My own personal vision of New California would be based on small, communal type living; opposed to a centralized government system. I was struggling with the fact that I don't know if this type of living could actually work, but it is my Utopia. I do feel this would have a better chance of actually working here in New California due to its rather secluded location away from the urban sprawl of Old California and the rest of the world. The small population up here would also help communal living to become a reality. Furthermore, I'm under the assumption that this is the North Coast and it seems like there are generally more good people here. Good people are quite necessary for communal living to essentially take place. Without a governmental authority to tell the people what they can and can't do, a completely new way of life will be experienced. Residents of New California will be free to do whatever they choose. However, each person will be directly responsibility for their actions and the actions of those around them. Those who help support the community will in turn be supported themselves by the community. I feel that a simpler way of life would result from communal living. This will greatly reduce stress and anxiety amongst New California's inhabitants, promoting togetherness and harmony between community members.
             As far as the structure of my Utopia, there will be one major principle of New California that will basically lead to any following principles. That is, there is not going to be any type of government in place to tell the people what they can and cannot do. The population will be divided up into relatively small communities who are free to decide how they want to live their lives. This means each community will come to a consensus on whether or not to elect officials, whether or not to meet with outside communities, they will decide their own rules, guidelines, s
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