Golden Group

The **Golden Group** is an executive government in control of multiple counties. It has the ultimate power over any decision within any council of the counties it oversees.

It is responsible for allocating the appropriate funding for each council and works closely with its government controlled companies, these being Highways Ultimate and The Land Authority.

It does not give itself the authority to control what councils choose to develop on land but councils are required to send monthly reports on development plans and spending and if there is any disagreement by officials, an investigation will be launched or the Golden Group will order representatives to meet with councils and discuss any matters relevant.

Every 10 years an internal government vote is done to choose a candidate to run as CEO of the Golden Group unless the position is resigned from or if a no-confidence vote is in place. Candidates must have worked within the group for at least 5 years.

## Spaz History

The **Golden Group** created Spaz in 2010 and commissioned the creation of three new districts, Maple Square *(Residential focused district)*, Karen Corner *(Commercial focused district)* and Magnolia Industrial Estate (Industrial focused district). The names of these districts were inspired from individuals on the Board of Directors at the time *(Fraser Maple, Karen Cosher and John Magnolia).*

After these three districts were stable running, the **Golden Group** formed the Council Committee which was responsible for the control of these districts and any future districts it wishes to create for the foreseeable future.

###### Council Committee Dissolve Investigation

In 2027, the Council Committee was dissolved at the decision of the councillors without the notice or approval of the Golden Group. Although this was not something directly against the Council Act 1990, the act did state that *'major council changes must be overseen, approved or acknowledged by a member of the Golden Group'.* An investigation was launched into those fundamentally responsible for the decision of dissolving the council. Multiple things were investigated into such as documents, phone calls and councillor meetings and it was concluded that various councillors acted negligent in their decision to dissolve the council along with the fact that meetings debated and discussed the percentage of funds that should be allocated between the two new councils. The Golden Group released the summary of the investigation;

"We believe that several members of the Council Committee deliberately attempted to deceive an executive government by failing to disclose important information relating to a major change to the one council that ruled the county. Although the regulations were not clear to include this particular change, we believe it would be expected to class this situation as a *major change* to council and we also strongly believe the decisions made to move around funds without approval was a serious violation of the Council Act 1990. We therefore will be imposing penalties for those involved including the potential dismiss of councillors. We will work on a proper restructure of the code of conduct for councils along with making administrative changes to the councils in Spaz." - Shelley Tucker *(Golden Group Representative for Spaz)*

Following the investigation, in 2030 they ordered the formation of a new council named Elm District Council which would take control from Birch District Council for the districts: Rosewood Hill, Elm Heights, Elm Heights and Elm University. They reassessed funding for all the councils so that there was appropriate funding for each council. It also revoked any previously given TLA rights to Spaz City Council and redeveloped the TLA system in place for Spaz through the introduction of *The Land Authority Act 2030*. The investigation also worked with the newly created Meadow Park Council, however, it saw no wrong doing and even supported the new council with a boost in funding.