Veikan Communist Party

The Veikan Communist Party (VCP), known by other names prior to its shift in ideology towards Najiluvism in 1946, is the founding and sole legal party of the Council Republic of Veikaia. As a one party state, Veikaia's whole system of government is dominated by the VCP, but a number of factions within the party differ from the mainline Najiluvist current in the party.

The party's ancestor, the All Veikan Labour Party (AVLP) was founded in 1895 as an underground organization that professed orthodox Duvalist thought and was responsible for a number of terrorist attacks on the then monarchist government's officials. The AVLP was eventually rebranded in 1922 to the Veikan Communist Party a year after the Ostovo Agreement due to a split with the radical Social Democratic sector of the party, which went on to join the Veikan Social Democratic Party. In the 1930s the party took a turn towards the ideology of and in 1951 officially adopted Najiluvism as the party's primary ideology, albeit it still allowed other ideologies within the party. The VCP reorganized its insurgency campaign with the foundation the People's Red Front in 1953, a big tent far leftist revolutionary organization which organized the ongoing communist and sometimes anarchist insurgency in the hills and forests of northern Veikaia. The Red Front intensified its operations well into the 1970s, when the Veikan Civil War exploded. The Veikan Civil War carried on for almost a decade from 1972 to 1979, where the last forces of the Kingdom of Veikaia were defeated and they formed a government in exile in Tiperyn. The end of the civil war led to the official foundation of the Council Republic of Veikaia and the creation of a state based on Najiluvist thought.

The VCP inherits most of its organization from the Goetic and URSA's respective communist parties. Alongside the majority of communist parties in Artemia, the Veikan Communist Party follows. In this system, there's a period of democratic and open discussion between members of the party before decisions are made. After a decision has been agreed on by more than 60% of the vote, all members are required to adhere and agree to the decision in total unity. The highest body in the VCP is the Party Congress of the Veikan Communist Party, which convenes every 4 years. When the Party Congress is not in session, secondary duties fall in the hands of the Central Committee, which meets once a year. Day-to-day duties are vested in the Central Political Bureau or Politburo for short. Generally, the General Secretary of the Communist Party is the Chairman of the Table of Commissars, however exceptions to this rule have occurred.

The Communist Party is a highly factional organization in practice, with a large number of its members adhering to a specific faction within the party. The most popular factions within the VCP are the Najiluvists, Market Socialists, Duvalist-Wagnerists and Democratic Socialists. Of all the factions within the party the most popular by a large margin are the Najiluvists, who hold the most power in the party. Factionalism in the party originates from the Veikan Civil War, where the Red Front was an umbrella organization hosting a large number of different socialist factions fighting against the common enemy that was the Kingdom of Veikaia's forces. This already factional origin naturally led to several different ideological groups forming within the party after the end of the Civil War. In the modern day, members of their respective factions are sometimes seen campaigning for their faction's ideals and goals in a manner similar to Artemian liberal democracies' independent parties.