Current Administration and Officials
The current political atmosphere in the Democratic Colonies is stable with a high degree of civic confidence in the state as the nation's continues it's full transition into an advanced space-faring society.
Current President, Legislative Assembly, and Secretaries The current executive of the Federated Union of Democratic Colonies is Morgan Leigh of the Progressive Fiscal Conservative Party. The Legislative Assembly is considered by many analysts to be in a well balanced state, with power wielded by all three major parties as well as a number of minor parties and coalitions.
The Legislative Assembly currently seats:
Current President, Legislative Assembly, and Secretaries The current executive of the Federated Union of Democratic Colonies is Morgan Leigh of the Progressive Fiscal Conservative Party. The Legislative Assembly is considered by many analysts to be in a well balanced state, with power wielded by all three major parties as well as a number of minor parties and coalitions.
The Legislative Assembly currently seats:
Party | Description | Seats in Federal General Assembly (5,000 total) | Seats in Federal Senate (100 total) |
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Progressive Fiscal Conservative Party | The Progressive Fiscal Conservative Party is a socially progressive and liberal party that endorses fiscally conservative and moderate policies. The Progressive Fiscal Conservative Party has been the driving force behind the massive tax cuts that have occurred in the Democratic Colonies in the past 5 years, which have lowered the income tax rate for the average citizen by a marked degree. The Progressive Fiscal Conservative Party believes that the current regulating system governing the conduct of business and commerce in the Democratic Colonies is overly restricted and complicated, and should be reformed. The Progressive Fiscal Conservative Party endorses limiting the involvement of the Democratic Colonies in international affairs whenever possible. The three budget sectors that the Progressive Fiscal Conservative Party believes to be most critical are commerce, national defense, and education. | 1,908 | 29 |
Liberal Party | The Liberal Party is a progressive and liberal party in both the social and fiscal sense. The Liberal Party party suggests an average national income tax rate of 37.5 to 51.5% in order to fund government spending, and believes that the Democratic Colonies should take an active part in the going ons of the international community, exerting its diplomatic and economic power to influence interstellar events. The Liberal Party endorses some expansion of free trade with other interstellar states. The three budget sectors that the Liberal Party believes to be most critical are education, national defense, and social equality. | 1,417 | 24 |
Social Democrats | The Social Democrats are a party fiscally to the left of the Liberal Party. The Social Democrats suggest an average national income tax rate of 55-65%, and in contrast to the Liberal Party, endorse only the most limited of trade agreements. The three budget sectors that the Social Democrats believe to be most critical are social equality, education, and healthcare. | 838 | 18 |
Liberated Market Alliance | The Liberated Market Alliance is a minor party. The Liberated Market Alliance endorses a flat income tax rate below 12.5% for all incomes regardless of income, the privatization of many vital services, and radical redesign of business regulations. The Liberated Market Alliance believes that the more free an economy is the more free a people is, and that with greater market opportunity comes greater opportunity for all. | 385 | 13 |
Socialist / Communist Aligned Bloc | The Socialist / Communist Aligned Bloc is a minor party. The Socialist / Communist Aligned Bloc loose association committed to transforming the Democratic Colonies into a worker's paradise, with proper redistribution of wealth to ensure greatest possible equality and a full command economy to ensure that the needs of the people are met. | 353 | 12 |
Homeworld Group | The Homeworld Group is a minor party. The Homeworld Group believes that the Democratic Colonies should return to the cities of Earth, with some members advocating the destruction of all advanced technology as well. | 47 | 2 |
Human Preservation Party | The Human Preservation Party is a minor party. The Human Preservation Party believes that the Democratic Colonies must prohibit all travel of non-human life forms within Democratic Colonies space and limit in every way possible the influence of non-humans in order to preserve the rich cultural tapestry of the Democratic Colonies and its people. | 20 | 2 |
Independent | Members of other parties or of independent background | 12 | 0 |
The core ten Federal Secretaries are currently:
Position | Name | Party |
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Secretary of Foreign Affairs | Neil Jaeger | Liberal Party |
Secretary of Internal Affairs | Alison Byrne | Liberal Party |
Secretary of Defense | Bruce Davison | Progressive Fiscal Conservative Party |
Secretary of Law and Order / Attorney General | Joseph Cox | Social Democrats |
Secretary of Health and Wellbeing / Surgeon General | Tôru Nakamura | Progressive Fiscal Conservative Party |
Secretary of Education | Leonard Brooks | Progressive Fiscal Conservative Party |
Secretary of the Exchequer | Sir Claus Reiher | Progressive Fiscal Conservative Party |
Secretary of Trade and Commerce | Gail Castelluccio | Progressive Fiscal Conservative Party |
Secretary of Science | Nancy Warren | Progressive Fiscal Conservative Party |