Society

New Atlantis, is an honor based society. That means we live in today's age, but based on the honor system of older times.

The head of our virtual country is a life president, a prince of our royal family, the state comprises a collection of organizations we call trusts, a trust could be an interest group or club, a family unit, or a group of people. Most citizens will be members of several trusts.

Trusts and citizens live when dealing with other citizens and trusts by an honor code, we try to also extend this to dealing with the wider world, but often this is not fully practical or safe to do, when you are dealing with people, who do not value honor and truth.

So what do we mean by an honour based system.

We mean:-

• Your word is your bond, there is no need for contracts other than to document agreements between honorable people.
• You will never make up something about a citizen, not for reward, by being pressed by the corrupt, or by wanting to belong to the herd.
• You do nothing to benefit yourself or your prospects by being unfair to any other person.
• Commitments you take on, you undertake to the best of your ability, and if for some reason you are unable to fulfill them you explain to everyone involved,
• You resist the temptation to form hasty judgments on anyone, and even when presented with what may be said to be evidence, you look very carefully to see if it is what it appears and if the other party has had a fair chance to put their viewpoint.
• You recognize that everyone will make mistakes, and those that do the most, will quite naturally make the most mistakes. You support other trust members, as you would a family member with problems, wherever you can.
• You try to improve yourself, your abilities and to be useful within society.
• You do whatever is within your power to help others achieve their dreams or to improve their quality of life.
• We offer where we can, others who are not New Atlantis citizens, the opportunity to see that there is another way, and where we can, we share knowledge with them and allow them to benifit from our projects and clubs.
• To the best of our ability we suppress any feeling against any other person due to their race, sex, age, size, looks, religion, or any other factor beyond the way that they act and live their life.
• You honor members of our society by what they have done for others, and therefore the rank they currently hold, rather than by wealth, birth or other factors. A citizen of New Atlantis we consider to be a higher office than any outside New Atlantis as it is one you become by choice and commitment to ideals.

This gives a good idea what we mean by honorable society. On the archive website you will find an early rule book, and far greater definition of how New Atlantis was envisaged.

The tabs for officers and citizens above tell you more about the current situation.