Daily Life and Economy

Economy:
Our economy involves currency unique to our Utopian needs. The currency can be converted to different types of currency, such as the American dollar or euro. There is a designated area in which to barter. Also, the individual owning the product or service decides what the item costs. We have currency because we have taxes on items that you want but are not essential to your survival, like a book. Half of the taxes go to the government for the repairing of buildings, public transportation, etc. The other half goes to education and governmental help for the impoverished residents. Our industries upon which our economy is heavily dependent on are fishing, mining. Tourism is virtually nonexistent. We have a semi active volcano which produces diamonds. We mainly export diamonds and fish for imports such as manufactured goods from various countries (such as the United States or China).

Jobs:
People can have whatever jobs they want, as long as it pleases them and is useful to both the community and to themselves. There are three categories in determining pay: minimum, average, and advanced. Depending how long you work, how difficult, how much education it requires, and how good you are at your work (which is determined by evaluations from your coworkers), you will fall into one of these categories.
There are a certain number of sick days a student or employee should have. If the person has used all of his sick days and is missing without written explanation from some official then he is put on probation, meaning he can't do that again. To make this stress less, it will be an automatic message via email warning the receiver. If the offense occurs again, then the employee is released from his job and can only reapply after a certain amount of time and certificates saying he is much better now. Work hours should be all the same to avoid hassles. The hours would be eight to three. Of course, there are a lot of jobs with different time frames, like manual laborers. So that would be the infrastructure, but a flexible one.
   
Education:
Our utopia is all about freedom. Some basic education is required, but only up until high school. If you're really serious about your education and what you want to be, you'll continue. School is from seven to one-thirty o'clock. There are no magnet or private schools-only public schools or if you want, home-schooling. There is one giant elementary school, one nursery/day care center (which is not mandatory, only if you need it), one junior high, one high school, and then the student can be an apprentice for one who works in the area the student is interested it. Education should be free.
For elementary school through junior high, There is an amount of sick days but no expulsion or probation unless the student does something really bad. If the student is missing more than allowed, then government officials will look into the matter to ensure the safety of the child. However, for upper grades, it's their choice to stay, therefore it's their actions to leave. The same thing for jobs applies to upper-education students.
There is a special ceremony for when you turn fifteen, a "Coming of Age."

Retirement:
People have the right to retire whenever they want, provided they have enough money to support themselves. Applying for governmental help should be a last resort. But again, our utopia is about freedom, people's choices.

~Leanna and Abby~