People's Liberation Army

The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is an illegal branch of the Coburan Socialist People's Party.

Goal
The PLA was founded a few months after the SD-People's Central Party government was sworn in as the highest Coburan executive power in 3282.

The goal of the Army has since its foundation been to overthrow the government, which it considers to be tyrannical and autocratic.

Structure
The Army is in itself illegal, and is an unofficial part of the democratic Socialist People's Party, which was founded a year before the Army itself. There is one major and one minor part of the Army, the former being violent and the latter being peaceful.

The Force
'The Force' is the military part of the Army. It is considered a federal-level guerilla group. It is not officially supported by the Socialist People's Party, however it is widely known that the two organisations are close allies.

The League
'The League' is mainly the peaceful part of the Army, and is officially endorsed by the Socialist People's Party, unlike the Force. It operates underground, producing propaganda as well as encouraging peaceful revolution. Most members of the Socialist People's Party are also members of the League.

History
The Army was founded in 3282, after a series of legislation pieces was proposed by the federal government. Parts of the legislation was for example articles extending the length of the executive term and renaming and reforming several government branches. The Socialist People's Party, the successor of the recognised major Left Party, then decided, along with the Revolutionaries and the Individualists to oppose the government. However none of the opposition parties sparked violent revolution, not even the SPP itself. A group of SPP members, with the permission of the SPP Federal Council, then decided to found the Army in order to oppose the government. The Social Democratic-led government had previously refused to listen to the opposition, and thus the SPP decided it was time to act.

The Social Democrats had previously been allies of the socialist and trade union movements in Cobura, including the old Left Party. In the Army's founding statement 1 claimed that the party would from now on boycott the government parties.