Crimpor Democratic League

### Allies

Crimpor Communist Front (Briefly to help introduce democratic systems in Enotilopolis)

## Members

### Regional Leaders

Nikolaos Antonis
Myron Dellakis
Heshen Lerdon

### Significant Members

Iris Ophelia
Irene Morea
Iosif Zaras
Orestis Antonis

### Former Members

Ashwin Giorgos (Deceased, Former Leader)
Adonis Dellakis (Retired, Former Regional Leader)
Orion Papoutsis (Deceased, Former Cabinet Minister)

## History

### Founded

1930

The **Crimpor Democratic League (C.D.L.)** was a political party in Crimpor founded by Ashwin Giorgos- the first Regent of Crimpor. It was a moderate, slightly left leaning party that supported a society where equality was avaliable for all races, species and genders and sought to provide a safe haven for refugees from the war torn Socialist Republic of Kokinos.

One of the major goals of the C.D.L. was to prevent Crimpor's fall to staunch anti communists like the Sons of Kokinos, instead hoping to make Crimpor a democratic and moderate nation. They were largely succesful in this, and were able to prevent both the pro SRK KSWP (C) and the fascist Sons of Kokinos from gaining any significant power in the young nation.

## History

### Formation (1930)

The Crimpor Democratic League was formed by Ashwin Giorgos and Iris Ophelia after their succesful efforts in evacuating civilians from the Retgard Steel Refinery while a Jabeyracki-Crimporian assault was taking place, earning them immense popularity in Crimpor City and its surrounding areas.

After returning to Crimpor City to find the political climate of the city immensely charged and hostile, with the Sons of Kokinos slowly gaining power and Major Orion Papoutsis looking to takeover as Regent after the departure of Nomvit Asenov, Giorgos and Ophelia correctly guessed that a moderate party with a popular leader not from the military would gain a lot of sway. Giorgos and Ophelia- alongside the Foleshi soldier Elyas Vatyar- founded the Crimpor Democratic League soon after entering the city, and their membership quickly expanded.

Orion- seeing that he had lost his chance to become Regent- decided to compromise, and joined the CDL with hopes of becoming the Councilman of Defense. His hopes were fulfilled, and when the CDL won the 1930 elections by a landslide, Orion became Councilman of Defense, while Ashwin Giorgos became Regent and Iris Ophelia became Councilman of Internal Affairs.

### 1935 Elections (1935)

Ashwin Giorgos had been ruling Crimpor well for five years by the time of the 1935 Crimpor Elections, and his popularity was higher than ever. However, there was a new challenge to the CDL in the Enotilopolis- Kokinan partisans who had agreed to help Crimpor and run in democratic elections had formed the Crimpor Communist Front under Pallis Ioannis.

Many CDL leaders mistakenly assumed that the CCF would receive a negligible amount of votes due to the Crimpor public's aversion to the Socialist Republic of Kokinos. However, they failed to consider that the CCF was emphatetically *not* pro rejoining the SRK, unlike the KSWP (C), and was merely an alternate party in the Crimpor elections.

The CDL managed to win the Crimpor City, Greater Berton, Ioannis, Iropolis, Palliopolis, Neopolis and Orenpor districts, but the CCF managed to score a major victory by winning the Enotilopolis district, ending the CDL's dominance in every single district and firmly cementing the Communist Front as a viable opposition party.

### Defection of Pallis Ioannis (1940)

By 1940, Pallis Ioannis- the leader of the Crimpor Communist Front, had grown discontent with his party's faliures to expand outside of Enotilopolis. Even the Orenpor District, which was part of the Enotilopolis province, had been won by the CDL in the 1940 Crimpor Elections.

Finally, in June 1940, Pallis Ioannis announced his resignation as Chairman of the CCF, and just two days later was welcomed by Ashwin Giorgos into the Crimpor Democratic League. Pallis Ioannis was immediately made Councilman of Infrastructure, as the previous holder of the position had recently resigned.

Pallis Ioannis quickly became a tall leader within the CDL, and the unpopularity of Orion Papoutsis and the unwillingness of Iris Ophelia to assume a major leadership role led to Pallis quickly became Ashwin Giorgos's second in command. When Giorgos died in 1948, Pallis Ioannis was elected his successor and became Regent of Crimpor.