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The '''Volkspartei''' (Gothic: People's Party) was the national political party of [[Austro-Caldera]] from 1600 until 2034. They were the only political party allowed to run for Prime Leader, and because of this, the Volkspartei is considered to be one of the oldest active political parties in the world. The Volkspartei is controversial for only allowing people of Gothic descent into their membership, and for being the cause of several revolts and civil unrest in Caldera.

| headquarters = [[Little Caldera]], [[Austro-Caldera]]

| country = [[Austro-Caldera]]

When Austro-Caldera was first settled by Gothic immigrants in 1585, Joseph Seuber took command to shape the small island nation into a thriving economy. When he died 15 years later, the new nation of Gothics had a large debate on who to put in charge to ensure the nation would be led correctly. One of the general rules agreed among the entire population was that the new leader had to be Gothic, so the most influential speakers decided on founding a party in which only Gothic members could be a part of. The Volkspartei was the party created for this goal, and Calderan law dictates that only the Volkspartei may be in power. Prior to 1735, members of the Volkshaus also had to be members of the Volkspartei (and thus Gothic).

Naturally, indigenous leaders tried to take their concerns to the Austro-Calderan capital, but were turned away when only Gothics were allowed to make meetings. After protesting by setting fire to Volkspartei carts, the rules on only Gothic discussion were lifted, and the Indigeno-Calderans flooded mail services with requests. Using the vast amount of requests for meetings as an excuse, Volkspartei members stopped legislating matters that involved indigenous tribes, and while this did calm crowds a little, indigenous leaders would still march around [[Little Caldera]] waiting for formal action to represent Indigeno-Calderans be made. In 1735, after a meeting between Michel Seuber (grandson of Joseph Seuber) and indigenous leader Black Crow, Michel Seuber advocated for allowing all indigenous peoples vote in national elections, and even be able to legislate in the Volkshaus. Such an endorsement by a member of the Seuber family made the concept very popular among the Volkshaus, and later that same year, the Volkspartei requirement to legislate and the ethic requirement to vote nationally were both lifted. For most, this was enough, but the Volkspartei made an oversight on provincial laws that would later cost them.

=== Siege of Little Caldera (2003) ===  

{{main|2003 Austro-Calderan revolt}}

After the Volkspartei no longer became the dominant party in Austro-Caldera, support for it nearly crumbled, but it saved itself in that it was able to unite a single ethnic group (Goths) while hundreds of political parties were struggling to catch a foothold in their new opportunities. This allowed the Volkspartei to remain a formidable force on the political scene while legally losing much of the power they had in the past.

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The Volkspartei has a private paramilitary group separate from the [[Calderan Armed Forces]] called the Volkspartei Defence. The Volkspartei Defense has the primary goal of defending the Volkspartei, hence the name, but they are also the most elite unit of special forces available to Austro-Caldera.  

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