National Alliance

The National Alliance was a centrist social-liberal party in Alveria, and the largest in Alveria for a long period. It was the dominant political party for its lifetime in Alverian politics. 
The party was founded on December 7th, 2020 by President beech93, advocating for expanding the market through government regulation and creating sustainable social programs.
The National Alliance held the Presidency from November 2020 and the Senate since its formation in December 2020 up until August 2021.
The National Alliance held outright control of the Senate from December 11th, 2020 to January 22nd, 2021, and again from March 5th, 2021 until July 9th, 2021. The National Alliance still controlled the Senate from January 22nd, 2021 to March 5th, 2021, and from July 9th, 2021 to August 6th 2021, but only due to tie-breakers from Presidents (and later Vice President) Beech93 and Boomdodger respectively. 
The National Alliance fractured with the creation of the Phalanx on July 31st, 2021, with Boom officially leaving the National Alliance, but he still caucused with The National Alliance for the remainder of the 7/23/21 - 8/6/21 session, still giving the National Alliance the majority. 
Following the 8/6/21 Elections, the National Alliance slipped into the minority for the first time in its history, and crumbling leadership lead to the abdication of multiple incumbent Senators and party members. Senator Dangleoof joined the Phalanx the day after the election, Senator Izac1110 joined the Corvus on 8/12/21, and JackCooperPlays, the last remaining NA Senator, joined the Corvus on 8/12/21. Following the departure of Jack, the party was effectively dissolved. 
== Party Platform ==
Under the leadership of Chairman BlockGuy44, The National Alliance established their first official party platform on March 15th, 2021. 
=== Preamble: Our Vision for Alveria ===
When President beech93 founded The National Alliance Party on December 7th, 2020, he envisioned a party that fundamentally believed that the citizens of Alveria should be able to live their lives as freely as possible with minimum interference from the government. President beech93 founded this party with the belief that the private market, through reasonable regulation, should be expanded so it can create opportunity for all Alverians to succeed and sustain their livelihoods. Through an expanded and fairly managed market, this would allow for the spirit of human innovation to flourish to create a modern, successful society. Alveria would see better modes of transportation, more unique and creative businesses that provide for the common good, second-to-none infrastructure and foster a culture where it is your talents and your work that is determinative of your success, not the government. 
Alveria continues to grow and evolve, but it is these beliefs that have guided us throughout our history. It is these beliefs that have made Alveria into the successful city that we are proud to call our home. By allowing Alverians to freely pursue their lives, and by striving to make government competent, efficient and measured, we have continued to experience success. We continue to see more businesses open, the city continues to expand and look more beautiful by the day, with unique and creative structures continuing to grace our city skyline. Technology continues to evolve to meet the challenges of the future. This is all because we created and fostered policies and a culture that rewards innovation and hardwork, and this was all done without a top-down style government mandate. 
As we look to the future of Alveria, The National Alliance believes that our success will continue because we have faith that Alverians know what’s best for them. We will continue to push and create policies to allow for more businesses to open, to promote greater economic competition, to encourage more building and expansion of the city itself, to continue to push the limits of Minecraft’s mechanics to go where no one else has gone before, and to promote activity in Alveria by hosting weekly events for Alverians to gather so that they may build relationships and make the city more united as a whole. 
=== City Beautification and Expansion ===
The National Alliance believes that all Alverians should be able to take pride in calling Alveria their home. We believe in making sure that our city is held to a respectable standard of beauty while ensuring that home and business owners aren’t burdened by unfair and unreasonable rules. Additionally, we believe that city beautification means our city reflects who we are: an orderly and civilized society. Under President beech93 and President Boomdoger, we have passed the following policies to ensure that the city is held to a reasonable and fair beauty standard: requiring home and business owners’ livestock is properly contained, any and all harmful crops are out of the public roadway so they do not pose a safety risk to foot traffic, ensured the protection of trees within the city limits and put a ban on any “floating trees” outside the immediate city limits. In addition to all buildings within the city adhere to the general aesthetic to ensure a basic level of uniformity, we have mandated that a light level of 7 is to be enforced within city limits of where mobs can spawn so that our roads and homes are not overcrowded by mobs at night so that the public is safe from immediate harm. 
Under President beech93, Alveria has transitioned from a small town of just a handful of people to a city of at least 37 citizens. Under President Boomdoger, we have established small resorts away from the city, effectively widening Alveria’s territory. The city has consistently grown under both administrations, and one day, it is our hope to see Alveria as a bustling metropolis, a center of commerce and opportunity, complemented with suburbs and other small towns.  It is our commitment to the citizens of Alveria that we will to continue to push policies that expand the boundaries of Alveria with community projects, continue to promote pro-jobs and pro-business policies so that businesses will see the need to physically expand, and to recruit more members to join our server so we may continue to settle and transform the wilderness into civilization.  
=== Economic Expansion and Competitiveness ===
The National Alliance believes in a free, fair and open economy. We believe that some regulation is necessary to ensure that the public’s interests are protected and to minimize the risk of monopolization, but otherwise we believe in letting businesses operate freely and letting the economy flow with as little government interference as possible. We believe that there may come times where the government needs to step in to lessen any effects of an economic downturn, crackdown on illegal and unfair businesses practices, or prevent monopolization of the markets. Otherwise, we believe that the economy is at its best when the government isn’t involved, and should only meddle in the economy under dire circumstances. 
Under President Boomdoger, we established a minimum wage for jobs to ensure that working Alverians will be guaranteed a fair and reasonable amount of pay. Businesses should always be encouraged to pay their workers more, and in many cases, they do so without government intervention. The National Alliance does not believe in picking winners and losers in the economy, and it’s ultimately up to businesses to compete with one another on an equal playing field to earn a customer’s service. It is The National Alliance’s commitment to Alverians that the economy will always be free, fair and open and that we will protect Alverians’s right to choose where and with whom to do business with. It is our goal to continue to encourage private entrepreneurship, continue to pursue the use of public-private partnerships and always support private initiatives if it benefits Alveria as a whole. 
Under Presidents beech93 and Boomdoger, countless unique businesses have opened providing a variety of services from lawncare to armor shops. These businesses have opened because we believe in human innovation and the entrupernal spirit. The National Alliance has a strong record on the economy and promoting economic growth, and we will continue to encourage businesses to open and expand. 
=== Technological Innovation and Efficiency ===
The National Alliance is a party that always looks to the future. We believe in testing the limits of Minecraft and coming up with new and innovative ways to tackle the problems of today. We believe the best source of innovation comes from the Alverian people themselves. Whether it’s a nether highway system, air travel, or atomic bombs, these cutting-edge inventions came from hardworking Alverians themselves, not the government. We will always encourage Alverians to think outside the box and to come up with new ways to make life easier and efficient for everyone in the city. Whenever a new invention is created, if it is successful and objectively good for the people of Alveria, The National Alliance will always seek to implement it to its fullest extent. The National Alliance recognizes that a government and city that is always up to date with technology is a good government and city for the people.
=== Weekly Events ===
The National Alliance recognizes the need to maintain and promote an active server. An active server means that there’s more fun and opportunities for all Alverians to enjoy themselves and therefore have more reasons to stay on the server and to do more with their time. Additionally, having an active server makes it easier to recruit more members to join our server. As such, we believe that weekly events are the best approach to gin up activity. These events can be anything from PVP tournaments, to build-offs, group mining, anything that allows for Alverians to get together and have fun is a win for our community. It is our commitment to Alverians that we will ensure that the proper infrastructure and logistics for these events are created so that they are properly planned, organized and executed so that Alverians are able to enjoy these events and have additional reason to continue logging in. 
=== Summary ===
The National Alliance strives to be the party that gives you, the individual, the freedom to live your life the way you want with as minimal interference from the government as possible. We strive to be the party of economic opportunity and technological innovation to ensure that Alverians have the most opportunities available to them as possible and have access to the most up-to-date technology and services. We will always strive to keep our cities clean and beautiful, using beauty standards that are universal and objectively fair, and will always do our best to keep our server and community a lively and welcoming place for all. 
It is our commitment to you, the individual, that we will always fight for these things, even if they may not seem politically expedient at times. These are the beliefs that define our party and the beliefs that best define Alveria. We will continue to stick to these principles and continue to believe that better days always lie ahead of us, and never behind us.
== List of Party Chairs ==
 	 	Name 	Tenure 	Length of Service
1 	 	Beech93 	12/11/20 – 3/5/21	2 months, 22 days
2 	 	BlockGuy44 	3/5/21 – 7/9/21 	4 months, 4 days
3 	 	Boomdodger 	7/9/21 – 7/31/21 	22 days
4 	 	BlockGuy44 	7/31/21 - 8/6/21 	6 Days
5 	 	JackCooperPlays	8/6/21 - 8/12/21 	6 Days
Party dissolved	Party dissolved	Party dissolved	Party dissolved 	Party dissolved