National Movement

The National Movement, officially known as the National Movement of the Torberian Federation (Torberian: Stránntesérvák Torbervérstránnan, Surii: Isteranóholdag Dorberfirbéiro) and in Torberia simply known as The Movement (Torberian: An Érvák, Surii: A Holdag) is the ruling political party in Torberia. Despite its official name, outside of Torberia the Movement is known as the Séltet Party, referencing the main ideology of the Movement, Séltism. "The Federation's National Movement is the Final Representation of Séltism . Thanks to it, the Social, Political and Cultural Philosophies of the Jaternan Peoples lasted three millenia, and will last three millenia more!" The National Movement's Predecessor, the Séltet Vanguard, was founded in 1917 as the only party of the Torberian State, and stayed as such until the Tisra thaw of 1925, which officially divided the Vanguard into 4 parties, which would compete in national elections under the All-Torberian Séltet Political Union, its successive coalition. The Political Union's parties were the only ones allowed in National Elections since their beginning in 1929 until President Vétlan's National Democracy Act of 1957, which approved the creation of rival parties to the coalition, as long as they got the approval of the Séltet Government. This period, known both inside and outside of Torberia as the Séltet Democracy lasted 36 years, until President Krévelt, who was elected as president under the pledge of uniting the Political Union, signed the Coalition Unity Act, officially creating the National Movement.

Between 1917 and 1957, the National Movement's Predecessors were the only political force represented in the Torberian Assembly until the legalization of other parties in National Elections, which drove its completely unopposed reign down. Nevertheless, the National Movement and its predecessors have never seen its hegemony threatened due to the fact it has always exceeded 50% of the votes and 60% of the seats in all general elections to date. The National Movement and its past iterations are currently the longest, uninterrupted ruling party in the world at 83 years and running as of 2000.

Positioned on both the Far-Right and the Far-Left of Torberian Politics, the National Movement has long been called a political chimera and an anomaly by foreign analysts, as it holds "rapidly-changing" and "contradictionally syncretist" political, economic and social views. Socially, it historically was a preservationist party, which supported the Lúminar and attempted to enforce its values, but since the Krévelt Presidency began, the party now sits at the centre of torberian social discussion, with the Movement now officially calling itself a "Moderate Social Progressive" party, also during this period, the Krévelt thaw was made official, which downsized the moral censorship agency, the Akvator, and severely lowered penalties for breaching the Moral Laws. Economically, it used to be an Economically Orangist party, as President Vétlan extensively pursued Free-Market Policies, but since the 1960-1969 Torberian Real Estate Bubble and the election of President Szártan in 1974 the Movement adopted the "Jump to the Left" policy, which strengthened state control of the economy and began the democratization and de-monopolization of the Torberian Economy in a period known as the Fírmaslákt. Politically, the National Movement has always been an Authoritarian party, with its authoritarianism varying heavily throughout the Era, supporting a One-Party State during the Kébrennt Presidency and officially legalizing all opposition in the Szártan Presidency, since the Krévelt Presidency began, the Movement has been involved in a number of controversies, with the opposition currently accusing it of doing unfair elections and censoring opposition media.