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Vinco wrote:

I like it. I am also going to re-draw the bird's eye view of Unity Island for rp purposes..

Okay. I've been thinking about making it a little more friendly to tourists and off-duty officials, so maybe there should be a nice commercial/residential section, along with the government and security districts. What do you think?

Samukan wrote:

Okay. I've been thinking about making it a little more friendly to tourists and off-duty officials, so maybe there should be a nice commercial/residential section, along with the government and security districts. What do you think?

I think Unity Island should represent various cultural identities of each nation/nation group here in Kennan. Like potentially the Sandwichsphere group, which contains Sandwich, Hackleberry, the Trident Pact nations, and the New Celtic League.

There should definitely be a neutral area where official happenings should be. But if we're we're talking culture, each nation should have an area to represent itself among shoppes and town life. It'd be kinda cool to walk out of a Cortallian-Samukanian tech store and walk down the street to a Hacklet café/bakery. Or check out a Folian military museum, or a Bagelish bagel parlor, Frachian pizza parlor, etc.

This actually seems really cool to be able to design an island to have different areas of cultural influence. Of course, I'm not trying to turn Unity Island into a corporate conglomerate, but different cultural identities in different neighborhoods would be a cool concept.

Hackleberry islands wrote:

I like it. As I was stating earlier, do you think it'd be a good idea for areas nearby the compound (not inside borders) to have distinct cultural identities? Or differing towns around the island to have culturally designated areas?

So like a Ryzzle town, for example?

Hackleberry islands wrote:

I like it. As I was stating earlier, do you think it'd be a good idea for areas nearby the compound (not inside borders) to have distinct cultural identities? Or differing towns around the island to have culturally designated areas?

I like this idea, like a small town that represents your country? It's amazing!

Hackleberry islands wrote:

I think Unity Island should represent various cultural identities of each nation/nation group here in Kennan. Like potentially the Sandwichsphere group, which contains Sandwich, Hackleberry, the Trident Pact nations, and the New Celtic League.

There should definitely be a neutral area where official happenings should be. But if we're we're talking culture, each nation should have an area to represent itself among shoppes and town life. It'd be kinda cool to walk out of a Cortallian-Samukanian tech store and walk down the street to a Hacklet café/bakery. Or check out a Folian military museum, or a Bagelish bagel parlor, Frachian pizza parlor, etc.

This actually seems really cool to be able to design an island to have different areas of cultural influence. Of course, I'm not trying to turn Unity Island into a corporate conglomerate, but different cultural identities in different neighborhoods would be a cool concept.

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I imagine that Unity Island would be mostly divided into several districts. The one in the center would be the government district and would house the sites where the Kennan Regional Council and Secretary Council convene, along with other bureaucratic offices. Then there would be a downtown area with restaurants, entertainment, and other stuff for people and a commercial district that international businesses can operate out of. I also really like the idea of having the cultural diversity in the city as well.

After all we rarely use the island at all. It's going to be like one of China's many ghost cities.

By the way, what if we were to change citizenship so that it required a WA membership? We could assign the Secretary of Administration or the Delegate to approve/deny applications. They could also approve nations like Hackleberry which are a) verified to be distinct people, and b) unable to obtain a WA membership.

Vinco wrote:

What laws would govern the businesses and people in a land where no government has total authority? It would be anarchy.

It could probably be something like the way that Washington, D.C. is governed. It's a federal district, so it's under the jurisdiction of Congress, as well as an elected mayor and city council. Unity Island could be under the KRC's power and directly governed by its own elected officials.

Also, I'm not terribly keen on the idea of there being a city or a bunch of towns there. I think there should be a tourist area, but idk about any permanent settlements.

Sandwich territories wrote:

Agreed as well. I think the whole security forces thing is under a resolution, but if so, maybe we ought to work on repealing such a clause; it really isn't that neutral if there's only one nation protecting it.

The forces are peacekeepers and they protect the island because they are the best forces in Kennan. They don't go to war if the MEF does.

Sandwich territories wrote:

Also, I'm not terribly keen on the idea of there being a city or a bunch of towns there. I think there should be a tourist area, but idk about any permanent settlements.

I agree... it's purpose isn't to be a city-state, it's to conduct diplomacy.