Substantial postings about constructed languages and constructed worlds in general. Good place to mention your own or evaluate someone else's. Put quick questions in C&C Quickies instead.
The People's Mocha Republic sprang up around the smuggling towns along the southern coast of the eastern continent. These smugglers pilfered coffee from Aurora Rossa Federation's southwestern colony and chocolate out of Super Mario World. These were combined to create caffè mocha. As the smugglers became richer, they declared a new country. However, the drink became so popular that Italy attempted to claim it as its own invention. PMR's leader, Chairman Chocula, has recently built a wall along the northern edge of the country to keep Italians out, as they have no direct access to coffee or chocolate.
The People's Republic of People is a country full of people. It was founded by some people. The main export is people. The cuisine of the PRP consits entierly of Soylent Green. The government is a one party dictatorship run by the People's Party. The most popular film is People. The national anthem is People.
The Federation of Terrible Bees is a nation whose population mainly consists of beekeepers and bees, who commonly build devices to automate the process of beekeeping, allowing them to help avoid being stung by the bees. Unfortunately, after an incident following an attempt to mutate bees using uranium, parts of the nation have become inhabited by some odd bees that rapidly attack and kill anyone who gets too close to their hives, resulting in numerous people digging holes into the ground in order to escape from these bees. Main exports are honey, beeswax, rock, and the occasionally odd or mysterious honeycombs that are retrieved from the mutated bees' hives once they abandon an area after moving on to a new location.
Zain pazitovcor, sio? Sio, tovcor.
You can't read that, right? Yes, it says that.
Shinali Sishi wrote:"Have I spoken unclearly? I meant electric catfish not electric onions."
Jaawi Ruusih has sent a delegate to the Aurora Rossa Federation in hopes of establishing the beginnings of a Caffeinated Trade. The delegate will bear with him some of the finest post-fermented teas aged for decades as a gift. With a rich, earthy and fruity flavor, these varieties of teas are premier, and they rarely leave the country since they are so treasured by the farmers on Dip Peninsula.
If the request is accepted, a small portion of tea will be offered throughout the year in exchange for coffee.
A delegate has also been sent to Eritrea, in hopes of getting permission to send aid to the natives. The people send prayers for his safe return.
The Jaawi Rusih delegate has been eaten by starving Eritreans the moment he exited the airplane.
Bonk is a large colonial empire in the eastern continent, led by the Knob the Supreme Empress. Bonk bases its bustling economy on cheap eating utensils produced by millions of wage slaves in factories all over the empire. In recent years the demand for eating utensils has lessened, so more and more wage slaves are moved to work long hours on huge coffee plantations to harvest coffee beans that are subsequently exported to Aurora Rossa Federation.
Boingopolis, popularly known as Boingia, is a huge city-state on the Mellow Swamplands. Its politics involve jumping around all day while spewing bullshit.
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To my dearest Darkgamma,
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The central Eastern Continent is suffering from Acute Pancreatitis, a relatively rare condition consisting of inflammation of the pancreas, which is located between Boingia and the People's Republic of People. The prognosis is grim, and the nation's once-lively business of exporting human organs is slowly shutting down. Because the condition is often fatal, the Eastern Continent may not be around much longer.
We try not to talk about Ubungu, except when we want to try funding another coup. At least they're doing a pretty good job of helping us keep the straits open this time. Of course Lower Bay thinks that Upper Bay actually encourages the corruption in the country, but they're just jealous that Ubungu has oil and Soap Island doesn't.
The The Qftgdx Slnds are a great partner for the publishing industry. This is where Straits Up! Books gets the vowels and consonants for its books at a discount rate—practically nothing, in fact.
Kroh would have been invaded and mined to death fifty years ago, if it weren't for the fact that half of the expeditions that Nuke 'Em Up! sends are sabotaged by Yo!, and vice versa, and that the other half are mysteriously lost somewhere around Super Mario World.
The Federation of Fakisaki Faidala Foyujiai is the other reason why the Lower Bay Security Coalition hasn't gotten rid of Jerho.
Paagmiin is a socialist hellhole that somehow still manages to produce delicious cherries. What's that? It's not socialist? It has almost no government to speak of? We have almost no government to speak of? Why you…
As is a matter of great national security, Vórmósjimolót is the top secret testing and training ground for both the Lower Bay Security Coalition and Upper Bay's more peacefully named Coalition for International Understanding, or CIU. Naturally nobody knows anything about anything, but it's safe to say that there's a reason why the Piratetopians are less than eager to attack ships sailing from the country.
The Dead Wastes is the answer to the age old question, "Mom, where does the garbage go?" The creation of the Dead Wastes also singlehandedly ended the opposition to the founding of Nuke 'Em Up!, since it's not like nuclear waste can make a place that already has radioactive zombie-mutants any worse. Today the nuclear power plants all around Upper Bay have weaned it off its previous reliance on crude environment-killing Lower Bay *spit* oil, and everybody knows who to thank.
Ah, Kosk. See, we do too have a government! Back when it passed those annoying "rightful termination" laws, hardworking business owners all over the Bay tried to warn them about the horrible economic losses that would result, but did they listen? Well, yes, actually, but to maintain their public image, the Coalition for Internal Understanding, or CIU, decided to cave in anyways. And to show the public just how much they meant it, they made a promise that whenever a company chose to rightsize, the losers would be sent on all-expenses paid vacations.
The Italians talk with their hands. Sheesh. On the other hand, Italy is where Bayers go when they're taking their own vacations.
Eritrea is the backup plan for the backup plan: when you can't hug a puppy, hug a starving kid. Stand in front of the camera with a cheque. A generous one. Public perception numbers are sure to improve.
Tasnica? Is that in Italy?
The The Barbery Coast is a popular salon chain found in Yupp and cities all over Upper and Lower Bay. Each year they spend millions promoting the months of Movember and Decembeard, offering special deals to stragglers who aren't man enough to grow their own. Which, by their definition, is everybody. Though no one is quite sure where they get all that hair from.
Jemasworld is a competitor to Super Mario World. They're not doing very well.
Mysidia is a best-selling fantasy media franchise by video game company Triangle. The geography, which is amazingly realistic, is apparently inspired by some real-world country, or so we're told.
Upper Bay's Straights Up! started out as a humble shipping company that operated from one port near the straits, hence the name. Today, Straits Up! runs all of Upper Bay's transportation network, maintaining the toll roads that Upbayers use to go to and fro, every day. It has expanded into supermarkets, under child company Produce Up! It has expanded into publishing, under Read It Up! To Yummy Oil's annoyance, it is encroaching on the energy industry with it's nuclear energy initiative, Nuke 'Em Up! Indeed, it seems like Straits Up! has Midas's hand, as everything they touch turns to gold. Amongst their infinite ventures there is only one failure: Caffeine Up!, whose demise is the cause of many a chortle in the Aurora Rossa Federation and an embarassment to all of Upper Bay.
As every Bay schoolchild knows, Bland is a friendly country on the East side of the continent, cold as hell, but filled with warm, loving hearts. It's capital is it's seat of government; it's government governs; and it is the setting of many a "white room" scene in Baywood films. While no one has actually visited Bland, everybody has a friend of a friend who has, and so the stories are endless.
Agart is in Mysidia.
The Meidscha is the name of the weapon that Yo! uses against the idiotic Soapers. It's a chemical spray that is known to be extremely painful, but apparently it's not painful enough.
Oh boy, have we heard of Sen and No Sen. It is a regular matter of political satire to compare them to Upper and Lower Bay, or Lower and Upper, or whatever. Because really, there is only one Sen, and there is only one Bay. UpperLower Bay. And one day, we'll split those bastards in half, too.
It's rumoured that Nan is thinking of colonizing Kroh as well. We can't let that happen.
Jerho is an embarrasment to Bayers everywhere. First of all, if there's any unclaimed land on this continent, then it belongs to us by default, not to some snobby coffee prick. Second—wait, what's that? He has money and he's willing to spend it? Eh, looks like the LBSC and CIU can wait until tomorrow.
Land of Lakes. Feh. You don't see anyone calling Lower Bay "Land of Snow", do you? You don't see anyone calling Upper Bay "Land of Corporate Beaches". Why does everybody vacation there anyways, when the ocean is clearly much, much better. I've only been there once myself. Twice. Okay, okay, five times, but the fifth one was on Straits Miles, so it doesn't count.
Ding Dong invades? Yeah, maybe one of them makes it through.
The People's Mocha Republic, always preceded by "beans from" and found on a styrofoam cup.
The Federation of Terrible Bees is a socialist hellhole that makes honey.
The People's Republic of People is a socialist hellhole.
Jaawi Ruusih is nice enough, but did you hear the latest news? They actually sent someone to Eritrea. No, no, no, no, no. Everybody knows that you hire an actor, and that way you get to keep the cheque too.
I would like to thank the ruthful Clawgrip for cleaning my map. I honestly thought JPEGs had superior quality compared to PNGs and I should mention I logged off my computer before I could edit it.
The only good point of jpegs is their relatively small file size despite the high range of available colours, but this is accomplished at the expense of image quality. File size is the only reason it is still the standard on the Internet.
PNGs actually usually have smaller file sizes than JPGs when used for images that have large chunks of solid color, like the map here. JPGs only have smaller file sizes on images with many different colors, like photographs. Also, the quality loss is most noticeable in images that have large chunks of solid color.
I tested saving my version of the map as a JPG, the file size was close to 3 times larger than the PNG version.
Zain pazitovcor, sio? Sio, tovcor.
You can't read that, right? Yes, it says that.
Shinali Sishi wrote:"Have I spoken unclearly? I meant electric catfish not electric onions."
Mykonos is a landlocked country in the eastern half of the northern continent. It consists of a sparsely populated area characterized by its severe climate, especially during the winter months when average snowfalls can exceed 100cm. It is not known for its black-walled buildings and flat terrain, and is not particularly popular with tourists.
Radius Solis wrote:There's an island south of Mykonos that's differently colored than it had been. Accident?
treskro wrote:Yes.
It belongs to Yapan now.
Yapan is a highly developed country in the northeast of the northern continent. Its moderately large population of 42 million mainly resides in several large cities on the warmer southern coast. The country imports vast quantities of rum from Pirate Haven Islands for its national drink, a coffee-rum mix. Yapan tries to attack the Bay Countries every once in a while, but they never succeed because FFFF.
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The Federated Arcologies of Autochthonesia is an independent sovereign island nation consisting of 635 states spread across the Megalo Ocean's Autochthonesian Sea, south of the equator. The country is mainly composed of free-floating arcologies of different sizes, some of them reaching high altitudes (the tallest of all surpassing the highest mountain on the planet and serving as a spaceport). Less than 200 arcologies, the smaller ones, are permanently anchored to a shallow seabed, the Thylogalic Sea, and are mainly devoted to aquaculture and combat sports tourism. The Northern Region, where the only emerged land of the federation is found, the Pademelon Archipelago, lies on the center of the Thylogalic Sea. The federal capital, Mauri Tiaboo, is located there, on Aelon Pulau Island.
The areas controlled and administered by the FAA were formerly international waters until Ikhthalatta Fisheries and Soleri-Wells Corporation began exploiting the natural resources of the Autochthonesian Sea. After the Jack-and-Jizz Wars both enterprises merged and formed their own constitutional government, becoming a sovereign state after independence was attained three months later under a Contract of Free Association with the Martial Alliance of the Boxing Marsupials, native to the Pademelon Archipelago. Other neighboring arcology entities that reached independence shortly after joined the new country, which became a true federation on Rimbu 15, 36261.
Today the FAA is one of the most advanced countries in the world. Its main exports are ceramics, seashells, coir and shattered-glass boxing gloves, brine, wireless electricity, artificial volcanos and pickled fish. Its main imports are dehydrated cappuccino, genes, walnut icecream, and palm trees.
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Federated Arcologies of Autochthonesia
Motto "Not without my socks" AnthemKnocking Faces
----- Capital Mauri Tiaboo [ˈmawɾi tiʌˈβˠu:] Largest arcology Uekera
----- Languages Autochthonesian (Aotoketonesē) Ethnic groups Thylogalee, Tursiope, Stenellan, Pademeloan
----- Demonym Autochthonesian
----- Government Federated punch-bag republic Federal Council Althea Carrere (president), Electra Tales (Vice president), Hudson Stanwix, Stap Kukum, Bula Moce Federal Chancellor Madolan Saudeleur
----- Legislature Swimming pool Congress
----- Independence Contract of Free Association; Rimbu 15, 36261
----- Currency Kauri
----- Drives on the air
----- Calling code +565
----- Internet TLD .fa
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Bljäpister [b̥ljæb̥ʰɪ̀sd̥ɐ̀] is a fairly large country in particularly mountainous territory. As no other countries seemed to want the territory, the Bljämänner happily snatched up the unused land and integrated it into their country. Committed very heavily to a policy of neutrality and a strong tradition of direct democratic rule (which actually works due to the small population size), they enjoy a reasonably high standard of living (accompanied by an equally high cost of living), though their reliance on Vóromósjimolmót weapons and armaments and trade with them makes other countries somewhat wary. Industries include the provision of financial services, to include offering secret bank accounts; making and exporting cutlery, watches, jewelry, and electronics; and manufacturing distilled alcohol in abundance.
What do you see in the night?
In search of victims subjects to appear on banknotes. Inquire within.
Cleveland is a highly corrupt democratic republic with a high crime rate and flagging steel industry. The Cuyahoga River, which runs through it, is prone to ignition due to such instances as lightning strikes, explosions, arson, and just plain having woken up on the wrong side of the bed. This proves a great annoyance to those who live in the broad area known simply as "the Flats".
The capital of Cleveland, Tower City, is, in addition to featuring skyscrapers such as the Terminal Tower, populated by arcades filled with hotels, restaurants, megaplexes, and retail outlets. The nearby city of University Circle features a surprisingly competent series of colleges and universities, as well as a world-renowned orchestra. Other cities of import include Hough, Kerr's Corners, Tremont, Collinwood, Clark-Fulton, Willoughby Hills, and Slavic Village.
The population of Cleveland today is about half of what it was three-quarters of a century ago. Wars and worsening economic conditions caused many to move; of those who remained, poverty ran rampant. While still known for its steel exports (Industrial Valley being a major center of steel production), Cleveland is not the giant of the industry that it used to be.
Nyo is a relatively small nation located between Super Mario World and Jaawi Ruusih. The main industry is trade and tourism, though this is sometimes hampered by the occasional torpedo that floats in from the strain within Super Mario World. The country is a monarchy and the current royal family is somewhat odd, having decided that everyone should wear dresses and have long hair, regardless of whether they are a man or woman, There are a lot of people that resist this, though for now the king doesn't force anyone to follow this rule, deciding instead to raise taxes on pants and barber shops instead.
Zain pazitovcor, sio? Sio, tovcor.
You can't read that, right? Yes, it says that.
Shinali Sishi wrote:"Have I spoken unclearly? I meant electric catfish not electric onions."
EDIT: So Drydic Guy kind of had to prompt me later on in the thread to post this; it's posted there too. JSYK.
Detroit is a parliamentary democracy situated north of Cleveland. Its capital is Motor City and its chief export is heavy industry, almost exclusively involving automobiles and other sorts of vehicles, although high-powered tools supplement this. Interestingly, the large city of Motown is a relatively huge cultural influence, with major production and export of music. Despite these strengths, the country is currently experiencing severe troubles, including depopulation, bankruptcy, high crime rates, low real estate value and a general state of falling into disrepair.
Sizable Hispanic and Hmong minorities are present, the former mainly concentrating in Mexicantown.*
Other cities of import include Greektown, Bricktown, Royal Oak, Brightmoor, East English Village, and Belle Isle. These are mainly important because most of the rest of the communities in Detroit have been mostly or totally abandoned. There also exists a semi-autonomous province called Hamtramck, an enclave of Detroit, which is distinguished among other things by a large immigrant population.
* According to Wikipedia that is an actual neighborhood in Detroit with a high Hispanic population.
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The [Proud] Nation of DixÐíkks [Sóhård] Ojeá, commonly referred to as DixiaÐikksjeá, is a rural country located in the southern part of the central continent. It has a cold, humid climate and the majority of its gross product comes from trade with the Federation of Terrible Bees and Cleveland.
Capital: Úreiþ Ra
Official languages: Coctese, Prictese
Government: President Saddom Áso, Prime Minister Semyon P. Elvis
Currency: 1 såk = 100 kåm.
The conlanger formerly known as “the conlanger formerly known as Pole, the”.
If we don't study the mistakes of the future we're doomed to repeat them for the first time.
