Royalist Party of Chisei

The Royalist Party of Chisei (王権党 Ōkentō) was a political party in Chisei from 1953 to 2019.

The party was founded by Shiba Amame, a Marshal of the Royal Army during the Second Escar-Varunan War and later head of the military-dominated Conciliar Government from 1947 to 1953. With the end of military rule and the restoration of democracy in Chisei, Hatsume chose to stand for the office of Chancellor in 1954, and founded the party to contest the parliamentary elections held that same year. The Royalist Party consequently also dominated the Heavenly Assembly, retaining its majority from 1954 until 1973, when it suffered its first parliamentary defeat to the Federalist opposition. The party declined heavily in the 1980s and 90s, before a brief resurgence in the 2000s under the Murata administration.

Ideologically, the party had strong roots in the Chiseian labour movement, and its early policy during Hatsume's tenure as Chancellor could be described as centrist or center-left, with a strong emphasis on the welfare state. In the mid-late 1990s the party began to embrace a more overtly socially conservative and isolationist line, as well as embracing elements of Chiseian nationalism and Izoku Kyowa, though it maintained its left-wing economic stance.

The party dissolved in 2019, after a controversial pact with the far-right Golden Banner Party ahead of the years elections led to the resignation of several prominent party leaders on the left, who then founded the New Citizens Party, which would go on to attain a surprise parliamentary win under leader Nishioka Kyouka. Several Royalist representatives contested the election as independents, while party leader Hiraguchi Kichirou renamed the party as the Democratic Royalists.