Ian McGinnis
Create Your Own Utopia
9/30/13
My Utopia is on an island in the Pacific Ocean, in a mild climate, its geographically similar to Hawaii. It has flat land for farming and livestock, mountains that get rain and snow, and forests that are abundant with life. It’s an island that is home to around 10,000 people, there is plenty of land, and isn’t over crowded. The island is called Hapus, which is Welsh for happy. It is named Hapus because one of the goals in crating Hapus was to crate the happiest place possible because, happy people get along better and are more productive.
The original citizens were all immigrants to Hapus from all over the world but have now been living there for many years; Hapus has a very strict immigration policy now that they have the desired population. Hapus only allows new immigrants under special circumstances, the elected officials must approve of the immigrants. In the beginning, they would allow for people from all walks of life to come, as long as they followed and agreed with the guidelines the founders set into place The citizens of Hapus are all people who want to live in Hapus, they all believe it is the perfect place to live. The original founders of Hapus all wanted to leave their home countries for various reasons, but their reason for founding Hapus was all the same, to create the perfect home, free of conflict, greed, poverty, and corruption. They all felt this need to create happier lives for themselves, their families, and friends. They wanted to coexist in peace and harmony and could only achieve this on Hapus.
The citizens of Hapus all have jobs that contribute to society. They all are groomed for the job of their parents from a very young age, by their parents; they learn their job along with their basic education. Although, if they want to change jobs they have the option to choose any career they want, generally men have the more physically demanding jobs. They all have the option to continue...