Hulstrian Union

The creation of the Hulstrian Union is the only period of Hulstrian history when Hulstria has had a Republican Government but formally bore the Hulstria name. This period saw the domination of national politics by the AUP and along with various members of their "Central Secular Coalition", a statist secular alliance. The Coalition was the major block of power in the Union for some time but began in their later years to falter when it became apparent that while member parties supported the seperation of church and state as the AUP originally called for, they did not share the radical views of atheism and anti-religion that the AUP; this caused rifts within the Coalition and eventually the Central Secular Coalition collapsed. Shortly there after the Revolutionary Socialist Front and the United Democrats of Hulstria collapsed forcing the AUP to face what was termed the Grand Grumpy Coalition, between the conservative parties of the KHP(the IHP had begun using its Hulstrian name even during exchanges in English) and the People's Radical Party. Facing electoral defeat, AUP leaders fled the country in humilation paving the way for the return of the Monarchy.