Libertist Party (Icaris)

Libertist Party
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Abbreviation	LIB
Chairman	Adler Schmidt
Founder	Patrick Murphy
State Ministry Ranking Member	Leo Mahmeti, State Minister from Hercules (elected 2062)
Council of Delegates Ranking Member	Sonia Khayat, State Delegate from Diztana's 2nd District (elected 2046)
Founded	January 1, 2026 (2026-01-01)
Headquarters	Paletaph, Icaris
Ideology	• Fiscal conservatism  • Secularism  • Globalism  • Social Liberalism
Political position	Center-left
National Parliament	14 / 42

The Libertist Party, is one of two major political parties in Theocratic States of Icaris, its main rival being the Traditionalist Party. None of the Icarisian presidents have been Libertists and their representation in the National Parliament is minimal.

Political Positions

Energy and Environmental Policies

The Libertist Party does not believe in environmental regulations on businesses, nor do they believe in laws capping oil and natural gas production and use. They are in favor of offshore drilling, expanding fracking for oil and natural gas. They seek to withdraw from any international agreements on environmental protection policies. They do not believe in government subsidies for wind, solar, or nuclear power.

Healthcare

The Libertist Party does not believe in a largely government funded healthcare system and advocate for privatization of the healthcare system. They advocate for lower funding for low income healthcare and believe in a employment requirement to receive the low income healthcare. They do not believe in regulation of life saving drugs. They also believe in freedom and decreased regulation for health insurers.

Economics and Public Spending

The Libertist Party follows a enterprise capitalist agenda as opposed to social market economics. The Libertist Party does not believe in business regulation and supports a free market without interference. The Libertist Party believes the anti-monopoly laws hold businesses back. The Libertist Party believes the government should not regulate businesses, even when it comes to privacy and private data collected by businesses. The Libertist Party belives the laws of supply and demand will protect the consumer, not government regulations. The Libertist Party does not believe in government support for labor unions, especially the compellance laws. They believe workers should be free to negotiate on their own or find new employment. The Libertist Party supports a flat tax for the social safety net rather than the opt-in policy. The Libertist Party believes in state level and federal taxation, a distinction not often made between the two almost seamless entities. The Libertist Party believes in higher income taxes, home ownership taxes. They do not believe in public spending on transportation, no federal minimum wage, no increased taxes for the rich, no subsidies to farmers, lower taxes for corporations, cuts to public spending all around, and no economic incentives to businesses.

Foreign, Defense, and Trade Policies

The Libertist Party supports free trade and agreements with foreign entities to empower business growth and cheaper prices. They do not agree with tariffs on imports. They prefer foreign spending over defense spending. No domestic surveillance and data collection on citizens. They do not believe in the conscription laws. The Libertist Party supports diplomacy, multilateral agreements, and globalism over a strong military.

Voting and Elections

They believe in term limits, no photo ID to vote, and no restrictions on campaign donations.

Crime and Drugs

They believe in the legalization and decriminalization of most drugs. They also believe in the privatization of prisons. They do not believe in firearm regulation.

Immigration

The Libertist Party believes the citizenship process should be streamlined to offer citizenship to any who want it. They do however seek to decrease temporary work visas, believe in a strong border security, and funding for programs for Ursha to be taught to immigrants.

Faith and religiosity

The Libertist Party believes the government should be secular. They have pushed to rid of the "Theocracy" classification and believe the public and companies will act with their own morality, pragmatism, and logical thinking, not needing the basis of faith. They support the death penalty.

Abortion, reproductive rights, LGBT+ and marriage policies

The Libertist Party believes marriage should be adopted and presided over by the state and give tax breaks for married couples. The Libertist Party also believes in same-sex marriage. The Libertist Party belives in the right to have abortions and government funding for it, and other reproductive health procedures and products.

Libertist Party Generic Policy Positions Card

Policy	Large/Small	Yes/No	High/Low	Easy/Rigid
Government Size
Renewable Energy Dependence		No
Privatized Healthcare System		Yes
Social Market Economy		No
Business Regulation			Low
Compellance Laws		No
Labor Unions		No
Opt-In Tax System		No
Business Subsidies		No
Government Spending
Conscription		No
Domestic Surveillance on Citizenry		No
Citizenship				Easy
Theocracy		No
Death Penalty		Yes
Government-Sponsored Marriage		Yes
Abortion		Yes
Firearm Regulation			Low
Universal Public School		Yes
Isolationist Foreign Policy		No
Globalism		Yes
Free Trade		Yes
Defense Budget			Low

Libertist Politicians

(Listed by most recent office held)

Libertist Party Chairmen

Name	Years Served	Experience
1. Patrick Murphy	2026-2029	Diplomat
2. Ismail Zardari	2029-2034	Minister of Judicial Oversight
3. Michael Robbins	2034-2040	State Delegate from Eskimone
4. Anna Lacroix	2040-2045	State Delegate from Avalon
5. Patrick Gilligan	2045-2052	Director of Business Outreach for the Libertist Party
6. Walter Boudreau	2052-2061	Mayor of Blank, Grandoix Director of Public Relations for the Libertist Party
7. Lucinda Kielska	2061-2070	State Delegate from Eskimone Minister of International Relations
8. Adler Schmidt	2070-Present	Minister of Infrastructure State Delegate from Grandoix State Minister from Eskimone