@EQ/bestshot/whomever: could anyone explain me what happened between the Danish Empire and the Swedish Empire that now they aren't exactly in the best relationship?
Politics in the Danish Empire
In the Danish Empire, legislative power rests in the unicameral National Danish Parliament, the Folketing. Each of the representatives of the nation has been chosen through indirect vote, with each party designing lists of possible representatives for each province and region and the voters choose the party over the candidates, as all of the candidates think on the same brainwave, so to speak.
Each party is represented by a letter, so that in the newspapers each party is known by it and not by the long names, which are only used in the sessions of the Folketing.
The five most important parties have representatives' lists in all the territories of the Empire, giving them the edge in every election, which are celebrated every 5 years.
Socialist:
Dansk Socialistik Folkeparti (represented with an
S)
Liberal:
Dansk Fremskridtspartiet (
F)
Moderate:
Dansk Venstre Parti (
V)
Conservative:
Dansk Konservative Folkeparti (
K)
Reactionary:
Dansk National Arbejderparti (
A)
There are also a group of minor parties in the territories of the Empire. These are normally groups of people that wish to receive independence and go their own separate way, but they are a minor group as the national parties have a bigger following. The most known of these are in the following list:
Ataqatigiit (
Greenland Independentist Party,
Q)
Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn (
Iceland's Independentist Party,
I)
Kommunist Parti (
Communist Party,
O)
Nijer Parti (
Nijeria's Independentist Party,
N)
Zambi Parti (
Danish East Africa Independentist Party,
Z)
The Folketing (Danish National Parliament) reserves a certain number of seats for each of the territories of the Danish Empire: Denmark gets 230 seats, Nijeria has 30 seats, Danish East Africa has 20 seats and Iceland and Greenland get 10 seats each.
In the last elections, celebrated in 1897, out of the 300 seats of the Folketing (Danish National Parliament), the voting gave each party the following seats:
Party Letter -
Percentage of votes -
Seats
Denmark
S - 11.5 % - 22
F - 13.9 % - 38
V - 25.4 % - 58
K - 44.8 % - 104
A - 2.5% - 4
O - 1.4% - 3
Others - 0.5 % - 1
Total - 100 % - 230
Iceland
S - 12.0 % - 1
F - 15.7 % - 1
V - 22.5 % - 2
K - 34.3 % - 4
A - 5.7 % - 0
I - 9.7 % - 1
Others - 0.1 % - 0
Total - 100 % - 10
Greenland
S - 16.5 % - 1
F - 21.2 % - 2
V - 17.7 % - 2
K - 25.4 % - 3
A - 9.7 % - 1
Q - 9.1 % - 1
Others - 0.4 % - 0
Total - 100 % - 10
Nigera
S - 29.5 % - 9
F - 24.6 % - 7
V - 18.1 % - 5
K - 16.0 % - 5
A - 2.1 % - 1
N - 9.4 % - 3
Others - 0.3 % - 0
Total - 100 % - 30
Danish East Africa
S - 25.7 % - 5
F - 23.5 % - 4
V - 20.7 % - 4
K - 19.1 % - 4
A - 1.2 % - 1
Z - 9.7 % - 2
Others - 1.1 % - 0
Total - 100 % - 20
Danish Empire
Party Letter -
Seats
S - 40
F - 53
V - 72
K - 120
A - 6
O - 3
I - 1
Q - 1
N - 3
Z - 2
Others - 1
Total - 300
The Konservative Parti won the elections with an absolute majority that would allow them to lead the country with commodity, as they would be able to push the legislature they wanted through without any problems.