The Liberal Arts Party, abbreviated LAP, was a midsized Lovian political party founded on December 12th, 2010 by novelist and Member of the Congress Percival E. Galahad, formerly alligned with the Liberal Democrats and then the Liberal Union. The LAP presented itself as a centrist liberal party that strives for the further development of the arts, culture, education, and nature and heritage conservation. The party manifest stated the LAP wants to "improve everybody's life quality by providing good education - beyond the school walls - and by making politics more creative and efficient." The party's slogan was "Thinking about thinking."