Party
Political parties are the foundation of the political system in eRepublik. To join a party access the 'Community' tab from the main menu and clicking on the 'My Party' link. Here you have two options: join or create a party.
Join a Party
If you click "Join a Party" you will see all of the parties in your country. You can only join a party in your citizenship country. However, if you have active citizenship application pending, you're not able to join party.
Party Page
Once you join a party, or just browsing through them, you will see the following information
Info
- Avatar and name of the party
- Name of the party president
- Country of the party
- Link to the party's discussion forum
- Party titled members, their titles, avatars and names
The Info section shows:
- Link to the party's wiki page and information about the party
- Number of members
- Political orientation (Economical and Social)
- Click the See All Members to see Party member
- Join/Resign - If you are not a member of the party, you will see a "Join" button. Click this to Join. If you are a member, you will see "Resign", click the button to resign from the party.
Elections
The elections section is where you will go to view citizens elected from your party and vote in future elections.
Party Presidency
This section displays:
- Party president (avatar, username)
- Click "Show Results" to see the last party election results
- Number of days until the next party elections will take place and the number of candidates in those elections
- Click "See Candidate List" to view the list of candidates for the next party elections
- Click the "Candidate" button to run for party elections.
Congress
This section shows:
- The number of party members in Congress and percentage of the total number ofmembers of Congress
- "Show Results" button to see the results of the last election
- The number of days until the next Congressional elections
- Link to the list of party members proposed for the congress elections
For information about running for congress, see congress elections
Country Presidency
This section shows:
- The current country president
- "Show Results" button to view the last presidential elections result
- The number of remaining days until the next election
- Your party candidate for the next presidential elections
- "See Candidates List" button to view the list of candidates. See Presidential candidates list
To learn about Presidential Elections, see Country President Elections.
Create Party
Sometimes you might want to create your own party from the beginning. Remember, however, in established countries, it is often much cheaper to take over a smaller abandoned party by becoming a the Party president and then changing the party's attributes.
When you click "Create Party", you will see the Create Party Screen. The top part of the screen shows
Requirements
Citizens have to be at least 16 (125 EP) and have 40 GOLD.
In order to create a party, citizens have to be former party members.
Party Details
Enter the following information
- Party Name - must be 6-30 characters, only letters, numbers, and (! # $ % * ? | . / ^ { } ` ~ & ' + - = _ ). Other special characters are not allowed.
- Economical Orientation, choose from: Far-Left, Center-Left, Center, Center-Right, Far-Right
- Social Orientation, choose from: Totalitarian, Authoritarian, Libertarian, Anarchist
- Party logo - Upload a logo for your party
- Discussions Area - link to a private forum or an external web address where party members can discuss political activity.
- Click "Create" to create your party.