New Amsterdam

New Amsterdam's flag.

**The Incredibly Almighty And Pretty Darn Cool Empire of New Amsterdam**, better known as just New Amsterdam or IAAPDCEONA (pronounced eye-ah-ped-see-on-uh), (German: Das unglaublich allmächtige und verdammt coole Imperium von New Amsterdam, DUAUVCIV) is an island nation in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. It is a well-developed nation with a population of 7,620,461, including about half a million Half-Humans. Its land area is similar to the size of the Netherlands; ironic considering New Amsterdam was named after the Netherlands' capitol.

Its official languages are English and German.

New Amsterdam is led by a mysterious figure known only as the Emperor, who creates all laws.

However, there are representatives voted in by the citizens known as "The Petition" who ask the Emperor to pass or deny laws. It's basically the British Parliament. In the entire country, there are 999 representatives, distributed by population. It takes 500 representative votes to take a law to the Emperor; 98% of laws given to the Emperor pass. Though the Emperor is technically a dictator, he's "a pretty cool guy".

New Amsterdam is the only country in the world to allow the existence of Half-Humans, allowing them to live in peace without the threat of being killed.

## Flag

The flag of New Amsterdam is identical to the flag of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, except for the fact that red and black are swapped.

## The Emperor's Laws

The Emperor of New Amsterdam creates all the laws. He has been known to create some laws to fix pet peeves or simply "for the heck of it". These laws include:

* If a roller coaster has more than one train, its illegal to run just one train on it.
* A national speed limit of 100,000 miles per hour, even in the air.
* Planes in the region must lock their overhead compartments when doing an emergency evacuation.
* School uniforms are banned in public schools.
	+ In private schools, they're okay.
* All restaurants must offer a menu for guests with less appetites, including items such as chicken tenders, pasta, and grilled cheese.
* Fire alarms must always have a tone of 520hZ when in a sleeping area. + or - 5% is okay and won't be a violation.
* Otherwise, the tone must be between 520hZ and 1000hZ.
* In addition, buildings that can possibly contain more than 2,500 people, or have more than three floors, or both, must have a voice evacuation system.
	+ However, schools must always have voice evacuation systems, even if they have less than 2,500 people.
* Aircraft pilots are permitted to use a cannon to remove extremely unruly passengers. However, they must imitate Arnold Schwarzenegger and say "Welcome to the no-fly list!" before firing the cannon.
* Any person who reanimates the dead is guilty of a felony and must pay 500,000 Wii Points ($25,000) to the no-longer-deceased.
* The "Cha Cha Slide", the "Cupid Shuffle", "New Soul," "Bill of Rights" by Kristina Edgar, and "Pizza Angel" are all illegal music. While Cha Cha Slide, Cupid Shuffle, New Soul, and Bill of Rights come with a $1500 fine, the penalty for playing Pizza Angel is death.
* Civilians are allowed to possess nuclear weapons, though they are not allowed to detonate them. To detonate a nuclear weapon is a misdemeanor which comes with a 500 Wii Point ($25) fine. They are also responsible for all death and damages caused by the detonation; the detonation itself has a fine of 500 Wii Points.
	+ Therefore, if a person were to detonate a nuclear weapon in the Very Very Barren Wastelands in North Blayt, New Amsterdam, they would only have to pay 500 Wii Points.
* It is illegal to out-pizza the Hut. Penalty is death.
* Edwards Signalling Technologies is barred from doing business in New Amsterdam after one of their products "hurt the Emperor's feelings"
* Disney's Toy Story 3 is illegal contraband.
* Though New Amsterdam has no official religion, it is considered blasphemy and treason to look down upon the Emperor. (This is very rarely enforced)
* New Amsterdam's execution method of choice is being climatically thrown off of an airplane.
	+ It is illegal to survive your execution. The penalty is 100,000 WiiPoints. ($5000).
	+ If you survive your execution five times in a row, however, New Amsterdam Law requires that you go free with your 500,000 WiiPoint fine.
		- This "execution survival" law does not apply to playing Pizza Angel and out-pizza-ing the Hut.
* Aviation incidents and accidents where the pilot is at fault is labeled, officially, by the New Amsterdam Aeronautic Safety Board, as an "oopsie-daisy".
	+ Likewise, if the plane is at fault, as if with a failed engine (or a bird strike), the NAASB labels it as a "dang it".
	+ If the passengers had no idea that the incident happened, but it was still "quite close to an accident", the NAASB labels it a "Wikipedia article".
* If, due to a longer-than-expected sports match, a news bulletin, or another program of the sort, a television show gets delayed, the show must immediately go to on-demand after the show airs, without delay, for free, and without advertisements. Additionally, the advertisers have no right to sue or change any business deals with broadcasters after an incident like this.
* From time to time, the government may increase minimum wage. If this happens, it becomes illegal to lay off workers or increase prices for six months afterwards as an "economy reset". Currently, the minimum wage is 500 Wii Points per hour ($25/hr).
	+ This rule does not apply to companies who prove that it will be extremely detrimental to their business, e.g. family-run businesses who are just getting by.
	+ Overtime pay is double normal pay. Overtime must be paid to hourly workers making less than 1500 Wii Points per hour. To prevent loopholes, it is illegal to pay between 1501 and 2000 Wii Points per hour.
* On roads, when a future merging of lanes is signed, it becomes illegal to change lanes until the merging point.
	+ Additionally, the "zipper method" is legally enforced.
* A concept called "So Negligent, it Must Be Intentional" exists in New Amsterdam. This concept makes it easier for very negligent people to be charged for crimes.
	+ For example, protestors who block a road, end of blocking an ambulance or firetruck, and therefore the emergency vehicle does not reach a building in time, is charged with *first-degree, premeditated murder* under this provision, and they'll get at minimum 35 years.
	+ Another example: A person who has a very bad gluten intolerance. A waiter gives them a gluten dish, thinking that they're faking it. Then that person dies. That's also *first-degree, premeditated murder*.
* Any person who attempts to trip another person, specifically on the 32nd floor on any hotel, shall give up their right to watch the film "Theatre Camp".
* If a company is fined for misconduct, they are not legally allowed to lay off or fire employers, nor decrease any wages, nor increase prices, nor deny more job applications than normal to recoup money.
* Misconduct fines must be more than the company's profit. For example, if a company made 3,500,000 Wii Points a day, but it was realized that something illegal happened that day, they should be fined 5,000,000 Wii Points.
* If a cruise is overbooked, and therefore a party can't board, the cruise line must give that party double the cruise fare back, plus the possibility of a completely free cruise with them in any stateroom.
* Any person who is falsely imprisoned is owed 2,000,000 Wii Points ($100,000) per day falsely imprisoned, even if it "bankrupts the state". A specific instance of this is when a man was falsely imprisoned for 17 years received 12,410,000,000 Wii Points ($620,500,000). The government cannot raise taxes after that.
	+ Additionally, anyone who commits perjury or submits false evidence, or makes a blatantly false claim, shall be imprisoned for the same amount of time as the falsely imprisoned would have spent imprisoned, plus 2,000,000 Wii Points, per year. For example, Alice wishes to ruin Bob's life so he charges him for doing not-nice things to her. Bob is given 40 years in jail. Eventually it comes out that Alice lied about doing that. Therefore, Alice is given 40 years in jail and must pay 80,000,000 Wii Points. It's not legal to go bankrupt on this payment.
* No advertisement may have an image which is obviously cut off. This is considered predatory market practices and they must be fined double what the advertising campaign made for them.
* A never-before-used power by the Emperor is called "The Ultimate Restructure: Bowser Revolution". Despite sounding like an action movie, this power is quite grim - it takes the bank account of every New Amsterdam citizen and splits all money equally. It will automatically occur once someone's bank account reaches 1,000,000,000,000 Wii Points. (50 billion dollars). The closest anyone has gotten to the Bowser Revolution is someone's bank account reaching 380,000,000,000 Wii Points.
* Railroad crossings shall have mechanical bells. They may not play a bell sound through a speaker of any kind.
	+ It is permissible, though, for a railroad crossing to have a speaker and a very fancy gate for the sole purpose of saying "ding-ding-ding, Mr. Falcon!!" in a Samuel L. Jackson voice and thwacking any car off of the tracks with enough force to have them enter an orbit around the planet.
	+ Railroad crossings have the following features, unofficially yet commonly called "DICAMCAP" for *Dangerous Idiots Commit As Many Crimes As Possible*; like their name, they make it so people passing activated railroad crossings commit as many crimes as possible:
		- Railroad crossing gates have a red light on the end of each gate which does not flash. *One count of running a red light per gate.*
		- Railroad crossings have red signs stating "DO NOT CROSS IF CROSSING IS ACTIVATED", at least one per light fixture *One count of disobeying a red (danger) street sign.*
		- The gates have MUST STOP painted on all red segments, towards the drivers on that side of the track. *Many counts of disobeying a red (danger) street sign.*
		- In total, the average railroad crossing runner breaks 16 laws. (This is assuming that there are two gates (2 red lights, 2 DO NOT CROSS sign), each with 6 red segments (12 MUST STOP violations). But some of the larger crossings can cause a whopping 60 laws to be broken if passed
* On certain high-shopping days, security cameras must be placed every four feet. Any crimes committed during these days not only forfeits everything bought that day, but bars them from getting any money back.
* Because New Amsterdam gets plenty of very heavy rain, cars cannot be painted black or gray. And due to the blizzards New Amsterdam gets about annually, cars cannot be painted white. These laws exist to make sure all cars are visible in common conditions, though scholars think that thats just an excuse, and that the Emperor is merely tired of boring-colored cars.
* A sophisticated formula dictates the maximum amount anyone can pay for rent, which takes the cost of living into consideration.
* New Amsterdam citizens have no right to bare arms. Only law officers and government contractors are allowed to even touch firearms.
* Any company which does any kind of business in New Amsterdam that can ban, block, or mute users must give a full and complete reason for their ban, even for users outside and unaffiliated with New Amsterdam. Any company which refuses to do so must unban all users and make them henceforth unbannable.
	+ This message must also have a link to a site where you can contest the ban. Any subscription related to the now-banned service must be cancelled.

## New Amsterdam pedestrian safety laws

New Amsterdam's pedestrian safety laws are some of the most stringent in the world. The following laws apply

* New Amsterdam's nationwide speed limit is 100km/h, besides the Superdrome Highway, which has no speed limit, like Germany's Autobahn.

* All roads of speed limits up to 80km/h (50mph) must have sidewalks on both sides of the road.
	+ From speed limits of 40km/h (25mph) to 60km/h (37mph), the sidewalk must be at least one foot away from the road. For roads of speed limits of 61km/h to 80km/h, they must be at least four feet from the road, and have a barrier between the road and the sidewalk.
		- Alleyways, defined as roads between buildings where there is no room for any sidewalks, are exceptions.
	+ Residential streets must always have sidewalks on both sides of the road. These streets' speed limit must be 30km/h (18mph)
	+ Roads of speeds of more than 80km/h shall have walkways on the other side of a wall or fence on at least one side of the road.
* Crosswalks with timers must give adequate time for people to cross.
* Cities must be designed where food is no more than half a mile away, allowing the city to be walkable.
* Absolutely no vehicle weighing more than 2,250 kg (4960 pounds) without the battery may be driven by a civilian, unless they have a Large Vehicle license.
	+ This limit was chosen to allow sedans, hatchbacks, minivans, and mini-SUVs, but ban massive trucks and mega SUVs.
* SUVs and trucks are subject to the same safety regulations as other cars.
* Any car that goes from 0-100km/h (0-60mph) in less than four seconds cannot be driven by a civilian without a Acceleration Vehicle license.
* Cars that can accelerate from 0-100kmh in less than two seconds are completely illegal for a civilian to use, with the only exceptions being federal agents, police officers, and members of officially contracted espionage companies like S.P.I.E.S..
* Laws prevent "local roads" from having speed limits of over 60km/h. (37mph)
* No road with a speed limit of more than 60km/h (37mph) may have any intersections without streetlights. In 'town centers', this limit is 50km/h (31mph).
* 'Local roads' cannot be more than two lanes in each direction, temporary turn lanes excepted.
* A last-ditch effort to reduce traffic that may be ordered by the Government is the Lane Reduction Punishment. In this order, a highway's lanes must be removed to force traffic to other areas. A specific example is when a highway builder built so many lanes on a road, thinking it will fix traffic (12 lanes per direction). Due to the exact opposite effect happening, the government enacted the Lane Reduction Punishment, closing eight lanes per direction, which temporarily made traffic unbearable but eventually got it back to normal.
* Another last-ditch effort approach to lower traffic is the Road Removal Punishment. In this order, certain roads, usually the most busy ones, will become inaccessible to cars to require that drivers drive slower. Most of the time, Road Removal Punishments have been used to remove "stroads".
* The final Super-Duper-Last-Ditch effort is the Final Chance Punishment: Car Ban. It's only been used once, and it completely bans cars from an area, without any refunds given to car owners; certain people may also be barred from moving. The only town affected by a Car Ban is Quinton, New Ohio.
* To prevent pollution, all cars must be electric and have batteries and charges compatible with every other car.
* City centers and rural towns also must have enough trees for drivers to naturally want to drive the speed limit.
* Railroad crossings should have separate gates for pedestrians.
* If it is so foggy that you cannot see more than twenty feet in front of you, the speed limit is always 30km/h (18mph).
* The only way to change the speed limit of a road is to get the average driving speed re-evaluated. During this evaluation, there is no speed limit, and drivers are instructed to drive what they think is safe. So, if you want to decrease the speed limit, you must change the road to lower the average driving speed.
* It is illegal to charge for parking spaces.
* Parking spaces, besides those for schools, homes, and some apartment buildings, cannot be open-air. They must be underground or take up some floors of the building.
* Any addition to any city must be passed by the Guild of Urban Planners.
* Developers are free to build whatever's in demand (with the *only* exception being that some areas, such as Sharktooth Cove, SH, can't have buildings over 45 feet tall without an exception, this is to prevent skyscrapers from being put into quiet neighborhoods)

## The Draft

All citizens, male, female and non-binary (including trans people), are required to sign up for the Draft when they turn 18. In the event of a war, people may be picked from the Draft to serve in the Navy, Army, Air Force, Space Force, or the All-Around Militia (New Amsterdam's equivalent to the Marines).

Citizens may become exempt from the Draft by doing one of the following:

* Joining any military branch voluntarily.
* Joining a government organization, like the NAASB, the Petition, or the F.E.D.S.
* Joining a third-party, federally allowed contracted company, such as S.P.I.E.S.
* Gaining the Gold Class rank in the *Scouts of New Amsterdam* program.
* Sending a petition for exemption due to an injury or illness.
* Sending a petition for exemption because one does not want to fight others (due to religion or moral beliefs)

## Taxes

New Amsterdam's taxes are based on the income of citizens. Those who make less than 500,000 Wii points ($25000) per year pay nothing in taxes. Those who make 500,000-1,000,000 Wii Points ($25,000-$50,000) pay 10% of their income in taxes; those who make 1,000,000-2,000,000 ($50,000-100,000) pay 20% of their income in taxes. Those who make 2,000,000-4,000,000 Wii Points ($100,000-$200,000) pay 30% of their income in taxes. Those who make 4,000,000-10,000,000 Wii Points ($200,000-$500,000) pay 40% in taxes, and those who make more than 10,000,000-100,000,000 Wii Points ($500,000-$5,000,000) pay a whopping 75% to taxes. Every cent of income above 100,000,000 Wii Points is taxed. The reasoning behind this structure is that those making a lot of money don't need all of that money, and that money should go to community projects. Those who barely make any money don't have a lot to spend, so they shouldn't be burdened with taxes.

A lot of possible loopholes have been closed, meaning that billionaires and trillionaires can't circumnavigate taxes.

## Sections

There are 16 sections of New Amsterdam, which operate similar to states in the US or provinces in Canada. They are:

Macsurname, New Ohio, Toledo, Zort, Leslieland, A.H.a.B., Equestrianland, Apple iCounty, North Blayt, South Blayt, Krankenkounty, Neos, Floz, Even Newer York, and Islands of Shame.

### Population

Below is the population of each section, as well as the populations of the capitol and largest cities of each section. This population includes both humans and Half-Humans.

A general rule of thumb is that 8% of the population is Half-Humans, except for in Silver City, where the number is closer to 12%, and in Equestrianland, where the number is closer to 45%.

## Areas' similarities to "real-life" locations

Behind the scenes, certain areas of New Amsterdam were inspired by real-life locations. Some notable ones include:

* Sharktooth Cove, Islands of Shame: Inspired by Honolulu
* Olio Section: Inspired by Italy
* Even Newer York City, Even Newer York: Inspired by New York City
* Indigo City, Islands of Shame: Inspired by Dubai
* Neos Section: Inspired by the hills of Slovenia
* Icicle City, Zort: Inspired by Vladivostok, Russia

## Currency

The currency of New Amsterdam is the WII Point (WII standing for Widely Integrated Islandwide). One WII Point is worth $0.05; 20 WII Points is $1.