Sollism

**Sollism** is the founding ideology of the Second Republic era of Sordland which started with Tarquin Soll’s new Constitution. Sollism, as it was promoted by Tarquin Soll after his re-establishment of democracy after the Civil War, was defined by sweeping political, social, cultural and religious reforms designed to separate the new Sordish state from the Republic established in 1923, including state support of the sciences and free education, many of which were first introduced to Sordland during Soll's presidency in his reforms.

## Overview

It is an economically protectionist, authoritarian nationalist Sordish ideology based on three fundamental pillars: Republicanism (supports a republican system based on the 1929 Consitution drafted by Soll), Statism (a centrally planned economy dominated by the state), and Nationalism (nationalism that supports a united Sordish national identity of all citizens who lives in Sordland). These principles came to be recognized as unchangeable and sacrosanct.

After the 1950’s, the connotations of the term started to change as Sollists were started to be seen as puppets of Tarquin Soll with no real ideology but a greed for power. It is also regarded as a fascist ideology by many of the left-wing and the Bludish minority, which was oppressed during the 1930’s when Tarquin Soll ordered their persecution.

It is also worth noting that although Soll is a secularist himself, many Sollists such as Lileas Graf are religious and socially conservative. However, Sollism promotes social conservatism drawn from aspects of the Renan aristocracy. Sollists also oppose women’s rights and mandating evolutionism in schools, which makes it a national conservative ideology in most parts.

Sometimes the terms "Old Guard" and "Sollists" are used interchangeably. Sollism is regarded as the state ideology of Sordland and has been preserved by the Sollist politicians and judges who were appointed by Tarquin Soll and allegedly act as members of a deep state called the Old Guards.

Sollism’s more progressive aspects are that it supports modernizations and the nation-building of Sordland. The Sollist regime enacted policies that created a technocracy, eradicated monarchism, allowed women to vote for the first time, improved welfare and made education and healthcare free, and created a certain social paternalist system that ended the energy crisis and improved Sordish infrastructures.

### Republicanism

Whilst Soll and his regime did restore the Republican system of Artor S. Wisci and drafted a constitution with nominal separation of powers and a democratic framework, the constitution has many loopholes that are open to exploitations by certain power figures. In effect, it allowed the centralization of power into the hands of the president and the creation of a cult of personality, as well as the lack of an independent judiciary. These loopholes made Sordland a de facto illiberal democracy under Soll’s regime. Soll also limited civil rights, censored independent media, and gave the security wide powers, which effectively created a police state.

### Statism

Sollism is very patriotic to the Sordish state and is vehemently opposed to any form of separatism and extremist threats, which made Sollists violently crack down on all Bludish movements, accusing them of alleged separatism and sympathies with the separatist movement Bludish Freedom Front. The most prominent example is the banning of the Bludish Freedom Party, a major ethnic political party in the 1930s. It is also both anti-communist and anti-fascist and views them as the enemies of the state, with Soll purging and executing General Luderin supporters within the government in the event know as the Great Betrayal and also prosecuted and imprisoned communists and alleged communists in the 1930s. In addition, the Sollist education also heavily emphasizes patriotism and loyalty to the state.

Soll’s economic policy is known as Sollonomics, which promotes autarky and a planned economy. Sollonomics can be seen as a form of state capitalism that opposes both private monopolies and socialism, with the state controlling major shares of the national industries to stimulate growth but not go as far as the abolition of private property.

### Nationalism

Sollist nationalism is rooted in civic nationalism (at least in theory). Almostly all USP members (including USP reformists) strongly defends the definitions of citizenship and nationality in Article 6 & 7 of the 1929 constitution, which defines all citizens as Sords regardless of ethnicity. However, the vague definitions in the constitution become loopholes for exploitations of anti-Bludish racial policies by Governor Bron, leading to a wave of anti-Sollist activism from Bludish nationalists and anti-nationalist activists such as Manoly Suheil calling for the repeal of the civic nationalist clauses in the constitution. However, there are also criticisms from the far-right Sordists led by Remus Holstron, who believes Sollist civic nationalism does not favor the ethnic interests of the ethnic Sords living in Sordland.