During the time of the German Empire, groups such as the Naval League, the Colonial League, the Pan-German League, and the Agrarian League attempted to influence German politics by supporting and pressuring members of the Reichstag. The Agrarian League, which represented the interests of landowners and others whose livelihoods depended on agriculture, asked the Reichstag to pass laws and tariffs that would benefit the interests of farmers and other wealthy landowners. Their 1912 program exemplifies their concerns about the progress of Germany and German politics up to that time, and offers their solutions to the problems faced by farmers in 1912. The program begins by stating: “The Agrarian League stands for the preservation and the strengthening of our current political system on a Christian-monarchist foundation". During the time of the German Empire, and even before the German Empire in Prussia, the monarchy was the symbol of conservatism as well as the symbol of the state. In response to the Napoleonic Wars, Prussia and most German states strongly encouraged conservatism in society and government. Fearing a Napoleonic-style liberal revolt by the people, who would attempt to unify Germany with liberalism and democracy rather than with conservatism and monarchy, the conservatives gradually merged their principles with those of nationalism, making the monarchy , Protestant Christian values ​​and the political state system seem as if they were key components of what made Germany, Germany. By combining nationalism and conservatism, the conservatives distorted the idea of ​​unification from the goal of the liberals to the goal of the conservatives, who ultimately used any means... half paper... the conservatives and the upper-class supporter Agrarian League attempted to gain favor with the middle class in an effort to become a force within German democracy and uphold both the liberal principles established in 1848 and the "hometown" culture of pre-industrialized, pre-unified Germany. The Agrarian League was another conservative group, much like the Naval League, the Colonial League and the Pan-German League, which emphasized nationalist and conservative ideas and wished to influence the German government and pull the imperial government into a more conservative, favorable to farmers and junkers. -Friendly direction during the early 20th century, and away from the increasingly likely path to liberalism, liberal democracy, and eventually, perhaps, even socialism, revolution, and the overthrow of conservative, monarchist, and upper-class Junker government.