Mount Augusta (CivClassic 2.0): Difference between revisions

Mount Augusta wasis located in the mid -,+. It is bordered by a [[Mir]] exclave to the north across a river and the [[Union of Socialist Augusta|USA]] and to a lesser extent, [[South Augusta]] and The [[Commonwealth]] to the south. Of special note is the borough of the Commonwealth, [[Albion]], which is the nearest city south of Augusta, connected by sea bridge.

==Politics as an independent city-state==

Mount Augusta's basic law was 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. Since becoming a part of Mount September, its basic law is the [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xpg5Gx7-G4fVnXdZen6wMTezhm1PbfJcSxDAPBvZ7vw/view Constitution of Mount September].

Laws were 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 distinguished Mount Augusta as a semi-direct democracy. Most law was contained in the Constitution of Mount Augusta (of which the Bill of Rights was a major part) and the Mount Augusta Criminal Code. A similar system is in place after its integration by Mount September.

The government was 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 had the most legal power, as they interpret the laws and decide on conflicts in them, while the Mayor has some powers but was mainly a figurehead. The relative powerlessness of the executive (represented by the Mayor and Cupboard) was highly unusual among Civclassic and other Civserver countries, and was a result of the city's minarchistic philosophy. While political parties were initially significant in domestic politics, they were not so much any longer towards the end of MtA, and elections were generally on an individual basis. Today, Mount September functions similarly.

Mount Augusta had historically been the most populous and active country on the server, in previous iterations and in this one. Mount Augusta was noted for its openness to outsiders, and so its population was quite diverse, including newfriends, dual citizens, returned oldfriends and longtime Augustans with no dual citizenship. Mount Augusta in particular was known for accepting newfriends, and for oldfriends in other countries having spent time in Mount Augusta. However, in this iteration, it had a low population of HCFers, and it had seen emigration of weebs to the weeb nations of the inner north such as [[Gensokyo]], [[Tvtopia]] and [[Nyasaland]].{{Cn|date=March 2021}}