The Political Rallies of Xedoc
Xedoc is one of the largest and densely populated cities in Thiusland and its governance is currently undecided. With the Usurper God’s dictatorship broken the city votes in popular initiatives taken in a direct democracy without a centralized government. A campaign to change this to other forms of government have been going on for years now but no political rally has gained enough support to find a purchase in power.
The Palattite
(Socially progressive, expansionist, trade orientated republic)
The Palattites meet and argue for Xedoc to be a centralized republic. The Palattite is named after its meeting in the painter’s studios of central Xedoc and professes a historical connection to the Vipara for legitimacy. The Palattites want the eastern Bog to centralize power in Xedoc. They argue this will allow stronger and further trade relations with greater Thiusland and make them a dominant power in the area by assisting other areas with infrastructure and essential needs. They are polarizing between the urban and rural population, as the rally heavily favours the city over all else. The northern town of Hologall is a well known backer of this rally, with many former bog residents funding their efforts from afar.
The Silta
(Anarchist, decentralized power, with focus on education, voluntary collectivism)
The Silta argue for not only Xedoc but the bogs entirely to decentralize power and for Xedoc’s people to engage in a voluntary collective for education and craft. The name Silta comes from the Sermons in the Silt that taught many knowledge forbidden by the god. The movement is born from the Cryptic rebellion that killed the Usurper God. All the original members are dead or Deathless, and only one is an official member of the rally. While the Silta has its members who meet infrequently the rally is still seen as a niche interest in the debate, though younger people who grew up in the chaotic last years of the God seems to strongly support it over other demographics.
The Masonians
(Financially centralist, focus on defence and protectionist, isolationist republic)
The Masonians argue for a centralized government that is very much a return to the political system that was in place before the God of Enigmatic Decay held power. They play on fear of the god-run nations to the south and west to drive support for a military and new fortresses. The Masonian name calls to the concept that the members built the walls and ancient stone buildings of Xedoc, that they literally built themselves. The rally bets much of its hopes on the fact that one hundred years of turmoil under a dictatorship buried the sins of the previous Skink government. This party is greatly supported by those who thrived under the God’s powers and with ancestral wealth.
The Swamm Collective
(Communist collective with focus on labour)
The Swamm Collective argues for the bogs and Xedoc to become a collective that has collective ownership and gives according to need. The argument they profess is that those currently with more means or power gained it unlawfully and immorally from a dictatorship and so the scales must be reset for there to be equality. The name Swamm Collective comes from the Swamm river that flows from RidgeMarsh to Xedoc, reminding the connection of the city and the smaller towns. The rally has massive support with the smallfolk of the bogs but is strongly opposed by the merchants and wealth of Xedoc’s older families. While highly polarizing the rally has been the closest to gaining enough votes until it fragmented recently.
The Mouth
(Socialist commune led by a council of intellectuals with focus on logic and reason.)
The Mouth argues for the bogs and Xedoc to become a collective that has collective ownership and gives according a logic based system of undeniable proof. The argument that split them from the Swamm Collective was that they found the idea of need to be too loosely defined and demanded a clear framework for what need meant. They gained the name the Mouth at first derogatorily for speaking up too much in debates but took it in pride and sky reference to the mouth of the Swamm river. The ideology has transformed to the leadership of the commune being a council of intellectuals from each branch of study and an exclusion in leadership for uneducated people. Many of Xedoc’s wizards and alchemists have gathered to this splinter group and have been gaining influence beyond Xedoc steadily over the past year.
The Urlites
(Constitutional Monarchist, focused expansionist, trade and social roles)
The Urlites argue that the social fabric of not only Xedoc but the entire east is fraying in the years after the death of the God and a strong hand must take hold. This strong hand they look towards is Urltok, a Lizardfolk claiming to have a direct family line to the original founders of Xedoc. They argue that defined roles for members of society will bring society back to a just and kind state. It also professes this will create quicker growth in the economy, removing the messiness of self determination.The rally has been a recent phenomenon and gained surprising support as criers have appeared in the city and give news of the crimes of the day which always seem to be increasing. There are also rumours the Holy Consortium has been giving donations to the rally.