Portal:Eurth/Lore

This guide to the lore of Eurth serves as an OOC explanation for new players. Beware that these contents contain a mix of both IC and OOC references.

Geography

• Eurth is not Earth.
• The climate is slightly warmer.
• The New World is written as New Wurld.
• Nobody owns Antargis. It is administrated by the ARTHA.
• All empty land is considered to be peopled, but through "fog of war" these countries don't communicate much.

Todo:

• Explain the Sanar System.
• Where is the highest mountain? My best guess would be somewhere in Metztlitlalio?

History

• No Bering Strait — Azanian explorers sailed to Marenesia around 50,000 BCE. This was a very slow process. Their descendents would be the first to find the New Wurld (Argis, Alharu, Aurelia). This happened before the written word. On several occasions, the New Wurld was re-discovered by later groups of peoples.
• No Roman Empire — The Aroman Empire existed as an analogue to the Roman Empire, but with predominantly Greek-Byzantine origins. The cultural heir to this legacy is in Occidental Europa, centred around Tagmatium. There exist countries in the New Wurld who trace their origins back to Aroma. For example: the Great Aroman migration to Salvia in 125 CE.
• Some Vikings — Buranian sailers, notorious for their coastal raids and city sackings, also sail into the Adlantic Ocean to hunt for whales. Some of these arrived on the tip of East Argis.
• No Christopher Columbus — The Age of Discovery is called the Age of Reconnection, when the old and new wurlds re-established their lines of communication.
  • !French Lysians move to Argis in the 1500s, which leads to Delamaria.
  • !Spanish Gran Viatge (1593-1620), involving religious undertones and connection with West Argis.
  • !English People of Great Anglia arrived in Kingsland in 1842, which leads to Gallambria.
• Renaissance and Enlightenment are combined into one longer period called the Elevation.
• No World Wars — There were no real analogues to WW1 or WW2. Instead, there were multiple intercontinental wars.

Todo:

• Emergence of main religions
• Where does the Yellow Empire fit in?

Politics

• Are you a normal country? You can join the Assembled Nations.
• Is your government socialist or communist? Join the ICEB.
• Is your country located in Alharu, Argis or Thalassa? Apply to join ATARA.
• Is your country located on an island? Join the Group of Island Nations.
• Does your country border the Oriental Ocean? Apply to join the Entente of Oriental States.

Todo:

• Do we have Socialism or Communism? There exist some references to the invention of Plebism and Commonism.
• Are there analogues to the USA and USSR?
• The number of nuclear armed states is undefined, but surely limited.
• There are no superpowers, instead we operate in a multipolar world.

Economy

• Technological development is approximately 3-5 years behind.
• Thorium energy is not operational.

Todo:

• Establish a common currency standard for calculating exchange rates

Culture

Language

• French is Lysian, from Lysia.
• English is Anglish, from Great Anglia.
• Celtic peoples are Gelts.
• German is called Dolch, and originates in Dolchland.
  • Germanic is, because of this, replaced with "Dolchic".
• Slavic is called Yasic.
• Czech is called Ustokan and is used in multiple nations in Central Argis.
• Sorbian is called Malenik. It still divides into Upper and Lower Malenik languages. It is used in multiple nations in Central Argis.
• Slovak is called Nitiran. It is used in multiple nations in Central Argis.
• Polish is called Malskic. It is used in multiple nations in Central Argis.
• Danish is called Littish. It is the official language in Littland.

Religion

• Judaism is Yehudism from Bashan.
• Christianity exists. Catholicism is Tacolism. There are also Burritonians, a schismatic sect of the Iberican Tacolic Church.
• A pope lives in Salvia.
• The Enlightened Aroman Church is the parent Church of the Ahranaian Orthodox Church. The Ahranaian Old Believers were a Schism group from the Ahranaian Orthodox Church till 2022 CE.
• The Aroamn Church may have considered the Ahranaian Orthodox followers heretics for the usage of Icons in Churches and Homes, which is also part of the reason of the split.
• The Orthodox Church of Littland was granted Autocephaly in ??Date?? by the Ahranaian Orthodox Church under the Ahranaian Empire by a Tomas by the Patriach of Peterburi.
• The Orthodox Church of Uppsund was granted Autocephaly in 1801 with the first Patriarch being elected in 1806 by the Ahranaian Orthodox and Orthodox Community in the Central Region of Argis.

The Orthodox Church of Elde, Stemas, Hveradular, and Dniester were granted Autocephaly in 1900 by the Patriarch of Peterburi by Tomas. The first Patriarchs of each Church followed between the next 2-4 years by Election by the Ahranaian Orthodox and Orthodox Community in the Central Region of Argis.

Todo:

• Will we use Salam as Islam?
• What about other religions? Do we have any Buddhism?
• When was Christianity brought over to the New Wurld?
• What Year were these Christian Church granted Autonomy or Autocephalous from their respected parent Churches?
• When did the Iconoclasm in the Aroman Church happen in conjunction with the split of the Aroman and Ahranaian Churches?