Ús Noardlân

Our Noardlân (Doggish: Ús Noardlân, Icelandic: Norðurlandið Okkar) is a pro-Northern party advocating for greater autonomy for the provinces of Crohall, Bloca, Glavell and Medost, in a region they define as Noardlân.

Founding
Ús Noardlân was found in 1999 as a pressure group for regional interests. It included moderate NPD sympathizers who wanted Doggish interests to be considered, Doggish neo-pagans, Crohaller Icelandics, farmers and conservative Sworicks. They supported devolution to Noardlân since they considered that the central government didn't do much to fix infrastructure harmed by NPD militias and that ignored the region due to its sympathies to the NPD. They were originally a small faction of the IDP, being the most critical ones with the leader, Beady.

Registral as a party
In 2018, Self-Reliance! was founded as Ús Noardlân's party. It ran in several local elections, winning the mayor ship of some towns, including Nouville Montréal.

National Assembly
In the Early July National Assembly Elections, Self-Reliance! ran for the National Assembly, winning 6 out of 100 seats. S-R also managed to win in Bloca, Crohall and Medost with a plurality. This was seen as a sign of protest from Noardlâners, who were tired of politics barely focusing on them. S-R campaigned on Noardlân devolution and in infrastructure to develop Noardlân. They became one of the most active opposition parties, with the party slowly growing.

Before the Early August 2021 Doggerland legislative elections the party was renamed to Ús Noardlân utilising the Doggish language. After the election was over the party attempted to join in forming a right-wing coalition, however, after the Liberal Party and Conservative Alliance opted for a grand coalition with the United Progressives instead the ÚSN became incensed making its defections fostered by Jansma initiated to deprive the coalition of a majority. This led to almost every party (except the LBT) to condemn the ÚSN for its actions, and it pushing forward speculation that the sole reason for the grand coalition was to exclude the ÚSN from a coalition government.

Downfall
After Bent Jansma's death, Ús Noardlân faced a severe decrease in support in the October legislative elections. Just before the elections, Ús Noardlân announced it was merging with Civic Union. Many members protested and were vehemently against the merger but the party's leader F.J. Lichen continued on and Ús Noardlân was officially dissolved into the Civic Union.

Reorganization
Ús Noardlân was reformed by prominent members of Democracy Now! However instead of being a national party as it was for most of its history, the party will only compete in Northern assembly elections. Aldert Hoekstra ascended to leadership of the party after Joseph Carson retired from politics.

Ideology
The ÚSN doesn't have any cohesive ideology other than its regionalism and support for devolution. Some of its members have expressed themselves as being right-wing national conservatives like Aldert Hoekstra, while the leader of the party Bent Jansma has shown himself to be much more libertarian. However, with the formation of the New Right the party's right-wing tendencies have decreased, though the party itself remains most open to working with right-wing entities.

The party also remains opposed to left-wing ideology and positions being staunchly opposed to the Socialist Reform Bill and REST Act supporting a full repeal rather than a drastic reformation. It also fiercely opposed left-wing budgets, and continuing on from that has shown a preference towards right-wing governments. However, it doesn't rule out working with left-wing parties if their demands for devolution and autonomy are met.

In September 2021, the dominating faction was the centrist one (mostly concentrated in Medost and Glavell), with the libertarian branch dominating Crohall and the right-wing populist dominating Bloca.