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'''Mount Augusta''' (also referred to as '''Mt. Augusta''' or '''MTA''') wasis a city-state around -6700, 3000, located primarily on a low-lying plains biome bordered by the sea. inside the country of [[Mount AugustaSeptember]]. Before its move to [[CivRealms]], it was known for its large sprawling city, active democracy and legal system, making it a prime location for trading, and a center for culture, travel, and innovation.

It wasis located north of the [[The Commonwealth]], souththe [[Union of theSocialist Augusta|USA]] and [[HolySouth Jaded EmpireAugusta]], westsouth of thea [[Jefferson ConfederacyMir]], andexclave; it is within chat range to the north-east of [[Albion]]. It had a land area of about 2 million blocks, and had a modest population.

It had moved to its present location in late 2017, but has existed in some form since Civcraft 1.0, founded by Mitchellspakes and hashad one of the longest running histories of any city in Civcraft. In 2.0, Mount Augusta was reformed by LeonardU. It was a unitary direct democracy.

In late March 2020, it was announced that Mount Augusta would move to rival server [[CivRealms 2.0|CivRealms]].<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/MtAugusta/comments/frkknd/moving_mount_augusta_to_realms</ref> Since then, the area formerly known as Mount Augusta has become a ghost town, with the [[Union of Socialist Augusta]] declaring it's independence and inheriting a small strip, with [[South Augusta]] then taking the portion of Augustan mainland to the South of the Socialist Augustans. The Northern portionrest of the city-state stillwas stands,uncontestedly probablyclaimed due to the sheer scale needed to substantially damage or recycle the land. To the east of the city isby [[Mount September]], a self-proclaimednation generally recognized as being Mount AugustanAugusta's successor state in late 2020.

Since October 2020, mainland Mount Augusta has been owned and maintained by [[Mount September]].<ref name=":0">https://discord.com/channels/742831212711772261/742831405444104352/768500949735309372</ref>

Mount Augusta iswas located in the mid -,+. It is bordered by thea [[Holy Jaded EmpireMir]] exclave to the north across a river and the [[CommonwealthUnion of Socialist Augusta|USA]] and to the south across a sea.lesser Mount Augusta is buffered byextent, [[ComptonSouth Augusta]] and theThe [[Jefferson ConfederacyCommonwealth]] across another small body of water. Toto the South East are the split-off states of the Union of Socialist Augusta and South Augustasouth. 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.

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 takestook 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.

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 hashad 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 was planned.

Mount September is a self-proclaimed Mount Augusta successor state that was initially located on its eastern border and laid uncontested claim to the rest of the city in October 2020.<ref name=":0" />

Mount Augusta's basic law iswas the [https://www.reddit.com/r/mtaugusta/wiki/constitution 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.

Laws arewere not created or changed by representatives, but by a direct vote of registered voters, who are anyone in the citizenry who has registered to vote recently. This distinguishesdistinguished Mount Augusta as a semi-direct democracy. Most law iswas contained in the Constitution of Mount Augusta (of which the Bill of Rights iswas a major part) and the Mount Augusta Criminal Code.

The government iswas composed of an elected Mayor, three Judges elected in staggered elections, and typically a Diplomat, elected or appointed, and a number of Cups, who form a Cupboard, comparable to a cabinet, all appointed by the Mayor. The Judges havehad the most legal power, as they interpret the laws and decide on conflicts in them, while the Mayor has some powers but iswas mainly a figurehead. The relative powerlessness of the executive (represented by the Mayor and Cupboard) iswas highly unusual among Civclassic and other Civserver countries, and iswas a result of the city's minarchistic philosophy. While political parties usedwere to beinitially significant in domestic politics, they arewere not so much any longer towards the end of MtA, and elections arewere generally on an individual basis.

The Mount Augusta legal system iswas perhaps one of its most distinctive features, and hashad a long history of robust function. There have been and still aremany disagreements among legal scholars and Judges over what sort of legal approaches should be used, with textualism, implied purposivism and common law being among them.

Mount Augusta iswas notable economically; it was voted most powerful economically in a server survey. Its economy is capitalist, emphasisingemphasizing strong private property, and involvesinvolved many at various scales, internally and externally. It hashad several factory groupings, most significantly the Mount Augusta Factory Organization, but also Riverside, Insula among others. It has complete chain experience production, including most mob spawner grinder types, plains, beach, mushroom and river biome megafarms and automated gold and flower farms. The Bank of Rokko operatesoperated out of Mount Augusta, and there arewere malls and shops selling a wide variety of goods at a wide variety of prices. One peculiarity of Mount Augusta iswas that owing to its urbanisation, age and newfriends, it hashad a highly inflated iron to diamond ratio, which can reach 30i to 1d compared to around 20i for most other areas of the server at the time. The property market iswas not as strong latelytowards the end of MtA, but inner city plots can still fetch prices of several diamonds per block footage. It iswas well served by rail, road and water infrastructure, which promote economic with both nearby countries such as the Commonwealth as well as interaction with those further afield. The densification of the cityscape reflectsreflected the density of economic activity.

Mount Augusta hashad historically been the most populous and active country on the server, in previous iterations and in this one. At present, it is doubtful whether it holds this title, but it is among the most active and populous with over forty citizens, most of whom are active, and a smaller number of active non-citizens. Mount Augusta iswas noted for its openness to outsiders, and so its population iswas quite diverse, including newfriends, dual citizens, returned oldfriends and longtime Augustans with no dual citizenship. Mount Augusta in particular iswas known for accepting newfriends, and for oldfriends in other countries having spent time in Mount Augusta. However, in this iteration, it has had a low population of HCFers, and it hashad seen emigration of weebs to the weeb nations of the inner north such as [[Gensokyo]], [[Tvtopia]] and [[Nyasaland]].{{Cn|date=March 2021}}

Mount Augusta hashad a diverse and storied culture, ranging from the still maintained [[Shardore Tower Library]] collections to its hosting of the [[Fourth Olympics]] to its playing host to the notable public figure Gantoe_, who runs [[Nipplerock]].