Ciedalsa

Ciedalsa is a terrestrial planet that has a similarity to other planets such as Earth and Osiris. The planet is the primary component of an ongoing Community project of the same name that allows users to create their own countries on the planet, and also develop the planet over time. The planet has two major continents, Phainfara, the Western Continent and Osidynia, the Eastern Continent. Each continent has a number of territorial features including Lakes, Peninsulas, Isthmus and off-shore islands.
==Community Sign-Up==
If you are interested in contributing towards Project Ciedalsa please follow these simple steps;
# This is a Community Project, that means you need to be willing to compromise on issues as they arise
# When you claim an area of territory you will need to have a page up for that country within a week of confirmation, and the page needs to have a decent amount of information within 2 weeks otherwise the application will be rejected
# As long as you are able to provide a degree of information about your country, anyone is welcome to join
# New contributors may ask for territory from existing countries as long as that country has 5 or more territories and as long as the territory in question isn't their Capital Territory
# You may challenge other contributors to control over neighbouring territory, if both parties agree then die are rolled by a neutral party to determine who wins the territory
# A country is made up between 1 to 16 Territories, this is the maximum allowed
# If someone leaves the project, their country is put into a "Dormant" state for 2 Weeks, if they don't come back to claim it then their territories are forfeit for other contributors
There are also a few special rules in place due to the project being in its early stages, as things develop these rules will change allowing for greater freedom among contributors.
# Territories are currently set, they cannot be divided up into smaller territories or merged into bigger territories
# The layout of the map is currently set and cannot be changed at this stage
# Geography is set by the participants, first claimant of a new territory gets to decide what that territory's geography looks like (within reason) and with consideration to other participants (i.e. make sure other players are alright with a mountain range appearing on a border)
# As it currently stands we'd prefer if people didn't push too hard for a certain time period or degree of fantasy/reality, once a proportion of the landmass is claimed we'll raise the issue proper and decide on the matters.
==Countries==
==Geography==
Please note, this section is ongoing and as of currently is dictated largely by the decisions made by contributors, as such please forgive the current lack of content.
The two continents of Ciedalsa have quite varied geography across their landmasses with various topography covering the land. Phainfara and Osidynia are also quite distinct in terms of the shape of their continents as they have a large number of jutting sections of land resulting in numerous Bays and Gulfs forming. Each continent also has a number of inland seas and lakes, the most notable of these being the massive two located in the South-West of Phainfara which are considered inland seas due to their sheer size.
Along the border between Varatchia and Tesserroki sits the Psitindy Mountains a sharp series of mountains that serve as a major buffer between the North and South sections of the continent. The Ocean Currents around East Phainfara also are quite choppy making naval passage somewhat difficult, notably forming massive whirlpools due to the rapid currents of water which become trapped in the pockets of coastline.
===Oceans===
There are generally recognized to be 10 Oceans in Ciedalsa, each forming a major part of the ocean's flow, the two most evident are the Northern Polar Ocean and Southern Polar Ocean which as their names suggest span the North and South poles of the planet and create the Easterly and Westerly Winds.
[Note: The remaining 8 Ocean Names are pending and should be decided by the relevant contributors whose countries border those oceans]
==History==
Please note, this section is ongoing and as of currently is dictated largely by the decisions made by contributors, as such please forgive the current lack of content.
Prior to the formation of the Five Empires there existed the original Islasol Empire a large empire which spanned both continents, controlling territory from the great inland seas of Phainfara to the heart of Osidynia. The Empire's might saw it attract the ire of many of its neighbours who would over time declare war and constantly pester the Islasol Empire eventually leading to its downfall after a number of failed rulers attempted to amend the country from these attacks. This eventually lead to the splinter which is denoted as being Year 0 on the Calendar as it marks the end of the Islasol Empire, when the line of succession came into question, fed up with dysfunctional leaders the empire tore itself apart in a great civil war. After the fires and rage of the war subsided, five new, smaller empires arose each with their own method of seeing the future of their forefathers.
It should be noted that while the "Islasol Empire" is generally recognized as the global power during its time, it was not the only empire to exist and in fact many other empires existed at the time, some of which the Islasol Empire regarded as its enemies.
In the South-West of Osidynia there was evidence to suggest that an attempt by the tribes of the region to unite under a common ruler was attempted, it would appear however that the attempt was unsuccessful, most attribute it to in-fighting among the tribal leaders while others denote the possibility that the region's landscape was responsible given the immense territory such a nation would've covered.
==Events==
Events are a random element in Ciedalsa which allow for things to occur in a somewhat random aspect to various countries, allowing users to write about said events and flesh our their nations more. This is an opt-in/opt-out aspect of Ciedalsa so only opt-in if you're interested in participating and opt-out at any time as long as you have completed all assigned events.
Events can be positive or negative although never effect the borders of one's nation, some events are more broad than others allowing for a degree of variety from the same singular event. If you'd be interested in participating in Events please add your country's name to the list below (please note: you must have completed both requirements of Rule #2 to participate).
===Event Countries===
*Tesserroki
*Vatrachia
*Zyalia
*South Lumoshiland
==Trivia==
*Ciedalsa is a heavy corruption of the Greek "Γη και Θάλασσα" (gi kai thálassa) meaning "Land and Sea"
*Phainfara and Osidynia derive their names from the same methods used for the ancient Super Continents Laurasia and Gondwana
**Phainfara like Gondwana derives its name from a translation of a phrase in this case "Sea of the Fanons" in Punjabi
**Osidynia like Laurasia is actually a combination of two words "Osiris" and "Dynia" (corruption of Greek phrase for Sunset) which contrasts with Laurasia being a combination of "Lawerence" (of Rome) and "Asia"
***Dynia was chosen to contrast with Asia as Asia as a word has traces stemming back to Ancient Greek where it references the Sunrise, this also means that Ciedalsa spins in the opposite direction to the Earth.
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