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Settlement Overview

Settlements are a community of citizens that have banded together under agreed-upon rules.

"Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbor."
-Arnold J. Toynbee

A Settlement can be created by a collection of Citizens to enact a government within its areas of Influence.

There are three levels of settlements:

Towns are collections of citizens.

Countries are collections of Towns and citizens.

Federations are collections of Countries, Towns, and citizens.

Settlement Concepts

• Founding - Multiple citizens can join together to found a new settlement.
• Citizenship - Citizens may be granted special rights and privileges, and being a citizen of a settlement increases its power.
• Influence - Settlements will cast an influence in a radius around certain buildings within which laws and property rules are enforced.
• Settlement Property - The more citizens in a settlement, the more property can be claimed.
• Culture - Culture allows settlements to exert influence on neighboring settlements, which can lead to their annexation.
• Annexation - Settlements can take over other settlements or homesteads if their culture levels are high enough.
• Property Crisis - If a settlement loses citizens, it may not be able to maintain the property that is already claimed.