Democratic Party (Kalopia)

The Democratic Party - DIKO  (Δημοκρατικο Κομμα - ΔΗΚΟ) is a progressive and green political party of the new left in Kalopia. The party was founded in 3469 by Kratos Lyssarides, professor at the University of Helios in Kalopia's capital city of Helios

Background and foundation
The Democratic Party was founded by radical intellectuals in Kalopia's capital city of Helios. Initially, the Democrats organised in response to what its first leaders called the 'disturbing rise of xenophobia in the country'. This statement, made by the party's founder Kratos Lyssarides, refers to the systematic far-right attacks on ethnic minorities which took place in the closing years of the 3460s. The Democratic Party was registered as a political party in September 3469, with Lyssarides himself as party president.

Party platform
Despite not directly labeling itself with any particular political ideology, the Democratic Party is widely considered to occupy the progressive space of the centre to the more radical left-wing of the political spectrum. Because of these vast variations of political alignments, the party is often referred to simply as leftist. Economically the DIKO supports small business, but at the same time fundamental economic democracy, a stance that has lead many political analysists to describe the party as socialist or social-democratic, in addition to progressive. The party is also a heavy advocate of the welfare state and Keynesian economics. At one point, the party's founder Kratos Lyssarides claimed to take interest in Marxist revisionism, though distancing himself from armed revolution and statism. On social issues, the Democrats typically favour individual and civil rights as opposed to social conservatism. They commonly support LGBT liberation, abortion rights, liberal immigration laws and freedom of religion, yet they remain staunchly opposed to any form of state religion.