Political ideologies in Castadilla

Formal political ideologies in Castadilla are aligned based upon the left-right political spectrum, an axis used to classify political positions in relation to their emphasis on either social equality or social hierarchy. Most Castadillaans identify as at least one of four main ideologies: socialism, liberalism, conservatism, and nationalism; it is very common for one to identify as being any combination of two of the four main ideologies, with political polarisation being largely miniscule for the most part thanks to the four ideological groups more or less cooperating with each other during the era of the provisional government after the end of the Velvet Revolution.

The main subsections within Castadillaan socialism include Velvetine Socialism, Cabacero Socialism, and even various flavours of socialist-aligned social democracy; the former two having emerged from the Velvetine faction of the Velvet Revolution while the latter developed throughout the latter half of the 19th Century and had gained prominence as the left-wing faction of the anti-Pascualist opposition groups which were formed in the late 1940s. Castadillaan liberalism traces its lineage back to the late 18th Century as the result of the initial egalitarian ethos of early Delepasian nationalism (not to be confused with Delepasian exceptionalism) as well as constitutionalism and even republicanism; in recent years, Castadillaan liberalism has been closely aligned with neoliberalism. Conservatism in Castadilla mostly emerged as a response to the rise of liberal ideologies in the early 19th Century and has historically enjoyed close relations with the Catholic Church, and in the present is most often associated with christian democracy. Modern-day Castadillaan nationalism is most commonly associated with various flavours of Delepasian exceptionalism, though more moderate and less exclusionary forms of nationalism do exist across the political spectrum with the most prominent being Castadillaanism.

The earliest instances of political ideologies in what is now Castadilla began with the emergence of Delepasian nationalism in the late 18th Century which challenged the long-standing notion that the colonists of the Viceroyalty of Los Rumas were Pelaxians. The rise of the nascent Delepasian identity would lead to the emergence of constitutionalism and even republicanism as calls for Delepasian self-government began to emerge. The latter years of Pelaxian colonial rule and the brief time that the Delepasian Kingdom had existed would see Delepasian nationalism split into new ideologies, including royalism, national constitutionalism, and national republicanism. In the years following the collapse of the short-lived Delepasian Kingdom, foralism and confederalism became the predominant ideologies of the new confederation. The rise of the Estado Social in the mid-1920s would see the rise of Pascualism as well as the institutionalisation of Delepasian exceptionalism; modern forms of liberalism, conservatism, and socialism would develop in response to Pascualist rule with all three ideological groups committing themselves to promoting a more democratic form of government. The finalisation of the development of the modern political ideologies in Castadilla would end in the late 1990s after the end of the Velvet Revolution, with Velvetine Socialism and national conservatism being some of the most prominent ideological developments.

With the fusion of ideologies being predominant throughout Castadilla's political history and with Christianity being a predominant religious identity across all the political spectrum, the easiest way to determine political leanings is through one's chosen theological movement; those who adhere to a more fundamentalist or even traditionalist form of Christian theology are generally more likely to be national conservative or a Delepasian exceptionalist, those who adhere to a less dogmatically political form of Christian theology tend to be identify with the political centre, and those who subscribe to liberationist forms of theology tend towards the political left.

History

Estado Social

Main article: Estado Social (Castadilla)

See also: National Renewal Party

Main ideological groups

Socialism

Main articles: Socialism in Castadilla and Velvetine Socialism

Liberalism

Main article: Liberalism in Castadilla

Conservatism

Main article: Conservatism in Castadilla

Nationalism

Main articles: Delepasian exceptionalism and Nationalism in Castadilla

Other ideologies

21st State Movement

Main article: 21st State Movement

Satirical ideologies

Main article: Commarcho-capitalism

See also

• Catholic Church in Castadilla
• Politics of Castadilla