🏦 Business Rules & Guidelines

Player-owned businesses are a privilege designed to create long-term roleplay, economic interaction, and story opportunities. Owning a business comes with responsibility, activity requirements, and staff oversight.

📄 Business Applications & Purchase

• All player-owned businesses must be applied for and approved by staff before ownership is granted.

• Approval is not guaranteed and may depend on roleplay quality, server needs, and past conduct.

• Once approved, the business must be purchased in-character for a set or negotiated fee.

• Attempting to operate or claim ownership of a business without approval is not allowed.

🕒 Owner Responsibilities & Activity

Business owners are expected to be consistently active and to regularly generate roleplay through their business.

Activity is measured by factors such as:

• Frequency of opening the business

• Interaction with customers and other players

• Employment and management of staff

• Contribution to the server’s economy and RP

• Owner activity is monitored by staff. Businesses that exist “in name only” may be reviewed or reclaimed.

⛔ Inactivity & Business Loss

• Inactive owners may receive a warning or review at staff discretion.

• Prolonged inactivity, failure to run the business, or repeated missed openings may result in loss of ownership.

• Staff reserve the right to reclaim a business if it is no longer contributing meaningful RP.

• Loss of a business due to inactivity does not entitle the owner to a refund unless otherwise stated by staff.

💰 Selling or Transferring Ownership

• Business owners may sell or transfer their business to another player with staff approval.

• The buyer must meet eligibility requirements and may be required to submit an application.

• All sales must be roleplayed in-character and properly documented.

• Unauthorized transfers or “handshake deals” without approval are not valid.

❗ Removal of Ownership & Reapplication

• If a business is removed from an owner by staff due to rule violations, inactivity, or misuse, ownership is revoked immediately.

• If a business owner leaves the county permanently, the business will be considered vacant.

• Vacant businesses will be reopened for public application and purchase.

• Former owners are not guaranteed priority or special consideration unless approved by staff.

💥 Business Conduct & Abuse

• Businesses must operate within server rules and lore.

• Using a business primarily as a front for mechanical gain, laundering without RP, or rule abuse is prohibited.

• Businesses should not be used to bypass criminal, law, or economic systems.

• Staff may audit or intervene if a business is being abused or disrupting server balance.

👥 Employees & Management

• Business owners are responsible for the conduct of their employees while on duty.

• Hiring, firing, and managing staff must be roleplayed.

• Employees do not inherit ownership unless officially transferred and approved.

• Exploiting employees for mechanical advantage without RP is not allowed.

💵 Financial & Economic Expectations

• Business pricing should remain reasonable and lore-friendly.

• Extreme price gouging, fake scarcity, or economy manipulation may be restricted.

• Businesses are expected to participate in the wider economy, not isolate themselves.

🔑 Staff Oversight & Final Authority

• Staff reserve the right to:

• Review business activity at any time

• Temporarily freeze or permanently revoke a business

• Adjust business mechanics or ownership requirements

• Staff decisions regarding business ownership are final, though appeals may be submitted through proper channels.

📗 RP First Philosophy

• Business ownership is not about profit alone — it is about storytelling, relationships, and conflict.

• Owners are expected to accept losses, setbacks, competition, and consequences as part of roleplay.

• A well-run business that creates RP will always be valued over one that simply makes money.