National Prosperity League

Logo of the National Prosperity League

The National Prosperity League (NPL) was a neoconservative political party, which was the result of the reforms of the Social Liberal Party (SLP) by Tsar,

Jules, and ColonelKai in order to better adapt to overwhelming Helliger power over the Republic of Micronesia (RoM)'s political scene in hopes of subduing the threat peacefully through deception. The party is most known for the crises the RoM found itself in and the alt-right political rhetoric of its Helliger support base. Although its reputation is not the most positive in Polynesian history, the effects of its criminal law & justice reforms have had profound effects to the modern day. This lack of credit to the party itself can be blamed on the inactivity of its members except Tsar, who wrote all of its legislation and is credited for the reforms personally.

## **Party History**

**False Social Liberal Campaign for the August 3, 2020 Election**

Although the Social Liberal Party (SLP) reformed into the NPL officially on August 2, its leader Tsar\_\_Putin was not confident to modify the party's name and platform so close to an election. Instead, he decided to delay the officialization of the changes until a day after the election in order to maximize vote share. Due to this, the SLP didn't really do a campaign, but won the election due to Tsar's personal popularity as a political leader. People were expecting another progressive Tsar-led term with Jeffrey by his side. People soon realized that ColonelKai would take the mantle of the party on election day, however he was able to use Tsar's popularity and the good name of the SLP to form government. To many voters' dismay, the government swiftly became inactive and more right-leaning than voters expected upon taking power.

**Initial Inactivity & Kai's Resignation**

With Tsar considering retirement from federal politics and the Labour Party from the previous SLP coalition now standing as the official opposition, Kai's government was left with either inexperienced MPs who lacked direction or inactive cabinet ministers. Prime Minister Kai himself didn't do anything and largely focused on corporate interests in the State of Bluefield. This led to the Opposition gaining a lot of popularity after Leader of the Opposition Britannia leaked a conversation from the Cabinet group chat, which showed Tsar begging his fellow ministers to "actually do something"; only to be left on read. On August 16, Kai resigned his position of Prime Minister to the Cabinet without announcing it to the public. He named UNB, his Deputy Prime Minister, as his successor. UNB's tenure as Prime Minister in this period of time was largely held secret because Tsar, the de facto leader of the government at this point, was too ashamed to admit that yet another inactive Prime Minister was now in charge.

**Tsar's Reluctant Tenure**

After two days, Tsar convinced UNB to give him the position of Prime Minister and reluctantly got to work. He immediately declared Kai's resignation to the public, but called himself Kai's successor instead of acknowledging the existence UNB's term. Disaster soon struck: UNB soon went on holiday along with the rest of the PPF MPs in the ruling coalition, which gave the opposition more power in Parliament than the government itself. In response, Tsar recruited many supporters of the NPL such as Jules and Asarokaa to fill the NPL's seat count in order to maintain power. During his tenure, Tsar decentralized the federal government even further as per his subversion plan. He also continued to reform the RoM's criminal justice system and gave stimulus cheques to States in order to develop the country, to some success.

Tsar's tenure oversaw the Great August Crisis, which put the federal government's inadequacy to react to crises due to a lack of relevant authority on display. The Opposition led by Britannia was also in permanent conflict with the government and criticized it regularly. Both the government and opposition heavily sensationalized each other's shortcomings, refused to cooperate, demonized each other, and heavily polarized the nation between the left, center, and right wings. The Opposition tried and narrowly failed to pass two votes of no confidence and accused the government of not listening to the people once they failed, while the government cited high polling numbers and the fact that the votes failed as proof of the contrary. In the meantime, ColonelKai abused his powers as owner of Micronesia to reduce punishment for his friends who broke server rules and alienated most of the server's playerbase. Since Kai was part of the NPL, this made the Opposition more popular over time.

**The September 2, 2020 Election Disaster**

Although the next election was scheduled for September 3, Prime Minister Tsar agreed to hold it on the 2nd since the 3rd was a busy day for many voters, which would have hurt voter turnout. In exchange, the Opposition agreed to shut down the government on September 3 as to not appear opportunistic. Kai decided to run for office with the NPL again, but his campaign was very inactive; forcing Tsar to campaign for him. The election soon became a hugely polarized misinformation campaign by all major parties, with everyone thinking they would win.

While the electoral campaign was in full swing, Kai's potential coalition allies in the PPF and National Conservative Party made a secret deal with the Labour Party to not form a government with the NPL. This unprecedented move was caused by the dissatisfaction the community had with Kai as owner, which compelled all mainstream parties to form a united front to stop Kai from getting even more community power at any cost. The election result was the biggest landslide win in Polynesian electoral history -- the Labour Party winning 8/15 Seats. This angered Kai and the hardline supporters of the NPL in Helliger, which triggered the 2nd Helliger War. With the RoM losing the 2nd Helliger War and collapsing after being partitioned, the NPL ceased to exist along with the country itself.

**Aftermath**

With Tsar no longer feeling the need to politically subvert an ultraconservative enemy, he returned to his centrist politics and remained highly popular in the community. He ran as an Independent Candidate for Ashton and later Nova Contea, and also ran as leader of the People's and Contean Block parties. As for Kai, he would not return to Polynesia until the start of the AFAB Riots. By this time, the thought of a revived NPL was long-dead and he instead pursued a Centrist and Technocratic political career with the PJDP; reminiscent of his initial campaign in 2019 with the Humanist Party.