Ominous Cabal of Patrician Statesmen

The Ominous Cabal of Patrician Statesmen is a conservative political party in the Commonwealth of Rutania. It was founded by Geoffrey Moran, who is now the party's grandmaster. Prior to the party's creation, Rutanian politics was chiefly a push-and-pull of power between left-wingers and libertarians. Conservative and elitist opinion was rarely expressed, and, consequently, the people who held such opinions were not represented in Parliament. Indignant of the lack of power of the patrician class, which is the wealthiest and best educated of all classes, Moran and a few other like-minded colleagues swore to fight for their rights in Parliament.

Foundation
The party was founded by Geoffrey Moran and a few others, namely, Leicester Moran, Conrad Balfour, Edgar Harrow, Victor Nordclyffe, Donald Forrester, Cordelia Finewright, Alfred Blackwater and Emannuel Rookwood. The founders were all wealthy and superbly educated. They founded the party after they got tired of Rutanian policy being dictated by politicians with whom they shared nothing in common and reading in newspapers the same left-wing and libertarian claptrap that was presumably the best of Rutanian political deliberation.

At the earliest stage of conception, the founding members met in Moran Manor located on the Khodor countryside. There they crafted the party strategy and organized the party structure. They filled the campaign chest with their own money and with their friends' contributions. Their friends were vey enthusiastic with the mission they have taken upon themselves and made generous contributions to the campaign fund.

Armed with ideology, political enthusiasm and full coffers, the OCPS's next objective was to popularize the party with Rutanians in general. The patrician class was not all large in number, but the party still gained traction because of the under-represented conservative base in Rutania, who cheered at the party's ascent into politics.

Policies
The OCPS intends to pry Rutania out of the grips of mob rule. As such, they are vowed enemies of market fundamentalism, socialism and populism.

Party Structure
Financing and campaigning is determined by the OCPS Campaign Group, which in this case is led by Donald Forrester.

Conrad Balfour is the parliamentary leader of the OCPS. He is responsible for guiding how OCPS MPs vote in each bill. He is assisted in this duty by the deputy leaders, who are in this case Edgar Harrow and Alfred Blackwater.

The grandmaster of the party is also the chairman of the Delegation Council. The grandmaster is responsible for the political temperature of the party. His words have a significant influence on party policies. He ensures the leadership stay within the strict bounds of the party line. The current grandmaster of the OCPS is Geoffrey Moran.

Factions
There are three different factions of the OCPS: the Conservatives, the Elitists and the Expansionists. Each faction represents a dominant political ideology. The members of each faction believe that their representative ideology is of critical importance and second to no other issue. The number of members of each faction determines the faction's political weight, and that is how the OCPS decides how to vote on each bill. The largest faction is the Conservatives, and the smallest is the Expansionists. Each faction has a leader. Those leaders are: Edgar Harrow, Leicester Moran and Victor Nordclyffe. Faction leaders are automatically members of the Delegation Council, the body that is responsible for determining party policies, the party leadership and the party's national candidates.