Oakhurst: Difference between revisions

The Hamlet of Oakhurst was a small, autonomous region of [[Southshire]] owned and lead by [[Orinnari]].

[[Orinnari]] began building in the area in early August 2017 after one too many snitch pings from his home in [[Southshire]]'s [[:File:Downtown Southshire.png|downtown area]] motivated him to seek a quieter place to reside. Not wanting to leave [[Southshire]] however, he moved to the untouched and out of the way mini-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 autonomous by [[Orinnari]] on the 19th August 2017 when he retired from the Council for stress related reasons <ref>https://civwiki.org/wiki/Orinnari#Oakhurst's_creation</ref>. His goal was to create a loose facsimile to the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrObZ_HZZUc City of London], cementing this by declared himself the "Lord Mayor of Oakhurst"<ref>https://civwiki.org/wiki/Orinnari#Oakhurst's_creation</ref>. Later, on 28th August 2017, [[Orinnari]] negotiated - with the help of [[Charlameme]] - the means to temporarily suspend Oakhurst's autonomy should he be successfully re-elected to the Council<ref>https://civwiki.org/wiki/Orinnari#Returning_to_Southshire</ref>. This however ended up not happening and the agreement became null and void.

After [[Orinnari]]'s defeat in the election, he impulsively declared Oakhurst a separate entity, a borough unto itself, believing it the only way he could exercise law-making ever again. 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 along with the casual disregard 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 [https://civstorage.github.io/orinnari/oakhurst/oracle-essay/ an essay]<ref>https://civwiki.org/wiki/Orinnari#Oakhurst's_boroughification</ref>. 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 best to relocate Oakhurst elsewhere. Oakhurst was dismantled and ceded back to [[Southshire]] on 30th September 2017. At first, Oakhurst was relocated to The Plantation, an area that later became part of [[The Commonwealth#Arran|Arran]], but after facing difficulties with an abandoned yet largely reinforced area was relocated again to a small island to the north that [[Orinnari]] named 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]] [[Orinnari#Returning to Southshire, really this time!|returned to Southshire]].

Oakhurst was located on the south-eastern peninsular of [https://civwiki.org/wiki/Southshire#Cape_Southend Southend], consisting solely of roofed forest surrounded by river.

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 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Customary_law 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.

===Precedent 9===

Discord's [https://discord.com/guidelines Community Guidelines] are justiciable.