Falangism is a variant of fascism that was championed by the authoritarian Falange party in Spain. The ideology supported a national, trans-class society while opposing class-based societies such as bourgeois and proletarian societies; the ideology opposed class conflict in favor of class cooperation and service to the united nation. Falangism promoted a strong Catholic religious identity, hierarchy, order, authoritarianism, anti-communism, anti-capitalism, anti-liberalism, industrial expansion, the criminalization of strikes by employees, and the unity of all Hispanic nations (which meant the annexation of Portugal and the quelling of Basque and Catalan autonomy movements). The original Falange party believed in national syndicalism, opposing both capitalism and socialism. However, Francisco Franco declared that Falangism and capitalism were compatible, and he abandoned national syndicalism as he merged the Falangists with the far-right Carlists. Falangism became an authoritarian conservative ideology under Franco, who believed that women should be loving mothers and submissive wives. In 1977, democracy was restored in Spain, and Franco's regime came to an end; Falangism was still practiced by some far-right politicians.