Political Parties
There were 4 large parties in the Parliament of the Realm: The Tea Party, the Mario Party, the Monarchists, and the Corporatists. The Tea Party led the charge to take away wealth unfairly held by the middle and rich parts of capitalist class and give it to those who deserved it, the super rich of the capitalist class. The Mario Party was a regional party, serving the interest of the former Mushroom Kingdom. There was always some residual underlying tension between the Mario Party and the King, as the Mushroom Kingdom had formerly been as powerful as the Kingdom of Hyrule before the Great Union of Nintendo. The Monarchists favored expanding Link's influence; while Link theoretically had unlimited power, he rarely used it, and the Monarchists desired the King rule the people with a firmer hand. The Corporatists were the chief advocates of corporations, believing that it was better for wealth to be controlled by faceless large corporations than by wealthy individuals, however rich they might be.
The Terms of Surrender had dictated that the former Kingdom of Square, now the Proletariats, would have 5% of seats in Parliament in the Kingdom of Hyrule, and they regularly elected Communists to Parliament, although in many elections the proletariats would hand victory to members to one of the 4 main parties as well. The Communists thus usually held 2-3% of seats in Parliament, and in practice their role was mainly to sit there and suffer verbal abuse and condemnation from the other parties. Among the Communists there was a split between the Royal Communists, who wanted everything to be owned by Link, and the Socialist Communists, who advocated the end of the Monarchy and end of private property entirely. This was of course treason on its face, but Link never put them on trial for it, and the Socialist Communists were always a minority laughingstock even within their own party, getting a deputy elected to Parliament once in many years.
By the way, to clarify the timeline:
Great Union of Nintendo: June 2002, Kingdom of Hyrule and Mushroom Kingdom united under one king, Link.
The Great War: July-September 2002, Nintendo wins.
The Second War: July 2003-May 2004, Square wins, conquers Hyrule.
The Third War:
- The Reconquest: August 2004-October 2004, Nintendo retakes Hyrule.
- The Advance: November 2004-July 2006, Nintendo wins, Treaty of Midgar signed.
The Communist Revolution (Red October): October-November 2007, Communist rebels overthrow the Kingdoms of Hyrule and Square.
Civil War: September-November 2008, Link reconquers Kingdom of Hyrule, Cloud reconquers Kingdom of Square
The Fourth War: April 2009-June 2009: Nintendo conquers Midgar, Terms of Surrender signed annexing the Kingdom of Square to Hyrule.
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