United gerdist Democratic Party

For the organization during the Second Civil War, see UGDP (Terrorist Organization)
The United gerdist Democratic Party (UGDP) was a moderate party founded on 2 December 2023 by gerd after his victory in the 2023 Cool Server general election to govern the Cool Server Republic. It has consistently been the largest party in the Parliament of the Cool Server with few exceptions.
== Political views ==
The party mainly followed a gerdist authoritarian democratic doctrine, vouching for applying gerdist ideas to society while still allowing individual religious, political and social freedom, though in practice has oppressed other religion, going as far as to ban branches of gerdism deemed "too extreme", meaning any form outside traditional orthodox gerdism or gerdistantism. The party has sought to enshrine gerdism as the state religion of the Cool Server.
=== Branches ===
Starting in the months of May and June, the party was divided into three main factions; the conservatives, who followed traditional gerdist ideology; the anarchists, who followed a theocratic model of left-wing anarchism and the New gerdist Order, who followed an extremist version of gerdism.
==== Conservatives ====
The conservatists were the traditionalist branch of the UGDP, most closely aligning with the ideology of gerd himself. It was unofficially lead by GarthJack at the time of the UGDP's dissolution.
==== Anarchists ====
The anarchists were a leftist branch of the UGDP, aiming for a society where all authority was delegated to local communities of workers and gerdist churches. The branch mainly supported (and was led by) Den. After the dissolution of the UGDP by Den, the anarchists evolved into the SgP.
==== New gerdist Order ====
The New gerdist Order were an extremist theocratic branch of the UGDP that demanded gerdism as the sole rule in the Cool Server. The NGO had a big part in the gerdist clashes that led up to the Third Civil War. The branch was led by Prussia.
== History ==
The Party led the first and only government of the Cool Server Republic together with the NSCSWP, until being ousted during the Coup d'état on the 31st of December 2023. Members of the party were after the coup on trial for treason against the Cool Server Reich, but escaped containment shortly before the Second Cool Server Civil War.
After losing power within the Cool Server government, gerd went on to found the UGO, a non-political religious organization, on the same day.
Following the January 2024 Snap Election, gerd would make the decision to dissolve the UGDP party due to The Don becoming Deputy, along with him not gaining enough support. He said the following:
=== Second Cool Server Civil War ===
Main articles: Second Cool Server Civil War, UGDP (terrorist organization)
After a period of being part of TKP, gerd and his close supporters reformed the UGDP as a continuation of the 2024 gerdist Protests and eventually the Second Civil War. After winning the war, gerd reestablished the party as legitimate and declared the Second Cool Server Republic.
=== Second Cool Server Republic ===
The UGDP ran in and won the February election, winning a majority together with the DPP. Shortly after the election, TheCheesenPanzer, leader of the NSCSWP and former PM of the Cool Server Reich, committed a terrorist attack on the UGDP headquarters. After the March 2024 Election, despite receiving the most seats, the UGDP lost the election to a coalition led by the CSGA. The two subsequent march elections (snap and parliamentary) were won by a coalition of TWP-UGDP-DPP, though this marked the first time the UGDP was a minority partner in a coalition. The UGDP was part of government in the April general and Snap elections together with the CDP (and temporarily BL). They received 30/105 seats in the May election, but were unable to form a coalition due to the recount election being issued after an investigation by the constitutional court, though they managed to form a coalition with TWP in the recount election. The UGDP-TWP coalition and Fifth gerdist ministry marked the last time gerd ran for Prime Minister, instead retiring from national politics after waking up from his coma and promoting GarthJack to de facto leader of the party instead. gerd later ran for the UGDP in the Coolistan election, becoming Mayor and attaining several seats in the assembly.
=== Union of the Cool Server and dissolution ===
The UGDP lost the eventual snap election to PSRP and BL, also losing the June election but winning the June snap election, electing Garth as Prime Minister. The Garth ministry did not last long however, as the UGDP had been under pressure from factionalism within the party, a problem gerd had warned about shortly before his death. With gerd's passing, the discord within the party turned violent, as different groups started fighting on the streets, and soon were actively rebelling against the government (led by Garth). Following a vote of no confidence, Garth was ousted by a coalition of BL, PSRP and supporters of Den within the UGDP. With Garth's influence quickly collapsing, Den assumed leadership of the party and officially dissolved it, instead creating the FgD.
== Electoral History ==
Election 	Leader 	Seats 	+/-	Winner
2023 General Election 	gerd 	55/100	 	UGDP ✓
January 2024 Snap Election 	gerd 	29/100	-26	NSCSWP X
February 2024 General Election 	gerd 	42/84 	+13	UGDP-DPP ✓
March 2024 General Election 	gerd 	22/100	-20	CSGA-TKP-DPP-GAYPP-CLP X
March 2024 Snap Election 	gerd 	23/100	+1 	TWP-UGDP-BL ✓
March 2024 Parliamentary Elections	gerd 	25/100	+2 	TWP-UGDP-BL ✓
April 2024 General Election 	gerd 	42/100	+17	UGDP-CDP-BL ✓
April 2024 Snap Election 	gerd 	27/105	-15	CDP-UGDP ✓
May 2024 General Election 	gerd 	30/105	+3 	N/A
May 2024 Recount Election 	gerd 	43/105	+13	UGDP-TWP ✓
May 2024 Snap Election 	GarthJack	17/105	-26	PSRP-BL-UPL Party X
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