National Liberal Party (Darnussia)

The National Liberal Party (NLP) was a major political party during the Darnussian First Republic. From the 1940s it was the largest party in Darnussia, and between the foundation of the First Republic in 1966 and its electoral demise in 2026 it easily won every Darnussian election.

A big-tent centre-right to right-wing party, the NLP ruled as a majority administration between 1966 and 1991. Since it failed to gain a majority in 1991, it alternated between majority government and ruling in a coalition with either the hard-right Republican People's Party (RPP) or the centre-right Truth and Justice Party (VAP).

In 2021, a series of severe scandals rocked the NLP, as it became clear that its enormous hegemony across Darnussian political life had left it unaccountable. Corruption was rife in the party, while sexual abuse cases were covered up and bribes were taken by government ministers for private profit. As a result the party was decimated at the 2026 elections, being replaced as the ruling party by the Socialists.

The NLP subsequently bitterly split into the right-wing Darnussian National Front and the centre-right Yeudi-Hosian Alliance of Patriots, leaving a tiny rump party led by former Governor General Ivan Krebs. In February 2027, the party quietly voted to dissolve itself. The NLP's demise led directly to the end of the Darnussian First Republic and the implementation of a new semi-presidential system.

The party's support was drawn from all social classes right across the country; however its strongest support bases are the middle-classes, the Darnussian Yeudi population and the island-based working-classes.