Parliament of Recommendations

[Mopsus]

I did this tally a few days ago but 1. I don't think it's changed that much and 2. I don't care enough to go back and do it again.

Upper House: (individual likes)

Smilo Party: 38%
New Left: 21%
National Conservatives: 12%
Independents: 12%
Liberals: 7%
Old Left: 5%
Christian Conservatives: 2%

Lower House: (unique posters)

New Left: 27%
National Conservatives: 20%
Smilo Party: 18%
Independents: 16%
Old Left: 11%
Liberals: 7%
Christian Conservatives: 2%

The traditional ruling party in Mopolis is the anti-ideological Smilo Party, which in alliance with the National Conservatives and the Christian Conservatives makes up a very slim majority in the Upper House of parliament. However, the up-and-comers are clearly the New Left, who in alliance with the Liberals and the Independents promise to wash away "business as usual" in a wave of liberalization. This coalition makes up exactly 50% of the Lower House, and would have a respectable majority if its leaders could convince the Old Left to join in. The debate raging among the New Left alliance is how much power it's willing to leave entrenched in the hands of labor unions, which benefit greatly from the old way of doing things. For their part the Old Left is split as well, between an older generation that maintains its grudge against New Left schismatics, and a younger generation that's more interested in leveraging its party's relevance. No one doubts that how this dispute is resolved will have a tremendous impact on the country's future.