From the article: > They’ll be able to vote, too, but their franchise is limited. Residents elect only five of the council’s nine members. Landowners vote for

From the article: > They’ll be able to vote, too, but their franchise is limited. Residents elect only five of the council’s nine members. Landowners vote for two of the five, with voting power pegged to acreage. Buy more land, buy more votes. Próspera’s founders choose the four remaining council members, and a six-member supermajority is needed to alter policy. So... feudalism.