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The liberal party PF (Progreso Fyor) won the first general election in 1965 with a landslide. Though Kiraso and Explorers Island were relatively liberal and irreligious (especially Explorers Island as nearly all the population were atheist), Fyor had now become much more liberal and less religious due to scandals involving the church, and also because of the dictatorship. Between 1965 and 1997 much of the social policies and attitudes in Fyor changed, this time period was known as "Malnovaĝo". Same sex activity was made legal and freedom of expression was guaranteed to the LGBT community, with marriage made legal later in 1982. Throughout Malnovaĝo, abortion was also legalised, mandatory religious education was scrapped, women received equal rights, discriminative laws against Fyoric Explorers and Explorers Island were removed and Explorers Island became a special territory of Fyor in 1969. Kiraso also acquired this status in 1978. Fyor only was responsible for defence in these territories, with everything else up to the territory themselves.
In 1983 a resurgence of religion began, the opposition of the FNP (Fyor Nacia Partio) declared that the PF were "poisoning" Fyor and that the population "needed to gain back faith". In areas that the FNFFNP controlled, religious education was pushed and in some areas there were reports of forced conversions and mandatory church attendance. Fyor gradually started to become more religious and conservative. The FNP took advantage of bad governance by the PF, blamed social problems on lack of faith and caused division in liberal politics, splitting the PF vote in the process. In the 1985 election the PF lost 15 seats, previously their highest lost was only 3. In the 1989 election they lost a further 10, in 1993 they lost 6. The big hit came in 1997 when they lost 54, losing their majority in the process. Religiosity in Fyor had increased from 53% in 1981 to 87% in only 16 years. Migration out of the country and into bordering nations and Kiraso caused the percentage to only increase. Much of the liberal policies enacted by the PF were reverted and Fyor was now one of the most conservative and religious countries in Fantasia. In addition Explorers Island lost all autonomy, while remaining a special territory Fyor basically controlled it all. The rights of Explorers and other minority groups in Fyor was also limited, Fyoric nationalism grew greatly and in the 2001 election the FNP managed to win 123 out of 150 seats in the parliament, demonstrating the big change in only around 15 years. The FNP has governed Fyor ever since gaining power in 1997 and many minorities in Fyor have migrated to Kiraso.
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