Yoahtl



Yoahtl is a fairly old nation that was founded on this server by St.Leibowitz, Quauhtli_Mia, Klasikrok, WackyAki and bgbba. It has a bustling economy and prioritizes art, community and security. It was a member of the Western Alliance during the Somber War and helped destroy the Lexington vault towards the end of the war. Yoahtl is also known for the fact it is a bustling and lived in city, where the strict dereliction laws and large apartments ensure that there are no useless buildings or spaces in the city.

History
Main article: History of Yoahtl

New Yoahtl City
The capital of the Yoahtlan nation, New Yoahtl City, is often known simply as NYC. Built on a great terracotta mesa/dark oak forest island in the (-,+) after the Yoahtlans were chased out of their own home, Axochitlan, it is a dense metropolis built around the philosophy that activity begets activity. While most cities and towns on the server are large and sprawling, Yoahtl maintains strict dereliction policies in order to keep the urban center as bustling as possible. New players who are not yet sure of their commitment to the game are offered apartments in one of the many public housing buildings. In order to maximize use of space as well as for aesthetic reasons, citizens are encouraged to build their living and storage quarters above their shops in a mixed-use arrangement. Space-intensive economic activity such as farming is done outside the walls.

One benefit of NYC's density is that it makes it much easier to defend. It takes fewer snitches, bastions, and beacons to cover the entire city, and because there are so many eyes around at all times anyone trying to sneak in to steal would be found immediately. Furthermore the town center is surrounded by walls and its famous trench, which extends all the way down to bedrock and makes casual entry infeasible. Inside the walls, the maze of tangled streets, back alleys, and underground tunnel networks make navigation difficult to everyone but longtime residents. Yoahtlans consider their well-defended capital to be a point of national pride and strength.

The Island, known as Nixochitlan, was entirely trenched to bedrock by the Yoahtl citizen Jyn. The only 3 ways to access the island is through the use of the Great Overland Railway, the iceroad network, or the St. Leibowitz memorial island, which has a landbridge going from the island to the main entrance to the city. Much of the defensive infrastructure was put in place to deter raiders, although the constant fear of attacks by Lexington or obby-bombers led the drive in the early days of the city to complete the trenches and walls.

Barrow
Barrow is a small farm producing town near by New Yoahtl city. Its largest product is pumpkins, and it is the source of most of Yoahtl's pumpkins.

Economy
Yoahtl has a strong economy, with a competitive market for most goods, fostered by the density of NYC and the proliferation of outlying towns.

Tools, exp materials, and brews are some of the most important trades available in NYC, and make up most of the city's business.

Alcuahtl
The Alcuahtl is Yoahtl's highest executive official and head of state, and by convention the Alcuahtl owns Yoahtl's discord server and namelayer groups. The Alcuahtl is selected by the Council following each election cycle. They are not above the law, and citizens may request a trial against them, or demand impeachment.

The current Alcuahtl is Mightyoddish.

The Deputy Alcuahtl is the Alcuahtl's second in command, filling in when the Alcuahtl is unavailable. The current Deputy is bgbba.

History

Under the 1st Charter, there was no legal mechanism for removing an Alcuahtl, although citizens could still bring a trial against them.

Under the 1st and 2nd Charters, each Alcuahtl was nominated by their predecessor. While the 1st Charter stated that upon an Alcuahtl's abdication the Deputy should succeed them, in practice this often did not occur. TheOrangeWizard was nominated twice by outgoing Alcuahtls, first St_Liebowitz and second M_M_Mod_Shot, bypassing bgbba who was Deputy in both instances.

Under the 2nd Charter, the office of Deputy Alcuahtl did not exist.

Council
In addition to the Alcuahtl, the nation is governed by elected councillors, the number of which varies depending on circumstance. Councillors are citizens periodically elected to their position and hold limited executive authority. The current councillors are WackyAki, Oddish, and Okx.

History

Under the 1st Charter, the Council acted as judiciary, legislature, and executive in the Yoahtl government. In most cases, the Alcuahtl could veto decisions of a councillor or councillors, but not decisions of a unanimous council.

Under the 2nd Charter, the elected Council did not exist. Instead, the Alcuahtl appointed Olotics to hold offices under the Alcuahtl's otherwise absolute executive authority. The 2nd Charter also transferred the Council's legislative role to a direct democracy, and the judiciary was made independent under the High Justice (although an Olotic would still serve as judge in a given case).

Under the 3rd Charter, the elected Council was restored but not its legislative or judicial powers. Since the passing of the 3rd charter, much of the councils legislative and judicial ability was restored, but generally law passed by petition is more highly regarded than law passed by the council.

Judiciary
The judiciary system of Yoahtl is handled entirely on discord. If a crime occurs on Yoahtlan territory, against a Yoahtlan citizen or a case is referred to us given special interest then by law the judicial system must handle it. The Chief Justice of the Yoahtlan courts is SpaceVolcano, who will first hear the case and decide if the case will be taken up or not. If the case is to be taken up, one of the councilors, generally one with little conflicting interest in the case, will be appointed as the judge. After the case is finished, the councilor will state the verdict. If the verdict is appealed, then the Chief Justice directly will hear the case and decide on the appeal or not.

Legislature
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