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The town of New York City is located in the eastern half of North America. It has had an extensive history in the first few months of Aurora, and dozens of influential players have called it home. It is the capital of the New York nation.

'''Early Days''' The town was founded by Tafffy, 32tjaayy, and Skunked on May 15th 2022, 15 days after the beginning of Aurora. Surprisingly, it did not originally start out as New York. It started as the town of Connecticut, and the goal was for it to act as a suburb of the town that was called New York at the time. However, things began to change as time went on. The development and growth of Connecticut far outpaced the original New York and its neighbours. Soon after, the town of Paterson (a Connecticut associate) was sold by LovelyPeach2001 to another player. The town was renamed to NYC. The region got even more chaotic in the days that followed. New York was disbanded for no apparent reason, and another town named NewYorkCity was created right next to it. To make things even more confusing, Brooklyn was created by Boxolmo right next to that. This meant that in a 6x6 chunk area there were 3 towns each claiming to be New York, as well as Brooklyn and Connecticut.

'''Early Days'''

The town was founded by Tafffy, 32tjaayy, and Skunked on May 15th 2022, 15 days after the beginning of Aurora. Surprisingly, it did not originally start out as New York. It started as the town of Connecticut, and the goal was for it to act as a suburb of the town that was called New York at the time. However, things began to change as time went on. The development and growth of Connecticut far outpaced the original New York and its neighbours. Soon after, the town of Paterson (a Connecticut associate) was sold by LovelyPeach2001 to another player. The town was renamed to NYC. The region got even more chaotic in the days that followed. New York was disbanded for no apparent reason, and another town named NewYorkCity was created right next to it. To make things even more confusing, Brooklyn was created by Boxolmo right next to that. This meant that in a 6x6 chunk area there were 3 towns each claiming to be New York, as well as Brooklyn and Connecticut.

Since LovelyPeach2001 had left Paterson to join forces with Connecticut, Tafffy and her were beginning to realize that none of the towns claiming to be New York had any real plans to make it happen. The towns sat there empty for weeks, ruled by incompetent and inactive players. Meanwhile, Connecticut was thriving and quickly becoming one of the largest and most active towns on the server.

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Connecticut eventually had enough of the discord exchanges that weren't going anywhere, and decided to take some action. With the gold saved up, the town claimed across the Hudson, breaking the claim agreement that was in place. They were confident enough to do this because by this point they were working with the USA. At the time, the USA also was sick of NYC and wanted a group in charge who had a better chance of making New York a reality. NYC was now entirely blocked on the north east as a result of the expansion, and it got even worse for them as Connecticut finally proclaimed they would make the nation of New York. At this point, the town of Connecticut will be referred to as New York, since that's what they renamed to at this time. Following the creation of the nation in early June, NYC was sold for 400g to New York. Now, there was only one town left in the region.

'''June-July''' Now that the nation had been grinded for and all claim disputes had been resolved, New York could finally focus on their major goals. New members began joining, many of whom were old friends of the founding members. The ruling group of players now consisted of DiamondTuxedo, Lovelypeach2001, Tafffy, lazyrighteye, and 32tjaayy. Tafffy put out an announcement that no new councillors would be added from this point onwards, as there had been a few incidents of small thefts and other suspicious activity. Instead, influential players would be given Builder rank, and were trusted to projects that they wanted to help with. A very basic government system was created, with the priority of not making useless positions that overcomplicated things. It consisted of two councils, and chairman Tafffy. One council consisted of the original founders, and players who had contributed an exceptional amount. The other consisted of all the other influential players and builders. There would be no elections, but players would be promoted to each council with the approval of 3/4 of the members.

~~'''June-July'''~~

New players were dealt with in a few different ways. There were a lot of them, as the town's new main goal was to reach 940 chunks. This required a minimum of 100 residents, but New York peaked at 210. That made them the largest town on the server. However, this many residents required a lot of plots and a lot of housing. New York knew that this would be a lot of work. A brief idea was executed called "The Projects." The plan was to create two low income housing buildings, called Parkchester Apartments and Brown Apartments respectively. They were tall brutalist structures with dozens of small spaces inside for new residents to live in. Residents would be trusted to the plot, and the honour system was used to prevent theft. Unsurprisingly, the idea was a failure. The bistro below Parkchester was violently blown up, and the roof of Brown was ripped apart by bloodthirsty new players. The idea was scrapped, and New York then created what would be one of their best ideas yet. Rather than letting the streets stay as unclaimed chunks and therefore wasted space, sewers were built beneath them by DiamondTuxedo and 32tjaayy. The sewers had luxury apartments on each side, some with beautiful waterfront views of the Hudson river. These apartments were a huge hit with citizens and foreigners alike.

~~Now that the nation had been grinded for and all claim disputes had been resolved, New York could finally focus on their major goals.~~

New members began joining, many of whom were old friends of the founding members. The ruling group of players now consisted of DiamondTuxedo, Lovelypeach2001, Tafffy, lazyrighteye, and 32tjaayy. Tafffy put out an announcement that no new councillors would be added from this point onwards, as there had been a few incidents of small thefts and other suspicious activity. Instead, influential players would be given Builder rank, and were trusted to projects that they wanted to help with. A very basic government system was created, with the priority of not making useless positions that overcomplicated things. It consisted of two councils, and chairman Tafffy. One council consisted of the original founders, and players who had contributed an exceptional amount. The other consisted of all the other influential players and builders. There would be no elections, but players would be promoted to each council with the approval of 3/4 of the members.

New players were dealt with in a few different ways. There were a lot of them, as the town's new main goal was to reach 940 chunks. This required a minimum of 100 residents, but New York peaked at 210. That made them the largest town on the server. However, this many residents required a lot of plots and a lot of housing. New York knew that this would be a lot of work. A brief idea was executed called "The Projects." The plan was to create two low income housing buildings, called Parkchester Apartments and Brown Apartments respectively. They were tall brutalist structures with dozens of small spaces inside for new residents to live in. Residents would be trusted to the plot, and the honour system was used to prevent theft. Unsurprisingly, the idea was a failure. The bistro below Parkchester was violently blown up, and the roof of Brown was ripped apart by bloodthirsty new players. The idea was scrapped, and New York then created what would be one of their best ideas yet. Rather than letting the streets stay as unclaimed chunks and therefore wasted space, sewers were built beneath them by DiamondTuxedo and 32tjaayy. The sewers had luxury apartments on each side, some with beautiful waterfront views of the Hudson river. These apartments were a huge hit with citizens and foreigners alike.

New York also became known for having a relatively strict policy for keeping out unwanted players. Tafffy and the builders soon realized that having annoying players around all the time would ruin the community aspect of the nation, and reduce activity and enjoyment. A lot of nations simply let whoever joined the town stick around and build what they wanted. Thus, a very basic ruleset was put in place.

1. No begging

1. No begging 2. Don't be rude to nation members 3. If you want an aboveground plot, you have to have a building plan for it.

2. Don't be rude to nation members

3. If you want an aboveground plot, you have to have a building plan for it.

These rules worked for most people and kept everything organized, especially relating to builds. Wooden houses and ugly cobble towers were never seen anywhere in the town, because they were never allowed to exist in the first place. At the same time, players with less building skill had the same amount of opportunity, because they had pre built houses and sewer apartments to work with. However, many players also broke the first two rules. Around 25 people were kicked from the town during the recruiting stages.

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Serves as a great ally and donated gold to help us with claims. He created two sksycrapers next to Times Square that give New York its iconic look.

''Lemoncy'

''Lemoncy'''

Created one of Times Square's biggest skyscrapers, entirely self funded.

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Built many iconic skyscrapers herself, and helped New York with countless other projects.

'''Social and Economic policies'''

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New York is the first state on TA to implement a free, comprehensive universal healthcare system for each citizen. New York has also implemented free, universal higher education, a food security/adequacy programme (right to food), among other social policies that have allowed the standard of living and HDI in New York City to be the highest on the server, along with other towns part of the nation.

New York City is the most multicultural and religiously diverse town on the server. Citizens from all over the world from many different backgrounds and ethnicities have established businesses and places of worship to serve their communities, effectively to contributing to the thriving nature of New York City.

New York City is the most multicultural and religiously diverse town on the server. Citizens from all over the world from many different backgrounds and ethnicities have established businesses and places of worship to serve their communities, effectively to contributing to the thriving nature of New York City. For example, New York City is home to the highest concentration of Chinese players outside of China proper, who have made their homes in Chinatown (Manhattan) and suburban New Jersey. Other significant populations include but are not limited to immigrants from India (Edison), Mexico (Queens), Italy (Bronx), Philippines (Edison), Russia (Brooklyn), Turkey (Queens), Colombia (Queens), Dominican Republic (Paterson), Jamaica (Queens), Pakistan (Brooklyn), France (Manhattan), Albania (Bronx), and Nigeria (Bronx) all of whom have greatly contributed to the exceptional diversity of New York City.

For example, New York City is home to the highest concentration of Chinese players outside of China proper, who have made their homes in Chinatown (Manhattan) and suburban New Jersey. Other significant populations include but are not limited to immigrants from India (Edison), Mexico (Queens), Italy (Bronx), Philippines (Edison), Russia (Brooklyn), Turkey (Queens), Colombia (Queens), Dominican Republic (Paterson), Jamaica (Queens), Pakistan (Brooklyn), France (Manhattan), Albania (Bronx), and Nigeria (Bronx) all of whom have greatly contributed to the exceptional diversity of New York City.

'''Political Parties'''

Many political parties are present in New York, whose party leaders and members attend global party conferences and meetings. Consequently, the diversity in political parties represented at all levels of government promotes collaboration and trust in government officials. Below are the four (4) main political parties that have exerted considerable influence in the political system of New York.

Conservative Party (Right wing to far right)

Leader: Vladdislav

Leader: Vladdislav Policies: Nationalism, social conservatism, fiscal conservatism, restricting immigration, militarism

Policies: Nationalism, social conservatism, fiscal conservatism, restricting immigration, militarism

Neoliberal Party (Centre to centre-right)

Leader: Deng Xiaoping Tafffy

Leader: Deng Xiaoping Tafffy Policies: Economic conservatism, social liberalism, libertarianism

Policies: Economic conservatism, social liberalism, libertarianism

Christian Democratic/Centrist Party (Centre-left to centre)

Leader: DiamondTuxedo

Leader: DiamondTuxedo Policies: Economic liberalism, social conservatism

Policies: Economic liberalism, social conservatism

Socialist Party (Left wing to centre-left)

Leader: lazyrighteye

Leader: lazyrighteye Policies: Social democracy, economic liberalism, upholding of human/minority rights, social liberalism, humanitarian intervention

Policies: Social democracy, economic liberalism, upholding of human/minority rights, social liberalism, humanitarian intervention

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 The town of New York City is located in the eastern half of North America. It has had an extensive history in the first few months of Aurora, and dozens of influential players have called it home. It is the capital of the New York nation.
+'''Early Days''' The town was founded by Tafffy, 32tjaayy, and Skunked on May 15th 2022, 15 days after the beginning of Aurora. Surprisingly, it did not originally start out as New York. It started as the town of Connecticut, and the goal was for it to act as a suburb of the town that was called New York at the time. However, things began to change as time went on. The development and growth of Connecticut far outpaced the original New York and its neighbours. Soon after, the town of Paterson (a Connecticut associate) was sold by LovelyPeach2001 to another player. The town was renamed to NYC. The region got even more chaotic in the days that followed. New York was disbanded for no apparent reason, and another town named NewYorkCity was created right next to it. To make things even more confusing, Brooklyn was created by Boxolmo right next to that. This meant that in a 6x6 chunk area there were 3 towns each claiming to be New York, as well as Brooklyn and Connecticut.
-'''Early Days'''
-The town was founded by Tafffy, 32tjaayy, and Skunked on May 15th 2022, 15 days after the beginning of Aurora. Surprisingly, it did not originally start out as New York. It started as the town of Connecticut, and the goal was for it to act as a suburb of the town that was called New York at the time. However, things began to change as time went on. The development and growth of Connecticut far outpaced the original New York and its neighbours. Soon after, the town of Paterson (a Connecticut associate) was sold by LovelyPeach2001 to another player. The town was renamed to NYC. The region got even more chaotic in the days that followed. New York was disbanded for no apparent reason, and another town named NewYorkCity was created right next to it. To make things even more confusing, Brooklyn was created by Boxolmo right next to that. This meant that in a 6x6 chunk area there were 3 towns each claiming to be New York, as well as Brooklyn and Connecticut.
 Since LovelyPeach2001 had left Paterson to join forces with Connecticut, Tafffy and her were beginning to realize that none of the towns claiming to be New York had any real plans to make it happen. The towns sat there empty for weeks, ruled by incompetent and inactive players. Meanwhile, Connecticut was thriving and quickly becoming one of the largest and most active towns on the server.
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 Connecticut eventually had enough of the discord exchanges that weren't going anywhere, and decided to take some action. With the gold saved up, the town claimed across the Hudson, breaking the claim agreement that was in place. They were confident enough to do this because by this point they were working with the USA. At the time, the USA also was sick of NYC and wanted a group in charge who had a better chance of making New York a reality. NYC was now entirely blocked on the north east as a result of the expansion, and it got even worse for them as Connecticut finally proclaimed they would make the nation of New York. At this point, the town of Connecticut will be referred to as New York, since that's what they renamed to at this time. Following the creation of the nation in early June, NYC was sold for 400g to New York. Now, there was only one town left in the region.
+'''June-July''' Now that the nation had been grinded for and all claim disputes had been resolved, New York could finally focus on their major goals. New members began joining, many of whom were old friends of the founding members. The ruling group of players now consisted of DiamondTuxedo, Lovelypeach2001, Tafffy, lazyrighteye, and 32tjaayy. Tafffy put out an announcement that no new councillors would be added from this point onwards, as there had been a few incidents of small thefts and other suspicious activity. Instead, influential players would be given Builder rank, and were trusted to projects that they wanted to help with. A very basic government system was created, with the priority of not making useless positions that overcomplicated things. It consisted of two councils, and chairman Tafffy. One council consisted of the original founders, and players who had contributed an exceptional amount. The other consisted of all the other influential players and builders. There would be no elections, but players would be promoted to each council with the approval of 3/4 of the members.
-'''June-July'''
+New players were dealt with in a few different ways. There were a lot of them, as the town's new main goal was to reach 940 chunks. This required a minimum of 100 residents, but New York peaked at 210. That made them the largest town on the server. However, this many residents required a lot of plots and a lot of housing. New York knew that this would be a lot of work. A brief idea was executed called "The Projects." The plan was to create two low income housing buildings, called Parkchester Apartments and Brown Apartments respectively. They were tall brutalist structures with dozens of small spaces inside for new residents to live in. Residents would be trusted to the plot, and the honour system was used to prevent theft. Unsurprisingly, the idea was a failure. The bistro below Parkchester was violently blown up, and the roof of Brown was ripped apart by bloodthirsty new players. The idea was scrapped, and New York then created what would be one of their best ideas yet. Rather than letting the streets stay as unclaimed chunks and therefore wasted space, sewers were built beneath them by DiamondTuxedo and 32tjaayy. The sewers had luxury apartments on each side, some with beautiful waterfront views of the Hudson river. These apartments were a huge hit with citizens and foreigners alike.
-Now that the nation had been grinded for and all claim disputes had been resolved, New York could finally focus on their major goals.
-New members began joining, many of whom were old friends of the founding members. The ruling group of players now consisted of DiamondTuxedo, Lovelypeach2001, Tafffy, lazyrighteye, and 32tjaayy. Tafffy put out an announcement that no new councillors would be added from this point onwards, as there had been a few incidents of small thefts and other suspicious activity. Instead, influential players would be given Builder rank, and were trusted to projects that they wanted to help with. A very basic government system was created, with the priority of not making useless positions that overcomplicated things. It consisted of two councils, and chairman Tafffy. One council consisted of the original founders, and players who had contributed an exceptional amount. The other consisted of all the other influential players and builders. There would be no elections, but players would be promoted to each council with the approval of 3/4 of the members.
-New players were dealt with in a few different ways. There were a lot of them, as the town's new main goal was to reach 940 chunks. This required a minimum of 100 residents, but New York peaked at 210. That made them the largest town on the server. However, this many residents required a lot of plots and a lot of housing. New York knew that this would be a lot of work. A brief idea was executed called "The Projects."  The plan was to create two low income housing buildings, called Parkchester Apartments and Brown Apartments respectively. They were tall brutalist structures with dozens of small spaces inside for new residents to live in. Residents would be trusted to the plot, and the honour system was used to prevent theft. Unsurprisingly, the idea was a failure. The bistro below Parkchester was violently blown up, and the roof of Brown was ripped apart by bloodthirsty new players. The idea was scrapped, and New York then created what would be one of their best ideas yet. Rather than letting the streets stay as unclaimed chunks and therefore wasted space, sewers were built beneath them by DiamondTuxedo and 32tjaayy. The sewers had luxury apartments on each side, some with beautiful waterfront views of the Hudson river. These apartments were a huge hit with citizens and foreigners alike.
 New York also became known for having a relatively strict policy for keeping out unwanted players. Tafffy and the builders soon realized that having annoying players around all the time would ruin the community aspect of the nation, and reduce activity and enjoyment. A lot of nations simply let whoever joined the town stick around and build what they wanted. Thus, a very basic ruleset was put in place.
-. No begging
+. No begging 2. Don't be rude to nation members 3. If you want an aboveground plot, you have to have a building plan for it.
-. Don't be rude to nation members
-. If you want an aboveground plot, you have to have a building plan for it.
 These rules worked for most people and kept everything organized, especially relating to builds. Wooden houses and ugly cobble towers were never seen anywhere in the town, because they were never allowed to exist in the first place. At the same time, players with less building skill had the same amount of opportunity, because they had pre built houses and sewer apartments to work with. However, many players also broke the first two rules. Around 25 people were kicked from the town during the recruiting stages.
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 Serves as a great ally and donated gold to help us with claims. He created two sksycrapers next to Times Square that give New York its iconic look.
-''Lemoncy'
+''Lemoncy'''
 Created one of Times Square's biggest skyscrapers, entirely self funded.
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 Built many iconic skyscrapers herself, and helped New York with countless other projects.
 '''Social and Economic policies'''
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 New York is the first state on TA to implement a free, comprehensive universal healthcare system for each citizen. New York has also implemented free, universal higher education, a food security/adequacy programme (right to food), among other social policies that have allowed the standard of living and HDI in New York City to be the highest on the server, along with other towns part of the nation.
-New York City is the most multicultural and religiously diverse town on the server. Citizens from all over the world from many different backgrounds and ethnicities have established businesses and places of worship to serve their communities, effectively to contributing to the thriving nature of New York City.
+New York City is the most multicultural and religiously diverse town on the server. Citizens from all over the world from many different backgrounds and ethnicities have established businesses and places of worship to serve their communities, effectively to contributing to the thriving nature of New York City. For example, New York City is home to the highest concentration of Chinese players outside of China proper, who have made their homes in Chinatown (Manhattan) and suburban New Jersey. Other significant populations include but are not limited to immigrants from India (Edison), Mexico (Queens), Italy (Bronx), Philippines (Edison), Russia (Brooklyn), Turkey (Queens), Colombia (Queens), Dominican Republic (Paterson), Jamaica (Queens), Pakistan (Brooklyn), France (Manhattan), Albania (Bronx), and Nigeria (Bronx) all of whom have greatly contributed to the exceptional diversity of New York City.
-For example, New York City is home to the highest concentration of Chinese players outside of China proper, who have made their homes in Chinatown (Manhattan) and suburban New Jersey. Other significant populations include but are not limited to immigrants from India (Edison), Mexico (Queens), Italy (Bronx), Philippines (Edison), Russia (Brooklyn), Turkey (Queens), Colombia (Queens), Dominican Republic (Paterson), Jamaica (Queens), Pakistan (Brooklyn), France (Manhattan), Albania (Bronx), and Nigeria (Bronx) all of whom have greatly contributed to the exceptional diversity of New York City.
 '''Political Parties'''
 Many political parties are present in New York, whose party leaders and members attend global party conferences and meetings. Consequently, the diversity in political parties represented at all levels of government promotes collaboration and trust in government officials. Below are the four (4) main political parties that have exerted considerable influence in the political system of New York.
 Conservative Party (Right wing to far right)
-Leader: Vladdislav
+Leader: Vladdislav Policies: Nationalism, social conservatism, fiscal conservatism, restricting immigration, militarism
-Policies: Nationalism, social conservatism, fiscal conservatism, restricting immigration, militarism
 Neoliberal Party (Centre to centre-right)
-Leader: Deng Xiaoping Tafffy
+Leader: Deng Xiaoping Tafffy Policies: Economic conservatism, social liberalism, libertarianism
-Policies: Economic conservatism, social liberalism, libertarianism
 Christian Democratic/Centrist Party (Centre-left to centre)
-Leader: DiamondTuxedo
+Leader: DiamondTuxedo Policies: Economic liberalism, social conservatism
-Policies: Economic liberalism, social conservatism
 Socialist Party (Left wing to centre-left)
-Leader: lazyrighteye
+Leader: lazyrighteye Policies: Social democracy, economic liberalism, upholding of human/minority rights, social liberalism, humanitarian intervention
-Policies: Social democracy, economic liberalism, upholding of human/minority rights, social liberalism, humanitarian intervention

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