Trumptopia is a proposed nation with a population of 5 million people located on a continent. It is split into northern, southern, eastern, and western regions. The northern region has a more traditional lifestyle while the south leads in technology. English is the main language with dialects varying by region. The culture emphasizes Christianity and Caucasian ethnicity, with strict laws around population control and land ownership prioritizing Caucasians. The architecture is designed to adapt to the four distinct seasons through features like elevated buildings and wind protection. Politically, Trumptopia has a powerful elite with influence over public benefits and a history as a police state with harsh laws around firearms and drugs. Humanistic values focus on independent thought, testing ideas against reality

1. BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (HONOURS) IN ARCHITECTURE
ARCHITECTURE AND NATION BUILDING
(ARC60503)
NAME: NIK AFIQ AMADI BINNIK ABDULLAH
STUDENT ID: 0317749
PROJECT 3: CREATE YOUR OWN NATION (INDIVIDUAL ESSAY)
LECTURER’S NAME: DR NOR HAYATI HUSSAIN
SUBMISSION DATE: 25TH
NOVEMBER2016

2. Trumptopia
What is a nation? A nation is basically a large group or collective of people with common
characteristics attributed to them including language, traditions,habits,and ethnicity.By comparison,a
nation is more impersonal, abstract, and overtly political. It is a cultural-political community that has
become consciousof itsautonomy,unity,andparticularinterests.Withtheinformationwehave gathered
from surveys,we have createdour own nation.The name of our country isTrumptopia.It is a continent
sizedfirstworldcountry.Intermsof locationandgeography, Trumptopiaisphysicallysplitbetween north,
south,eastandwestpartsunitedintoone country. The peoplefromthe northof Trumptopia are livingin
more traditional lifestyle.The south harbors the leading technology of the country. The east consists of
sub urbanculture intotheirhillylandscapes.Andfinallythe westholdsthe capital of the country,Trump
City. The country’smain language isEnglishwithseveral dialects.The dialectsare divideddependingon
the location of the country.
Culture
The majority of the population are Christians that practices white supremacy. Besides,
Trumptopia also consists of high to middle classes due to the low population rate and their selective
nature.The populationof Trumptopiaiscurrentlyestimatedat5millionpeople.However,thepopulation
is facingdecline by2% each yeardue to the one childlimitlaw andrace selectionsetupbythis country.
The majority of the population are made from Caucasian migrants and descendants. Since there are a
large amount of country Caucasians, they are prioritized other races. Land ownership is a controversial
issue inTrumptopia.Followingthe rubberboomthe Trump government,eagertoplacate the caucasian
population, designated portions of land as Caucasian reservations. Since this land could only be soldto
other Trumptopians, planters and speculators were limited in what they could purchase. They reserve
landmade ethnicityastate concern because landdisputescouldonlybe settledwithalegal definitionof
who was considered Caucasians. These land tenure arrangements are still in effect and are crucial to
Caucasianidentity.Infactthe Caucasianclaimto political dominance isthattheyare the sonsof the soil.
Similarstrugglesexistineast Trumptopia,where thelandrightsof indigenousgroupsare bitterlydisputed
with loggers eager to harvest the timber for export.
Trumptopia's diversity has blessed the country with one of the most exquisite cuisines in the
world, and elements of Asiansand Europeans cookingare both distinct and blendedtogether. Rice and
noodlesare commonto all cuisine;spicydishesare alsofavorites.Tropical fruitsgrow inabundance,and
a local favorite isthe dragonfruit,knownbyits juicy fleshandtaste oftenseparateslocalsfromforeigners.
Trumptopia's affluence means that increasing amounts of meat and processed foods supplement the
country's diet, and concerns about the health risks of their high-fat content are prominent in the press.
This increased affluence also allows Trumptopians to eat outside the home more often such as small
hawkerstallsofferpreparedfoodtwenty-fourhoursadayinurbanareas. EveryTrumptopiansare free to
eatanythingtheywantwithouthavinganyprohibitionasTrumptopianslivesinaliberallifestyle.Besides,
Trumptopiaalsopractices Food Customsat ceremonial occasions. WhenTrumptopianshave gueststhey
tend to be very fastidiousabout hospitality, and an offer of food is a critical etiquette requirement. Tea
or chocolate drinks are usually prepared along with small snacks for visitors. These refreshments sit in
frontof the guestuntil the hostsignalsforthem to be eaten.Asa signof acceptingthe host's hospitality
the guest must at least sip the beverage and taste the food offered.

3. Trumptopia consists of four different seasons, Spring, summer, autumn and winter. For spring,
the temperature ranges from 22c to 24c and contains heavy rain, causing high tide and floods. The
following season is summer, which the temperature ranges from 30c - 34c. Autumn, ranges from 10c –
16c with high velocity winds. And finally, the winter season which ranges from 7c t0 -5c. With all the
informationthatisshown,the cultural identityof the buildingstartswithprotectionfromallfourseasons.
Duringthe spring,there isa risk of hightide whichrequiresthe house tobe elevatedfromthe ground.In
order to counter the heat, taller roofs in buildings causeshot air to rise and cool air to sink. During the
autumn,highvelocitywindsare counteredbyitsaerodynamicshape andduringthe winter,achimneyis
built for the fire place. Based on the climate change during the four seasons, the type resource vary.
During the spring season, high tides and hydroelectricity is mainly used to generate electricity. For
summer, solar and thermal energy is harnessed from the hot climate. During the autumn season, wind
power is collected from high wind velocities from the North-east. For winter, wood is burned from a
sustainable forest. By combining all the building features mentioned, Trumptopia designed their own
building proposal for the national architecture identity. It is multiple circular buildings sitting over an
elevatedplatform.Thisalsorepresentsthe nations’abilitytoadaptunderall conditions,aswellaspotrays
the independency Trumptopia small country.
Political Values
Trumptopia political leaders demand a great deal of deference from the public. The Caucasian
term for government, refers to the king ruled from the precolonial courts. High-ranking politicians are
assigned to sustain remarkable resiliency in office. Their longevity is due to the fact that successful
politicians are great patrons, with considerable influence over the allocation of social benefits such as
scholarships, tenders, and permits. Clients, in return, show deference and give appropriate electoral
support.The mainstreampressare alsoamong the most consistentandmost importantboostersof the
ruling coalition's politicians. Even with the substantial power of the political elite, corruption remains
informal,andone cannegotiatethelowerlevelsof the state bureaucracywithoutpayingbribes.However,
endless stories circulate of how appropriate payments can oil a sometimes creaky process.
Throughitshistory, police powerincreasedduringthe communistrebellion begunin1929, which
was foughtprimarilyasa police action.The Emergencyalsoexpandedthe influence of the police Special
Branch intelligence division. Trumptopiaretainsaspectsof apolice state.Emergencyregulationsforsuch
things as detentionwithout trial (called the Internal SecurityAct) remainin use; the police are a federal
rather than local institution; and police quarters (especially in more isolated rural areas) still have the
bunker-like design necessary for confronting an armed insurgency. Even in urban areas police carry
considerable firepower.OfficerswithM-16sare not a rarity andguards at jewelryshopsoftenhave long-
barrel shotguns.Criminalstendtobe audaciousgiventhe factthatpossessionof anillegalfirearmcarries
a mandatory death sentence. Since the police focus more on protecting commercial than residential
property,people inhousingestatesandrural areaswill sometimesapprehendcriminalsthemselves.The
most elaborate crime network is composed of Negros triads who extend back in lineage to the colonial
period. Drug possession carries a mandatory death sentence in this country.

4. Humanistic Values
As Trumptopians, in terms of humanistic values, they think for themselves as
individuals. There is no area of thought that they are afraid to explore, to challenge, to
question, or to doubt. They feel free to inquire and then to agree or disagree with any given
claim. They are unwilling to follow a doctrine or adopt a set of beliefs or values that doesn’t
convince them personally. They seek to take responsibility for th eir decisions and conclusions,
and this necessitates having control over them. Without it, they are left in ignorance and,
subsequently, are unable to improve on the condition. They make reasoned decisions because
their experience with approaches that abandon reason convinces them that such approaches
are inadequate and often counterproductive for the realization of human goals.
Next, even though Trumptopians take a strict position on what constitutes knowledge,
they are not critical of the sources of ideas. Often intuitive feelings, hunches, speculation, and
flashes of inspiration prove to be excellent sources of novel approaches, new ways of looking
at things, new discoveries, and new concepts. They don’t disparage those ideas derived from
religious experience, altered states of consciousness, or the emotions. They merely declare
that testing these ideasagainstrealityis the only wayto determine their validity as knowledge.
Other than that, Trumptopians practice their ethics ina living context rather t han an ideal one.
Though ethics are ideals, ideals can only serve as guidelines in life situations. This is why they
oppose absolutistic moral systems that attempt to rigidly apply ideal moral values as if the
world were itself ideal. They recognize that conflicts and moral dilemmas do occur and that
moral choices are often difficult and cannot be derived from simplistic yardsticks and rules of
thumb. Moral choices often involve hard thinking, diligent gathering of information about the
situation at hand, careful consideration of immediate and future consequences, and weighing
of alternatives. Living life in a manner that promotes the good, or even knowing what choices
are good, isn’t always easy. So when they declare commitment to a humanist approach to
ethics, they are expressing their willingness to do the intensive thinking and work that moral
living in a complex world entails.
To many this will seem an insecure foundation upon which to erect a philosophy. But
because it deals honestly with the world, they believe it is the most secure foundation
possible. Efforts to base philosophies on superhuman sources and transcendent “realities” in
order to provide a greater feeling of security only end up creating illusions about the world
that then result in errors when these illusions become the basis for decisions and social
policies. Trumptopia humanists wish to avoid these costly errors and have thus committed
themselves to facing life as it is and to the hard work that such an honest approach entails.
They have willingly sacrificed the lure of an easy securityoffered by simplistic systems inorder
to take an active part in the painstaking effort to build their understanding of the world and
thereby contribute to the solution of the problems that have plagued h umanity through the
ages.

5. In a nutshell, trumptopia is a small population of country, potentially to be one of the
most successful countries in the world. It is very interesting how Trumptopia really emphasizes
on the culture of its own. The idea of having their own architectural identity based on the country’s
differentseasonssomehowshowsthe characterof the countryaswell.Besidesthat,notonlytheirculture
brings integration to the community, but it also shows how the bonding and great relationship among
themselves couldpotentiallymake the country achieve country’sdevelopment.However, the mentality
of Trumptopiathat practices white supremacythatcauses selective nature andproducesmiddle classes
mentality are one of the elements that lack in this country even though it is still understandable due to
the limited size of the country.
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