Popkhorió

The Home Of Gas Leaks

## **Basics**

Popkhorió is a city and a Special Administrative Region on Central Island in Gaikomoteroa. It has an area of 22.8km2 and a population of 82,000. It is ruled by Pop. Popkhorio city itself is approximately 11km2.

### **Independence**

Popkhorio is practically independent, although they are still part of Gaikomoteroa. The Popkhorio Special Administrative Region of the Republic of Gaikomoteroa has the freedom to make its own laws, issue passports, etc.

#### **Passport**

The front cover of the passport has the full name of the country on the top, a coats of arms in the centre inspired by traditional Fway patterns, and the biometric logo at the bottom.

The inside of the passport has "Popkhorio" with Fway patterns on both sides of the word at the top, a picture underneath the Popkhorian flag, and on the right of the picture the person's it states their name, nationality, date and place of birth, issue and expiry dates, issue office, and height. Popkhorian passports don't include the person's sex as gender is not a concept in Gayonnaise.

### **Flag**

Idk what it represents. It was inspired by an allsorts liquorice design.

### **Language**

Gayonnaise (alternatively Gayonese) is a conlang created by Popdrepani. It is taught in Popkhorian schools, and as it is a simple language, the entire population learnt it within a year.

### **Drugs**

A bill was recently passed banning all usage of drugs. Medicinal drugs are only allowed with both a digital and physical copy of a prescription which must be given by a doctor with a prescription permit. Police have gone from house to house to confiscate all drugs. Once citizens are confirmed to have no drugs, they'll receive a liscence from the government that allows them to get prescription drugs.

### **Hisory**

The city was built in 2016 with a $2Tr budget from the Mayakunobainin company, and construction was complete after 5 years.

### **City centre**

The city centre (Popkentrotispolis) is home to one of the Mayakunobainin HQs, a 300m long marketplace (Popgeitonia), a bronze statue of Popdrepani (Popagalma), and the largest shopping msall in the PSI.

#### **Popgeitonia Msall**

Popgeitonia Msall is the largest shopping Msall in Gaikomoteroa. 5km2 and 4 stories, the msall has over 50 stores, and takes up over a third of the city centre.

### **School**

Preschool - age 3 to 4

Primary school - age 5 to 10 - grade 1 to 6 --- G5W (end of primary exam - equivalent to SAT)

Secondary school - age 11 to 14 - grade 7 to 10 --- G9W (end of secondary exam - equivalent to GCSE)

College - age 15 to 18 - grade 11 to 15 --- HMW (end of college exam - equivalent to A levels or HS diploma)

*(optional)* University - age 19 to 24 - grade 16 to 21 --- UMW (end of university exam - equivalent to university degree or bachelor's degree)

*(optional)* Chëtididh - age 25 to 30 - chët 1 to 6 --- CTD degree (end of chëtididh exam - equivalent to PhD or higher)

#### Chëtididh

Chëtididh is a school that lasts 6 years. At the end of every year there is a CTD exam in every course.

A CTD degree is required in the following jobs:

* CEO
* Government jobs
* Police
* Army
* Psychologist

CTD courses include:

* Government
* Business & finance
* Economics
* Psychology
* Military
* Policing
* Public & international relations
* Cooking\*
* Humanities\*
* English\*
* Mathematics\*
* Foreign Languages\*
* Complex Gayonnaise\*

To have a government job, you are required to have at least a CTD4 degree in Economics, Psychology, Military, and P&I relations, and a CTD6 degree in Government.

For all other jobs that require a CTD degree, you must have at least a CTD2 degree in psychology and a CTD6 degree in whichever course is required for said job.

*\*Courses added in 2020.*

## **Demographics**

### **Area**

Island: 22.8km2

City: 13.1km2

### **Ethnicity**

Asian (55%)

Pacific islander (20%)

White (25%)

### **Langauges**

Gayonnaise (99.5%)

English (99.8%)

Japanese (42%)

Korean (10%)

Dutch (5%)

Chinese (5.5%)

### **Religions**

Atheism (60%)

Christianity (19%)

The GUA (17%)

Other (3%)

## **The Council of Popkhorio**

### **The Constition of Popkhorio**

The Constition of Popkhorio reads: "cirëgan fë gir lun fë lë. cirëgan kël pidhëw udh lun pidhëw të farimuga lun pidhëw të din. thang ëv sha fis tsanail dinga fë ëk"

English litroflation: "everyone is equal and is respected. everyone has the freedom of opinion and freedom to do. but get consequences if their actions are bad"

### **Entrance**

#### **Airports**

Airport security is extremely strict in Popkhorio. There are hundreds of banned items, and customs take over an hour to go through as the security checks have to be very thorough. Everything inside luggage is opened and tested for drugs and diseases, and all confiscated items are sent outside the city to be burnt.

#### Ports

Central Island is surrounded by a triple brick and steel wall 20 meters high, and every port and dock has a border station that checks people entering. The only place without a wall is Popparalia, or Popvorios Beach, though there are army personnel at the beach.

### **The Eco Bill**

The Eco Bill was an act meant to improve the enviroment. Changes it made include;

* There is a public recycling and general bin every 50 meters
* All cars produced or sold in Popkhorio are either electric or hybrid\*
* EcoMov™ charging stations are every 200 meters†
* The countryside has over 500 wind turbines
* 80% of all plastics are recyclable

*\*You can trade in your old diesel/petrol car to get 70% off a new hybrid/electric. Old cars are resold for 25% less than their original price in foreign countries.*

*†EcoMov™ is a Popkhorian company that makes the fastest electric car charging stations.*

### **Popkhorió petition system**

500 signatures: *Petition shown to the coucil.*

1,000 signatures: *Petition considered in council.*

2,000 signatures: *Petition voted on in council.*

### **List if things banned in Popkhorió**

* All foods containing the word "Pop" in the name\*
* Pictures of cats†
* Videos of cats†
* Languages containing the sound /ʔ/
* Making the sound /ʔ/
* All cover songs
* All foods that are over 2,250 on the Scoville scale
* Rejecting the existance of Wyoming
* Homophobia, sexism, racism, and all other forms of discrimination
* Graham
* Slurs & swearwords
* DVD
* Non-pregnant mothers over 75kg‡
* Hate towards Dutch people and the Netherlands
* Spoiling shows, books, etc.
* Polish people, Polish nationalism, and speaking Polish
* Metallica and Nirvana
* Scores and ratings under 10/10
* Extremist views
* Michael Hamilton
* Using rubber bands as hair bands
* Eating insects
* Spiders inside residences
* The 😐 and 😑 emojis
* Naming your child Ben
* Naming your child Eteni

*\*Excluding Le Pop, including El Bop.*

*†Unless said cat is twerking.*

*‡Does not apply to mothers until after 6 months of giving birth.*

### **Protests**

#### **The Khorian Group**

The Khorian Group is a Popkhorian protesting group, protesting for a fairer and more liberal government.

Their main strategy are strikes. In 2020, they went on a 2 month hunger strike. Some of their biggest strikes were the Mayakunobainin Strike, where the entire company went on strike for 3 days, and the Kentro Strike, where Popgeitonia Msall had to close for 7 days after every shop owner went on strike.

#### **C12**

The C12 attack was a protest where Popgeitonia Msall was raided. Twenty people died, and the 60 involved were all arrested.

### **ACPK**

ACPK (All Currency PopKhorio) was a project by the Council of Popkhorio to expand the number of currencies accepted in Popkhorian stores so that tourists visiting the city wouldn't have to exchange their money.

Currently Popkhorio accepts: Gaikomo Riwai, Popkhorian Yen, Japanese Yen, Chinese Yuan, South Korean Won, European Euro, United States Dollar, Australian Dollar, New Zealand Dollar, and Canadian Dollar

#### **Tax rates**

**GKR** - `0.0%`

**PKY** - `0.0%`

**JPY** - `1.0%`

**CNY** - `2.0%`

**SKW** - `2.0%`

**USD** - `3.5%`

**EUR** - `3.5%`

**NZD** - `4.0%`

**AUD** - `4.0%`

**CAD** - `5.0%`

*Example: If you buy a product that costs `PKY6940` (`USD100`) using USD, you pay 3.5% more, which is `USD103.50` (100+3.5%=103.5)*

### **The Catton Bill *(short version)***

*This bill defines catton as any form of material or cloth produced from the skin, fur, or other appendises of a cta.*

The production of catton or clothing made with catton will only be permitted to gans with a Catton Farming Liscence or Catton Usage Liscence. Inspectors will analyse the facilities every 1-4 years to make sure there is no animal abuse and catton is being produced correctly, as well as making sure the ctas are healthy, vaccinated, and well-fed.

Catton must be made of fur that has fallon off a cta by itself or whilst being brushed. Catton may not be produced by skinning a cta, shaving its hair off, or any other process that may harm the cta. Producing catton in said ways is a felony and can be met with up to 15 years in prison.

### **PESA**

The Popkhorian English Standardisation Association/Agency is a section of the Education Sector of Popkhorio that strives to standardise the Popkhorian dialect of English, by creating the English curriculum in Popkhorian schools, adding, removing, and editing words in the PESA Standard Popkhorian English Dictionary (SPED), and rewriting books to match the dialect. As well as this, PESA also created the Popkhorian Alphavet, which is revised every year, and changes spellings of words where necessary to match the alphavet, as well as creating a list of symbols used instead of common words to spped up writing.

## **The Army of Popkhorio**

### **Statistics**

There are almost 1,600 people in the Army of Popkhorio. Information about the Navy and Air Force will not be disclosed. Information other than the number of Personnel is private.

### **Hierarchy**

#### General

1. Rinën of the Army (Rinën Topikla)
2. Army General
3. Lieutenant General
4. Major General

#### Thikkun

1. Colonel
2. Lieutenant Colonel
3. Major
4. Captain
5. Lieutenant

#### Warrant

1. Master Warrant
2. Chief Warrant
3. Warrant

#### Pyerani (1515)

1. Staff Sargent
2. Sargent
3. Specialist
4. Corporal
5. Personnel (~1,200)

## **Culture and Traditions**

### **Twëktin (Popkhorian Twerking Day) | July 17**

Twerking Day is the most spatuler day of the year in Popkhorio. Typically, the day goes like this:

#### **12pm - Twerking competition**

Around 20,000 people sign up for the twerking competition every year. The twerking competition is usually judged by experts in the field, and can take up to 3 months to judge everyone. Each person twerks on stage and is assigned a score between 1 and 1,000.

##### Prize amounts

1 - 3 | ~$28,000

4 - 10 | ~$14,000

11-50 | ~$3,500

51 - 100 | ~$1,500

101 - 500 | ~$140

#### **2pm to 4pm - Live show**

Up to 8 guests perform live then usually follow with Q&As. There are sometimes interactive shows where the guest gets the audience involved.

#### **4:30pm - Touerkgyroapototospitupop**

Touerkgyroapototospitupop is a tradition where people perform 43 laps of the Tospituupop, and take a shot of ksts'h every lap. The goal is to circle 43 times without passing out.

##### **Ksts'h**

Ksts'h is a traditional Gayonnaise alcoholic drink made of boiled leaves fermented in sap and a special type of fungi. The drink is usually very bitter, but the JeneSIan version (Jeneksits'h) uses a different recipe which gives it a sweeter taste.

#### **6pm to 7pm - Pop's speech (Tospitupop)**

Popdrepani Topikla, the Rinën of Popkhorio, goes out onto the balcony of the Tospitupop and gives a speech to honour twerking day.

#### **8pm to 9:30p - Dinner**

An enormous table is set up in the city centre, and traditional foods like Le Pop are prepared. The table is only large enough for around 800 people, so most neighbourhoods set up tables in the streets and celebrate with homemade food.

##### **Le Pop**

Special dish with couscous, barley, tuna, swordfish, yellow pepper, garlic, fresh cherry tomatoes, long beans, cucumbers, gherkins, and many spices, including turmeric, fenugreek, basil, oregano, chilli, pepper, paprika, nutmeg, etc.

#### **10pm to 10:30pm - Firework show**

The firework show is in Glitchinthematrix Farm. The show is for people to socialize, get drunk, but most importantly, end the day in a spectacular and memorable way.

### **Twëkwayillunawayiltin | August 10**

#### **Twëkwayil**

Twerking in water is a Gayonnaise tradition that is believed to cause waves by angering Olshla. This is done in the morning in preparation for Awayil.

#### **Awayil**

Awayil means jump water, or water jumping. In the evening, when the water is warm, a wave jumping competition is held. Starting at 4pm, people walk 50 meters into the water and jump waves for as long as possible. The last person to leave the water takes home ~$1,000.

### **Fway**

Fway is a Gayonnaise tradition. A chunk of special wax (fu) is placed on a slab of wood, and a ba (long, thin, pointed wooden stick) is lit on fire and ran on top of the wax until it forms a thin layer over the wood. Then a new ba is used to carve patterns inside. This form of art is on the secondary school art curriculum in Popkhorio.

### **Bingrtithrawt**

Bingrtithrawt is a tradition where coins, usually pennies, are thrown at a hurricane. It started as a way to make hurricanes go away, but is now often done purely for tradition.

### **Luck**

There are many things said to bring good luck in Popkhorio. These include:

* Putting a drop of sesame oil on your left hand, placing it on your chin, and smearing it down your neck
* Putting something very spicy on the tip of your tongue
* Holding spruce leaves
* Getting burnt
* Holding an old coin
* Getting struck by lightning
* Rain on your birthday

## **Tourist Attractions**

### **Popparalia**

Largest beach in PKC, north of Popvorios district.

### **Poplounapark**

Second largest theme park in the PSI, which takes up half of the Poplouna district.

### **Popxenodocheio (or popksenodokheio)**

Five star hotel near the city centre. Best and cheapest hotel in the PSI.

### **Poppirgos**

500m tall tower which is one of the headquarters of Mayakunobainin.

### **Popagalma**

A large bronze statue of Popdrepani in the city centre.

### **Popgeitonia**

300 meter long marketplace and 5km squared mall in Popkentrotispolis.

### **Tospitūpop**

A 8km2 mansion belonging to Pop, also known as "Pendzdiwang".

## **Districts**

### **Popvorios**

Postcode prefix: VS

Phone number prefix: 09

Fact: The Popvorian accent of Gayonnaise is majorly different from Standard Gayonnaise, and sounds like a completely different language.

### **Poplouna**

Postcode prefix: LN

Phone number prefix: 09

Fact: Poplouna is home to Poplunapark, the second largest theme park in Gaikomoteroa.

### **Poplimni**

Postcode prefix: LI

Phone number prefix: 09

Fact: Poplimni has the cleanest water in the country. The water is taken straight from the Pacific Ocean, and filtered by both sterilized machines and skilled workers.

### **Popanatoli**

Postcode prefix: AT

Phone number prefix: 05

Fact: Popanatoli is the westernmost district in Popkhorio, despite "anatoli" meaning east. This is because in Gayonnaise, the left side of a map is east, not west.

### **Popkentroanatoli**

Postcode prefix: KA

Phone number prefix: 09

Fact: Popkentroanatoli is the most polluted district (sector 5 flashbacks), home to the largest drug dealing network on the island, which was recently taken down by the Drug Regulation Bill.

### **Poptrigono**

Postcode prefix: TG

Phone number prefix: 09

Fact: Poptrigono is named after its triangular shape. It was going to be named Poppitsa.

### **Popkentroditika**

Postcode prefix: KD

Phone number prefix: 08

Fact: The 1.5km road that leads from the city centre to the gates of the Tospituupop sits on the border Popkentroditika and Popditika, although due to small mistakes, there's more road in Popkentroditika, technically making the Tospituupop Popkentroditikian.

### **Popditika**

Postcode prefix: DT

Phone number prefix: 08

Fact: Popditika has the highest population density of any Popkhorian district. As well as houses being tightly packed, the mean number of people living in a house is 3.8.

### **Popneos**

Postcode prefix: NS

Phone number prefix: 08

Fact: Popneos is the newest district. It took 2 years to lay out the underworks and construct all the buildings.

### **Popnotosanatoli**

Postcode prefix: NA

Phone number prefix: 05

Fact: The border of Popnotosanatoli is marked by two roads that go through Glitchinthematrix farm. Glitches in the matrix are the main cause of death in Popnotosanatoli.

### **Popnotos**

Postcode prefix: PN

Phone number prefix: 05

Fact: Popnotos is the largest district in Popkhorio (1km2).

### **Popnotosditika**

Postcode prefix: ND

Phone number prefix: 05

Fact: 97.8% of the population of Popnotosditika is Japanese.

### **Popprimni**

Postcode prefix: PR

Phone number prefix: 07

Fact: Primni means poop.

### **Popouro**

Postcode prefix: OU

Phone number prefix: 07

Fact: In Popouro, when a person dies, their partner stuffs fries up their rectum before burying them.

### **Popkentronotos**

Postcode prefix: KN

Phone number prefix: 07

Fact: On the first day of each month, people tie a cloth rope to a balloon then tie the cloth around their head with the balloon hanging on the back of their head. They then feast outside on the road to celebrate the beginning of a new month.

### **Popkentroenas**

Postcode prefix: KE

Phone number prefix: 07

Fact: Most of the population is Gayonnaise;

#### **Popkentroenas and Gayons**

In around 1,200CE, the town of Gayon collapsed due to a plague. Around 30 people left before the village deserted, and went south, to the west of Qinghai lake, where they founded a settlement called Wöüë (modern-day Haibei). In around 2018, around 200 Gayons moved to Popkentroenas, and it became a district famous for Gayonnaise culture.

### **Popteleftelos**

Postcode prefix: TF

Phone number prefix: 07

Fact: Famous for fast food restaurants from all over the world; busy tourist destination.

### **Popmikro**

Postcode prefix: MK

Phone number prefix: 07

Fact: Popmikro is the smallest Popkhorian district.

## **Farms**

### Vorios Farm

Owner: The Council of Popkhorio

Supplies: Poplouna, Poplimni, Poptrigono, Popanatoli, Popkentroanatoli

### Voriosditika Farm

Owner: The Council of Popkhorio

Supplies: Poplouna, Poplimni, Poptrigono, Popanatoli, Popkentroanatoli

### **Mayakunobainin farm**

Owner: Nihonnomayakunobaininpopputudeigogogojigojuyonbun

Supplies: Nihonnomayakunobaininpopputudeigogogojigojuyonbun

### **Glitchinthematrix Farm**

Owner: n̷̨̧̨̨̟̬͎̲͖̬͓̲̖̗̣̤̞̲͖͈̬̩̭̳̘̟̬̹͔̳̤̱̳̙̩̦͙̟̤̪̪̦̞̈́̒̓̿́͋͂͒̾͌̏̓̐͆̚̕̕͜͜͝͝ͅơ̴̢̨̡̨̨̢̧̡̛̯̭̰͇̺͔̦͍͚͍̮͖͙̜̘͈̜̗̠̝͕͓̜̹̜̟̪̋́́̆̌̐͋͂͒̈́̓̏̉́͂̉̇͛̄̌̈̀̂̌́͆̏̅̀͐̊̃͆́̂̋̀̄͊͛̄͘͜͝͠͝͝b̶̛̫͕̫̩͇̩̜̮̝͔̂̿̽͆͌̇̊͑͂̈́̐͗͋̈́͘̚͝͠ͅo̵̧̡̻̬̘̯͈͙̮̙͈̦͓̘̳̘͎̺̫͇̲̪̘̼͖̟̫̹͈̼͉͚͉̦̬̦̜̺̟̩̫̹̐̀̍͑͋̿̉̽̀͊̀̊̇̉̈́͗̅͗̊̒̄̌̋̐̃̓͜͜͜͜͠͝d̶̨̢̟͉͉͇̬̱̦̮̜̘̗͆̿̽̔̃̍̒̉͆̃́̚͝ͅͅÿ̷̧̛̺̖̪͉̳͎̮̹͙͈͍̩̤̯̗̬̩̫͓̜̦̜̟̄̆̂̌̄̒͛̊̍̿̑̈́̽̇͑̈́̊̀̈̽̈́̈͝͝ͅͅ

Supplies: Deaths in Popnotosanatoli

### **Anatoli Farm**

Owner: Government

Supplies: Private businesses

## **"The Sector"**

Refer to the Map of Central Island.

There are many YouTube conspiracy videos on what's behind The Popkhorian Wall. Most of those videos call that section of the island "the sector". The government hasn't revealed anything about this vast area and most likely won't in the future.

## **Did you know?** (by RuleOfTim)

-A common misconception is that Popkhorió is a drug trafficking capital. Popkhorió here is often confused with the similar-sounding Poppuichi.

-Panera bread

-Popkhorió's official language, Gayonnaise, is a conlang! This makes Popkhorió the only place in the world that officially speaks a constructed language.