Republicanism in Sierra

Republicanism in Sierra is an ideological and political movement, as well as cultural trend among Sierrans who advocate change in Sierra's government from a to a. Republicanism has existed in Sierra since the Kingdom's inception, and predates the Kingdom's foundation with its existence within Sierra's predecessor state, California, which was a republic. The development and evolution of republicanism in Sierra is reflective of the political and social changes experienced through Sierra's young history, and has been a persistent, influential force. Republicanism peaked during the 1870s, which was supported by many disaffected farmers and rural workers, who were Democratic-Republicans in the Styxie. Several political events, including the assassination of Prime Minister Ulysses Perry triggered the Sierran Civil War, with republicans uniting under Senator Isaiah Landon with his self-proclaimed "Second California Republic".

Although political republicanism, colloquially known as "radical republicanism" lost its widespread appeal throughout much of the Kingdom following Landon's defeat in 1877, "cultural republicanism" persisted, especially in the Styxie, where locals were still defiantly Democratic-Republican party members, formed "republican clubs" (such as the United Farmers' Front) and embraced their own form of regional identity as Styxers. While remaining a minority in society, there has been a recent resurgence in political republicanism in Sierra owing to renewed tensions between the increasingly contrasted and polarized Styxie and the rest of the Kingdom, and events such as the assassination of Prime Minister Steven Hong in 2016. Republicanism is contrasted with monarchism which is the active, conscious, countering ideology to republicanism in Sierra and structural conservatism, which is the neutral or apathetic stance adopted by the majority of Sierrans with regards to the monarchist debate.

Republicans generally support maintaining Sierra's form of, but are divided on how the theoretical Republic would handle the Deseret and Hawaii, which are currently two of the three constituent countries of the Kingdom (the third being Sierra). In addition, republicans tend to be members of the Democratic-Republican Party, which, although has no longer included political republicanism on its platform since 1903, remains a progenitor of cultural republicanism among its large Styxer base. Republicans are also primarily socially conservative and white, but are economically left under Sierran standards. Sierran republicanism is also commonly associated with Ameroskepticism, although a larger portion of Sierrans are also Ameroskeptics, in opposition to American unionism. Nonetheless, republicanism also exists in other parts of Sierra, and is represented by a diverse group of people across the entire political spectrum, races, and classes.