The District 11 Act

The District 11 Act was an act officially proposed to the New Crunk City Royal Parliament by several committees about concerns they held. Chiefly, these concerns revolved around the fact that District 11 was becoming a major pain in the ass to govern. This would ultimately result in District 11 becoming, for lack of a better term, unincorporated from the rest of New Crunk City. There are some exceptions, but for the most part District 11 is no longer under the control of any New Crunk City governmental body.

District 11 is actually the oldest part of New Crunk City, and make up some of the last remnants of the original city known as just Crunk City. Since it is so old, it is quite labyrinthine to begin with, and stretches out in confusing and seemingly counter-intuitive ways. When Earth made contact with The Crandis Federation, the influx of immigrants and new technologies from across the Crunkiverse forced Crunk City to expand and develop so quickly that it changed its name to New Crunk City. The development of this new city was infinitely more cohesive and modern, bulldozing and building on top of the older city. New city projects would be built on top of a soon to be forgotten remnant of a past history.

District 11 did remain fairly populated, though. An organization known as "The Guild" (later The Gondolier's Guild) that once protected the entire city found a new purpose. The Guild was made up of individuals who had been calling District 11 their home for generations, and nobody knew how to get around better. They stepped up in making sure the district was safe, acting as an efficient and trusted police force.

Eventually, the explosion in population necessitated a water and sewer system that the original city simply didn't have. It was proposed that the entirety of District 11 be converted into a sewer system. The proposition was accepted readily, only without the input of anyone who actually lived there. With the ancient streets, alleys, tunnels now flooded, people found themselves living on the second floors of buildings, and The Gondolier's Guild took upon itself the new role of navigators who not only governed, but provided transportation to the people of District 11.

Over time, District 11 became a real hassle for the rest of the city. It was hard to navigate, weird monsters would pop up out of nowhere, and it was very costly to maintain. Thus, The District 11 Act was proposed and put into place.

## Terms

The wording of the act itself is more akin to a contract than an act. It lays out several stipulations and legal mumbo jumbo that essentially boil down to The Gondolier's Guild gaining ownership and governance of the district, but having to maintain some responsibilities.

* "In exchange of the succession of District 11, the properties therein, the population therein, and the governance therein, with some exception, to the so-called 'Gondolier's Guild', in appreciation of the services performed historically and presently, no official branch of any New Crunk City body will hold any responsibilities to the District. In understanding of the location in relation to the greater city that District 11 resides, and appreciation of the services it will perform in agreement to this act, New Crunk City will provide assistance to the District in, and only in, cases in which not doing so would actively harm the greater city, or (at the discretion of the city), in events caused by any official New Crunk City body that has created harm to the District that cannot be managed properly or in a timely enough manner by the Gondolier's Guild. The latter assistance will not exceed any aid costing above 1,000,000 Kranks. If said aid is decided to not be provided, New Crunk City will not be responsible for any damages caused by that inaction."
* "New Crunk City will maintain ownership and responsibilities of maintaining any existing or future water processing or treatment facilities, and the grounds on which they are built on and and property required by them to perform their jobs."
* "New Crunk City reserves the right to, with formal agreement with The Gondolier's Guild or an appointed body of said guild, build water processing or treating plants within the confines of District 11, as well as any potential expansion to the confines of the district.
	+ If New Crunk City is to expand upon the boundaries of District 11, it will agree to sell any new territory to The Gondolier's Guild."
* "If this act is agreed upon, The Gondolier's Guild, or a body appointed by said guild, will have to agree to certain governmental terms:
	+ Though not required to enforce punishments for crimes committed in the greater city, The Gondolier's Guild will have to abide an extradition agreement,
	+ Though not required to have the same laws as the greater city, any laws that do equate to such cannot supersede in punishment that of the equivalent laws in the greater city, though they may exceed in punishment."
* "If this act is agreed upon, The Gondolier's Guild, or a body appointed by said guild, will have to agree to certain regulatory terms:
	+ The Gondolier's Guild, or an appointed body, have to maintain a safe presence in the confines of District 11. This will include defending against various sewer monsters and beasts."

There are still several more stipulations, but this is about the gist of it.

For the entire text of The District 11 Act, please read the District 11 Act (Full) article.