The "New Men" Party was one of the six main political parties of the Star Kingdom of Manticore's government. The New Men were formed around 1900 PD and had the smallest number of votes in parliament. However, they shared good party discipline and thus could often deliver a large voting block for a given position. They were opposed to the wealthy aristocrats and financial elites of the Star Kingdom. However, unlike the Progressives and Liberals, their objection was less to the existence of traditional elites so much as the fact that they were not the ones in control. Essentially, they were political opportunists who acted as a political counterweight for the lesser nobility against the Conservative Association. Like the Conservatives, they were isolationist, but unlike them, they saw the mi