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Rules

1. Definitions
   1. Natural Waterbody: Any body of water that has generated in the overworld at level (y:62) upon loading chunks for the first time
   2. Public Waterway: Any natural waterbody that has continuity with an ocean, including the ocean itself and is navigable by boat without the aid or use of terraforming.
   3. Private Waterway: Any natural waterbody that is non-navigable by boat without the aid or use of terraforming.
   4. Public Airspace: All y coordinates greater than (y:256), the max build height/limit.
   5. Private Airspace: All y coordinates not greater than (y:256), the max build height/limit.
   6. Public Utility: A private business or government organization, subject to governmental regulation, that provides an essential commodity or service, such as electricity, transportation, or communication to the public; A company that performs a public service.
   7. Land: The solid part of the surface of the world and all its natural resources.
   8. Improved Land: Land where no fewer than (10) structural, non-natural blocks have been placed by a player including meaningful constructions such as buildings with walls and/or roofs, farms, redstone mechanisms, storage systems, or similar structures.
   9. Eminent Domain: The power of the server government to transfer ownership of privately claimed unimproved land for public use if fair compensation is given.
   10. Majority: More than 50%.
   11. Super Majority: Not less than 66%.
   12. Active Server Population: Players who have joined the server within the past (30) days.
   13. Natural Resources: Industrial materials (such as mineral deposits) supplied by nature that has economic value and is a source of wealth.
   14. Mineral Rights: The ownership of underground resources and minerals no fewer than (10) blocks from the surface of the land independant of the land ownership.
   15. Borrow: To obtain or receive (something) on loan with the promise or understanding of returning it or its equivalent;
       To take and use (something that belongs to someone else) with the intention of returning it.
   16. Steal: To take (the property of another) without right or permission; To get or take secretly or artfully.
   17. Liable: Legally obligated or responsible.
   18. Trespass: To enter upon an owner's land or property without their permission.
   19. Interchange: Tracks joining two railroads that are an official hand-off point for trading cars destined for the other railroad;
       The location or junction where cars are transferred from one railroad to another.
   20. Foul: A car (or train) that has not passed over a switch and frog far enough so that another car (or train) can pass without collision.
   21. Engineer: The operator of a locomotive consist.
   22. Conductor: One who is in charge of a railroad train.
   23. Bridge: A structure spanning and providing passage over a gap or barrier, such as a waterway, roadway, or railway;
       Something resembling or analogous to this structure in form or function.
   24. Provoke: To incite to anger or resentment; To stir to action or feeling; To give rise to; Bring about.
   25. Abbreviations:
       • ROW - Right of Way
       • MOW - Maintenance of Way
       • AFK - Away From Keyboard
       • PVP - Player Vs Player
2. General
   1. Do not steal from other players, companies, railroads, etc.
   2. Do not grief other players, companies, railroads, etc.
   3. No unprovoked PVP. However, dueling between consenting parties is always acceptable.
   4. Land, right of way, natural resources, loot, etc. is on a first come, first serve basis.
   5. Land can be claimed either by chunk (256² blocks), biome, or a radius not exceeding (512) blocks (32 chunks) from the outer edge of a structure if present.
   6. Private property can be claimed by the placement of a sign, colored wool, build/structure and/or chest with inventory.
   7. No trespassing on other players, companies, railroads, etc. private property without permission from the respective owner.
   8. Do not AFK farm during times where the total server population is greater than (2) active players online.
   9. Do not break any spawner blocks with an exception of Silverfish spawners and Cave Spider spawners.
   10. Do not craft or manufacture any diamonds or its derivatives, in any capacity, for any reason, unless sourced from diamond ore, diamond blocks, or Wilber Coins.
   11. Do not spawn any withers in the overworld dimension.
3. Eminent Domain
   1. A player or company may petition the server government or court to enact the use of eminent domain in transferring ownership of an already claimed, but unimproved, piece of land (excluding mineral rights) under the following four conditions:
      1. The land to be transferred has plans to be developed immediately after a successful transfer of ownership.
      2. The planned use of the land must provide a clear benefit to the majority of the active server population.
      3. The land in question is located at least (512) blocks (32 chunks) away from any structure built by the current land owner, excluding structures built after the date the petition was filed.
      4. The petitioning player or company must first have made a reasonable, good faith attempt to negotiate a private agreement in writing, and an agreement could not be reached.
   2. Eminent domain may only be approved and granted with a super majority vote from the entire active server population. Both parties must also be given an equal and reasonable time to present their arguments to the voters before any vote is held.
4. Industry
   1. Each industry shall be built in their own standalone buildings on their own individual properties.
   2. Clearing land to make way for a one time construction is not considered industry involvement of the material being removed/cleared.
   3. A transportation industry is liable for any damages, losses, or injuries to
      customers or their property while in the care and oversight of the transportation company.
   4. Do not transport more than (9) stacks of bulk or repetitive goods through the nether or with an elytra to or from a destination accessible within (1024) blocks (64 chunks) by rail.
5. Public Utilities
   1. Electric Utility Companies
      1. A power companies powerline right of way shall not exceed (5) blocks in width from the side of the outer most pole/post.
   2. Railroads
      1. A local neighboring railroad is required to make a connection to an industry when requested by the industry owner.
      2. A railroad is required to establish an interchange with another local neighboring railroad upon request from an industry owner seeking to transport goods to a destination only accessible by the other railroad.
      3. All railroad interchanges shall have there division point clearly marked and defined giving definative separation of ROW.
      4. Railroad right of ways that do not have trackage or blueprints in place shall be physically defined by placing the company’s color of wool as a visual placeholder where trackage is intended to be laid in the future.
      5. It is at the discretion of the existing railroad whether or not to allow another railroad to intersect them with a grade level diamond crossing.
      6. A railroads right of way extends both above and below grade level.
      7. A railroad company must obtain trackage rights from the other railroad company
         before they can operate their equipment on the other company’s trackage.
      8. The maximum width of standard gauge ROW from a single track shall be determined by one of two ways, whichever is wider.
         1. (5) blocks from the centerline of the track, (11) blocks total.
            1. It may exceed (11) blocks in width if there are reasonable plans to install parallel trackage or a siding in the foreseeable future.
         2. The bottom of a land bridge slope of (1/1) so long as the decline starts within the limit specified from part (A).
      9. The maximum width of narror gauge ROW from a single track shall be determined by one of two ways, whichever is wider.
         1. (5) blocks from the centerline of the track, (11) blocks total.
            1. It may exceed (11) blocks in width if there are reasonable plans to install parallel trackage or a siding in the foreseeable future.
         2. The bottom of a land bridge slope of (1/1) so long as the decline starts within the limit specified from part (A).
      10. Narrow Gauge
          1. A narrow gauge railroads right of way shall not exceed (8) blocks in width for single trackage. (4) blocks from the centerline of the railroads trackage.
          2. A narrow gauge railroads right of way may exceed (8) blocks in width if there are reasonable plans to install parallel trackage or a siding in the foreseeable future.
   3. Roadways
      1. A roads right of way shall not exceed (5) blocks in width from the side of the drivable surface.
   4. Waterways
      1. Public waterways can not be claimed and are publicly available/accessible for free passage and travel.
      2. Public waterways may not be artificially and/or intentionally obstructed as to impeade the free passage of players.
      3. When constructing a bridge over a public waterway, leave at least a (1.5) block spacing between the surface of the waterway and the bottom of the bridge.
   5. Airlines