National Union Party

*See also: National Union Party (2023)*

The **National Union Party** (**NUP**) was a right-wing conservative party in Mayensland. Former as a merger of the national populist People's Party and the national conservative Patriots party.

The NUP was one of the three main political parties in Mayensland, alongside the SDU and the Libertarian Party. The party was run by Seafox and is the only party in Mayensland without leadership elections as it was agreed that leadership elections weaken the unity of the party with the only position in which party members can run for the Party Whip position.

## Ideology

Ideologically the party focuses mainly on social issues leaving it’s economic policy up to its individual members of the national assembly. The party lists it’s four main ideologies as National Conservatism, Right Wing Populism, Economically Syncretic and Euroscepticism.

## History

When the party was formed it had 7 seats out of 59 in the National Assembly, however, after the second general election on 16 January 2022, the NUP rose to be on equal footing with the Reform Party with 10 seats and 16% of the popular vote. The NUP also formed the second official opposition cabinet along with the Libertarian Party and Mayens United. The NUP ran Scottish Aristocrat in the first presidential election after he won 75% of the vote in an internal party Presidential primary. He was knocked out in the first round after coming in 4th with 17.2% of the popular vote.

The party successfully supported the establishment of federalism with gubernatorial elections, the office of the President of the Republic and also a Supreme Court when drafting the Mayensland Constitution. The official newspaper of the NUP is *Forward!.*

In the second presidential election the party supported Toad for President in both the first and second round which helped give Toad the upper hand coming in first in the both rounds. At the same time as the Second Presidential, the first Gubernatorial elections were held nation wide. The NUP ran candidates in both The Plains and Petani, Scottish Aristocrat won in the first round in The Plains with 79.2% of the popular vote. In Petani Drifters came in tied with a member of the MCP at 33.3%, during the second round he came in a distant 2nd with 32% of the popular vote. In the rest of the country the NUP supported CSA, Libertarian Party and Mayens United.

In the third general election the NUP's vote share and seats shrunk by a small margin to 8 seats total and a total vote share of 13.8%.

In the fourth general election the NUP's vote share nearly doubled as did their seats. According to the board of elections, the party received 23.3% of the popular vote coming in first in the nation receiving 16 seats in the National Assembly which allowed the NUP to form a government with other centre-right and right-wing political parties marking the first time since the end of the Llopis regime that the right held full control over the government of the country. During the third presidential election the NUP endorsed incumbent President Toad and during the second gubernatorial elections Governor Scottish Aristocrat ran unopposed in The Plains province and MrJoeJoe picked up the governorship of The Sunny Coast in a tight election.

Coming off of being in government as well as an issue with some of the ministers in the government including the arrest and later suicide of long time Deputy Leader, Plains Governor and Minister of Defense Scottish the NUP had a bad showing going from first to third. The party stood as Confidence and Supply to the Libertarian led Olive Tree Coalition or also known as the Girl Boss Coalition.

After the 7th Mayen legislative election longtime leader of the NUP Seafox stepped down, giving leadership to DieWachtamRhein. Soon after the civil war begun but the legacy of the party would live on through Party Vice President AML KING who would reform the party on 4 July 2023 with a more moderate policy, but still remaining as the National Union Party.

## Party Leadership

The latest composition of the party leadership:

Party Leader: DieWachtamRhein

Party Deputy Leader: Comrade Mucky

Party Vice President: AML KING

Party Whip: *Vacant*