政党

An in-government political party and the opposition parties with some election details.

政党由一个或数个利益集团组成，且只会出现在拥有选举的国家之中。这使得独裁制国家和民主制国家有着截然不同的游戏体验。

同一个政党的利益集团将会作为一个整体参与到国家政治之中。不同的政党有着不同的出现条件，且玩家的意志无法左右政党的形成。

政党类型

游戏中一共存在11种可出现政党。大部分政党以特定利益集团的意识形态为中心形成，而其他利益集团将会在符合其利益的情况下加入或退出该政党。另一部分政党的形成与其领袖的意识形态挂钩，例如共产党和激进党。

政党将会随着游戏进程组建或者解散，而且会根据国家的具体国情而变化，不同的国家的政治格局因此将大相径庭。

下列政党将可能在游戏中出现

• 农业党
• 无政府主义社团
• 共产党
• 保守党
• 法西斯党
• 自由贸易党
• 自由党
• 爱国党
• 激进党
• 信仰党
• 社会民主党

注：上述所有政党所使用的都是在一般情况下的默认名称，特定国家的特定政党将会有特定的本地化名称。

政党的形成

所有非边缘利益集团都可在法律允许选举时加入政党。

利益集团加入的政党受到多重因素影响，包括但不限于：

• 利益集团领袖的意识形态
• 实业家将更可能在国家拥有公立学校、公共医疗保险或允许下级阶层投票时加入保守党。
• 存在农奴制的国家的弱小利益集团将更可能加入农业党以废除农奴制。
• 在委员会共和制国家中，领袖意识形态为无政府主义者的利益集团将更可能脱离共产党。
• 如果拥领袖意识形态为法西斯主义者的利益集团拥有较强的政治力量，其他弱小利益集团将更可能加入法西斯党。
• 如果存在一个强大的社会民主党，其他较弱的左翼利益集团将更可能加入该党。相反，弱小的社会民主党将更可能并入一个更加强大的共产党。

选票对政党的影响

Just as parties ally together when they form a government, they also share their momentum in elections, which determines their votes. During the election campaign period (which lasts 6 months before the final votes are cast), the player is likely to get events relating to the various party's campaign efforts that can have a major impact on momentum. These events are inspired by the campaigns and scandals of the period.

If, for instance, the fascist leader of the petite bourgeoisie joins the Conservative party and is caught up in a political scandal, the whole party suffers the electoral consequences. On the other hand, as the Landowners begin to lose their political relevance in an increasingly industrialized economy they might cling to relevance by attaching themselves to the rising Fascist party, who may bring them political power from the votes the whole party gains in the election.

政党的整体性

Interest groups must be added or removed from government as a single bloc, which means that the player will need to make strategic decisions about the makeup of their government and deal with the consequences. For example, the Liberal party may contain both the intelligentsia and the industrialists, who will both back plans to move toward a free market economy but diverge on the issue of child labor.

Sometimes an opposition interest group might decide that it wants to join a party currently in government (or vice versa). In this circumstance, the interest group will leave their old party and be marked as "wanting to join" their new party. This won't force any interest group into or out of government, but if the player decide to reform their government under these circumstances then they must treat that interest group as being a member of the new party, bringing them into or out of government as a single bloc.