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The Commonwealth Union had its roots as "FitzRex's Men", a loose coalition of members of the [[Concilium Daoni]] elected in 1895 who aligned themselves with the reform efforts of [[Gréagóir FitzRex]]. The founding members of the Union specifically would emerge out of the pro-peace, pro-reconciliation elements of the ruling majority coalition, and it would soon be defined by its opposition to more radical socialist efforts to establish a [[Urcean Republic]]. At the end of the conflict, though most FitzRex loyalists were ejected from positions of power, the core of what would become the Commonwealth Union - a group of twenty "approved" (i.e. compatible with the restoration) members were left in place, and the "Approved Twenty" began the process of building a political apparatus between [[1902]] and [[1905]]. The "Approved Twenty" established the Commonwealth Union on 29 December [[1902]]. The Twenty-led party established three basic tenets that they supported: 1. Resistance to any effort to reestablish the system of [[Social class in Urcea|social class]] in any form; 2. The maintenance of the [[Guilds (Urcea)|guild]] system as a check against both radical socialist revolutionary class relations as well as the more liberal economic principals of the [[National Pact (Urcea)|National Pact]]; 3. National conciliation and moderate treatment of all but the most ardent FitzRex allies. Generally speaking, the party also supported the maintenance of as many of the FitzRexist reforms that could be integrated into a monarchical structure as possible; in these respects, the early party found an unlikely ally in [[Patrick III of Urcea|Patrick III]], whose [[Constitutional Settlement Act of 1902]] was eagerly supported by members of the Union.