History of Luthori

History of Luthori
ANCIENT HISTORY
Pre Rontin Empire 10000 BC - 1000 BC
Rise and the Rontin Empire 1000 BC - 478 BC
The Rontin Empire 478 BC - 583 AD
Fall of Rontin Empire 583 AD- 783 AD
MIDDLE HISTORY
[[]] 783 AD - 1100 AD
[[]] 1100 AD - 1250 AD
[[]] 1250 AD - 1372 AD
[[]] 1372 AD - 1407 AD
[[]] 1407 AD - 1649 AD
[[]] 1649 AD - 1835 AD
[[]] 1835 AD - 2035 AD
MODERN HISTORY
War of Luthori Succession 2561 AD - 2566 AD
Communist Revolution 2566 AD - 2575 AD
Luthori Civil War 2578 AD - 2581 AD
Imperial Resurgence Period 2581 AD - 2591 AD
Imperial Supremacy 2591 AD - 3096 AD
Years of Verell-Hutori Early 3700's AD - Late 3700's AD
Liberal Revolution Late 3700's AD
3800's 3800's AD
3900's 3900's AD
First Republic 4573 AD - 4622 AD
First Restoration 4622 AD - 4697 AD
People's Republic 4695 AD - 4720 AD
Second Restoration 4720 AD - 4728 AD
Second Republic 4728 AD - 4732 AD
Third Restoration 4732 AD - Today AD

The origin of the early Daltarian people is normally thought to be in either southern Luthor or northern Hobrazia.

In 1493, Christopher Dove "discovered" Dovani and claimed the land of Greater Hulstria and Kazulia for Luthor. The Hulstrians of Greater Hulstria are of Luthori descent, and have close relations with their parent country. The Kazulians were largely Lutheran, but often resisted Luthori rule by practicing Catholicism; it gained independence in 2177.

Gerrard Winstanley was a notable 17th-century religious and political philosopher from the nation.

Ancient Period

The founding of what would be the nation of Luthori was laid down by two successive empires, the Seluco-Dunic Empire and the Rontin Empire. It was during this time that Luthorian culture and alter national identity were established, due to the synthesis of Selucian and Dunic cultures and the introduction of Hosianism.

Pre-imperial history

The time period before the Seluco-Dunic Empire was like any area before it begins a great transformation. The people that inhabited the region were from many different areas and were mostly hunters and gathers. The people usually stayed in small family groups that began to grow as some merged in order to get better hunting grounds away from other groups, thus forming tribes. These tribes each developed their own culture and religions along with traditions and languages. Archeologist have been able to find a few artifacts from this time but mostly simple cave paintings, that have led a some to believe that it was a sources of written communication. However, the majority believes that they were used to help retell stories orally to the tribe of great battles and events that might have happened. This was especially seen in the low mountains of Utagia, where the story of "Geun and the Troll" has survived up to this day, and cave paintings supporting this have been found.

This time of hunter and gather tribes would last up until the arrival of the "Horse Lords", who would introduce farming and would end up bring in up changing the entire landscape of Ancient Luthori.

Empire of Three

Pre-imperial Luthori was populated by numerous small Delic and Dunic tribes. Around 300 CE the three largest Delic tribes were unified in a tribal confederation by semi-legendary leader Samo, establishing the Empire of Three. The new empire was an aggressive and expansionist force which subjugated all neighbouring tribes and had the ambition of ruling all of central Artania.

Seluco-Dunic Empire

To the south in today's Darnussia and Beluzia a new power was rising. Ancient Selucian colonization and a new influx of settlers and refugees fleeing the fall of the Cildanian Hegemony led to the establishment of the Selucian-speaking Meren Imperium. Over time the imperium expanded and, when the Empire of Three was established, the two empires found themselves in direct conflict. The threat of the latter forced many Dunic and Dradic tribes to ally with the Meren, who granted them citizenship and incorporated them into its structure, thus establishing the Seluco-Dunic Kingdom. The joint Meren-Dunic forces managed to storm Samo's capital Szigelca in Luthori and brought the Empire of Three to an end, sparking the Deltarian Migrations. During rule by the Seluco-Dunic Empire Akigan and early Dundorfian became the most widely spoken languages in Luthori, while Selucian cultural influences, including the Selucian alphabet, governing system, and the Hosian religion, were widely adopted throughout the Empire.

Rontin Empire

In 613 Seluco-Dunic King Dagobert was recognized as Emperor by the Arch-Patriarch of the Holy Apostolic Hosian Church of Terra, founding the Rontin Empire. It was thus named after its ruling Rondinian or Rontinian dynasty, originally established in the 6th century by Mayor of the Palace Carolus Rondinus ("Charles the Round") and which had become the ruling family of the Seluco-Dunic Kingdom. The establishment of centralized rule and religious fervour contributed to the quick expansion of the Rontin Empire, which by 700 encompassed a vast territory covering all or most of today's Luthori, Beluzia, Rutania, Ikradon, Dundorf, Kundrati, and Egelion.

Fall of Rontin Empire

The Rontin empire started to crumble as it expanded and over the 700s CE various territories broke away. This was due to these areas being too far away for the government to be able to react swiftly making it easy for those areas. Also a line of "weak and stupid" kings from the Rontin family weakened the central government in the capital to where the army and navy was very weakened and separated, which helped to weaken it even more. With the extinction of the royal line in 802 the Empire was eventually divided into three successor kingdoms, the Dundorfian Reich, the Kingdom of Utagia, and the Kingdom of Darnussia, while the Rutanian Kingdoms and the Kingdom of Endralon broke away.

Early Period

Until the 12th Century, the territory of Luthori was a covered by numerous Kingdoms, Dukedoms and Baronies of varying sizes after the fall of the Rontin Empire. During this century, through conquest, marriage and religious alliance the smaller of the states were gradually absorbed by the larger. By the end of the century most of Luthori was unified under a single Kingdom.

Utagian Period

Capital of the "First Empire" Utag

Imperial Soldiers in Imperial Armor

During the 13th Century the Kingdom of Utagia was able to consolidate its power. At the confluence of modern day Darnussia and Hobrazia, Utagia was the gateway for most trade from the Southern continent. Control of the trade routes made the Utagian King, Harold III, fabulously wealthy and he was able to use this money to buy his own nobles armies out from underneath them. With a centralized military strategy and a unity unseen previously in the region, Harold was able to quickly subjugate the surrounding Kingdoms. By the mid-century, Utagia had formed a workable if unstable Empire in the region.

This period is more commonly known as the First Luthori Empire.

Civil war and the Agathion Period

Rule by Utagian Kings would continue until the late 14th Century. The cousin of the King by marriage in 1372 was Peter, Duke of Agathion (modern day Dominion of Orange). Encouraged by religious agitators unhappy at the King's weak policies and deference to the Holy Apostolic Hosian Church of Terra and fellow nobles tired of Utagian taxes, Peter laid claim to the throne and raised an army against the King.

What followed is a period of civil war that lasted until 1407. Peter himself died during the fighting, but his son, Paul I, managed to gain the throne. He relocated the capital of the Empire to Liore and established his claim to the Imperial title by Right of God, with the support of the dissident priest. The Agathion Empire, or Second Luthori Empire, lasted for some time and set most common law precedent which governs the modern day Holy Empire. The area was greatly weakened by the civil war, and control from Liore was even less solid and centralised than it had been from Utagia.

Previous histories, largely written by 20th Century romanticist Fernandez Bavor, involving brave Oalapese fighting against brutal hordes of invading barbarians, are now thought to be almost entirely fanciful fabrications, with little grounding in actual Luthori history.

Modern Period

The Luthori Commonwealth was formed in 2035 out of the remains of a weakened Empire from years of rioting peasants and internal fighting within the Imperial Court. The result was the entire Imperial Government being removed and the Emperor pushed to the side where he kept the title but really did not rule anything or anyone.

The Emperor to ruling over the reorganized and fully reestablished Empire in 2111 but the traditional religious foundation of the state was not reaffirmed until nearly forty years later with the creation of the Holy Luthori Empire in 2149.

In March of 2418, the then Imperial Council voted almost unanimously to rename the Presbytery of Agathion in honour of HRH William II, Prince of Orange. William was at the time the Emperor's Viceroy. In addition to renaming Agathion as Orange, the capital of the Presbytery was named Fort William.

The War of Luthori Succession 2561-2566

Following the electoral victory of an atheist party, after the the strange disappearance of the Orangist faction, a vote was called to abolish the Luthori monarchy in 2560. The success of this bill prompted pro-monarchist forces to enter the HLE in late 2561 to guarantee the safety and position of the Holy Emperor, formed primarily of forces from Aldegar and Alduria, aided by Loyalist elements of the Luthori Armed Forces - mostly Guards and Household Cavalry Divisions and troops that had served under William II and III and William's brother, the Duke of Youk, in the crusades - and pro-monarchist forces from Hulstria, and the Monarchist League Alliance Forces as well as young Gen HRH Prince Gustavus' royal guards - the Luthori Guard of Honour. Pro-republican forces from Hulstria, the Aneist's Wolf Legion, caused a temporary setback for Loyalist forces, but were outnumbered and driven back, leading to the destruction of the city of Sandulka in the second battle of Sandulka. '

The Wolf Legion and League of Monarchies accused one another of causing the steeply rising civilian casualties in the region, driving one another to a stalemate in the north for the winter of 2562. The Aneists took advantage of this lapse to begin talks with Ikradon for aid both in evacuating the refugees from the east and in holding back monarchist forces.

A treaty was signed in 2566 which would allow Luthori to remain a constitutional monarchy with a vice royal Governor taking over the day to day duties as executive Head of State.

Communist Revolution 2566-2575

The Communist coalition turned the Luthori Commonwealth into a Socialist Republic, in breach of the peace treaty. Regional states became communes and socialist economic policies were established nationwide as the government took a more active role in the lives of its citizens. In this period of time the national flag was changed as well as the national anthem.

In the year 2574, a civil war erupted as the Christian Democratic Party sided with pro-monarchy parties in an attempt to overthrow the communist coalition. Aided by pro-monarchy foreign governments and growing domestic discontent with the government, the Imperial forces overthrew the republican government and exiled the communist coalition. The Imperial forces stripped the country of communist symbols and titles, reversed the communist coalition's economic policies and restored a vice royal Governor General to represent the Sovereign.

The Luthori Civil War 2578-2581

With the communist threat gone, Protestants and Catholics began to rule Luthori in an uneasy alliance. Fighting suddenly broke out with the passing of the Faith Act which mandated all citizens to be members of the State Religion. Catholics led by Christian Democratic Party leader Steven P. Kennedy IV and Luthori Tory Party leader Godwin Scrope led a rebellion against the loyalists. The loyalists were caught off guard and ceded Tinko and Utagia. The rebels were aided by the Christian Federalists of Valruzia, the Supporters of Science in Design of Malivia, and the now defunct Selucian Catholic Party of the Selucian Empire.

As the fighting continued, Godwin Scropes declared himself the first Catholic Emperor of Luthori, a claim that infuriated Monarchy. The Christian Democratic Party attempted to distance themselves from Scropes by sending him to Selucian for a retreat. In 2580, the Religious War Avoidance Act was passed repealing the Faith Act. The CDP then changed their rational for the war to an argument against the current citizenship laws. It was during this time that Aldurian and Hobrazian troops moved in to corner the rebels. Facing military defeat, the CDP sued for peace upon the passing of a compromised citizenship law.

The Imperial Supremacy 2691- 3096

The Common Bill of Rights 2765

Domestic Security 2779

Annexation of Talmorschland 2786

The Viceroy System 2796-2798

The IROC 2822-present

The Annexation of Beiteynu 2822-2823

The IULAC 2827-present

With the gradual disappearance of the the anti-monarchist parties, notably the Luthori Communist Party and the Spiritualist Secularist Society, the Luthori monarchy was strengthened. The uncontested rule of the capitalist coalition: The Royal Aristocratic Party; Liberal Democratic Party of Luthori and various members of the Constitutionalist Imperial League (notably the Geharon Conservative Party and the Homeland Libertarian Party), meant that there was absolutely no threat to the establishement whatsoever. The CIL, a prominent IA member and monarchist, was given the position of Prime Minister.

During this time, Luthori flourished, attaining new economic heights pushed by an economicaly libertarian Diet. The parliament continued to enact moderate laws, consistant witht he majority CIL's paleoconservative policies. Divorce was legalized by singular will (instead of mutual concent) and free speech was enpowered. However, all forms of abortion were banned and euthanasia and homosexual marriage remained strictly illegal for many, many years.

Years of Verrell-Huthori

The great family of Verrell-Huthori or just Verrell was a noble family that rose to the throne with the ascension of Henry IV. They were the main supporters of the Alduria-Luthori Annexation War in 3732.

The Liberal Revolution

The Holy Luthori Empire had in the late 3700's a bad situation in many ways. The economy was in a crisis and regression since the 3750's, this because of that women were entitled none or few working rights. Some branches of the economy still applied to slavery! The Employers Bureau in Luthori fought an uneven battle against the omnipresent and reactionary state, which was, in many ways, steered by and exclusive group of aristocrats and bureacrats with inherited positions. And Luthori, although a democracy, strembled under this aristocratic semi-democratic governance.

The political left, with their socialists and left-minded liberals have for hundreds of years been oppressed and persecuted and almost extincted. In the Business and Industry more classical liberal and liberal conservative ideas had been strong for decades. And in 3789 the old Employers Association Party (IA), subsequently Liberal Alliance where restarted to get more liberal influence in the Holy Imperial Diet. This showed to be a genious move from the Business and Industry and the EAP got over 80% of the legislature in the 3790 election.

And for the coming four years some sort of Liberal Revolution followed. The Liberal Alliance with their partyleader Baroness Edith Gripenwald introduced a plan to raise up the Luthorian economy as well as oppressed citizens. The nobility's power was circumscribed but not removed entirely. Women's working rights and right to divorce was introduced for the first time in the Luhorian history for many hundreds of years. And the semi-fascist slavery system was scrapped as well as religious compulsury features in the society. The LA and Edith Gripenwald was greeted as saviours by many Luthorians even if the old system still had strong support in the nobility and the parts of the masses.

The 3800's

The Liberal Alliance with their partyleaders Edith Gripenwald, Rudolf Bultmann and Denise Silverhielm created a liberal, progressive and permissive society, based on liberal religion and market economy. During the first half of the century new parties emerged that disapproved of the new liberal society. Some parties wanted a reactionary change, and go back to an aristocratic, elitistic society with an absolute monarchy. Some other parties wanted a more socialist economy and a fanatical distribution policy to end class gaps. The biggest threat against the new society were left economy and conservative hosianism. During the mid-decades of the 3800's an elected monarch was installed, but due to conservative supremacy, the House of Steuart-Geharon could remain in the Royal Palace almost uninterupted. Even if some parties disapproved of the Monarchy it was actually never threatened, however the legitimacy of the current royal House was discussed in several newspapers througout the country.

After the 3875 snap election, quite a few parties dissolved. Even if the campaigning the last elections with some of the parties almost been an anti-campaign against the Royalist Party, nothing seemed to move it from the largest party role. The political centre had for decades tried to isolate the Royalists on the far-right flanc but after the 3875 election, a clean right-wing cabinet was formed, including the Royalist Party. The Cabinet were during the 3870's quite dysfunctional due to heavy disagreements on social issues, where they were divided in liberal and conservative sides.

A legitimate Monarch

During the early 3880's questions were raised about the legitimacy of the current Emperor's House, the Steuart-Geharon. International pressure meant that the parties of Luthori needed to make a decision, and during a few years, a referendum was prepared. The current House had surprisingly none or small support in the parties, but the House of Adlerberg was pushed by some parties claiming that they were the last descendants to the original, legitimate, dynasty of Orange-Villayn. However, the House of Rothingren-Traugott was also heard, as some of the parties opposed the connection between Prince Randolph, Duke of Utagia and the party Liberal Alliance.

3900's

The House of Adlerberg was installed as the new Royal House in 3881 with HIM Emperor Randolph I as monarch. During the 3900's the Monarch and the royal traditions was strengthened by many years of monarchistic rule. In 3919 Emperor Randolph was died and was succeeded by his son Emperor Gustavus IV. He was a slighter conservative than his father and tried in a gentleman's way to re-establish some sort of Empire by diplomatic means. In the mid 3950's the economy stagnated and the luthorian economy crashed leaving many luthorians unemployed. The Luthori Employers Association seeked more de-regulation but it was a large infrastructure project in the early 3960's that really saved the economy. During the crisis the political arena was polarized with a more and more reactionary right wing in constant battles with the political centre. The arguments in the Imperial Diet were sometimes really hard and this was picked up be newspapers which called certain partyleaders for "children in ties".

First Republic 4573 - 4622

In 4573, after a major constitutional reform, the Holy Empire becomes a Republic. A president can now be elected at the universal suffrage. The Empire institutions become obsolete and are replaced by more democratic ones. There are however rests of the Empire. Official names like the "Imperial Diet have not been changed up until now.

Since the establishment of the Republic, Luthori got mostly divided between the far-left CPL and far-right parties. Cohabitation between the government factions is hard and early elections are often called.

See also : List of parliamentary elections in Luthori since the Republic

See also : Winners each presidential election in Luthori

Restoration of the Empire 4622 - 4695

The Empire was restored after a temporary ban on the largest party in the Imperial Diet, the Communist Party of Luthori took place. The right-wing monarchist parties took advantage of the situation and the Imperial Citizens Party under the leadership of Franz Reichert finally succeded in April 4622 to restore it after 50 years of struggle. This earned Reichert the unofficial title of 'Restorator of the Empire'. Though the Empire had been restored, it was not in the shape of a hereditary monarchy but an elective one instead, under the guidance of an Imperator. The first Imperator was elected in October of 4622. Reichert was elected the Imperator in 4623 and later again in 4628.

The first government of the newly restored Empire was the Holy Imperial Cabinet II, which fell in September of 4622 after the '4622 Diet Coup' failed.

The Empire fell again 75 years later when the Communist Party of Luthori and the Red Party of Luthori took power and organised what is called the Communist Revolution.

People's Republic 4695-4720

The People's Republic of Luthori was created during the so called Communist Revolution (or Second Communist Revolution) and replaced the restored Empire in 4697.

Demonstration in support of the Communist Revolution

Far-right resurgence and political unstability

After the revolution, the communist parties immediately lost their majority in 4697 and conservative cabinets with right-wing to far-right parties governed Luthori from 4697 to 4712. Reactionary laws restricting civil liberties were passed and were met with a lot of opposition from communists and progressive thinkers and commentators. The 4700's were politically unstable with 3 early elections due to dissolving parties.

Hamm I cabinet

The 4712 election saw the success of the new far-right Royalists party and the progression of the communists. The Royalists party was banned due to the creation of an illegal militia. This left the communists with a majority of seats which they used to form the Hamm I Cabinet, the sole communist cabinet of the People's Republic. The cabinet repealed all reactionary laws that were previously passed. Many progressive and communist reforms were passed.

End of the People's Republic

In 4717, the communist didn't gain enough seats to pursue their communist reforms. Soon after the election, the communist AAL dissolved. This left the other parties with a majority and the Hamm I Cabinet was replaced by the T. Weston IV Cabinet. The new conservative cabinet started a huge reform abolishing the People's Republic and its institution, replacing it by the Holy Luthorian Empire.

Overall, the People's Republic saw an opposition between the communists and the pro-empire radical right. The radical right dominated the political game for most of the 23 years of existence of the People's Republic and finally abolished it in 4720. The communists, however, always kept a large voter base and their election results hovered between 30 and 40 % of the votes.

Second Restoration (4720-4728)

The Holy Luthorian Empire was officialy proclaimed on December 4719 by the T. Weston V Cabinet in power since the end of the People's Republic. The People's Council became the Imperial Diet, the president became the Imperator, a symbolic hereditary Head of State. However, the Imperator office was left vacant, with in fact no Head of State at all during the period. The cabinet also passed reactionary reforms, slowly transforming Luthori into a theocratic state.

Political crisis (4722-4726)

The 4722 election saw the resurgence of the communists. The T. Weston V Cabinet lost its majority and gained 70 seats out of 150. However, a new far-right party, the OHC, won 10 seats.

In 4723, another early election took place since the OHC refused to form a cabinet with the right/far-right and saw the T. Weston V Cabinet 1 seat short of a majority with 75 seats. The OHC still refused to cooperate to form a new cabinet and the party was dissolved, along with the Hosian Monarchists, which were part of the current cabinet.

This lead to another early election in 4724. The pro-empire parties (WR and the LCP) won 70 seats, while the left-wing opposition won 71 seats, with the centrist SDP receiving 9 seats. The SDP refused to join any bloc. The political crisis had already lasted for 3 years and the far-right LCP, with the center-left IS and the CPL formed a unity government to manage the urgent affairs: the Ferina I Cabinet.

Left-wing rule (4726-4728)

Finally, the SDP decided to support a left-wing cabinet and the Blau I Cabinet was formed in 4726. The cabinet increased the social security budget, abolished military service and legalised euthanasia. In 4727, the SDP dissolved while the LCP renamed itself Bloc of the Left and reversed its policies. The far-right party now became a left-wing party. This policy shift made the transition towards the Republic possible and in 4728, the government proclaimed the Second Republic of Luthori , restored the presidential office, renames Duchies into Regions and the Imperial Diet into the National Assembly

Second Republic (4728-4732)

Since the SDP had dissolved and the Bloc of the Left had participated in the creation of the Republic, the SDP-ministers were replaced by the BL ministers and Aida Bat-Elle became prime minister in July 4728 until the end of the current legislature in the Bat-Elle I Cabinet.

In 4729, the first and last election of the Second Republic, the reactionary pro-empire parties won the parliamentary election with 78 seats out of 150. They formed the T. Weston V Cabinet. However, the presidential election was won by Michael Hewitt of the Bloc of the Left.

T. Weston V Cabinet (4729-4732)

The fifth cabinet of Duke Thomas Weston made multiple changes to the legislation and was very active. The social security budget was decreased by 10 billions, made euthanasia illegal, banned abortion except in case of sexual emergency, banned homosexual marriage and pursued a neoliberal economic policy. Those changes were heavily criticized by the left-wing opposition.

Presidential crisis

After the formation of the far-right cabinet, in January 4630, the President of the Republic Michael Hewitt made an international press release criticizing the government, calling it authoritarian and called on other nations to impose sanctions on Luthori.

The T. Weston V Cabinet responded in another international press release stating their intention to "censure" the President of the Republic Michael Hewitt and that the President does not hold any real power.

The President Michael Hewitt responded in May 4730 and appealed on all nations to censure the government.

The presidential crisis never really stopped but everything returned to calm when the president Michael Hewitt stopped making new international press releases.

Third Restoration of the Holy Luthorian Empire

Due to the dissolution of the Common Wealth Party and the Liberal Bloc, the pro-empire cabinet had the two-thirds majority required to make the transition towards the Holy Luthorian Empire.

The cabinet restored the Empire in November 4731. The country was renamed Holy Luthorian Empire, the President was replaced by the Imperator.

In February 4732, the National Assembly was renamed Imperial Diet, the Regions were renamed Duchies and the Prime Minister was renamed Imperial Chancellor.

Third Restoration (4732-today)

Right-wing reactionary cabinets(4732-4750)

In November 4732, the Weston V Cabinet renamed the ministerial posts. The prime minister became the Imperial Seal Bearer. By the end of the year, the government continued with the reactionary reforms. Adultery became illegal but not prosecuted, judges became appointed by the ministry of Justice, homosexual marriage was banned as well as arranged marriages.

The 4734 election gave the government parties a majority again with 82 seats out of 150. The LCP became the first party of the country. However, the elected Imperator is Jonathan Martin from the centrist Liberal Party of Luthori.

Jackson I Cabinet (4734-4740)

The Jackson I Cabinet was formed on 4 September 4734. The cabinet passed very liberal economic reforms: tuition became de-subsidized except for low-income families, retirement age was increased from 64 to 65 years old, public transports were de-subsidized.

The social reforms of the cabinet were very conservative and reactionary: open homosexuality was banned in the army, death penalty was restored, work for able-bodied prisoners was implemented, teacher-led prayers became encouraged, blasphemy became a criminal offense.

In May 4738, public transports strikes took place. Some buses and train drivers were fearing they might lose their job following a decrease in the demand for public transport due to increased ticket costs for the users. They were asking for a cancellation of the reform and better wages. The Government estimated that 15 % of bus and 10 % of train personnel went on strike on the 25th of May. The government issued a statement in reponse to the strikes. The strikes were quickly over after the government promised to subside public transports for people with low-income and allowed the TOC and bus operators to dismiss employees that go on strike in the next thirty days.

In 4739, the government was completely defeated in the polls, gaining only 38 seats out of 150. A loss of 44 seats.

On the other side, two new far-right parties, the Luthori Union of Fascists and the Holy Luthori Church entered the diet with altogether 39 seats, more than the government. However, the Duke Thomas Weston easily defeated the far-right candidate of the Holy Luthori Church with 63.54 % of the votes in the secound round of the imperatorial election.

After the election, two of the three new parties that  had entered the Diet in the last election were dissolved for illegal activities or illegal funding. This lead to another election in 4740 where the government parties regained a few seats. The far-right remained very strong with the HLC gaining 34 seats in the election.

Jackson II Cabinet (4740-4750)

The Jackson II Cabinet was formed on 5 November 4740. It comprised of the White Rose, the Luthorian Conservative Party and the Liberal Party. Despite the participation of the Liberal Party in the cabinet, the Jackson II Cabinet continued the economically liberal and reactionary policies during its term. The government removes pollution restrictions, gambling regulations, privatizes defense industries, airports, power stations, sports clubs. The policies passed under this cabinet turned out to be more and more closed to far-right positions. Death penalty became applied for sexual capital crimes (which includes sexual offenses), abortion is now banned.

The Jackson II Cabinet was unstable because the HLC managed to pass reforms banning prostitution, implementing prohibition or excluding women from certain parts of the army. These reforms were overturned a few months after before they could get implemented, however.

In the 4745 election, the cabinet won 75 seats, being one seat short of a majority.

The Jackson II Cabinet surprisingly decides to stay in power which provokes demonstrations and critics from the opposition.

In 4747, the CPL, despite being part of the opposition, manages to pass a bill banning private schools, higher education institutions and nurseries.

The political crisis lasted 5 years until the Dalton I Cabinet was formed.

Dalton I Cabinet (4750-4751)

This cabinet was composed of the CPL and the LDP. It received supply and confidence from the HLC, which removed it right after. The goal of the HLC was to oust Tina Jackson our of power.

Smith I Cabinet (4751-4757)

After the 4751 election, the heterogeneous Smith I Cabinet was less active than the previous ones. Its main reforms were: mandatory vaccination for children, equality between men and women in the army and the legalisation of recreational drugs.

This cabinet is also marked by a Health Reform legalising abortion which was repealed two years later. Changes that provoked confusion.

The cabinet retained its majority in the 4756 election but did not keep governing. Instead, another election was held one year later and saw the victory of the CPL.

Simeon I Cabinet (4757-4758)

The Simeon I Cabinet was a right-wing to far-right cabinet formed in 4757 with the LF, WR and LCP.

It did not last long because the leader of Luthori First Colonel Jack Pierson decided to finally form a coalition with the Communist Party of Luthori.

National-communism (4758-4763)

The new policy of the Dalton II Cabinet was called national-communism. National-communism is a mix between authoritarian nationalism and communism. National-communism advocates for nationalisations of public services, banks, sports club, schools and much mores sectors. Higher taxes for the rich and more regulations in all areas are also supported by national-communists.

This ideology is also described as authoritarian and militaristic.

The program of the government has two parts: the first one is the transition towards a communist economy, the second one is a militaristic and authoritarian policy.

To celebrate the "National-communist" revolution, the government decides to organise demonstrations all around the country on 28 February 4758. This date also becomes a public holiday.

Unity government (4763-4768)

The national-communists are badly defeated in the 4762 election. The two parties only gain 31.25 % of the votes, while the CPL lost almost two third of its voters.

The Kennedy I Cabinet designed to keep the national-communists out of power repeals most of the previously passed legislations. During its term, authoritarian religious laws were passed.

In July 4765, an early election is called and the cabinet loses its parliamentary majority.

The same month, the LCP ministers resign as well as the FCU ministers following the dissolution of their party.

Left without a government, the parliament passes laws introducing social legislations in March 4766 and almost transforming the state into a theocracy in April 4766.

The 4766 Luthorian parliamentary election leads to the victory of the far-right TRP.

TRP cabinet (4768-4770)

The James I Cabinet is formed with right-wing and far-right parties in 4768. The cabinet passes barely any legislation until the dissolution of the TRP by the courts.

Another election takes place in 4769 and sees the victory of the far-right Purple Guard with 27 % of the votes.

Tremmes I Cabinet (4770-4777)

Liam Tremmes becomes Imperial Seal Bearer in 4770. The 4772 early election is another victory for the cabinet. Under this government, left-wing reforms are surprisingly passed. Immigration laws are softened and the tax on luxury goods is increased. The Diet size is reduced to 350 seats.

However, in 4777, due the parliamentary election is won by the Socialist Party and other new parties.

Socialist Party governments (4777-4788)

The left takes power in 4777, as left-wing parties won 178 seats out of 350. Calvetta Franck becomes Imperial Seal Bearer until 4788.

The cabinet of Calvetta Franck was very active and passed numerous reforms. It passed left-wing progressive reforms and repealed the authoritarian religious reforms of the two conservative parties. Luthori took a 180 degrees turn and allowed abortion, encouraged positive discrimination and legalised prostitution during those years.

Two government parties dissolved in 4782. That led to an inconclusive early election where nor the left or the right hold a majority of seats due to the entrance of the short-lived LDP in parliament. The White Rose dissolves subsequently and another election takes place in 4784.

The results showed the Purple Guard making large gains largely at the expense of White Rose who did not run in these elections. The swing of 22.31% is one of the largest seen in recent years, however with mix of centre-left to left-wing opposition it was impossible for them to form a workable coalition, leaving them to sit on the opposition benches for the course of the next parliament.

The Purple Guard was dissolved by the courts after the election, along with the SDP. As there were vacant seats in the Imperial Diet, Calvetta Franck held on to power and governed with an absolute majority for her second government. For this reason, the cabinet was deemed "anti-democratic" by the other parties.

This cabinet greatly increased the social security budget, but set a new tax on essential goods.

Other than this, it passed social-democratic and socially liberal reforms.

An early election was called in 4787 due to the growing opposition against the cabinet.

Reactionary cabinets (4788-4810)

Following the failure of the Socialist Party to retain its majority in 4787, right-wing to far-right cabinets took power in the following decades. A coalition known as the Right Coalition governed from 4793 until 4803.

However, in July 4803, the far-left candidate John Detmer won the Imperatorial elections and his party won the parliamentary elections. He formed the Garza I Cabinet. However, another election took place in 4805 and John Detmer lost power.

Rise of the far-right and political instability (4810-4829)

By the time, political fragmentation increased and two far-right parties gained popularity: the fascist National Movement led by Count William of Hurrington and the far-right CLP led by Lord Carter.

In 4811, Count William of Hurrington, with a racist political program, won the Imperatorial election. He lost the 4813 election by a close margin to the right-wing candidate but the first cabinet led by the NM and Hurrington took office the same year. The Hurrington I Cabinet banned interracial sex and passed other ultra-conservative policies. A political crisis quickly emerged with coalition partners and despite winning the 4815 parliamentary election, the NM went in the opposition as the anti-fascist Manstad I cabinet was formed.

The anti-fascists were defeated in the 4820 elections, as two far-right candidates made it to the second round in the 4820 imperatorial election. It is also the first time Lord Carter is elected Imperator.

The far-right,; now led by the CLP, eventually took power again in 4823 with the Birkenhead I Cabinet. The new cabinet passed authoritarian policies and banned striking. The budget for Health and Social Services was also dramatically increased.

The government still had strong support in the May 4828 election but quickly collapsed in the July 4828 Luthorian parliamentary election.

Domination of the right and far-right (4829-4861)

From 4829, the conservative White Rose and far-right National Movement had lots of influence on Luthorian politics. The NM reached its peak popularity in the November 4837 elections.

The Civic Alliance era (4861-4876)

The social-liberal Civic Alliance of Luthori won all parliamentary elections from 4859 to 4876 when the party was dissolved. During that time, the party lost most imperatorial elections.

The Conservative era (4876-4914)

The right-wing to far-right Conservative Union of Luthori became a major player in Luthorian politics from 4876 until 4914.

This was not uninterrupted since left-wing parties won the 4890 elections and formed the D. Reed I Cabinet which passed left-wing policies. The left lost its majority in 4895.

A divided political spectrum (4914-4917)

The rise of the communist People's Revolution and the victory of its candidate Ryan Shepard in the April 4914 Luthorian imperatorial election came as shock in a political system that had been dominated by a right-wing alliance for the previous 30 years.

Ryan Shepard was not re-elected in the early elections that followed 4 months later, but his party increased its influence over Luthorian politics.

End of the imperatorial system (4917)

In the 4917 imperatorial election, the far-right party Luthorian Workers' Party, which had filed a blank candidate to protest against the imperatorial system won the elections against the far-right candidate Lee Tami. It was the first time that a "blank candidate" won an election ; Luthori then ceased to have an Imperator

Left-wing Oplers Cabinets (4919-4927)

In order to stop the far-right from gaining power, the Luthorian Conservative Party, despite being the largest party at the time, decided to support a left-wing cabinet led by Janet Oplers, from the Feminist Party.

In the 4923 elections, the LCP collapsed to 13% of the votes while the far-right made large gains. The alliance between the left and the LCP was reconducted and the Oplers II Cabinet was formed in 4924. During its term, however, the far-right opposition managed to pass many laws, making the Prime Minister powerless

Premiership of Ernie Attridge (4927-4936)

In the 4927 elections, the far-right Luthorian Workers' Party emerged victorious with 25% of the votes. It formed a far-right cabinet with the National Movement, while receiving confidence and supply from two other parties.

The new cabinet passed reactionary policies such as banning interracial sex.

Attridge was re-elected in 4931 but an early election took place in 4932 where the Communist Party won the most seats. Right-wing forces, however, conserved a majority. The Attridge II Cabinet was formed as a caretaker cabinet, as a political crisis started. Other early elections took place in 4934 and 4935 following the refusal of the Country Party of Luthori to negotiate their confidence and supply to the far-right cabinet.

During his second term, contraception was banned by the Diet.

Communist cabinet (4936-4941)

After the 4935 elections, the centre-right parties decided to support a communist cabinet led by Finlay Inkpin, despite the high results of the far-right, still led by Ernie Attridge. The new cabinet banned racial discrimination and nationalised all banks. Reactionary legislation, however, was also passed during the legislature.

Return of the far-right in power and political crisis (4941-4946)

After the 4939 elections, the far-right regained power with the help of a new, religious-oriented party. The government passed socially conservative authoritarian reforms. The powers of the police were expanded, divorce conditions were restricted, adoption was restricted to heterosexual couples and positive discrimination was banned.

The cabinet lost its majority in 4943, triggering a long political crisis

In December 4945, paramilitary units were banned and the powers of the military concerning policing were restricted. In 4946, the National Movement ministers left the cabinet over disagreements with the Prime Minister.

Right-wing cabinet (4946-4951)

After the 4946 elections, a right-wing, economically liberal cabinet was formed and led by Levi Ford. It retained its majority in the 5150 election, but many member parties of the cabinet were dissolved and coalition negociations failed.

Political crisis (4951-4957)

A political crisis started in 4951 when many cabinet members resigned, leaving the cabinet with vacant posts.The opposition won the 4955 elections while member parties of the Ford I Cabinet only gained 23.85% of the votes. No new cabinet was formed until 4957.

Domination of the Conservative Party (5067-today)

The 5067 elections were won by the Conservative Party, a new political movement led by Richard Billinghay. The new party has far-right tendencies and passed very conservative policies restricting LGBT rights and the independence of the judicial system. Although the party was thrown in the opposition from 5075 until 5079 and from 5083 until 5087, its influence has since been decisive on Luthorian politics.