Utopia is a fictional work based on the idea of a perfect and peaceful society. Free from things like poverty, crime, and conflict, the people who lived in this country were bound by few, but extremely important rules. They thought it was “completely unjust to bind people by a set of laws that are too many to be read and too obscure to anyone to understand” (Utopia, 253). They believed that the people should represent themselves rather than an untrustworthy lawyer who may try to twist or manipulate the defendant. They used tactics, like the concept of religion, to assure that people would follow these rules. Although no one was forced to believe one particular idea of god, and were punished for judging another person’s beliefs, it was a rule
