Mount Augusta (CivClassic 2.0)

Mount Augusta is a city-state around -6700 3000, located primarily on a low-lying plains biome bordered by the sea. It has a land area of about 2 million blocks, and a population of around 40 citizens. It moved to its present location in late 2017, but has existed in some form or another since Civcraft 1.0. It is well known for its advanced legal system and its propensity for grid layouts in its city. It is a unitary direct democracy.

Etymology
The city-state takes its name from its founders' attempts to randomly zoom in on places in Google Maps until a good name popped up; eventually, the founders landed on Alaskan Boundary Peak 183, named 'Mount Augusta' after the wife of an employee of the US Geological Survey, J. Augusta Olmsted Russell.

Geography
Mount Augusta is located in the mid -,+. It is bordered by the Holy Jaded Empire to the north across a river and the Commonwealth to the south across a sea. Mount Augusta is buffered by Compton and the Jefferson Confederacy across another small body of water. Of special note is the borough of the Commonwealth, Albion, which is the nearest city south of Augusta, connected by sea bridge and Milltown to the north, the nearest part of the Holy Jaded Empire.

Mount Augusta itself is around two million blocks in land area, though it claims a great deal of sea around it. Its main landmass is C shaped, with the city's core being in the crook of the crescent shape. It is primarily plains biome, but reclamation has expanded it into riverine and oceanic areas, and it also controls some ice biome and nether islands further out beyond the bay.

Urbanisation
While Mount Augusta is unitary, it hosts dozens of informal districts, many with their own distinctive cultures and aesthetics.

Downtown
The historical centre of Mount Augusta, the Voter Tree at its centre is typically cited as the coordinates of the city (-6700, 3000). The Voter Tree is where voter registration takes place, and it is in the middle of the junction of hpoom Boulevard, the city's main north-south thoroughfare, and East Canal Road and West Canal Road, respectively the main eastern and western east-west thoroughfares, and named after the canals in their median.

The intersection itself is surrounded by, clockwise from northwest, the Augustan Trade Centre, the Holy Jaded Empire XP Cooperative, Hjaltland Industries, and the Mall. The train station is located under the ATC and Mall, and accessible from both.

Union of Socialist Augusta
The Union of Socialist Augusta (USA) is home to four sub-districts:


 * Little Leningrad is a pseudo-Marxist-Leninist area, ruled by The Workers' Party (TWP)
 * Little Havana is currently inactive, and may be divided to make new areas
 * Little Ukraine is a commune of the Libertarian Socialist International Federation (LSIF)
 * Little Zion is a Christian-Socialist Commune, led by Comrade Cattus of The Workers' Party

Insula
Insula is a densely built neighbourhood, its culture characterised by a fusion of Cantonese and Latin. Its name comes from the Latin for apartment block, also meaning "island", insofar as such blocks are islands of city. An airship hovers over the main street, Via Insula, while the urban geography is characterised by tightly enmeshed buildings of stone and brick. There is residential, commercial, industrial and recreational activity. The neighbourhood is relatively new, founded in early 2019 by AllenY. It has a population of around 6. It is located in the suburban northeast, near the old Programvault, and at the eastern end of the Scholar's Tunnel which connects to Hpoom Boulevard. The nearby Mount Augusta Comprehensive School is sometimes may be considered part of or closely related to Insula. A metro connection is planned.

Margaritaville
Margaritaville (formerly Pinkerton) contains land that is open for development. It is meant for people who currently do not own their own private property, mainly newfriends or people who want to be citizens. It is close to the Voter Tree.

Politics
Mount Augusta's basic law is the Constitution of Mount Augusta, a document which details the judiciary, executive, voting rights, and other functions of the state. It was founded according to a minarchist philosophy that subscribes to the idea of a night-watchman state, aiming to provide military protection and courts to citizenry to protect from aggression, breach of contract and fraud while also safeguarding property rights. However, contemporarily, these ideals are challenged, and Mount Augusta has more of the characteristics of a typical democratic republic, perhaps influenced by the manner in which other democratic places with the rule of law in the world are rare and short-lived.

The government is composed of a Mayor, three Judges, and typically a Diplomat, elected or appointed, and a number of Cups, who form a Cupboard, all appointed by the Mayor. The Judges have the most legal power, as they interpret the laws, while the Mayor has some powers but is mainly a figurehead.

Pre-Civclassic
Before Civclassic, Mount Augusta existed in different iterations of various civ-genre servers. The very first server that Mount Augusta was involved in was Civcraft 1.0. Originally founded as the Augustan Republic, it became one of the most widely known cities, famed for its welcoming attitude and friendliness to new players. Despite suffering through wars, theater performances, assassinations, and corruption scandals, Mount Augusta in Civcraft 1.0 was marked by the unity and fraternity of citizens, regardless of ideology.

As Civcraft 1.0 drew to an end, Mount Augusta was reborn in Civcraft 2.0. During this time, it was led by many mayors, but the most famous Augustan leader of this period was Lord Mayor Prof_TANSTAAFL. During Civcraft 2.0, Mt. Augusta was involved in numerous conflicts, ranging from the feud with Gensokyo and related skirmishes such as the Goten Crisis and Fall of New Detroit to being a battleground between forces in the Libertas-Eden Cold War and later Nox War.

Mount Augusta's time in the short-lived Civcraft 3.0 was marked by intense cooperation. Led by Njordmir and aleksey_t, Mount Augusta quickly became a major player among the shards as an XP-producing trade powerhouse. This time would be short lived, however, as Civcraft 3.0 met its demise, and Mount Augusta moved on to Devoted 3.0.

Devoted 3.0 saw one of the most aesthetically stunning iterations of Mount Augusta yet, with beautiful curving roads, flowing terrain, and the heart and souls of its citizenry. However, much like other 3.0s, Devoted 3.0's time was limited, and the move to Civclassic was inevitable. Shortly before the end of Devoted 3.0, the citizenry of Mount Augusta agreed to move to an unofficial spinoff of Mount Augusta in Civclassic, the current home of the city-state.

The TdC Conflict
Mount Augusta came to a rocky start in Civclassic. New mayor ProgramMC, was determined to keep the city alive and to bring the former players from Devoted to Civclassic. The city was established on the same island as another nation, Tierra de Conciencia. At first the people of Tierra de Conciencia were afraid of the new Augustan presence. In past iterations, Mount Augusta was a thriving and sprawling city, and the small nation was worried of annexation and overshadowing by Mount Augusta. However, the Augustan mayor, ProgramMC eased these worries, and there was peace for a time. However, then, tensions with the neighboring Tierra de Conciencia began to grow worse. Griefing and murders began to be commonplace within Mount Augusta and Tierra de Conciencia, and as a result, Mount Augusta's population started to die out. Tierra de Conciencia eventually annexed the former city. This period came to an end after Mayor ProgramMC, furious over the annexation, griefed Tierra de Conciencia's main city on the alt ManicMineman. Much of the grief still remains to this day.

Return of Mount Augusta
With no city and few active citizens, Mount Augusta set its sights on a new location. In November 2017, under the leadership of Mayor Ahrimanne and former mayor ProgramMC, Mount Augusta revived at its current location. The land mass had previously been claimed by now defunct Northumbria, of which little is known, and a small portion was in use by homesteader wjkroeker. This had also resulted in new set of conflicts, however this time, internally. After a short period of respite, the formation of political parties resulted in attracting ever more litigious players. The power struggle between these groups came to an end after the National Union Party withdrew from the city.

Without political parties, Ahrimanne and ProgramMC resumed taking turns as mayors of Mount Augusta. It later became known that this stability could be achieved thanks to the "Constitutionalist Party" (which most of the government formed part of at the time) that operated secretly in Mount Augusta. The Constitutionalist Party was dissolved and revealed to the public.

Modern Mount Augusta
On August 8th, elections for Mayor were held. This election remains the largest in history by number of casted votes and registered voters. For the first time this iteration, neither Ahrimanne nor ProgramMC were running and Godomasta was seen as the top candidate.

ProgramMC would join the mayoral race later on and tie with Godomasta. ProgramMC triumphed in the runoff, but due to a new wave of instability, resigned after a few weeks, leaving Mount Augusta in anarchy for a few days. Former NUP members would take the opportunity to wall off the voter tree and attempt to take the city by attacking the vault. This attempt to seize power failed, and all those involved were apprehended.

Godomasta was elected as the new mayor shortly after, and was re-elected to a second term. He was associated with the Godo Gang political party in this time. Towards the end of Godomasta's second term, citylion managed to pass a law popularly known as the Fuhrer King Bradley (FKB), giving the Mayor wide-ranging powers, including legislation. Godomasta supported this law only somewhat, and only issued a few decrees before it was repealed by a much larger group of voters than had approved it.

Squareblob became the 8th Mayor of Civclassic Mount Augusta at the beginning of March. His term saw the annexation of Rhodesia and the subsequent crisis involving its vault, where a coalition, primarily comprised of Mir and SATO, broke it. He was the first Mayor who had never been a Judge of Mount Augusta before, and presently is still the only one.

Citylion became the 9th Mayor of Civclassic Mount Augusta on the 2nd of June after an extremely close election with incumbent squareblob. He passed the Constitutional Stimulus Package in his time, which changed the criteria for citizenship and hence voting. Citylion resigned on the 27th of June after Mirian attacks on the city, during his first term.

AllenY became the 10th Mayor of Civclassic Mount Augusta on the 3rd of July after defeating Gantoe with 80% of the vote. Following his victory, he resigned from his Judge seat as per constitutional limitations.

[R] Resigned, [A] Appointed, [E] Elected.

Government
The government of Mount Augusta follows its minarchist values, and is therefore as minimal as possible. It is composed of a Mayor (who oversees aspects of the city and acts as final arbiter in most matters), three Judges (who solve legal conflicts in trials) and a Cupboard, appointed by the Mayor, similar to a cabinet.

According to the constitution, all offices with powers beyond those of an ordinary citizen must be filled by popular vote.

Economy
Mount Augusta is a notable economic power; it has complete experience production within its borders, and it was voted most powerful economically in a server survey.