Ortsac couldn't write the newsletter this week, so I'm filling in.

New Bills

After being initially suggested a month ago, the Land Rights act has finally been passed after being revised based on the feedback from the initial proposal. The LRA bill defines the rights of landowners and grants powers of eminent domain to the Aquilan government.

Also passed was the Criminal Property Act, an edit to our current criminal code that clarifies how a criminal's property will be handled, as well as expanding on some of our preexisting laws.

Obsidian Mining

John3112 organized an obsidian mining party this past weekend in order to fund the resources necessary to expand our alliance's vault. Almost 10 Aquilans and John helped mine for 3 hours during the event, and members of our allied nations contributed throughout the event. In total, we mined four double-chests worth of obsidian. The goal was only two double chests, so the remainder was left with the Aquilan miners as thanks for their time and their contributions.

John's Thank you message.

Trial of Pugggles

This week saw not only Chief Justice Gjum's first trial, but the first trial in Aquilan history. Pugggles was convicted of three counts of minor theft and four counts of breaking and entering, but was given a reduced sentence due to his compliance. The system works!

Aquila's Prosperity

I'm not good at the whole 'rendering' thing, so there won't be one this week. In it's place, I created an analysis of Aquila's general prosperity using a mix of active hours, GDP, and meme usage. These are my results:

http://i.imgur.com/oOuK28E.png

As you can see, Aquila is much more prosperous than any other nation combined, according to my calculations.

^{I'm so sorry}

Projects in Progress

• Guild Hall: The Builders Guild is at work on a guild hall where players can learn about the different guilds and guild members can share resources or information regarding their current projects. Ask Mathinthebath on discord for details.
• Petribet: Mrshroom is hard at work on his desert oasis city. Ask him if you could help mark out plots or maybe build a vacation home of your own! There should be a rail that takes you straight there from Aquila.
• Arrakis: Ortsac's personal project, Arrakis will be a desert monument focused around a large octogonal pit. Ask him on discord for more details, you can keep whatever you mine!
• Noctua Monorail: Cortwade could use labor and rail donations to complete his monorail from Aquila to Noctua. Ask him for details in game or on Discord.

And that's the end of Aquilan Weekly's first guest issue. Thanks for reading :)