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== Government ==
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==== The Doctrine of the Eternal King ====
On the 9th of August, 2021, reffelruz, council representative of Fort Victoria, nailed a book titled "the DOTEK" to the door of Westminster Parliament. The document was a political diagnosis of the status of the crown in lieu of King Peter's long absence. reffelruz argues that the model of kingship upon which the nation operates has become a theological one - that is, that Peter's retention of the crown in his absence means that the governmental system is no longer a mundane parliament, but a cosmic parliament with a
This model of kingship places the origin of authority and law in the heavens. Peter is absent, yet is he king. The monarchy is selective, meaning the crown will remain in this state unless the crown itself selects a new host. The solution, according to reffelruz, is to represent the king with the use of his story, and to draw on the story as cultural and moral precedent; by modeling a national myth based on the story of the eternal king, a model for law is provided, as well as a model for the individual citizen; should Peter return, he would assume the role like that of a Roman God-Emperor; should he instead choose to crown another, he acts the role of the deity in heaven, declaring and anointing the new king with full divine right, maintaining the crown's connection to heaven in his passing; should he remain in heaven, then law too will remain in heaven, and the nation would continue to operate under the spirit of the King, as what might be called a theomonarchy.
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=== Westminster ===
Westminster is the capital of the Commonwealth. It was the first borough within the Commonwealth, initially housing a "circus tent"-like factory building and a large mansion on the north coast, until it was demolished by mike0war. Today the city is filled with buildings and parks, with roadway expansions planned to the south. It currently holds Union Station and Shopside, a very active market and rail station. The entire Westminster underground was redesigned in March 2018 by specificlanguage. Westminster is notorious for its canals, separating the west and east halves of the city. Proponents of the canal go so far to prohibit bridges from being built across the canal, while others dislike the canals as it makes it hard to navigate around the city. Initially built for defense, Westminster's canals are mostly for aesthetic purposes, though development continues to make them more suitable for transportation
[[File:MeditatNew.png|thumb|'''Meditat''', a desert city in the Commonwealth]]
The Jungle in Westminster is property of the king and a conservation area. It is the sole jungle biome of the quadrant and has been protected to prevent excessive tree farming and poaching of cats and parrots. The cocoa and vine farms present in the ravine below the jungle floor are open to the public courtesy of King Peter.
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== Transportation ==
[[File:Westminster Station.jpg|thumb|Westminster station in Shopside
[[File:CWRailsJan18.jpg|thumb|right|Rail map January 2018, missing some new connections]]
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One of the Commonwealth's main goals was to provide free trade and transportation across the map; to fulfill this goal, a large rail station would be built beneath the capital city. The earliest rail lines connected the boroughs to the capital as they were founded. Westminster became a major hub when the [[HITS]] rail was beginning its construction in June 2017, connecting Westminster to other major cities in the Western Hemisphere, notably [[TdC]], [[Mount Augusta]], [[Impasse]] and [[Falstadt]]. Other connections at the time included [[SPQR (CivClassic)|SPQR]] and [[Southshire]].
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