The National Democratic Brazilian Party (Portuguese: Partido Brasileiro Democrático Nacional), also known as the PBDN or colloquially as O Partido, was the political arm of Hugo Savala's regime, which held almost all of the seats in the Brazilian National Assembly during his thirteen-year regime. A hard right-wing, nationalistic party, the PBDN assumed control of the state media and core civil institutions with stunning quickness in the wake of the 1974 coup, largely with the complicity of the mainstream conservative parties, which believed they would be rewarded for their assistance. The PBDN, however, as the surrogate of Savala's military regime, promptly remastered Brazilian society and began the lengthy conflict that eventually became the Brazilian War.