4th Socialist Government: 1920 - 1931

The 4th Socialist Government was formed on the 24th of March 1920 and dissolved on thee 17th of July 1931. The government was led by two Prime Ministers: Klaus Schwerner (1920 - 1929) and David Koeppen (1929 - 1931). The government was relatively stable throughout the first nine years in government, winning the 1924 Parliamentary Election with an increased majority and winning the 1927 Parliamentary Election with a majority once again. The government ran smoothly with high praise until the wall street crash in 1929 leading to Great Depression leading to chaos in parliament and the economy. Prime Minister, Klaus Schwerner, was blamed for not going forth with an economic plan to recover from the depression and soon resigned months later in November 1929. He was replaced by Chancellor, David Koeppen the same day who vowed to help the country through the Great Depression but the Socialist Party soon saw major drops in popularity in 1930 and 1931. When the 1931 Parliamentary Election came around, the Socialist Party highly doubted a victory and thus campaigning was minor, instead focusing on their plan to win the election after 1931. As expected they lost the 1931 Parliamentary Election, leading to the newly formed, National Democratic Party winning the election and forming a new government.

## Changes

The 4th Socialist Government was known for its powerful left-wing policies that led to the nationalization of many new industries as well as major reforms in social policy that are still influential today. Klaus Schwerner was relatively young when he took office at the age of 43, making him one of the youngest Prime Ministers at the time and a major reformist. Here are a list of polices that were enacted under the 4th Socialist Government:

* Abortions Act 1920 - Made abortions legal in cases of rape, endangerment to the woman's life, and incest.
* Road Possession Act 1920 bought most roads in the country
* Immigration Act 1921 reintroduced immigration by allowing the amount of immigrants yearly relative to 0.5% of the population based on the 1920 census.
* Military Service Act 1921 ended compulsory military service.
* Medical Inspections of Children Act 1922 introduced compulsory medical inspections of primary and secondary school children.
* National Health Service Act 1922 formed the Eukonian National Health Service.
* Eukonian News Corporation Act 1923 bought the Eukonian News Corporation, making it a government-owned corporation.
* Homosexuality Act 1925 restricted sentencing a homosexual to more than five years in prison.
* Energy Nationalization Act 1925 nationalized all energy companies and combined them under one called the Eukonian National Energy Company.
* Legal Drinking Age Act 1926 established the legal alcohol drinking age to 21 or over.
* Maternity Care Act 1926 introduced free maternity care for all.
* Extra Care Act 1928 introduced free optician visits, free contact lenses, free hearing aids, and one free pair of glasses every five years.
* Pensions Act 1928 lowered the age that you can receive pensions down to 62 and allowed people who aren't citizens to receive government pensions as long as they have lived in the country for three years.
* Weirnar Estate Act 1929 bought the Weirnar Estate and made it the first national park.
* Family Benefits Act 1929 introduced benefits for families that struggled with money, one or both of the parents were unemployed, or if there is only one parent/guardian.
* Fair Renting Prices Act 1929 made sure that rent prices did not exceed a certain amount of money.
* Wall Street Crash Recovery Act 1930 introduced a set of
* National Libraries Act 1931 established publicly owned libraries across the country.