Politics of Isokyria

The politics of Isokyria take place within a framework of a single-party Nororist state, the only one of its kind in the world. In this framework, the Chairman of the Isokyrian Nororist Party serves as the de facto head of government and nominally wields absolute authority but in practice, has been constrained by various sources from within the Isokyrian government. This system developed from the political blueprint that was laid out by the state's founder, Christian Robertsson, who envisioned an Isokyrian state that was united against "degeneracy, capitalism, and communism". In essence, Isokyrian nationalism is the driving force behind all political action in Isokyria. It has been the sole and dominant ideology since the Nororist regime's creation over seventy years ago.

The recent decades have seen a gradual shift from the sources of actual power within Isokyria. For the first decade of the country's life, Robertsson held uncontested absolute authority. The Party was answerable only to him and he was answerable to no one. This changed when he resigned and Elias Sigurdsson took his place. The balance of power shifted dramatically under the guise of loyalty to Robertsson. Although Sigurdsson was able to command power and authority, he faced resistance and challenges from the Party that Robertsson did not. The National Assembly was nothing more than a rubberstamp legislature that would approve whatever Sidgurdsson could propose with the blessing of the inner Party. This problem became worse under Dagnae Wihiljamsdottir but nevertheless she was able to enact major economic reforms that moved the country away from the national syndicalist economy that had been established under Robertsson.

The technological developments of the 2000s interrupted the power struggles of the Chairman and the rest of the Party as both sources of power came together to deal with the rise of social media, internet activism, and globalism. The National Assembly took this opportunity to seize more power than had been de facto granted to them but were de jure entitled to. This manifested itself most dramatically with the ousting of Alexander White in the aftermath of the 2016 coup d'état attempt. This was the first time in Isokyrian history that a sitting chairman had been removed from power by the Assembly and not by the Party ahead of time. The fact this went largely uncontested signaled a new era of the balance of power in Isokyria.