Norwedian Union

The **First** **Norwedian Union** was a nation that practiced and fulfilled Leftium politics. For its run, it has pulled many people out of poverty, until its illegal dissolution and invasion influenced by Heya and the United League in 1956. The Norwedian Union can be praised and criticized for many of its policies, which ranged from supporting its own citizens with a universal minimum income and controlling prices, to infighting among parties and not focusing enough on its own citizens. The collapse of the Norwedian Union was followed by the rise of the Second Norwedian Union exactly 500 years later in 2450.

## Leadership of Norwedian Union:

* Demar Castillo (1696-1714) - Foundation Party \* 9.5/10
* Nirk Zewiske (1714-1722) - Foundation Party \* 3.5/10
* Kyle Glarus (1722-1736) - Foundation Party (1722-1724), Consolo Party (1724-1736) \* 3.0/10
* Tunner Brunson (1738) - Consolo Party \* 0.5/10
* Thomas Epstein (1739-1744, 1746-1761) - Foundation Party \* 7.0/10
* Adam Seville (1761-1770) - Profem Party \* 7.5/10
* Tiffany "Tots" Tupper (1770-1792) - Profem Party \* 9.0/10
* Seth Wilton (1792-1801) - Profem Party (1792-1795), Unified Party (1795-1801) \*6.5/10
* Alfred Mayo (1801-1831) - Unified Party \* 9.5/10
* Elijah Husk (1831-1848) - Unified Party \* 7.0/10
* Siken Telling (1848-1857) - Unified Party \* 4.5/10
* Aki Huntsmith (1857-1859) - Unified Party \* 1.5/10
* Boris Jackson (1859-1884) - Unified Party \* 7.5/10
* Mia Lanning (1884-1891) - Unified Party \* 5.5/10
* Joseph Rockwell (1891-1898) - Unified Party \* 3.5/10
* Giovanni Kingsley (1898-1910) - Unified Party \* 6.0/10
* Jorgan Appleby (1910-1913) - Unified Party \* 5.5/10
* Giovanni Prince (1913-1921) - Unified Party \* 6.5/10
* Nikolas Cortan (1921-1933) - Unified Party \* 8.5/10
* Bilbo Hodgins (1933-1937) - Unified Party \* 4.0/10
* Jerius Carter (1937-1944) - Unified Party \* 2.5/10
* Demar Ackney (1944-1946) - Unified Party \* 2.0/10
* Hakime Sodar (1946-1951) - Unified Party \* 2.5/10
* Keith Hogan (1951-1953) - Unified Party \* 1.5/10
* Shams DeLillow (1953-1956) - Unified Party \* 1.5/10
* Aggo Harkless (1956) - Unified Party \* 0.5/10

## Revolution

Due to a major class culture shift in Wedon and its surrounding countries, largely in part due to influential figures such as George Leftium, Thomas Sulper, Demar Castillo, and Raz Vuoch, workers went on strike, destroyed buildings and rioted, took the streets in protest, as the ruling class was awe-struck. The Wedon government ordered military attack, but even portions of the military revolted and joined the workers.

By the late 1680's and early 1690's, the Wedon, Hezomber, Spertiat, and Superio governments have all fallen. New governments arose, and the previous ruling class members were deported, imprisoned, tortured, and in some cases executed. In 1696, the Norwedian Unity Pact was signed, which merged the Wedon, Superio, and Hezomber governments and create the Norwedian Union, directed by the Leftium Party. Influential figure Demar Castillo was appointed President of the NU, and the Worker's Parliament was formed. In 1698, Spertiat would join the Norwedian Union.

## Presidency Under Demar Castillo (1696-1714)

The Norwedian Union, recovering from war and torn apart cities due to riots, began its mass rebuilding process. Happiness rates have increased with NU takeover, and the citizens were overall optimistic under the new Leftium government.

Castillo was adamant about a one-party system, and opposed breaking it up into two because of social beliefs. He would speak profoundly about wanting to keep the government united under one house and one nation with a common goal of a Leftium government.

During Castillo's rule, the working class would ultimately prosper with many laws passed benefitting its own people. These included huge rent-free apartment complexes built for the homeless, decreased cost of living and rent prices, taxation of land, free food programs, reduced cost education, and more promises to come. Though it was only in a transitional stage to a society where everything would be free, the people gained hope, and life was much better than the feudalist life before.

Castillo would help fund revolutions across Norwedia, after they had previously slowed down due to more funding put in its own communities. Castillo was very against overspending on the military, and did not want to engage war on nearby countries.

Castillo would retire in 1714, vouching for Nirk Zewiske as his replacement. Zewiske would eventually win the election in a landslide vote.

## Presidency of Nirk Zewiske (1714-1722)

The opinion regarding Zewiske several years after his rule grew controversial. He was a member of the Foundation Party, but had views that would later resemble the Profem Party (a party which he himself would later join).

During his time, Zewiske would spend lots of money on foreign aide. During the beginning of the Polanian Civil war, he opted to send weapons and money to the Redrians, helping them eventually win the war over Polania. He also passed progressive laws, legalizing homosexuality and repealing laws seen as restrictive towards women, and built his initial policy on promising equal rights.

However, at home, many policies introduced by Castillo were not renewed. The working class grew frustrated over increasing inflation and cost of living, and failure to control prices. Zewiske decreased the military budget to help pay for extra expenses, to the dismay of many people in the party, who would have rather had voted to repeal foreign aide.

### Murrendas-Feyto Wars

With increased aide to neighboring Norwedian countries, revolutions began, and the working class once again rose up. Instead of implementing kinder capitalism via increased wages and working conditions, both countries decided to fight back with military action. They forcibly broke up protests and forced people to work, but that was not enough. Even more people rose up and fought back, and Murrendas and Feyto were desperate for survival from the uprising.

Murrendas and Feyto blamed the NU for foreign aggressive involvement, and then declared war. Troops were sent out into the Norwedian Union, and war was fought. Those in the Workers Parliament blamed Zewiske for the war, declaring that lives would have been spared if the NU had not involved with foreign aide and assistance.

The war did not last long. Many militants of Murrendas and Feyto grew restless, and portions even joined the revolutions. The war was a total flop. In 1719, both countries surrendered, and in 1721, both countries were admitted into the NU.

### Impeachment

Internally, it was not getting any better. Many blamed Zewiske for his lack up relating to the working class. In 1722, voting proceeded to impeach Zewiske from his role as president. The vote won by 10 extra ballots, and after hearings, Zewiske was stripped from his role as president, which was now vacant.

Several people ran for presidency, including Kyle Glarus, a fairly conservative, traditional candidate. Those who called Zewiske "soft" endorsed Glarus for his lack of foreign policy and traditional values. However, Glarus grew tons of controversy immediately due to "setting back progress". In the election, Glarus won by barely enough votes and was sworn in as the third president of the NU.

In 1725, Zewiske was selected as a Workers Parliament member of the new Profem party. He would be in office for 5 more years, until resigning in 1730 due to personal reasons.

## Kyle Glarus (1722-1736)

Kyle Glarus was immediately a strong candidate.