8th National Moderate Government: 2011 - Present

The 8th National Moderate Government was formed on the 21st of February in the Kingdom of Dissau with Elijah Eben as Prime Minister. National Moderate entered government after defeating the previous Labor government in a catastrophic loss for the left and massive win for the right in the 2011 Dissauian General Election. The party was forced to have an election in 2012 due to it being a fixed-term election but the election surprisingly saw an even larger increase of seats for the right-wing parties. The election was so dominated by the right that polls sometimes gave a higher polling average to Christian Conservative over Labor. This ended up going back in favour for Labor during the last few weeks of the election. The election in 2016 saw a largely decreased amount of seats for the right, barely giving National Moderate and Christian Conservative a majority. An election was then called early in 2019 due to the government's majority turning into a minority and led to an even worse election result, almost giving the left more seats than the right, forcing the government to enter Free Liberal into the coalition. The 2020 election was a fixed-term election and was generally seen to be the election that removes National Moderate from power but due to a scandal concerning the leader of the Labor Party and a good economic upturn during the campaign of the election, the right saw a surprising victory. The government ousted Free Liberal from the coalition and managed to reform their two-party coalition once again. The government is currently in power of the country but is heavily expected to see a massive defeat in the upcoming 2024 Dissauian General Election.
The government was generally quite moderate whilst under the premiership of Elijah Eben and that generally continued under the premiership of Nathaniel Nottingham and the early premiership of Evelyn Weckers. The later part of Weckers premiership saw pressure among Christian Conservative and more right-wing National Moderate MPs forced Weckers to take on a more right-wing approach. Weckers' successor, Anna Stuarts, continued on the more right-wing path and has become heavily unpopular among the left and more moderate National Moderate MPs.
== Significant Policies ==
=== Domestic Policies ===
==== Immigration, Citizenship, & Terrorism ====
Terrorism in the 2010s in Dissau reached its all time high, leading to politicians calling for new legislation to prevent terrorism. The biggest terrorist attacks in the country were the 2013 Ackatakhu Bombing, 2014 Nackatu Shooting, 2016 Deskau Massacre, and the 2017 Murreysfield Shooting. The Terrorism Act 2014 introduced a wide range of regulations for airports and cross-island transport. The act aimed to find terrorists before they could enter the country but included measures for terrorists who were already in the country. Bomb, shooting, or general violence threats taken more seriously by police and acted on quicker, tracking for up to one year for suspected terrorists or people with suspicion in committing a terroristic, and requiring businesses to install certain anti-terrorism measures to stop terrorists from entering buildings in case of an attack. The Immigration Act 2016 reintroduced the citizenship test, new anti-terrorism measures for suspected terrorists, barred terrorists for apply for citizenship, and introduced new priorities of people who are allowed to enter to country. Immigration generally decreased under the 8th National Government, decreasing most years except from in 2013 and 2014. The Children Immigration Act 2019 allowed children who were born in the country by non-citizen parents to obtain legal citizenship immediately after birth. The act was passed during a time of divide in National Moderate; many National Moderate MPs wanted to go more right-wing, whereas others wanted to continue the party's long-time moderate approach. The act took nearly a full year to pass but its passing was welcomed by moderate voters and moderate media, actually leading to a spike in the party's polls during its passing.
==== Military & Defence ====
The Government intended to bring in a new wave of military spending after the government was formed in 2011. Evelyn Weckers was considered a social conservative, liberal conservative, and progressive conservative at the time of his premiership but his right-wing positions on terrorism, immigration, and military made him likeable among more senior and right-wing conservatives in his party. Military spending took up about 4% of the budget in 2011 and was increased to 6% in 2012 and then 7% in 2014. The government saw its largest military spending wave in 2018 at 10% before going down to 8% by 2022.
==== Economy & Taxes ====
The government increased cooperative trade deals with more countries including countries that governments before had rejected like Russia and China. Free trade agreements were made with New Zealand and Australia over particular resources due to problems arising over cost of natural resources in the country. The finding of oil offshore the island in October 2012 sparked debates in Parliament concerning the use of the oil. It was agreed by the government that the oil should be extracted for trading, something which was fiercely opposed by the Greens. Oil was first extracted in January 2013 and trading of the oil led to a massive boost in economic growth, low inflation, and more jobs in the country. Debate sprouted in February 2014 over the issue of the government taking full control of the new Dissauian Oil Corporation, leading to the passing of the Dissauian Oil Corporation Act 2014 that led to the corporation being turned into a company and full bought by the Dissauian Government. This choice was seen as surprising by left-wing media who were confused that the government wanted to publicize a company.
The government passed the Trade Unions Act 2017 in October 2017 that included restrictions on Trade Unions which included fiercer restrictions on corruption among trade union leaders. The Trade Unions Act 2022 set new requirements for trade unions: having 50% or more of trade unionist members voting in favour of striking before a strike can actually happen and requires that a one-week notice is given to employers if a strike is going to happen. Unemployment went down between 2010 and 2015, being at around 8.4% in 2010 and then decreasing to 5.8% in 2015. This saw a rise in 2016, going up to 6.6% and to 6.7% in 2017. Unemployment rose to 7.1% in 2018, 7.3% in 2019, and 7.6% in 2020, before decreasing in 2021 to 7.0% and then increasing in 2022 to 8.0% and then finally resting at 8.2% in 2023.
Tax Year	£12,000 - £24,999	£25,000 - £79,999 	£80,000+ 	Average Tax Rate
2011 	22% 	32% 	40% 	31%
2012 	24% 	34% 	43% 	34%
2013 	22% 	33% 	44% 	33%
Tax Year	£14,000 - £27,499	£27,500 - £100,000	£100,000+	Average Tax Rate
2014 	22% 	36% 	42% 	33%
2015 	23% 	37% 	40% 	33%
2016 	20% 	35% 	39% 	31%
2017 	19% 	31% 	38% 	29%
2018 	18% 	30% 	40% 	29%
2019 	20% 	29% 	41% 	30%
2020 	20% 	33% 	40% 	31%
2021 	20% 	32% 	42% 	31%
2022 	18% 	33% 	42% 	31%
2023 	20% 	31% 	41% 	31%
2024 	21% 	31% 	43% 	32%
==== Social Policy ====
The Drugs Act 2012 saw increases in the time spent in prison for the buying, possession, and selling of illegal drugs as well as a new system for classifying drugs. Drugs were not separated into five main categories: Class Most Lethal (ML), Very Lethal (VL), Restricted (R), and Unrestricted (U). Class ML, VL, and R can see somebody serve time in prison or/and hefty fines but Class R drugs tend to be fines or small prison time. Class Unrestricted is a classification of drugs that are not illegal to obtain in any way (unless stolen or other general illegal ways) such as caffeine. Class ML can see someone serve 8 years for possession and 20 years for supplying, Class VL can see someone serve 5 years for possession and 15 years for supplying, Class R can see someone serve 2 years in prison or a fine of up to £15,000, and Class U has no imprisonment time. The act took a lot of time to write and was almost scrapped but Prime Minster, Elijah Eben, managed to push the bill into becoming an act. The Smoking Safety Act 2015 banned cigarettes from being smoked in buildings except from your own property or given permission to in somebody else's property. The act also banned the act of smoking around children under your care and implemented hefty fine for those smoking in the car with a child. The act also required that all buildings should be scrutinized by yearly smoking checks to see the damage of smoking in that building, requiring deep cleanings if necessary. The Disabled Persons Parking Badges Act 2015 gave registered physically disabled people to apply to get a parking badge to place on their windshield when parking in a disabled space. The Firearms Act 2017 introduced new legislation concerning firearms in Dissau that required that bought firearms must come with a gun lock on purchase, allowed the sale of rifles and shotguns for hunting and recreation reasons, and set the age at which a person could be a shotgun or rifle at 21, protected gun sellers from being reprimanded if the guns they sold were used by the buyer in a negligent way, and strictly banned third-party sellers (unofficial sellers). The bill was largely opposed by the opposition, with then opposition leader, Bill Marche, opposing most efforts in the bill but praising the gun lock restriction in the act.
The Abortions Act 2021 saw the time in which a person can get an abortion after conception go from 22 weeks to 20 weeks. The act was highly contested by the media as well as left-wing parties and (the only centrist party) Free Liberal. 
==== Education ====
The Children of Growth Act 2015 introduced major grants to schools for children who are deemed "exceptional" in their performance. The grant offered a large sum of money for children who passed their National Adult Education Qualifications with a score of 85% or higher. The money would be used to fund the student's further education but would not be granted to those who fail to attend a higher education school.
The Education Act 2021 introduced a multitude of different things that related to education for primary and secondary school students in public schools. It gave teachers of public primary and secondary schools the power to search a students bag, pockets, or other areas of storage for items that they should not have in school are have at the moment. Pass marks were changed to become more restricted and of higher standard to receive a pass. To pass, a student must receive a C or higher instead of a D or higher. The gradings of F and E were removed for N (No Pass) and were given if a student received under 50% in their NAEQs. A C is awarded to somebody who scores 50% - 64% in their NAEQs (changed from 50% - 59%), A B is awarded to somebody who receives 65% - 79% in their NAEQs (changed from 60% to 69%), An A is awarded to somebody who receives 80% to 89% in their NAEQs, and a A+ is awarded to somebody who receives 90% or more in their NAEQs. The legislation was criticized by parents, the left, young adults, and the general media for "making school much tougher and endangering student performances" according to Walter Loumund of The Dissauian Journal. the act led to the government losing between 2 to 7 points in the opinion poll and inevitably led to Prime Minister, Evelyn Weckers, to resign a few months later. Labor has since promised to reverse the act and regrade people who passes their NAEQs during and after 2021 to the grade that they would've gotten before the act in 2021. 
==== Health & Environment ====
The Pensions & Retirement Act 2013 decreased the age of retirement and acquisition of pensions from 66 to 64. The act led to a major increase in pensions for retired people from the basic rate of £140 to £210 and the super standard rate of £200 to 250. The Nuclear Energy Disarmament Act 2014 saw the end of the country's only nuclear plant by shutting it down as a part of the government's green energy plan for the 2010s. The Health & Social Care Act 2016 made all GP visits completely free of charge, ended some mandated vaccinations for babies and young children, and introduced news subsidies for research in curing currently uncurable diseases and conditions. 
The COVID-19 Act 2020 introduced a wave of new restrictions and regulations in the country that would apply on the 1st of April 2020. The restrictions included only allowing three outside visitors in an enclosed space at once, five or less people closely together outside, advised people to not make any unnecessary physical contact, and required mandated mask-wearing indoors for most places. The Vaccinations Act 2021 required that people aged 60 or older must have a covid-19 vaccination from one of the government approved vaccine companies. The COVID-19 Restrictions Relaxation Act 2022 relaxed most restrictions concerning COVID-19 restrictions that were implemented in the COVID-19 Act 2020. 
=== Foreign Affairs ===
==== United States ====
The government supported the Obama Administration when the 8th National Moderate Government came to power in 2011 but went on to oppose the Trump Administration when Donald Trump came to power in January 2021. Evelyn Weckers supported the legalisation of same-sex marriage in the United States after a decisive supreme court ruling in 2015. Evelyn Weckers opposed the actions taken by protesters on the January 6th Riots and hoped that those involved with the riots "should be detained and imprisoned according to their crimes." The government supported to induction of the Biden Administration and welcomed his 2020 victory. 
==== United Kingdom ====
The government supported the conservative government in the United Kingdom throughout its premiership but opposed the public's decision to leave the European Union and how Prime Minister, David Cameron, handled the situation. The government went on to support the premiership of Theresa May and Boris Johnson but were sceptical about Liz Truss' and Rishi Sunak's time in office, with Prime Minister, Anna Stuarts, calling it a "failure of conservative politics." Evelyn Weckers congratulated Queen Elizabeth II on her Diamond Jubilee that marked her 60th anniversary on the throne, calling it a "prosperous day for the United Kingdom." Evelyn Weckers supported the decision to give Scotland a vote on independence and was disappointed that the referendum failed. 
==== Tedesu ====
Prime Minster, Anna Stuarts, was very supportive of the decision by Sheaman's Prime Minister, Luthando Kuran, to grant Tedesu independence. Stuarts endorsed the Unionist Party of Tedesu during the 2023 Tedusian Elections but refused to support the party's leader and current President, Jean Caddam, and instead endorsing Karl Reese in the Presidential Election. Stuarts later condemned the election fraud committed by ex-President, Jean Caddam, upon findings that he had committed election fraud after being elected after the 2023 Presidential Election also calling for his arrest. Stuarts, condemned the acts of the Brotherhood of Tedesu upon the start of the War in Tedesu and promised to send the government aid to combat the Brotherhood of Tedesu. Stuarts managed to get her bill passed called the Tedusian Aid Act 2024 passed in February 2024 that granted aid to Tedesu.
==== Others Affairs ====
Nathaniel Nottingham paid his respects to the death of Nelson Mandela in December 2013, calling it a "tragedy" and a "day to remember" in South Africa and the world as well. Prime Minister, Evelyn Weckers was happy to see a peaceful transfer of power in Nigeria after the results of the 2015 Nigerian General Election. Evelyn Weckers condemned Russia for the illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014, calling for international action on Russia's decision. Anna Stuarts criticized Justin Trudeau for calling another election in 2021 before the set time for the next one and was unhappy to see his party's reelection. The 8th National Government deployed 300 soldiers in the War in Afghanistan in 2014 to aid the western powers. These troops were called back between late 2020 and early 2021. 
== History, Elections, & Formation ==
=== 2011 Dissauian General Election & Formation ===
=== 2012 Dissauian General Election ===
=== 2016 Dissauian General Election ===
=== 2019 Dissauian General Election ===
=== 2020 Dissauian General Election ===