Huguesville Cattlemens' Association

The Huguesville Cattlemens' Association (French, Association De Vachers De Huguesville or AVH) is a multi-faceted political, economic, and community organization based in the city of Huguesville in the Royal Republic of Displaced Calvinists. It was founded by rancher Henri Gros-Vente.

Origins
Beginning as a simple monthly meeting of the local Cattle ranchers in Huguesville and the surrounding District, the organization has evolved into a national political party. Its primary political goals are the preservation of Democracy and the protection of agricultural industries in Displaced Calvinists. Its secondary goals are to act as a sort of chamber of commerce and ruling political party for the city of Huguesville and the Huguesville District.

Revolt and the December Reorganization
Early in the life of Displaced Calvinists, the Huguesville Cattlemens' Association led a revolt against the central government, demanding a more balanced system of political representation across the nation. In the December Reorganization, the capital city of New Batavia Colony's town council, the Classis, surrendered most if not all of its direct powers over the life of the nation. Power was transfered to a national democratic assembly called the Synod, which serves as the Parliament for the Royal Republic.

National Politics
The December Reorganization thrust the Huguesville Cattlemens' Association to national prominence as the main pro-Democracy political entity in the Republic. When Roland LeBlanc's Capitalism Now! Party was poised to win the Synod elections, Ian MacKenzie of the Republican Eldership Party met with Henri Gros-Vente and negotiated a coalition merger on the national level as the Democratic-Republican party. Huguesville Cattlemens' Association candidates still appear on local Huguesville city and district ballots under their original party name.

Later, the Democratic-Republican coalition joined forces with Roland LeBlanc's Capitalism Now! Movement to form a broader power-sharing coalition under the umbrella of the pro-Monarchy Royal Covenant party. This move was prompted to prevent the Fascist pro-Dictatorship FIC Movement (Francophone Ici, Copain! or We Speak French Here, Buddy!) from succeeding in overthrowing the government by force. With the FIC coup diffused, the major parties (joined by the insignificant Federalist party) became entrenched in their coalition. They decided to remain under the constitutional Monarchy in order to protect each other's interests. This agreement left the Coligny District dominated by Capitalism Now!, the Batavia and Cauvin Districts under the Republican Eldership Party, and the Huguesville District under the control of the Huguesville Cattlemens' Association. The Federalists were given leadership of the city Classis council in the town of Nouvelle Rochelle.

Latest Challenges
The latest challenge to the hold that the Huguesville Cattlemens' Association's has over the Huguesville District comes from a leftist Revolutionary and Communist movement hiding in the remote countryside. This shadowy guerrilla group has become known as the Bovineian Revolution, led by an angry young radical going by the name of Hugo Vaches. The Cattlemens' Association is cooperating with La Gendarmerie Nationale in the hunt for members of the Bovineian Revolution.