New Baldia

New Baldia is a town in the Nation of Montroig. Since Baldia was annexed into the town of Terroja, New Baldia was made as the new town for the people there. Baldia now exists as a district in Terroja, which has a notable connection to New Baldia. New Baldia was set up with a focus on a strong economy. Baldia was originally set up to be a powerful military area, however it’s time for a change. New Baldia will promote large and successful factories and businesses. If you are looking to set up a factory or business here is the place to do so. New Baldia’s economic system is one promoting large profitable businesses, worker’s rights, and economic support. New Baldia is politically inclined to work with other small towns to make sure they can all be successful. Businesses registered here can receive loans, insurance, economic aid, and awards.

Article 1-Positions
Section 1: The Mayor will not be an elected position. The mayor will be there for stability to make sure the town runs smoothly, and will have control over the town. They won’t be able to make any decisions for the town. The Mayor can also hold the City Official position if elected. The City Official can choose to host a poll to out the Mayor, if it gets a ⅔ majority among citizens then the City Official will choose a new mayor. The Mayor can also give their position to someone else if they no longer wish to be the Mayor.

Section 2: The City Official will be the elected position of the town, the election will be a Single Transferable Vote like most elections here. Parties can choose to back candidates here, as long as they don’t force anyone to vote for a candidate. The City Official will be the one with power in the town. Any change to an article or section will require a poll, and the people will vote, and the City Official will do whatever is voted for. If it's a tie, a revote should be done in a week's time.

Article 2-Economy
Section 1: Business Registration-businesses can be registered in New Baldia. The person must be a citizen here. The registration fee is $250, and a free office chunk and market chunk will be provided. The office chunk must be their main office, and the market chunk must be used. Though the business could be otherwise completely run somewhere else. Businesses own their own land separate from whoever is running them, this is talked about more in the Land Article. Businesses can own factories, but factories can be had from an outside business. All factories are eligible for factory benefits, but only businesses registered here are eligible for business benefits. Businesses registered here should submit weekly profit reports (this includes at the minimum number of sales and net profit). This is so that the economy can be monitored. Lying will result in fines of around $500-$1000 depending on how serious it is. There is no tax, so there should not be any reason to lie. All businesses can own factory space, and market space, but only businesses registered here can have office space. Businesses registered here also received a reduced price for buying area, this is talked about more in the Land Article. The Business owner is the one in charge of all assets of the company, and is able to use them at any time. The Business owner can also be another Business. Businesses can have an asset holder separate from the owner, the asset holder would be the one holding all of the assets, and the one able to use them, but the owner would be the one in charge of the company.

Section 3: Business Insurance-this is an optional program for any business registered in New Baldia. 5% of profits each week should be paid to the town, if there are any unpaid debts from this then the business will not be able to retrieve any benefits from this program until it's paid off. Unpaid debts will stack for each week not paid. There will be no further punishments besides not being able to retrieve the benefits, this is because it’s an optional program. The first benefit is emergency funding, this is if there is some kind of emergency where the business is struggling to keep afloat, the mayor will need to check that it is actually an emergency and if so will be able to provide relief. The second benefit is expansion assistance. If approved, you will be able to claim new chunks for the business without needing to pay, and will receive funding of around $200-$700, this will be negotiated with the Mayor, and dependent on the expansion.

Section 3: Traditional Loans-this is a loan to a person, this person must be a resident. This can be used as a loan for anything. This will be a loan of up to $1000. This will be managed by the Mayor. The loan should be paid in two weeks, with 5% interest. If the loan is not paid back, an additional 3% to be paid will be added (based on the original amount), if two weeks after the loan should have ended this is not paid, then the town will be able to seize assets from the person to make up for it, this includes ownership of any land claims if no physical assets make it up. If the person owns a business then nothing of the business can be seized, however the business will be put on the watch list.

Section 4: Factory Loans-factories getting started or expanding will be able to apply for a factory loan. This will be a loan of up to $3000. This will be managed by the Mayor. The loan should be paid in two weeks, with 10% interest. If the loan is not paid back, an additional 3% to be paid will be added (based on the original amount), if two weeks after the loan should have ended this is not paid, then the town will be able to seize assets from the factory to make up for it, this includes ownership of the claim if no physical assets make it up.

Section 5: The Golden Egg award, this is an award given every month to the most impressive business registered here. This can be from just monthly profit, or monthly sales, or the increase in monthly profit or monthly sales, just as long as it’s backed up. This will be decided by the Mayor. The Mayor cannot obviously choose any business they are a part of. The award currently stands at $500, however this can be changed by the Mayor.

Section 6: Economic Aid, since the town is able to see profits of businesses, it can detect recessions. In case of recession, businesses registered here can apply for aid. This goes for $200 normally, but for businesses with insurance the aid can go even higher. This is also managed by the Mayor.

Section 7: Watchlist, these are businesses put on a watchlist by the Mayor. These can be any business and they are put here for some form of debt avoiding. The business should be aware, and no action can be taken for 10 days after getting put on the watchlist. If such practices continue, then action can be taken on the business like seizing assets to make up for it, including land claims of the business. Also if the business is not registered here then the business can be taken by the town, and it can be bought by citizens. When on the watchlist, businesses are not able to receive any benefits, this includes the factory benefits.

Section 8: Worker pay, any form of worker must be paid proportional to their work, and not on a salary. Workers have a minimum wage depending on what they are doing, any farming should be proportional to at least $10/stack, mining of bulk materials (ie sand, stone, dirt, gravel) should be proportional to at least $8/stack, mining of coal, lapis, and quartz should be proportional to at least $5/each, iron ore $20/each, gold ore $30/each, diamonds or emeralds $50/each. For anything not listed here, you will need to contact the City Official, otherwise you will be able to be sued. The worker can sue for any violation of this section, see Article 4 Section 4.

Section 9: Worker contract. When joining a business, the worker must agree to this section. You are not allowed to take anything from the company, unless it is established you are able to for your job. Anything produced in the company cannot leave the company, for instance if you work on a potato farm you cannot then go and sell the potatoes on your own. If you are not working enough you can be fired, but you cannot be fired without a reason. Breach of this section can result in fines, returning items, and getting fired if serious enough. Any case involving firing must go to the court, so that the business needs to have a reason and cannot just fire when they feel.

Article 3-Land
Section 1: Land is allocated in zones which are the size of a chunk. Unmarked land cannot yet be used, however when more land is needed they can be. The zones are as follows: factory, housing, market, office, and town. The town zone is for stuff owned by the town, like the town hall, and parks. Zones that aren’t purchased, are in control by the Town.

Section 2: Land can be bought, this goes through the Mayor, although which zone can be specified, the Mayor can choose to change this if needed. Land is divided into default chunks. Available zones will have their default price marked, but the default price ranges are as follows, resources: $25-50, factory: $50-$200, housing: $600-$1000, market: $200-$500, office: $300-$600. Zones can be owned by businesses, or people. If a zone is being bought by a registered business they will receive a 20% discount. Zones cannot be bought by people who are not citizens. Resource zones are for mining resources, nothing should be built on them. If the zone is not in claimed territory, then they will have to pay 1.5x the chunk claim price, this is not affected by any discounts, but if the zone is provided for free then this charge is not applied. Zones can be resold to the town, this needs to be discussed with the Mayor.

Section 3: Zones can be rented out to other people, but the zone is still marked as having its owner as the buyer. The zone can be divided further, for example Baldia Apts. offers a floor for $50.

Section 4: Zones can be misused. The following are classed as misuse: using a zone to damage other zones, using a zone for the detriment of other people or businesses, and not using the zone for its intended purpose. Misuse can result in fines, or the town reclaiming the zone. Any punishment to the zone is placed on the owner of the zone.

Article 4-Judicial System
Section 1: New Baldia has a town court. This court is for issues within the town, any issue about the town, or about the national law, will lead to higher courts. The Mayor or City Official will act as the judge, or a judge can be appointed from them. The judge will lead the case, but ultimately it's up to the citizens to decide the punishment. A poll will be held on the discord, it will not be done in the trial itself. This is so that more people can vote. The trial will discuss evidence, and the extent of the punishment, and potentially who should be punished in a case where it's not clear. Any law mentioned in any other article also acts the same way as any laws below.

Section 2: Anti-theft law: things in a zone, or on a person, cannot be taken against their will by any business or entity. In the case of the business the owner who registered the business is the one in charge, this means workers cannot take things from the business. The property must be restored to its original owner, and a fine will be placed.

Section 3: Anti-harm law: any physical combat is not allowed. If a person is being attacked then the attacker can face fines of up to $1000. If the person dies, then lost items need to be returned, and they will be banned from the town.

Section 4: Worker pay law: workers need to be paid proportional to their work, and following the minimum wage established in Article 2 Section 8. If they are not being paid enough or on a salary, then it violates this law. The business will need to pay the workers what is owed with an additional $250 to each violated, a $250 fine will be placed, and the business will be put on the watchlist.

Article 5-Baldia District
Section 1: This article refers to the Baldia District, informally known as Old Baldia. This district counts as part of New Baldia. Baldia will follow the Court in Terroja, as it is in the town. The New Baldia Court can be used if the court case is filed in New Baldia, even if it's against someone in Baldia, but in the reverse case it would go to the Court in Terroja. The Court in Terroja cannot be used for any law that solely exists in New Baldia. So anyone in Baldia is not able to open a case against someone in New Baldia, for a law that only exists in New Baldia. However, this is not a problem as someone in New Baldia could just open the case with them as a witness.

Section 2: A business cannot register in Baldia, it must be registered in New Baldia, this is to preserve space. Anyone living in Baldia can always become a citizen of New Baldia and will count as a citizen of New Baldia. Although New Baldia is open to people moving in, Baldia is a special case because they can be a citizen without even residing there. Businesses can also not buy any land in Baldia, but they can buy a market stall. Since the person in charge of the business does not have to be in New Baldia for it to register there, someone in Baldia can operate the business in Baldia, but just have it registered in New Baldia. Land can be bought by the person in Baldia for use for the business, but it would be in their name, and subject to any land laws in Terroja.

Section 3: Land requests can be given for a home, or for another use (like the underground area used for a brewery). These are in control of the people, and subject to Terroja land laws.

Section 4: Although the economy of New Baldia is largely based on benefits available in Baldia, Baldia follows the economic system of Terroja. This means Terroja does have the final say for the economy there.

Section 5: Baldia is ruled by Terroja, which is ruled by Montroig since it is the capital. Baldia is not ruled by New Baldia, or the people in power in New Baldia.

History
July 9, 2021-New Baldia was made, check the image for its location. New Baldia was made by Lythd with help from Spokesman6.