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Current Entry: Communist Government
From Winter Camp V through Winter Camp VII, the government was a modified communist system. Directorships were established as part of the Central Committee's "Five-Day Plan" and leadership responsibilities were distributed among the participants. A central bank was established and a tightly-controlled economy instituted. Arrowmen were paid a flat rate of $50 for work on the service project, but since bunks were controlled by the state and rented for $25 per night, everyone was forced to find work sometime during the weekette in order to scrape out even the most menial existence. After a 3-year experiment, Communism was abandoned as a form of government following Winter Camp VII in 1983. During the years 1989-91, the rest of the world caught up with Winter Camp as Eastern Europe broke free from the Soviet Union's influence and the USSR itself broke up.