Democratic-Republican Party (Undalia)

The Democratic-Republican Party, commonly known as the DRP is a social democratic political party in Undalia. 
The party was formed in 1978 by many members of the Party of Socialist Unionists who had moved away from socialism and moved towards social democracy. The party was originally called the Republican Socialist Party but was renamed because of the move away from socialism. In its first election, the party won 2 seats, losing 11 seats which had split from the PSU. The party would win 5 seats in 1984 and join the Democracy Alliance, a coalition between the PSU and Socialist Populist Party. In 1989, the Democracy Alliance would win 128 seats of 250, with 41 of them being Democratic-Republican candidates. The DRP, now the second largest party in the coalition, would take more power from the other parties. The socialists of the PSU would move away from the PSU as it softened its policy on the DRP. Many moved to the Red League, which would slowly gain more and more political power. In 1994, the DRP would win 102 seats in the National Assembly, with the Democracy Alliance winning 139 seats. In 1997, the DRP made the decision to kick the National Liberal Party out of the coalition and reform as the Olive Coalition. This new coalition would only have 128 seats, a slim majority of 3 seats. The Olive Coalition would fail to pass most of its laws without the support of the NLP. The first major law to come out of the Olive Coalition was the Industrial Reorganization Act, which nationalized a majority of the industry companies within Undalia.