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	The '''Martian Homesteading Scheme''' (MHS) is a welfare program that is unique to the [[Principality of the Pillow Fortress\|Pillow Fortress]] and, when fully implemented, will be one of the Principality's greatest achievements. Established by [[Law:Royal Decree 00019\|Royal Decree 00019]] on 6 Zvingaire 4, the MHS entitles each and every Pillowan, by right of citizenship, to a nine acre plot of land in the [[Olympus Mons Colony]], to be used however the individual chooses, subject to Fortressian law. Eighty-five percent (85%) of all Olympus Mons land not already placed under a [[Law:Royal_Decree_00011\|conservation regime]] has been allocated to the MHS for distribution. Conservative back-of-the-envelope calculations estimate the number of available plots to range in the high ''hundreds of millions''. This is enough to maintain the MHS for generations, even assuming a steady 100% population growth between cohorts in addition to high levels of immigration. The MHS is not intended to be a perpetual form of welfare, as eventually there will be no more plots to distribute. Its finite nature is a feature, not a bug, as the overarching goal of the MHS is to form a [[Fortressian Economics\|"middle economy"]] to bridge the gap between ~~purely~~ terrestrial and ~~predominantly~~ celestial forms of production and organization, something which should be achieved well in advance of the scheme's closure.		The '''Martian Homesteading Scheme''' (MHS) is a welfare program that is unique to the [[Principality of the Pillow Fortress\|Pillow Fortress]] and, when fully implemented, will be one of the Principality's greatest achievements. Established by [[Law:Royal Decree 00019\|Royal Decree 00019]] on 6 Zvingaire 4, the MHS entitles each and every Pillowan, by right of citizenship, to a nine acre plot of land in the [[Olympus Mons Colony]], to be used however the individual chooses, subject to Fortressian law. Eighty-five percent (85%) of all Olympus Mons land not already placed under a [[Law:Royal_Decree_00011\|conservation regime]] has been allocated to the MHS for distribution. Conservative back-of-the-envelope calculations estimate the number of available plots to range in the high ''hundreds of millions''. This is enough to maintain the MHS for generations, even assuming a steady 100% population growth between cohorts in addition to high levels of immigration. The MHS is not intended to be a perpetual form of welfare, as eventually there will be no more plots to distribute. Its finite nature is a feature, not a bug, as the overarching goal of the MHS is to form a [[Fortressian Economics\|"middle economy"]] to bridge the gap between social terrestrial and eusocial celestial forms of production and organization, something which should be achieved well in advance of the scheme's closure.

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The '''Martian Homesteading Scheme''' (MHS) is a welfare program that is unique to the [[Principality of the Pillow Fortress|Pillow Fortress]] and, when fully implemented, will be one of the Principality's greatest achievements. Established by [[Law:Royal Decree 00019|Royal Decree 00019]] on 6 Zvingaire 4, the MHS entitles each and every Pillowan, by right of citizenship, to a nine acre plot of land in the [[Olympus Mons Colony]], to be used however the individual chooses, subject to Fortressian law. Eighty-five percent (85%) of all Olympus Mons land not already placed under a [[Law:Royal_Decree_00011|conservation regime]] has been allocated to the MHS for distribution. Conservative back-of-the-envelope calculations estimate the number of available plots to range in the high ''hundreds of millions''. This is enough to maintain the MHS for generations, even assuming a steady 100% population growth between cohorts in addition to high levels of immigration. The MHS is not intended to be a perpetual form of welfare, as eventually there will be no more plots to distribute. Its finite nature is a feature, not a bug, as the overarching goal of the MHS is to form a [[Fortressian Economics|"middle economy"]] to bridge the gap between purely terrestrial and predominantly celestial forms of production and organization, something which should be achieved well in advance of the scheme's closure.

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