Commonwealth Union (Urcea)
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National Democratic Party | |
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| Leader | James Cossus Reed |
| Founded | 1903 |
| Preceded by | FitzRexist faction (1895-1903) |
| Headquarters | 698 Impireachtor Street, Urceopolis, Urcea |
| Ideology | Centrism
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| Religion | Levantine Catholic Church |
| Colors | Teal |
The National Democratic Party was the second largest political party in the Apostolic Kingdom of Urcea. The National Democratic Party's main opponent in Urcea was the older National Pact.
The party originated as moderate supporters of the program of Gréagóir FitzRex during the latter portion of the Red Interregnum. In general, the party historically supported increased democratic reforms to the Constitution of Urcea, a position that it gradually moderated following the Second Great War. As opposed to the National Pact, the National Democratic Party espoused a more distributist economy and also believed in a more active foreign policy outside the Levantine Union. After the Great War, the party largely became supporters of the status quo and became a big tent party in opposition to the economic liberalism of the National Pact. Fissures began to form in the party following the rise of Michael Witte, splitting the party into "big tent centrist" faction, the left-wing "Urcean mode Marxists" party, and the Wittonian Socialist faction. The party dissolved as part of the 2015 Urcean political realignment and is considered to have been legally succeeded by the Union for National Solidarity founded by the Wittonian faction.