Union of Republican Socialists

The Union of Republican Socialists, known by its acronym ERES, is a leftist political party in Kalopia. The party's acronym stems from its Kalopian name, Ένωση των Ρεπουμπλικάνων Σοσιαλιστών.

Formed in late 3850 by Dimitris Theodorakis, the Union of Republican Socialists is one of the major contemporary parties in Kalopia. The party first registered with the electoral authorities in 3857, however. While never having held power on a national scale, nor having participated in any elections, 37 defectors have joined the party in the country's lower house, along with 2 senators and 2 mayors of the cities.

The party bases its ideology on six core principles, which are summed up in its original manifesto. At party congresses, delegates are divided into six factions, corresponding to each of them.

Formation
During the first half of the 3850s, Kalopia was governed by a non-party technocratic government. In the year 3850, agricultural union boss Dimitris Theodorakis formed a non-party civic coalition to support him in his bid to become mayor of Lefkarna. Theodorakis won the election on a progressive, secular platform, and went on to launch a nation-wide party inspired by his supporting coalition. On 11 November 3850 he registered the name Union of Republican Socialists with the electoral authorities.

The party congress subsequently elected Theodorakis as the party president, and adopted a six-point program, stressing nationalism, populism, republicanism, revolutionism, secularism and statism. The congress further determined that each of these ideological pillars would be represented at future congresses by its own official party faction.