Moderate Reform Party

The Moderate Reform Party (溫和改革政黨, Wēnhé Gǎigé Zhèngdǎng), is a political party in Niunkuet. Ideologically, it has been classified as a moderately progressive party following a branch of Mutualism with Niun characteristics that has been sometimes named the Xiuying Mutualism, after its founder. The Moderate Reform Party is the smallest party in the Imperial Courts and is currently in opposition, being the youngest and most recent party to gain the threshold of votes needed in order to win parliamentary seats, but it continues to not have appointed seats in the Inner Courts, despite rumors indicating that the Lusheng Emperor might be ready to grant them seats during the next national election.

Historically, the party has its origins in the various left-wing movements that were formed in Niunkuet during the late 14th and early 15th centuries. Its predecessor, the Moderate Reform Movement, was founded by Xuegang Zhu, a Niun who had studied in Azhara, in 1513. Initially, the movement was banned like all other left-wing organizations and had to exist in the underground, but during the Second Great War, after the collapse of the front and the Zhenian invasion, guerrila units formed my members of the unit were among the first to pledge their allegiance to the Emperor, in a common struggle against the invader. This proof of loyalty led to the Zhaoliang Emperor lifting the ban on the organization after the war. The path to becoming a party was still difficult, due to the inherent hostility towards the left wing that the imperial establishment had, but after the ratification of the Outlines of Rule, Xiuying applied for becoming a party and managed to achieve the threshold of signatures needed to become one, in 1571, before his own death two years later.

A year after his death, in 1575, the Moderate Reform Party gained a seat in the Outer Court for the first time, and it has slowly but surely increased its popularity, attempting to attract the younger generations and to portray itself as a moderately progressive alternative to the establishment forces. The party is however still viewed with hesitance by parts of the population, mostly due to confusion with the other large left-wing party in the country, the more radical Perpetual Reform Party.