every month. You do not need to be a Party one to vote for one. However you joining a Political Party does benefit the Party, as only the Top 5 Parties ranked by membership can run candidates for Congress.

Keep an eye out for Newspaper Articles from each Political Party and if you do join one, send a mail to the Party President so that they can tell you about which Forums, Channels and Newspapers to join.
What do Political Parties belive in?
Most Political Parties are just different cliques of players with different personalities/atmosphere. The Government is a coalition headed by a President supported by several Parties and unlike real life could have Ministers from all Parties. Parties are much looser groups in eRepublik.

The Orientation listed on the Party page tends to be what the majority of the members belive in real life, "Left Wing" and "Right Wing" do not translate well to the game. Some Parties just put "Centre" so show that it isn't relevant to them and some put joke Orientations. Basically ignore these unless you think that you can't play along side Conservative voters!

For example we have two "Centre-Right, Libertarian" Parties in the Japan at the moment who believe completely different things about how the game version of the Japan should be run. I would like to make some sense of the actual in game political differences between parties for you, so I think that an eRepublik version of the real life Orientations is needed.

I propose the following; this is my own interpretation and understanding, but I am interested to know what other players think about this in the comments:

Economical Orientation
How satisfied a Party is with the current Government system and how militant they are in defending/attacking it. For example they may want radical changes and are quite vocal about it.
Far-Left - Totally dissatisfied, very militant in opposition.
Center-Left - Somewhat dissatisfied, active and vocal in opposition
Center - Tries to work with everyone and is open to ideas from either side.
Center-Right - Somewhat satisfied. Active and vocal in support.
Far-Right - Totally resistant to change.

Social Orientation
How many rules and regulations a Party has and how strict their enforcement is. For example they may tell you who to vote/fight for or how to use your Citizenship passes if in Congress.
Totalitarian - Lots of rules and harsh enforcement.
Authoritarian - Many rules and strict enforcement.
Libertarian - Some rules and light enforcement.
Anarchist - No rules at all.
Which Political Party do I join/vote for?
Clicking on this link you can see all the Japanese party:
http://www.erepublik.com/en/main/rankings-parties/1/45
Choose a party that you really like 😉

Conclusion: Japan Empire in chocolate 🙂

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