Politics and political ideologies of Terra reflect the long history of the world with different political thoughts being shaped by eras and shaping them. All these names might be too much for an outsider, but wiith a little knowledge you will be able to understand the complex world of political thoughts of Terra.

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Political schools of thought can be characterised into one of four categories: Liberal, Conservative, Socialist, and Nationalist.

While different from eachother and most often the polar opposites, some characteristics of those political philospophies may overlap with eachother, albeit the differences are usually big enough to chategorise them as different things. Further you will read about ideologies belonging to each school of thought.

Liberalism

Liberalism is political philosophy based on ideas of personal and economic liberty. Liberals espouse a diverse array of ideas, but generally support things such as private property, individual rights, democracy and rule of law.

• Classical Liberalism advocates for free-market leissez-faire economics with little, or none, government intervention with emphasis on personal freedoms, such as freedom of speech and political freedom. Unlike other forms of liberalism it looks down upon taxation and social policies.
• Libertarianism seeks to maximize personal autonomy by completely minimalising the importance of the state in day-to-day lives while supporting a free-market economy with no government intervention.
• National Liberalism advocates for social and economic liberalism while pursuing national sovereignity in forms of self-determination of nations and economic independance.
• Progressivism advocates for a wide-range of social reforms that will expand social liberties of the people with an emphasis on social justice.
• Social Liberalism endorses social justice and social services provided by the government while advocating for a personal freedom. While supporting such liberties as freedom of speech and civil rights Social Liberals believe that some sort of government intervention is needed to uphold those rights, albeit they are generally in support of a free-market economy.
• Social Democracy, while often associated with Socialism, supports a welfare state that will care for the wellbeing of its citizens through reforms. Social Democrats generally support the preservation of Capitalism, albeit with an emphasis on building a state which will provide for its people.

Conservatism

Conservatism is a political philosophy that seeks to preserve and promote traditional values, morality and institutions.

• Classical Conservatism emphasises the importance of tradition, stability and moral values. Classical Conservatists staunchly defend traditional institutions and social ties of their cultures while fighting against individualism and rationalism.
• Liberal Conservatism uphold traditional values and moralism while supporting economics with little government intervention, however when it comes to other spheres of life Liberal Conservatism support Law and Order which they believe will preserve the status quo.
• National Conservatism supports traditional values with an emphasis on preserving national identity through law and order. National Conservatists advocate for economic freedom and self-determination for specific nations and cultures.
• Paternalism puts a strong emphasis on hierarchy and duty which Paternalists believe is neccessary in preserving order and morals in a society. Paternalists support a strong interventionist government which will seek to preserve the economic conditions of the status quo alongside with a strong emphasis on national identity and traditions which Paternalists belive are natural in canine society.
• Social Conservatism places emphasis on conserving the traditional moral values of a society, typically sourced from a religion. It also aims to preserve traditional social structures over social pluralism.

Socialism

Socialism is a political philosophy which encompasses a wide array of ideologies ranging from Anarchist to more Authoritarian. Socialists generally advocate for a social owhership of the means of production and abolition of Capitalism.

• Anarchism seeks to dismantle Capitalism and seize the means of production by abolishing authority of the state, which Anarchists believe is inherently oppresive. Anarchists support a rapid and widespread advancement of social liberties with a highly decentralized form of governing through direct democracy and workers' self determination.
• Auroran Socialism refers to the economic and political model of the SUA which advocates for a commanded economy, often with elements of algocracy, with a strong emphasis on social and technological progress and relative social liberty while curbing any forms of economic freedom and rejecting Western forms of Liberal Democracy.
• Democratic Socialism advocates for dismantling Capitalism through reforms and workers' participation in the economy by democratic means.
• Market Socialism advocates for achieving Socialism and abolishing Capitalism through market mechanisms. Market Socialists pursue an independant path towards Socialism through substitution of central planning by market elements.
• Neo-Kahnism rejects the Auroran model and seeks to create an independant form of Socialism in accordance to Kahnist socioeconomics. Neo-Kahnists generally support the expanding of social liberties while advocating for strict control of economy by the government.
• Totalist Socialism is based on the economic analysis of Sargis Saroyan who, albeit took part in the Revolution, rejected the economic reforms of Miroslav Taras in Auroran and sought to create a Socialist economy strictly through central planning with a stronger emphasis on the participation of the entire society in the construction of Socialism.

Nationalism

Nationalism is a political philosophy which advocates for the support for the interests of one's nation or culture, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations and cultures.

• Eikaian Statism is the state ideology of Eikai which is characterised by total control of the lifes of citizens by the government with a strong focus on military primacy and the preservation of culture and traditions while upholding a dirigisme-like economic policy.
• Ethnonationalism advocates for the creation of a state with a specific ethnicity as its foundations while advocating for the interests of that specific ethnicity, often at the cost of other cultures.
• Goffism, named after the Saxen statesman Otto von Goff, advocates for a hardline stance of the government in defense of national interests and traditional values against what Goffists perceive as "weakness and degeneracy". At one point Goffism was the de facto state ideology of Saxenland before its defeat in the Great War.
• Religious Nationalism advocates for the creation of a state with a specific religion or faith as its foundations while advocating for the interests of that specific belief, often at the cost of other religions.
• Voakkeanism, named after the Mercish economist Osbert Percy Voakke, emphasises the importance of monoculturalism and uninterventionism in an economy, which Voakke believed were natural in canines, with the role of the state being minimized to preserving the economic conditions and supporting ethnic interests.