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The '''National Pact''' is the second largest [[Political parties in Urcea|political party]] in the [[Urcea|Apostolic Kingdom of Urcea]], and the oldest. Though the party has been described as a large coalition by some, it is one of the strongest advocate for continuing the traditional [[Constitution of Urcea|constitutional balance]] in Urcea, which it played a large role in founding, and the party describes itself as [[Crown Liberalism|Crown Liberal]] and as the historical champion of the [[Concilium Daoni]]. Its economic policy is somewhat to the right of the traditional mainstream system and has, since the end of the 20th century, trended more towards a laissez faire position. Though the party was traditionally suspicious of foreign entanglements, during the Procuratorship of [[James Dynan]] the party supported a relatively limited intervention in [[Crona]] that laid the foundation for [[The Deluge]]. Since the beginning of the Deluge, the party has been fiercely divided on the issue of foreign affairs, with both the Cronaskeptic and "Commonwealth Values" factions of the party being evenly split.

The National Pact was officially formed on January 19th, 1791, in Urceopolis, as the "National Pact for the Settlement of the Constitution", as a loose association of faction leaders of the [[Concilium Daoni]] in the period before political parties. The National Pact initially was made up of [[Kilikas Enlightenment]]-influenced liberal [[Social class in Urcea|privilegiata]], supporters of the powers of the Daoni over that of the King, moderate reformers, and a small faction of nationalists and other compatible Delegates from the Daoni. Some of these factions had existed since the beginning of the [[War of the Caroline Succession]] some forty years prior. Together, these disparate groups formed the cohesive ideology of [[Crown Liberalism]], the guiding philosophy of the National Pact.

Rather than following the lead of some other foreign-influenced factions and Delegates, the members of the National Pact considered themselves loyal subjects of the [[Apostolic King of Urcea]], and that they abhorred revolution or disloyalty. Instead, the Pact sought gradual reform within existing institutions. Throughout the 19th century's constitutional settlements, the National Pact scored many key victories for the power of the [[Concilium Daoni]], and thus the common people in general, in relation to the King. During this time, in which the party was unofficially known as the '''Party of Order''', the Pact coalesced from a loose coalition into a more unified and disciplined political organization with a clear ideology of modernization and industrialization with liberalization, and the party was led by primarily optimates as well as privilegiata in the commercial sphere. The Party of Order era saw the National Pact support the King against more revolutionary types during the latter half of the 19th Century, a period in which they controlled substantial Daoni majorities. The so-called Party of Order also won elections for all of Urcea's seats in the [[Imperial Diet]] during the period. The 19th century included the period of enmity now referred to by historians as the [[Recess of the Julii]], which led to the National Pact practicing political abstentionism in the Diet.

The National Pact argues for strict adherence to the system of laws, customs, and institutions known as the [[Constitution of Urcea]], arguing that the democratic institutions under the [[Apostolic King of Urcea]] is Urcea's fundamental "great idea" and that the system must be maintained, including the current distribution of executive powers among the [[Procurator]] and [[Chancellor and Temporary President]]. The Pact views itself as largely responsible for the Constitution and the party's central philosophical tenet is its maintenance, both against explicit changes to it as well as what it views as implicit "usurpations" by any one part of the Constitutional system. The Pact believes in strong, but separated and balanced, parts of the [[Government of Urcea]], a position which traditionally meant limitation of the powers of the Apostolic King but also increasingly has meant opposing the growth of the powers of the [[Concilium Daoni]] as advocated for by the [[Solidarity Party (Urcea)|Solidarity Party]].