Parti Socialiste d'Alduria

The Parti Socialiste d'Alduria, or Socialist Party of Alduria, is a neo-communist party in Alduria, which was founded in 3427 by a local trade union in the federated state of Nouvelle-Orange. The party adopted marxism as its official ideology in 3430, though its leadership has been described as reformist by the party's left wing.

History
The Socialist Party was founded in 3427 under the leadership of Jacques Miterrand. The party is usually considered to be the result of the general strikes that had taken place under a year before its founding, as well as the economic crisis, and popular opposition to the monarchy.

Founding congress
The founding congress was held at a factory in northern Nouvelle-Orange, which had been taken over by its workers, who had also kicked out the factory's executive board and taken direct, democratic control of it. Directly after the congress had closed, the factory was overrun by the state police force, who arrested at least twenty of the fifty-six attending delegates. Despite this, the workers and delegates managed to drive back the police forces and seize the factory and its surrounding warehouses, as well as the nearby docks. Red flags and banners soon covered the streets close to the worker-controlled territory, and the territory was named the Commune for the Republic.

Rise to prominence
After establishing the first Aldurian commune, the Socialist Party began gathering signatures in order to be able to run for national elections. They quickly gathered the required amount, and in the elections of 3430, the Socialists got a surprising 36% of the votes cast, to the dissatisfaction of King Maximillian. For a brief period the Socialist Party managed to separate the church and state in Alduria in 3431, but it was re-installed in 3432. A series of other legislative and revolutionary victories were made by the Socialists, but most of them were reversed by the reactionary Ultra-Royalists of Alduria, a royalist parliamentary faction.