Kusari Empire - Political Parties (836 AS)

[Empire of Kusari]

The Political Parties Records

1. Introduction

The Kusari Empire Political Parties Records is a database of active political parties in the Empire of Kusari that have obtained the legal status to participate in public elections for governmental posts in the Civilian Cabinet of the Empire of Kusari.

All parties present in this registry, including Parties established during the First Empire of Kusari, the Republic of Kusari regime, or new parties established during the current era, are all bound to recognize and operate under the directions of the Second Empire of Kusari structure, as delineated in the Official Broadcast of the Restoration of the Empire.


2. Index
(// The below parties are eligible for the elections, which you can find [HERE - Link Pending])

• Ninkyō Dantai
  
• Kusari Sunrise Party
  
• Kanawaga Agricultural Association
  
• Kusari Commoners Party
  
• Social Democratic Party of Kusari
  
• United Kusari
  
• Hanazono(花園) Party
  

[Kusari Political Parties]

Political Parties Eligible for the 836 AS Elections

The following political party overviews have been provided by relevant actors in advance to the public elections of 836 A.S.
Note: Further submissions pending.

Sunrise Party

Sunrise Party Manifesto

Standing the test of many centuries, our morals that showed no defect from the times of our earliest ancestors, combined with the high character of our people, Kusari set up an example for the whole of Sirius to follow. With the protection of our ancestors and the infinite wisdom of our Emperors, Kusari stood tall and mighty among all the other Houses.

Yet, we - the Kusari people - had to face many difficulties:

• Decades of warfare against several foes
  
• Economic hardships caused by natural catastrophes
  
• Terrorist attacks
  

Tested by the gods, we had to give many of our heroes as sacrifices. The defense of our country came into question with every losing battle on the Bretonian front, with every Gallic Vessel deterred, with every Rheinländer who betrayed the friendship we enjoyed. Our nation overcame many crises, many more than ever before. And the times call for us to prepare for another sacrifice in defense of our nation.

We have faced the tides of war many times, we shall never forget the heroes who stood vigil in the face of death, who fought for their home.
We shall never abandon what they gave their lives for. Our mighty Imperial Navy shall remain strong.

We cannot answer our heroes, our sacrifices, in the afterlife, if we allowed ground for any factors weakening our Kusari. Corporate greediness, corruption and other disturbances have no place in Kusari, for we shall not accept these issues to risk the safety and future of our people.

We are bound with honor and tradition to protect our Kusari from the forces that seek to harm it from outside and inside. We vow to die before seeing the future of our children threatened. This is the Sunrise Party.

Despite our promises being centered on security matters, we are also concerned with the welfare of our people and are well aware of the fact that Kusari can not survive without its economy. Neither its citizens can live decently, without a good enough income.

Furthermore, our House can only survive with secured resources, allowing our defensive capabilities to be continuously restored and build up, and thus, allowing Law enforcers to ensure our economy prospers. Securing resources through strategic partnerships, economic sanctions or military intervention will mark a key milestone of our ambitions.

The preservation of this virtuous circle is what we stand for.

We are aware of our ambitious project, which will require all our citizens to be dutiful and ready to serve Kusari with joy in their hearts. We'll cherish with them their patriotism, their hard work, and their good will. Our community will once more rediscover their self-worth and their values, becoming happier, better and stronger themselves as they strive for a better Kusari together with their loved ones and fellow people. We have taken many steps in the right direction within the past years, thanks to the invaluable commitment of our nation's people to bring our project one step closer to reality and remain committed to see it to its end.

In order to safeguard the project's further development, the Empire needs to stay vigilant and combat ready - but it will also require its new-found partners to remain strong. Only a healthy sector can be stabilized.

The objectives we achieved since 827 A.S.

• An increase in military and police spending from 8% GPD to 15% GPD.
  
  
• Re-instatement of capital punishment for severe crimes.
  
  
• A Conscription act: to bolster our forces if the need arises.
  
  
• An expansion of the retired officers funding pool to honor the sacrifice of all law enforcers, not just the Naval Forces, took effect by 831 A.S.
  
  
• A legal framework for enforcers to set and alter legal policy based on at scene threat assessment is currently underway.
  
  
• Legal provision allowing enforcers to seize assets and execute suspects as they see fit have been introduced as part of the Imperial Stellar Codex.
  
  
• We enforced curfew in higher crime areas and increase patrols in those areas to ensure the peoples safety.
  
  
• We laid out a legal framework for the increase in taxes for foreign financial bodies.
  
  
• Legal restrictions on foreign shippers and companies, in addition to intensified border patrols, have been put in place.
  
  
• We achieved an increase in public spending on specific educational sectors including: Personal defense, Health & well-being, Moral values, Military history, Traditional values.
  
  
• We ensured a reliable series of contracts that will maintain and increase export of technologies and raw materials within realistic limits considering our own stockpiles.
  
  
• We took steps to preserve Kusari culture through limiting work visas and preservation of Kusari only communities.
  
  

We promise to focus on these objectives:

• Train, prepare, and arm every adult citizen for planetary and station invasion defense.
  
  
• Enforcing Kusari’s interest on Planet Kurile.
  
  
• We aim to transfer the bulk of Deshima to the State Police, acting as large staging ground to deter Libertorian criminals with greater effect and to serve as additional small-scale prison facility.
  
  
• We vow to ensure that both Samura Heavy Industries and Kishiro Technologies would be held in equal measure and be encouraged through different means to cooperate strongly, thus ultimately putting an end to their struggle for dominance.
  
  
• Introduction of a special 15% import tax on Synth Paste & foreign consumer goods.
  
  
• An increase in export tax.
  
  
• Achieving a diplomatic resolution with the Republic of Liberty.
  
  
• Commit to the Harris Alliance through expanded military and economic cooperation.
  
  
• Pursue increased economic ties to Rheinland.
  
  
• Expanding the KOI mandate.
  
  
• Promote voluntary military service and training for young adults to foster national pride and readiness.
  
  
• Strengthen alliances with the GMG for cooperative control over key Sigma regions, emphasizing shared security benefits.
  
  
• Limit the presence of the Bounty Hunters Guild in Kusari space through regulatory measures.
  
  
• Enforce penalties for promoting disruptive ideologies like that of the Golden Chrysanthemums, Technocrats or other ideologically charged criminal organizations, with a focus on rehabilitation where possible.
  
  

To summarize,

• We aim to retain the strength of Kusari both in character and with military might.
  
• We aim to bolster Kusari economy by exacting costs from foreigners who would exploit us.
  
• We aim to limit the use of arms and strike craft amongst non-peacekeepers in order to decrease the amount of space faring criminals.
  
• We aim to stabilize our economic assets and deter those standing in our nation’s way, militarily, economically and socially.
  

We humbly seek your support and your trust in us, so we can restore our Kusari to its lost nature with hard work and vigilance, learning from our past and building for our future.

Kusari Sunrise Party

For a proud Kusari, standing tall and mighty; expanding with the Heaven's will and the prayers of our ancestors.

Social Democratic Party of Kusari

Social Democratic Party of Kusari

The Social Democratic Party of Kusari are the successors of the Democratic Party of Kusari’s founded during the Republic era. Dissolved in 827 AS, the party reformed through a merger of SPDK remnants, the Society of Progress party and the Liberals of New Tokyo party.

The SDPK regards the acts of the pre-Republic Empire as reckless expansionism and ever since aims to achieve responsibility with the utilization of force.
The SDPK stands for the establishment of greater diplomatic and economical ties with foreign states and organizations, seeing Kusari’s continued growth only guaranteed when Kusari’s technological and economic strength is deployed abroad. The SDPK stands for a virtuous together of the Sirian Sector and broadly rejects any militaristic powerplays by any major house.

Additionally, the SDPK wishes to promote the development of fringe territories and the swift aid to the recovery progress of war-torn regions, achieving stability within neighboring regions and promoting economical exchange.

In the domestic affairs, The SDPK aims to use the strengths of the Kusari diligent workforce and excellent management corpus to provide impulse to a greater development of the economy, by developing policy for greater liberalization in arising new technological areas, and state grants for the creation of new industries.

The SDPK will strive to maintain a respectable, well-equipped military force for defense purposes within Kusari and emphasize the role of the State Police as the main law enforcement for Kusari.


The SDPK pursues the following main goals for Kusari:

• Promote responsible governance with strong citizen influence, i. e. through referendums.
  
• Development and promotion of Kusari economic and technological strengths at home and abroad.
  
• Greater economic and diplomatic ties with members of the Sirian political actors.
  
• Drastically bolstering the State Police while transforming the Imperial Navy into a Defense Force.
  
• Oppose ultra-conservatism and promote the unhindered development of cultural changes.
  

Other party goals include:

• Promote voluntary civic service programs for youth to build skills without mandatory militarism.
  
• Foster interhouse partnerships for shared oversight in Tau systems to aid development.
  
• Implement health-focused guidelines on augmentations to ensure ethical technological progress.
  
• Tackling the issue of Planet Junyo’s fish population through a mutual deal with the Gas Miner Guild for import of Alien Organisms utilizable as fish feed.
  
• Encouraging a closer cooperation and coordination between law enforcement and the Bounty Hunter Guild.
  
• Encouraging economic, infrastructural and research-wise cooperation with the great Sirian houses.
  
• Negotiate terms for appeasement between Kusari and Gallia, including a lift of the embargo following the transfer of Royalist war criminals.
  
• Negotiate terms for appeasement between Kusari and Liberty by promoting a non state actor solution to the Galileo Platinum fields.
  
• Strengthen the democratic elements of the Empire and promote a reduction of military influence on Government decisions.
  
• Investments into projects enabling a sustainable coexistence with nature where applicable.
  
• Reform the re-integration methods applied by Prisons for greater efficiency.
  
• Tackle issues of social disadvantaging and poverty to increase Kusari's stability.
  
• Reduce hurdles for foreign tourism.
  

The Ninkyo Dantai

The Ninkyō Dantai
"Improving Kusari differently"

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Overview
The Ninkyō Dantai


Founded by Ryuu Majima, a notorious businessman and large-scale investor within the Kusari entertainment industry, the Ninkyō Dantai represents the unified voice of various social movements, rights and lobbyist groups especially from Kyushu and New Tokyo.

A newcomer in the political landscape, the Ninkyō Dantai strives to establish itself as alternative to the militant Sunrise Party and more progressive parties, and so far has made itself a name as coalition partner to the Sunrise Party the past years.

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Objectives

1. Restore dignity and self sufficiency to the society and economy of Kusari.
2. Reduce reliance on foreign goods, such as by imposing import restrictions on Synth Paste.
3. Promote stability with equalized budget and manpower increases for the Naval Forces and State Police.
4. Increase the public presence and operational freedom for the KOI.
4. Establish a Keiretsu Committee to act in advisory fashion to the Ministries.
5. Fully decriminalize the Hogosha and permit them to replace the Bounty Hunters on Deshima.
6. Promote peaceful co-existence with our neighbors, except Gallia.
7. Impose sanctions on anyone engaging into trade with Gallia until the Royalists were brought to justice by a special court operated by all nations affected by their past tyranny.
8. Launch an anti-Cardamine military campaign, including information gathering, rehabilitation, extrajudicial capital punishment for dealers, and aggressive operations to eradicate Outcast smuggling routes and their homeworld.
9. Expand economic partnerships with the Kingdom of Bretonia and the Crayter Republic.
10. Renew the contract of ownership of Planet Kyushu with Samura Industries.
11. Introduce merit-based incentives for corporate entities like Samura to align with national security goals.

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Kanagawa Agricultural Association

Kanagawa Agricultural Association
"To preserve culture, rice must grow"

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Overview
Kanagawa Agricultural Association


The Kanagawa Agricultural Association is the representative of various interest groups belonging to Kusari's agricultural and food sector. Ranging from local farmers on Planet Kyushu all the way to infamous restaurants, the KAA brings forward the concerns and visions of those who preserve Kusari's food culture.

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Objectives

1. Establish an Agricultural Committee to oversee the Keiretsu.
2. Implement a step-by-step reduction of Synth Paste imports, with temporary increases in Bretonian food supplies.
3. Renew the ownership contract of Planet Kyushu with Samura Industries under oversight by the Agricultural Committee.
4. Offer the Farmer Alliance one-third of seats on the Agricultural Committee in exchange for ceasing all illegal activities.
4. Support a Keiretsu Committee aimed at creating in-house solutions to the fish feed crisis.
6. Promote Kusari cuisine abroad by financially supporting restaurants chains to expand into other Houses.
7. Support policies ensuring Kusari's military might.
8. Pursue a suitable solution to Planet Kurile.
9. Redirect agricultural subsidies to local farms based on output metrics to encourage efficiency.
10. Implement guidelines for sustainable farming practices that align with traditional Kusari values.
11. Advocate for controlled border measures in Tau regions to protect agricultural interests.

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Kusari Commoner Party

Kusari Commoner Party
"By the people, for the people"

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Overview
Kusari Commoner Party


The Kusari Commoner Party stands for the transformation of Kusari society into a proper state where the fruits of the people's work belongs to the people.

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Objectives

1. Strictly limit the Imperial Throne to diplomatic representation and cultural display.
2. Transfer all military affairs to a newly formed Defense Committee.
3. Transform the Keiretsu into state-controlled entities.
4. Abolish income tax for all except the upper 20% income bracket.
5. Establish regional labour Unions.
6. Ban the Bounty Hunter Guild.
7. Restrict the KOI mandate.
8. Designate the new Military State Police as the primary law enforcement entity in both space and planetside.
9. Reduce dependency on all Sirian Houses.
10. Take preparations for a closed border policy.
11. Nationalize key resources in Sigma systems via state oversight for equitable distribution.
12. Enforce stricter regulations on personal augmentations to prevent exploitation of the working class.

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United Kusari

United Kusari
"United we stand for progress and growth"

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Overview
United Kusari

United Kusari is a small party founded in 835 A.S. as a direct result of the growing tensions with the Republic of Liberty. Formed by mostly former Honshu Unity Party members who survived the political scandals and investigations of 832 unscathed, they aim to remerge as balancing factor against the ever so militant Sunrise Party.

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Our main objectives

1. Centralize military command and the Imperial Guard under the Defense Ministry and dissolve the Shogunate Office.
2. Reorganize the legal framework for system regional governance to better integrate the Governor's overseer role into the democratic process.
3. Emphasize the introduction of a women's quota in government institutions.
4. Formalize the Economy Ministry Committee as the sole pathway for corporate entities to engage with the Imperial Diet.
5. Formally ban any sitting member from belonging to both the Chamber of Peers and Chamber of Commons.
6. Lower the voting eligibility age from 20 to 18
7. Lower the eligibility age for public office from 30 to 25.
8. Pursue a diplomatic solution with the Republic of Liberty whilst keeping military options available.
9. Criminalize the Hogosha for repeated acts of destabilization both within and outside Kusari.
10. Establish democratic checks on the KOI to prevent overreach while expanding intelligence.
11. Encourage cultural heritage programs in education to promote unity without enforcing religion.

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Hanazono Party

Hanazono(花園) Party
"The Flower Garden"

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Overview
Hanazono(花園) Party / Neo-Shinto Party

The Hanazono Party is a recent, more extreme offshoot of the Sunrise party centered around the Neo-Shinto faith and headed by the Kazu Shrine Family. While the Hanazono party shares many goals with the Sunrise party, including traditional values, military strength, and general isolationism, on specific policies and goals the Hanazono takes a much more unflinching and extreme approach.

The Hanazono Party holds as irrefutable fact that a steady blade balances the soul, a balanced soul purifies the heart, and a pure heart holds a steady blade. While the Sunrise Party has done great work for the society and people of Kusari, the lack of connection between law and spiritual guidance leaves room for poisoned thoughts to seep into society and weaken the strong foundation that the Sunrise Party has left Kusari with. Strict spiritual guidance will keep the people of Kusari healthy, strong, and prepared for the eventual assaults from outside.

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Main objectives:

1. Mandatory military training for all adult citizens, and 18 months mandatory military service for adult males between the ages of 17 and 25.
2. Nationalization of the GMG, including mutual defense and the advancement of mutual goals, as controlling the Sigmas is key to Kusari's safety.
3. Full control of the Sigma systems, operated jointly with the GMG.
4. Full expulsion of the Bounty Hunter's Guild from Kusari and its protectorates.
5. Expanded control of the Tau systems.
6. Strictly measured merit and output based support for Samura Heavy Industries and Kishiro Technologies. Results will be rewarded, empty claims will not.
7. Increases in import and export taxes by at least 15%.
8. Redirection of import taxes to local industry to bolster output.
9. Expand weapons and warship output by redirecting export taxes to shipyards.
10. Establish and enshrine in law Neo-Shinto as the Kusari state religion.
11. Establish and enshrine Neo-Shinto festivals and holidays as Imperial Holidays.
12. Establish personal purity laws.
13. Establish strict personal augmentation regulations, related to personal purity laws.
14. Establish blanket death sentences for espousing Golden Chrysanthemum ideology in public or personal life.
15. Designate the Technocracy of Auxo, Junkers, and Union Corse as foreign terrorists, as their illicit and unclean practices jeopardizes the health and purity of Kusari's people.
16. Expand Naval Forces and KOI authority and mandate.
17. Besiege Chugoku.

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