Enderron National Party

The Enderron National Party (ENP, commonly known as the Nationals or colloquially the Nats) is a centrist, agrarian political party in Enderron. It traditionally represents rural and regional communities, and is particularly strong in Northern and Western Enderron. The National Party is currently the third-largest party in the Enderronian Parliament in terms of seats. The current party leader is Spencer Bartell, since 2020.

Although its ideology has shifted considerably since its foundation, the National Party has always espoused agrarianism, regionalism and decentralisation. Founded as a right-wing protest movement representing rural interests, in its earlier years the party pursued conservative populist, economically protectionist, anti-environmentalist and agrarian socialist policies. On social issues it was generally more conservative than the centre-right United Party, opposing official multiculturalism and the decriminalisation of homosexuality and abortion.

Since the 1990s, the ENP has significantly moderated its platform and moved towards the centre of the political spectrum, filling in the gap in the political spectrum left by the United Party following its dissolution in 1994, and in response to the rise of the far-right Enderron Democrats from 1997 onwards.

Under leaders Eric Wojtczak (1995–1998), Jack Whitham (1998–2003) and Martin Brooks (2003–2020), the party increasingly shifted towards an economically liberal platform with a focus on free market economics, environmental protection, regional development, political decentralisation, federalism and direct democracy. It no longer actively pursues many socially conservative policies, instead focusing mainly on economic issues, although it generally supports hunting, fishing and gun rights, individual freedom and responsibility, and decreasing immigration levels. Its modern ideology and policy platform have been compared to that of the agrarian parties of the Nordic countries and Japanese party Komeito.

For most of its history, the National Party has won the third-most seats in parliament, thus acting as a middle-ground "third force" between the centre-left Social Democrats and their conservative opponents. The party has fulfilled this role on multiple occasions by acting as a kingmaker during hung parliament and minority government situations; the Nationals supported the Social Democrats in coalition negotiations following the 1986 election, were junior coalition partners in the Liberal Koepke Government from 2002 to 2006, and provided confidence and supply to the minority Liberal Matsuda Government from 2010 to 2014.

While the ENP has attempted to expand its electoral appeal beyond its base in northeastern Enderron, rural areas remain the party's main source of support; all seven seats currently held by the party in the federal parliament are classified as provincial or rural, and the party has never held a federal seat in the urbanised Metro Central Region. The party also holds 23 seats across seven prefectural legislatures (Cooksland, Greenberg, Kaigan, Miranda, Sierra, Sylvania and Westhaven), mostly in regional electorates.

Deputy party leaders

 * Walter Leigh (1977–1982)
 * Michael Paxton (1982–1985)
 * Richard Cowan (1985–1986)
 * Erik Wojtczak (1986–1991, 1994–1995)
 * Michael Ellsworth (1991–1994)
 * Darrell Dexter (1995–2002)
 * Martin Brooks (2002–2003)
 * Stephanie Lorenzo (2003–2010)
 * Vince Stanton (2010–2018)
 * Spencer Bartell (2018–2020)
 * Kylie Moore (2020–present)