Illi+Utopia

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. I will find a few people that have the same thoughts and ideas as me. Each of us will save up as much money as possible. When we save up enough money we will purchase a peice of land that is 800 square acres. I will find an area that is about 75 degrees every day and sunny more days than it is raining, that is the ideal weather for baseball. Everyone will be able to use their own things and they have to own them.

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 five years, the Utopia will just be getting up and running, i think in 50 years the Utopia will be about triple the size of what it was when it started. In 500 years the Utopia will be 15 times the size of the 50 year mark.

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?

We have members around the world recriuting specific people to join our Utopian community.

II. Population and Demographics
A. Please indicate the projected population statistics here: Year one: number of women 100, men 100 , children 120 Year fifty: number of women 300, men 300, children 360 Year five hundred: number of women 4500, men 4500 , children 5400

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. You can speak any language but you must be able to speak English. You must be in love with baseball and love to play baseball Your Life must be baseball You Must know all baseball terms. You must be talented in the sport of baseball

C. What are the specific skills, if any, possessed by the first generation of citizens in this Utopia? All of them are skilled in baseball or softball. Must all be able to speak english after the second year of being in the Utopia

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? The Utopia will be open to any race if you are talented in baseball.

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 Schooling from age 5 to age 22 for ten hours a day is Required. ] Schooling will be Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. There will be a spring and summer Vacation.

2. Curriculum taught and vehicle(s) for curriculum delivery The curriculum will have classes of Mathematics, Language Arts, Baseball, Science, History, Geography, and Life Skills. The Curriculum will be created by the smartest people that are let into the Utopia in the beginning years.

3. Value placed on the role of Educators The smartest adults will be the educators in the beginning years. After that certain kids will be

B. How will this Utopia address the following issues regarding religion? 1. State sanctioned religion vs. multiple religious traditions A sanctioned Religion will be as described. All people must beleive that baseball is a way of life and they must love it.

a. If a state sanctioned religion, what level of observance will be required? What will enforcement procedures entail? Everyone will have to play at least one game of baseball a week this will be strictly enforced.

2. Observance of eastern and western religions as they currently exist vs. the creation of a new religion or many new religions?

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.)

People will have complete freedom in these sections.

2. Fine arts (painting, sculpture, drawing, acting, dance, etc.)

Complete Freedom

3. Music (instrumental - classic, instrumental - contemporary, vocal, etc.)

Complete Freedom

4. Film (documentary, animation, fiction, etc.)

THe rules of ratings will apply to ratings

5. Sports Baseball is everything inthe Utopia

6. Value placed on the role of Artists and Athletes

Artists are not very improtant.Athletetic is very very very improtant.

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?)

The national dish will be the food that is eating at almost every baseball game, a hot dog and french fries. the food should be a daily joy or something tht people do enjoy.

E. How has your Utopia dealt with the following isues of social customs: 1. New vs. Old Holidays

any holidays can be celebrated along with Opening day in March.

2. Social Classes (Are different groups of people viewed differently?)

No body will be viewed differently and everyone will be looked at equally.

3. Notoriety, Celebrity, and Respect the best and most talented baseball players will be veiwed as celebrities

4. Life goals, Hopes, and Dreams Life Goals should be to eventually reach the Major League Baseball League. That should be everyones hope and/or dreams for thier lives.

F. How are families structured in your Utopia? (Is there a concept of marriage? How do children interact with their elders?)

Families can be as large or small as they want to be. Marriage is very possible with any man or woman. Children are taught by their elders to play the game of baseball.

tG. How do men and women relate to one another?

They can become married and they can only have one wife or husband

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 land will be completely flat and there will be many many many baseball feilds scattered within it. a few lakes and ponds are around.

B. What natural resources, if any, are available? How will they be used?

there will be water supplies like springs and that such. there will also be trees for wood.

C. Is the climate suitable for agriculture? If so, what crops will be cultivated? Please make reference to population statistics for feasibility calculation.

we would make all of the normal crops like tomatos, carrots etc

D. How are jobs determined? What percentage of the workforce is dedicated to the survival and growth of the Utopia?

there will be a good percentage of people through the years working on survival for the Utopia. People will have to work ver hard.

E. Is this Utopia notable for any particular crop (e.g. silk, kiwi fruit) or industry (e.g. postage stamps,

The wood can be used for many things and it can be made into millions of things.

F. What, if anything, is imported? From whom?

we will need many supplies imported, food, clothing, suipplies etc

G. What, if anything, is exported? To whom? Players to Professional basbeall teams.

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.