Independence Party

The **Independence Party** is one of the four major political parties of Ayaanland.

## History

The Independence Party was founded on June 30, 2006, by Asaas Faisalabadi, after the Ayaanland War for Independence. After being a war-time leader and founding the nation of Ayaanland, Asaas decided to create a party based on the principle of Ayaanlandic unity, Anti-Havenland sentiment, Anti-Imperialism, and Anti-Monarchism. This party immediately garnered immense amounts of support for its policies and for its leader.

Under the party's leadership, military size stayed steady after the war, the Foreign Exchange Act was created, and military advertisement was widespread.

The party reigned as the largest and most popular party until the death of Asaas Faisalabadi, after the successor, Ali Faisalabadi, failed to retain the same amount of support.

During the 2010 Election, the Independence Party lost a mass amount of its voters, primarily to the Liberal Party, and the Socialist Party.

The party went on to steadily decline as the threat of war and the fear of imperialism steeply declined. In 2018, when Havenland's Cyberwar began, the Ali Faisalabadi rapidly began to rise in popularity, this growth was exponentially multiplied by the First Ayaanland-Haveni war in 2019, and the Second Ayaanland-Haveni War in 2021.

By the 2022 Elections, the threat of armed conflict was once more over, however the Independence Party made massive gains and regained its position as the second-largest party, dethroning the Liberal and Islamist parties. Ali Faisalabadi became the Assembly Minority Leader, the fourt-highest position in the Government of Ayaanland, after the President, Assembly Speaker, and the Majority Leader.

## Name & Symbol

The name of the Independence Party stems from the very recent war that was fought in Ayaanland during the creation of the party. The name was created to invoke a sense of patriotism, and nationalism.

The symbol of the party, the Winged Sword, represents the swift power that the party aims to bring to Ayaanland. The wings are reminiscent of the Red Eagle, the national bird of Ayaanland. The sword represents the militaristic and Anti-Imperialist stance.

## Ideology

The Independence Party has a strong history of Pro-Militarization, Protectionism, Patriotism, Nationalism, Anti-Imperialism, and Anti-Monarchism.

## Positions

### Protectionism

The Independence Party has a aggressive and stubborn stance on protectionism, they believe that in order to keep Ayaanland's businesses and economy strong, they need to be incredibly selective in their policies towards foreign brands. They passed the Foreign Exchange Act of 2010, where they set the policy of strict protectionism in stone. This was eventually loosened by the next government, and new foreign brands were eventually allowed to enter the market with permission.

### Budget

The Independence Party chose to spend most of the annual budget on Military, with the threat of a Haveni invasion in mind.

### Militarism

The Party's position on military is to be fully prepared at any time for invasion or insurrection. More serious and extreme members of the party advocate for a national military draft.

### Foreign Policy

The party advocates for a complete boycott of Haveni-made products and isolation from any Haveni allies.