Kusari Empire - Political Parties (Parliamentary Election 830 A.S.)

[Kusari Political Parties]

Honshū Unity Party - 平和

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Historic Background:

The Honshū Unity Party first appeared in the year 821 A.S. on Planet Honshū as a regional party around the City of Awaji-shima. The Party was founded by a group of young men and women who saw their City suffering from all kinds of grievances; Criminality, Drug abuse, illegal Prostitution, mistreatment of women, racism and a lack of Police forces. In an attempt to remove any prior listed grievances, the young politicians went for the regional elections and immediately managed to get into the communal council. In a matter of three years they managed to make Awaji-shima and the surrounding communes to be a beautiful peaceful area on Honshū, flourishing and blooming in a time where Kusari was torn by internal conflicts. Encouraged by their voters they decided to go for the Kusari wide elections of the year 824 A.S. aiming to bring the same beautiful peace to the rest of Kusari. Their political agenda faced great success, granting them a share of 23,1% of votes.

Together with the Democratic Party of Kusari, the Honshū Unity Party formed the ruling Cabinet, providing several Minister spots between 824 and 827. Among them the former Minister in charge of Post-Imperial reconciliation and current Minister of State for Okinawa and Sigma Territorial Affairs - Noboru Higuchi, the man whose continued effort cleared the path to the re-unification of Kusari and the creation of the reformed Empire of Kusari.

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Long term goals for Kusari:

1. The Honshū Unity Party aims for gender equality. This includes giving women in social, business and private life the same rights like men but also acknowledge sub-gender categories as genders and protect those by law. Sexual orientation and how a person see themselves, as well as genders should no longer make a difference in a new modern Kusari of harmonious growth and equality.

2. The Honshū Unity Party aims to encourage our great Keiretsu's to cooperate more closely together. Prime examples such as the "Komainu"-class Battlecruiser, the "Akegata"-class Heavy Transport and the infamous "Drone" Freighter show that the Keiretsu are capable of creating masterpieces if they work together. Beyond ship constructions, the Honshū Unity Party will encourage interweaving of industrial branches between the Keiretsu, boosting the economic cooperation and strengthening local economies through this.

2.1 The Honshū Unity Party identifies the rivalry between the great Keiretsu as opportunity, so long as the rivalry is kept in check and only promotes healthy levels of competition and innovation promotion. Any escalation beyond this needs to be removed for good.

3. The Honshū Unity Party will continue to pursue Kusari's continued economic growth by paving the way for large-scale economic cooperation and trade with our stellar local neighbors; The great houses of Bretonia, Liberty and Rheinland. The Independent Miner Guild, the Gas Miner Guild and the Crayter Republic.

3.1. The Honshū Unity Party strives to continue a strategic partnership and limited military alliance with the house of Bretonia and the Crayter Republic to stabilize the war-torn Tau sector.

3.2 The Honshū Unity Party aims to pursue a path of diplomatic revitalization following the brief period of escalation between our nation and the house of Rheinland. The HUP additionally aims to assist the Rheinländers in reaching a stable and peaceful coexistance with the Gas Miner Guild.

4. In order to secure Kusari's stability towards outsiders, the Honshū Unity Party will follow the path of rapid build-up progress of the Kusari Naval Forces, with an estimated doubling of total standing forces planned for 845 AS.

5. The Honshū Unity Party aims to safeguard Kusari's cultural heritage by permitting the free choice of religion, the free pursue of traditions and promotion of traditional cultural public events. The Honshū Unity Party will only restrict traditions directly contradicting with laws and basic human rights.

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Short to middle term goals:

1. Bolstering of Kusari's defensive perimeters by a swift expansion of existing border stations into fortified outposts.

1.1 Three years of annual income increase for law enforcers by 3.5%

1.2 Introduction of a voluntary military year to promote combat readiness and connectivity to the Naval Forces among civilians.

2. Continue the task of establishing a more transparent government for Kusari's people, communal and planetary Governors need to be more visible. Their responsibility needs to be expanded to:

Construction of new social housing, hospitals, schools. Implementation of regional security measures, regional taxes

3. The transfer of Deshima Station to the Kusari State Police. Bounty Hunters will be permitted to keep a contingent stationed on Deshima. Additionally, to serving as a new Outpost to the built-up State Police, Deshima Station shall serve as a small-scale production facility for interested Keiretsu or Zaibatsu, details to be handled following the transfer.

3.1 A large scale extension of Fuchu Prison.

4. Intensify the economic development of Planet Harris initiated by the Treaty of Lewes and turn the Planet into a beacon of modern era inter-house cooperation.

5. Increase research funding for both Keiretsu by yearly 12% to guarantee Kusari's continued position as most innovative nation.

5.1 All research conducted by the Keiretsu jointly shall receive an additional 5% of state funds as incentive to cooperate.

6. Revitalization of the domestic food industry through an 8% import tax on Synth Paste and an ease on restriction on the use of HydroGo Fertilizers.

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