Tyler's+Utopia

=Utopia Proposal media type="custom" key="58202" Picture's Of Nowhere Mountains= Official Name of Utopia Proposed: //**Nowhere Mountains**//

Directions: Please complete all sections of the proposal. You may do this one one page or many connected pages. You may use media to enhance your ideas, but all media must be cited correctly and used with the permission of the creator. You may weave these answers into a story or you may answer them all directly. Please copy this page onto a new one (labeling it with your first name or blog user name only) and start from there.

I. Origins
A. How will this Utopia come into being? Be very specific about deliberate creation versus accidental creation.
 * //Nowhere Mountain was actually created by accident. There was a group of ten people hiking the open lands and mountains of New Hamshore in the summer of 2002. The group came across this vast open land about 150 miles long and 120 miles wide surrounded by beautiful mountains. They saw an abandoned house with all the furnishings and things in a regular house and decided to start a great new living space with friends and family. They spread the word of this great land by cell phones. Eventually the people of the land became families, friends, families friends, and friends families.//**

B. What is the time line for the creation and development of this Utopia? If you began building tomorrow, where will your society be in 5 years? In 50 years? In 500 years? //**In 5 years, summer of 2007, Nowhere Mountains will still be based on survival skills in the respects of getting food, cooking food, getting water, building houses and other buildings, but there will a great amount tecnology like computers, TV's, cell phones, internet, electricity, household appliances. In 50 years, 2052, the peoples of the utopia will still have to depend heavily on their survival skills for food and other necescities. The only major thing that will change is their technology. There will be more and it would be more current. In 500 years, 2502 this utopia will not change much exept for the technology. There will be the latest technology that hasn't even been created yet. The peoples of this utopia will still depend on there survival skills to survive but not as much as they did 500 years ago. Some technology will change the way they do things.**//

C. How do people find out about your Utopia? Do people accidentally stumble across it through exploration? Is a member of the society telling the story of the utopia?
 * //People find out about Nowhere Mountains from friends and family of the original founders. Nowhere Mountains was founded on a total accident by hikers hiking the land of New Hampshire.//**

II. Population and Demographics
A. Please indicate the projected population statistics here: Year one: number of women**//___12,__//** men**//___15__//****//__,__//** children_**//__6__//** Year fifty: number of women**//___36,__//** men__//**_50,**//__ children___//**18**//__ Year five hundred: number of women_**//__190__//**, men___//**250**//__, children___//**150**//__

B. Does this Utopia have specific criteria for entry? If so, please list the criteria here. (Do not forget to list language(s) spoken.) If not, please proceed to the next section.
 * //To be a part of this utopia you must have survival skills, speak fluent english, read, and write. You also need to be recomended by someone in the utopia, you cant just come in any time you want. The founders of this utopia brought friends and family and then those friends and family brought more friends and family and so on. So to be recomended you need to be a friend or family member of one of peoples in this utopia.//**

C. What are the specific skills, if any, possessed by the first generation of citizens in this Utopia?
 * //To become a part you need to have survival skills. Once you get to this utopia you will learn more survival skills used be original founders. You will also learn how to use the latest technology.//**

D. How does your Utopia deal with the concept of race, especially in its incecption (beginning)? Does it have only one race? Does it allow mixed race bonds to be formed?
 * //This utopia will allow any race in. It doesn't matter their religion or their looks. Members of the utopia will respect one another with great care and every one will get the same rights and same freedoms.//**

III. Culture, Social Customs, and Family Structure
A. Education of citizens is an important aspect in most civilizations. How will this Utopia respond to the following issues: 1. Access to education
 * //Every child is home schooled by their mothers from 1st grade all the way through highschool. After high school there is one collage in the center of the land where all the children go to collage.//**

2. Curriculum taught and vehicle(s) for curriculum delivery
 * //Things we learn in school now are the same things they would learn ex. Social studies, language arts, math/algebra, science. Children either ride their mountain bikes to collage or ride their off- road vehicles.//**

3. Value placed on the role of Educators
 * //Educators, usually the mothers, have a great value to teach their children as a teacher would do these days.//**

B. How will this Utopia address the following issues regarding religion? 1. State sanctioned religion vs. multiple religious traditions
 * //Each family/ person can follow their own religious belifes and tradition. Every person will be respected no matter what religion. Every person must become familiar with all other religions in the comunity even if they do not belive or follow them. This must be done so that everyone can respect people of different religions.//**

a. If a state sanctioned religion, what level of observance will be required? What will enforcement procedures entail?

2. Observance of eastern and western religions as they currently exist vs. the creation of a new religion or many new religions?
 * //No new religions will be created. Everyone will practice the religion they belive in.//**

C. Arts and Entertainment: Most great societies encourage the flourishing of the full range of human talents. (Note: do not address censorship in this section; see the Government section) How will this Utopia accommodate the following activities: 1. Literature (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, etc.)
 * //All children and adults read nonfiction books about people or events that have occured. Adults can also read plays, poetry, and lyrics. Children and adults can write fiction, songs, plays, and other writing material.//**

2. Fine arts (painting, sculpture, drawing, acting, dance, etc.)
 * //The fine art that the comunity is best at is sculpture and architechure. Children and adults also paint, draw, and many plays are produced to be shown to the whole comunity.//**

3. Music (instrumental - classic, instrumental - contemporary, vocal, etc.)
 * //Nowhere Land mountains peoples do not play instruments mainly because they are not interested. Ocasionally there will be a few people interested and they will make a band. If anyone wants to play an instrument they are welcome to.//**

4. Film (documentary, animation, fiction, etc.)
 * //All kinds of films are watched here ranging from comedy to scarry.//**

5. Sports
 * //There are comunity sports legues for baseball, softball, basketball and lacrosse. Children from the age of 5 to 20 may participate in these sports//**

6. Value placed on the role of Artists and Athletes
 * //There are a few artists in the town who sculp very nice things for the comunity like plates, bowls, cups, and other household items. There are no professional sports so there are no big athletes just children.//**

D. Food: Will this Utopia have a national dish? What will be the prevailing cultural attitude toward food? (For example, necessary evil or daily joy?)
 * //A lot of pultry and fish are eaten here. The most common pultry is chicken and the most common fish is rainbow trout. Beef is a very prised food because they dont get it too often. Also salmon is taken for granted because the only swim up streem once a year.//**

E. How has your Utopia dealt with the following isues of social customs: 1. New vs. Old Holidays
 * //You celebrate whatever holidays your religion has.//**

2. Social Classes (Are different groups of people viewed differently?)
 * //Everyone is treated and looked at the same wheter they have different skin, religion, culture or anything else.//**

3. Notoriety, Celebrity, and Respect
 * //Everyone gives respect to anyone and everyone will get the same respect back.//**

4. Life goals, Hopes, and Dreams
 * //Whatever goals or hopes you have no one will stop you from achieving them and everyone will help you if you need it.//**

F. How are families structured in your Utopia? (Is there a concept of marriage? How do children interact with their elders?)
 * //There is only marriage for friends with family not family with family.//**

G. How do men and women relate to one another?
 * //Men and women relate to one another just as they do these days.//**

IV. Industry, Agricultre, and Geography
A. What is the geography of this utopian place? What are the major geographical features (bodies of water, mountains, canyons, etc.)? What does this place look like?
 * //The terrain isn't very flat. Only in the center of the comunity is it flat. The flat space is 5 miles by 5 miles, that is where the majority of civilization is. The bodies of water include a freshwater lake called Lake Wintrip a river called Bee River a natural spring that is called Freshness and it runs about 6 miles long. The highest peak in the mountains is called Mount Beaver. The flat space in the center has mostly been cleared of any trees. Outside that there are a lot of Pine Trees and many areas of hilly grasslands.//**

B. What natural resources, if any, are available? How will they be used?
 * //Pine Trees are great for fire wood. Water from Freshness is used for drinking and bathing. Chickens and trout are one of the most important resources for getting food. The only other resource is iron which is found in the Bee River and that is used to make steel.//**

C. Is the climate suitable for agriculture? If so, what crops will be cultivated? Please make reference to population statistics for feasibility calculation.
 * //The only crops they plant is corn and potatoes. There is a total of 2 miles used for planting these crops. The other things they harvest is all natural to the land includeing blueberrys, strawberrys, apples, peaches, and pears.//**

D. How are jobs determined? What percentage of the workforce is dedicated to the survival and growth of the Utopia?
 * //There are only few jobs including making firewood by chopping down trees and cutting them to useable peaces and harvesting crops. Every one participates in these jobs so no one is working long days and so that the jobs gat done quickly. Also daily jobs that you must do is get food and water.//**

E. Is this Utopia notable for any particular crop (e.g. silk, kiwi fruit) or industry (e.g. postage stamps, fine furniture)?
 * //The potatoes are very tasty and are very healthy. They are very different and only exist in Nowhere Mountains.//**

F. What, if anything, is imported? From whom?
 * //Some house hold items and furnerature are imported. Also the latest technology, school supplies, sports supplies, and off road vehicles.//**

G. What, if anything, is exported? To whom?
 * //Steel is exported for there imported goods//**

V. Government
A. Describe and, if possible, name the informing political philosophy of this Utopia.

C. Describe the level of participation in the following governmental activities: 1. Choosing/removing leaders

2. Creating/changing laws

D. What are the “checks” on governmental power, if any?

E. How does this government support or suppress the expression of individual ideas?

F. What are the methods and means of law enforcement and military operations (both peace keeping and war making): 1. At the local level?

2. At the national level?

3. At the international (or global) level?

G. What type, if any, of diplomacy will this Utopia use?

H. What type, if any, currency will this Utopia use?

VI. Infrastructure
A. Community services 1. Health Care/Hospitals

2. Libraries

3. Fire protection

4. Other

B. Urban planning 1. Types of homes (single-family, multiple-family, apartment complexes, long houses, etc.

2. Zoning for industrial and warehouse areas

3. Recreation centers

C. Funding

1. Taxes

2. Contributions from industry

VII: Reaction to Society and Other Utopias (You may want to wait until you have finished your reaction novel in order to complete this section)
A. How is your Utopia a reaction to the utopia that you read about in your independent novel?

B. What historical precedents (or from other works of fiction) have influenced your Utopian ideas?

C. How is your Utopia a reaction to the society that you are living in?

IX. Unique Features of this Utopia
Please use this section to elaborate on special aspects of your Utopia which did not fit any category on the proposal form