United States Defense Party

This is a historical party, for succeeding party: American Military Party

United States Defense Party

General Information Country  USA Abbreviation USDP Forum Forum IRC channel [#USDP] Founded Jan 18, 2011 Dissolved June 2011 (est)

Political Congress Occupancy 0 /62 seats, 0% Succeeds American Pirate Party Succeeded By American Military Party Orientation Center Ideology Libertarian

'United States Defense Party was one of the top 5 political parties in the USA.

Beliefs

USDP isn’t a military party. It is a defense party. A member had not to be involved in the military to be in this party. The only condition is that a member had a strong set of beliefs that were common to the party beliefs:

1. Stable Democracy: USDP supported free, fair and open elections for Congress, Party Presidency and Country President. Active and clean competition boosts activity, entertainment and fun. eRepublik is a game, it needs to be played.
2. Soldiers in Congress: USDP supported soldiers getting into Congress. In fact, USDP primary target was to select congress candidates from the US Military. USDP goal was to have a qualified candidate in every state.
3. Competitive Economics: USDP supported the consistent monitoring of our economy and its growth and health by studying the effects the new changes will have on the economy and working to build a tax plan and government involvement based on maintaining ourselves as a national power.
4. Civilian-Military Cooperation: Some of UDSP leaders were civilians, some were members of EZC. As a civilian, you are just as important to this country as a soldier through paying of taxes, fighting in the battles as directed by the Department of Defense, and involvement in the political realm.

History

Logo of short-lived party - Fraternal Brotherhood of Defense

Founding members of the USDP were Joshua Hoss, John Jay, Sir Valaro Volcrum, Dennis McVicker, loftedraptor, and Zack Mack. Joshua served as Chief of Staff for the USDP's first month, helping the party grow from under 30 members to over 100 and gain 4 Congressional seats.

At the beginning of April 2011, USDP under leadership of Sir Valaro Volcrum merged with The Fraternity Party, lead by Joseph Dinero and the new name of the party become Fraternal Brotherhood of Defense (FBoD) with its own military unit The Fraternity Shock Troops (FST)^[1]. However, FBoD was short-lived and in the same month it transitioned to American Military Party.

Congress members

This is the list of known Congress members:

Term	Congress member	Note
01/2011	Emperor Rick	Run under USWP
01/2011	George Armstrong Custer	Run under Federalist Party
01/2011	Nuriessa	Run under USWP
01/2011	PigInZen	Run under some other party
02/2011	Emperor Rick	Run under USWP

Party cabinet

Term	Party president	Vice president	Chief of staff	Public Relations Manager	Elections Director	Communications Director	Advisors
January 17, 2011	Zack Mack	N/A	Joshua Hoss	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
February 16, 2011	Joshua Hoss	PigInZen	John Jay	Sir Valaro Volcrum	Dennis McVicker	Synesi	loftedraptor, Nuriessa, George Armstrong Custer, Emperor Rick
March 16, 2011	Sir Valaro Volcrum	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
April 16, 2011	Joseph Dinero	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
May 16, 2011	Mr.NiCro	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Sources

• Everyone Likes a Little DP
• Short, Simple, Sweet USDP Announcements
• US Defense Party Update
• Military UNITE! Join the FBoD
• A party, A brotherhood, All together with one common goal FBoD