Oakhurst

=Oakhurst=

The Hamlet of Oakhurst is a small, autonomous region of Southshire which is currently owned and lead by Orinnari.

Private Era
Orinnari began building in what would become Oakhurst in early August 2017 after one too many snitch pings from his home in Southshire's town centre motivated him to seek a quieter place to settle. Not wanting to leave Southshire however, he settled for the yet unclaimed and untouched peninsular to the south east, constructing what would later be referred to as the "soap coloured palace" by Dr_Oracle.

Founding Era
Oakhurst was later declared an autonomous region by Orinnari on the 19th August 2017 when he retired from the Council for stress related reasons. His goal was to create a loose facsimile to the City of London, declaring himself the Lord Mayor of Oakhurst.

Later, on 28th August 2017, Orinnari negotiated with the help of Charlameme the means to temporarily suspend Oakhurst's autonomy should he be successfully reelected to the Council. This however ended up not happening and the agreement was declared null and void.

Floundering Era
Orinnari rashly declared Oakhurst's independence from Southshire after his defeat in the election. He wrongly felt that borough-ifying Oakhurst was the only way to ensure its autonomy and his ability to exercise being a lawmaker. This however inflamed recent hostilities from SamuelV who saw it as a slap in the face, and began propagating harmful characterisations of Orinnari. This matched with the general disregard given from others in the Commonwealth meant that progress in establishing Oakhurst was slow and fickle. On 18th September 2017, Oakhurst drew the ire of Dr_Oracle, the owner of Southshire's then branch of Empty Promises, later citing misleading information from the Council after Orinnari sent him an essay. However, after two additional weeks of casual hostility and disregard, particularly when Orinnari attempted to establish a short connection to Southshire's rail station, he felt it would be better to relocate Oakhurst elsewhere. Oakhurst was demolished and ceded back to Southshire on 30th September 2017. At first Oakhurst was relocated to The Plantation, an area within modern day Arran, but after facing difficulties with a largely abandoned but nonetheless reinforced area was relocated again to a small island to the north, now known as Shen. Given the social and infrastructural isolation of Shen, this became a very inactive period for Orinnari. Oakhurst was implicitly dissolved around November 2017 when Orinnari returned to Southshire in earnest.

Refounding Era
On 7th June 2021, Orinnari visited Southshire after seeing RoboRik's designs for a new factory building for Southshire's. During this visit, cinzar invited Orinnari to build a house, but was later given permission by StrPlatinum to claim most of Oakhurst's old territory as private property. Cinzar insisted however that the Nymph Embassy ought to remain. However, Orinnari successfully negotiated the deed to the land in return for manually relocating the embassy and its items to the opposite side of the canal, effectively reclaiming all of Oakhurst's former territory as private property. StrPlatinum then spontaneously granted Oakhurst autonomy, returning it to its original form back in 2017.

Laws
Oakhurst has written laws in the sense that they are documented, however there is no government or legislature. Instead, its laws originate organically from customs, precedents, and contracts, or what could be referred to as Customary Law.

Precedent 1
Oakhurst is bound by Southshire law unless where otherwise exempted or irrelevant.

Precedent 2
Oakhurst's territory was first deeded to Orinnari then granted autonomy, thus Orinnari owns and leads Oakhurst.

Precedent 3
Oakhurst is expected to retain pre-existing infrastructure unless otherwise given approval to change or remove.

Precedent 4
Justice is a private matter between the alleged wrongdoer and the wronged party.

Precedent 5
Unjust outcomes of Precedent 4 can be appealed to the leader of Oakhurst.

Precedent 6
Unjust outcomes of Precedent 5 can be appealed to the Council of Southshire.

Precedent 7
Player Essence is a restricted good and cannot be sold in shops.

Precedent 8
Pearls cannot be held permanently or indefinitely.