Jacobin Coalition

The Jacobin Coalition was a major political alliance between the Green Democratic Party and the Radical Labor Party during the 1st Federal Election and 1st Session of Congress. The Coalition was meant to be a unification of the simulation's left wing in order to concentrate power in the Congress and ensure that both parties would have power in the government. The Coalition would fall post-politogate.

Creation

Prior to the first federal election, the RLP made several deals with other parties to ensure that they would be able to run in the Northern State unopposed. In one of these back-room chats, an agreement was made with the Green Dems: Form an alliance. It wasn't long after that the following terms were drawn up:

1. Have a joint presidential primary.

2. Allow the RLP to run candidates on a Green Dem ticket in the south, as long as the RLP sent voters to the Southern State.

3. Have Green Dem and RLP cabinet members if presidential victory was secured.

4. The creation of a joint platform.

After both sides agreed to the terms, a discord was created and was the main means of communication for the coalition's leadership.

Turmoil and Inactivity

After the first election was over, the Coalition slowly lost momentum. A joint platform was never created, which led to confusion on what the coalition actually stood for and agreed on. This seemed to have angered the Green Dems, and they began to feel as if they were being used as pawns by the larger RLP. This lead to the point where Green Democrats actively voted against RLP backed legislation in Congress and openly criticizing President Poke's infamous Foundation Executive Orders. These actions lead to the RLP coming to the conclusion the Green Democrats did not take the alliance seriously.

However, it is worth to note that both parties kept the alliance going. It is unsure why this was the case; however, it has been speculated that both parties found the voting deals to be in their best interest.

Politogate

Sometime towards the end of the the first Congress, Politophile, the Chairman of the Green Democrats, entered talks with the Libertarian Party on the matter of voting deals. A member of the Libertarian Party leaked a screenshot of the conversation on March 23, most likely with the intent of dividing the left of simulation, to the RLP leadership. A mass panic started within the RLP as well as a theory that the Green Democrats were planning on impeaching President Poke. By the end of the night, the RLP leadership voted to withdraw from the Coalition.

This lead to a spam storm between Green Democrat and RLP members, with the drama being enjoyed by non-combatants. By the time the storm had passed, a rift between the RLP and Green Democrats had formed, which is still in place to this day.