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human
ELI5 What the heck the Pirate Party is.

The heck? In my mind I see a bunch of peg-legged eye-patch wearing people with swords in government.
gpt
Every political party in the world has some affiliation or ideology. This can be in the form of a wider political scope such as Liberalism (such as the Democrats) and Conservatism (such as the Republicans). 

These wider political parties typically make up the majority of governments in the democratic world. Many countries, however, have little parties which focus on more specific issues, such as farmer's parties, religious parties, worker's parties, joke parties (yes, they do exist), and, in our case, pirate parties.

Pirate parties have a key focus in copyright and patent reform, along with focusing on issues revolving around the Internet and anonymity related to it, as well as wanting to make government to be more transparent in its actions.

You've been seeing news of the Pirate Party in Germany, but that's not the only one in the world. There are quite a few Pirate Parties in the world, many of which are under Pirate Parties International, which helps bring the Pirate Parties together to create a more solid organization.