The Commonwealth (CivClassic 2.0)
The Commonwealth is a nation based in the southwest(-,+): a conglomerate of city states comprised of members of Civcraft 2.0's Commonwealth, Lio, Neverwhere, Thule, Arran, and 3.0's Concordia, united under a single monarch, their rulings subject to a constitution forged by the First Council of Westminster. Peter5930 is the current King.
Each of the city states, known colloquially as boroughs, retains local political and economic independence while referring federal matters of state to the King and Council. Leadership, architectural style, political ideology and economic specialization are unique to each borough. Tourism hubs include the mountaintop retreat of Strassburg, the corporate offices of Hexcorp, the man-made island of Taliesin, the desert metropolis of Meditat, and the capital city of Westminster.
Governmental Policies
The Commonwealth espouses traditional liberal policies, guaranteeing individual economic freedom and ownership of one's self while providing voluntary federal projects, leaving local administrative action such as building regulations to each borough's discretion.
The Commonwealth prioritizes the following policies:
- Free markets, to encourage the individual citizen's industriousness, and to decentralize power and authority
- Internal security infrastructure in the capital city(walls, moats, canals, maze-like city layouts, tunnels, etc.)
- Free trade between boroughs, facilitated by a public interborough rail system and Shopside, the nation's most secure marketplace
- Pro-immigration, providing a welcoming path for newcomers to become citizens through involvement in public projects and the acquisition of property
Westminster Station, located at the heart of the capital, connects each of the boroughs, and provides travel between all other nations in the southwest. See Commonwealth Rails for more info.