Bujanski people

**Bujanski people** (Bujanski: **Ljodo Bujanski**, **Bujanskije**; Eosome: **Burjantröraau**; **Burjantrörō** singular) are the national people of Bujan, alongside the native Wonao people.

## Appearance

Bujanski people have light peach skin like all other peoples of the Mannurling race. They have colourful eyes and hair, and many Bujanski have curly brown or black hair due to their Vilonian ancestry.

## Related Slavic peoples:

Two other related peoples to the Bujanski are:

* Drevobojanse - mixed Slavic-Wonao descendants, who have varied brown to tan skin, and various hair colours ranging from dark brown to red or blonde.
* Joltaraata Slavs, Ljetosloujona - the majority of people in Joltaraata, most of them are blonde. Most Joltaraara Slavs practice a Wonao culture, resulting in other people depicting them as exotic fairies, much to their annoyance.
	+ The Slavs who settled and thrived on the Makkadalish island of Ngorondel are also Ljetoslouna Slavs, due to their shared descent. This leads to the Ljetoslouna Slavs being of two major groups, the West Ljetoi of Makkadal, and the greater East Ljetoi of Joltaraata.
	+ The East Ljetoi are in turn divided into thirteen tribes, perhaps in imitation of the Wonaos of Bujan. The West Ljetoi consist of five clans, from which their families came from.
	+ Both variants of the Ljetoslouna language are somewhat similar, drifting in pronunciation and vocabulary due to the Wonao influence of both homelands.

Both Slavic peoples speak in Slavic languages, but Drevobojanse has become too divergent. Modern Bujanski and other Slavs do not find the Drevobojanse language to resemble their language, except more distantly in more archaic records.

## Bujanski outside Bujan

### Irajonian Slavs

Irajon has a community of Slavs, most likely also Drevobojanse who mostly remained more Slavic in blood than their more mixed Bujanski counterparts. Their own name for themselves is Kanjezirosso, "Princely Sons", reflecting their country's view Those who were born from mixed Bujanski marriages with Vozonids or Wonaos were mostly not considered part of the Slavic ethnicity, but as either Vozonids or Wonaos.

Like most Irajonians, they are very Sarmelonised, behaving like other Irajonians as "little Vozonids". Even then, they also refused any attempts to annex their country to any other Vozonid country, especially the Wannaenids, preferring to see Irajon remain an independent Sarmelonid nation.

### Baidovian Bujanski

Before Wannaenid conquest, Baido had a community of ethnic Bujanski. Many of them fought against the Wannaenid conquest of their country alongside their native brethren, and the survivors hid in underground cities.

When Baido revolted against Wannaenid rule, the locals were joined by hundreds of Bujanski Slavs, who were sent there to atone for Zvesta abandoning Baido to the Wannaenids. Whether those later Slavs died in battle or survived to rebuild Baido, all of them were forgiven for cooperating with the Baidovian peoples. Some of the local Slavs were also the generals of the Bujanski auxiliaries, who organised them as "penitent regiments" (who fought to cleanse their ancestral sins) or "crusaders".

### Rukanian Bujanski

When Zvesta fell to Wannaenid rule, many Bujanski Slavs and Wonaos were evacuated to Rukania, where they were settled at the eastern plains in newly-built castle towns. At first, they were shamed by the knighthoods for abandoning their Wonao allies to the Wannaenid imperialists, until the Bujanski agreed to undergo training as squires to be sent to liberate Bujan in the future.

Centuries of training have also taught them chivalry, to prevent them from being corrupted by the hated Terrans. When the energy barrier was shut down for good, the Rukanian knights brought hundreds of Bujanski soldiers to fight in crusades to liberate Bujan. Though the Bujanski knights were welcomed at first, some locals angrily turned against their fellow brethren for protecting Terran defectors, as the latter were proven to be innocent or repentant. The chivalry brought by the knights became a major influence that saved Bujan from descending into the chaos of the July massacres, molding the Bujanski of modern times into a more disciplined, enlightened society.

They also learned Ardeschen aesthetics from Rukania, adopted back then to celebrate the victory of Rukania's alliance against the Thralondian Empire. This was how Bujan wore top hats, suits, bonnets, and pith helmets as official wear: they were originally from Rukania.

## History

The ancestors of the Bujanski were prisoners of war taken by the Vozonid fleets of Emperor Manditur during his invasions of other continents. A quarter of them were of Darroskei ancestry, later becoming an excuse by an empire in Darros to wage a war of conquest to destroy Bujan. They were slaves at the southwestern parts of Vozolaz near the modern Tornarin realms, but they revolted as the Vozonid Empire descended into poverty.

Led by the first of their kings, Koschei the Red, the early Bujanski went on a voyage to the west. At first, they sought to live at Vilon after they aided local revolts, but aside from a few who were allowed to live alongside the Vilonian locals, the rest were sent away to Freyrgard. The Emperor of Freyrgard supplied them with weaponry and vehicles, using them to sabotage an elixir facility on the island of Ersoviant. The early Bujanski aided a native revolt, and founded their own kingdom at the ruins of the former facility.

Using the facility's former machinery, they created a modified version of the elixir that caused them, the Wonao, and other neighbouring peoples to outlive the rest of the world. These included the surviving Sarmelonids, many of which refused the elixir for being associated with the madness of Ratirminoz.

They were able to stay in Bujan and live as free fellow citizens because of the Pact of Koschei, their king, who signed his agreement with the native people to honour their kings' authority. In return, the native kings elected Koschei as the first high king of the Bujanski nation. His royal house was allowed to reign for a hundred years, and after that they must hold a royal election to allow another dynasty to ascend to the throne.

Under Koschei's grandson, Solintoz, Bujan styled itself after the Sarmelonid Empire's arts. They did so because they were angry and sad that they were associated with Darros and its emperors' bloodshed and hypocrisy. Their first colony were several parts of the nearby planet of Luril. The Bujanski later repelled an invasive fleet from Darros, whose rulers were furious that the Bujanski refused to submit to them. The Darroskei kept demanding the Bujanski to "bow down as brotherly nations", but the Bujanski cursed them back and declared the Vozonids and Wonaos as their new "brothers". After their defeat, the Darroskei continued to hate Bujan's people for the next centuries, before they would occasionally apologise and seek to acknowledge Bujanski independence.

Over time, the people of Koschei and some other arrivals were assimilated into the native peoples, resulting in occasional eye and hair colours among some Wonao individuals. Only a few Slavic tribes remained, including the mixed-blood Drevbojanse. Outside Bujan, the Slavs of Irajon proudly continue their Sarmelonised society together with their Irajonian and Wonao compariots, a threefold nation of princes and nobles.

The Slavic Bujanski culture of later and modern Bujan were descendants of the latest wave, the Prejaznians, who aided the natives' revolt and also honoured the Pact of Koschei and its kings to become citizens.

### Modern day

Modern Bujanski people were made of two main groups: the original Bujanski who were left behind to suffer under Wannaenid rule, and the returned exiles.

The remaining Bujanski were descended from criminals and supporters of the Salvation Party, who were blamed for the destruction of Zvesta for surrendering to the Wannaenid invaders. It was they who formed both the murder squads that targeted Terran militants, and some of the thirty-three resistance groups that stopped the death squads from corrupting the Bujanski people into becoming as evil as the Terrans.

Because of the many attempts by the Terran colonials to kill or enslave the Bujanski people, people who commit cybercrimes in Bujan are associated with them, and treated like enemy soldiers or terrorists. At best, such troublemakers are imprisoned and shamed for several months or years until they have been proven as repentant, and then they must meet their victims to be pardoned and humiliated, one by one. At worst, they would be executed or killed for not apologising and explaining about their actions.

The Bujanski resistance was led by the thirty-three groups, who defeated the death gangs, and they were later reunited with the exiles. Some of the exiles, especially Bujanski who were raised in Rukania, taught their liberated kin to use chivalry to avoid repeating their or their enemies' paths to ruin. They also had to conduct a rite of purification to be forgiven for their ancestors' crimes.

But on the month just after independence, many Bujanski survivors were driven by grief and wrath, seeking to kill as many Terrans who remained on the island to punish them for their abuse and massacres. Even simple attacks like online comments, spitting, practice of militant Terran faiths, blocking and banning for petty reasons, and harrassment over one's romantic interest led to a brutal death for many Terrans. They also murdered other Bujanski for accidentally or foolishly committing similar offenses, until the rest of the nation had to stop them before they would kill everything on the island. Some Bujanski who opposed the mobs even protected Terrans to ensure they will complete their penance, finish their compensation, and be forgiven as full citizens.

The terrible wave of death that swept the kingdom is known as Black July, the very proof of their king's warnings. By giving in to their rage and hate, they would recklessly destroy themselves, becoming more evil than the Terrans. This nationwide catharsis also led them to become more forgiving and modern, to avoid descending back to the same chaos of that July and the Wannaenid reign of terror.

## Culture

See also: Bujanski language, Bujanski glossary, Bujanski slang, Bujanski calendar, Bujanski pop culture, Formal Bujanski glossary

Bujanski traditional culture is an agricultural culture, with some fishing and metalworking due to their home being a volcanic island.

Their nation, Bujan, was also influenced by Wonao and Vozonid culture. Back then, they considered themselves as the worthy successors of the Sarmelonid Empire whom they revolted against, so they adopted elements from their former tyrants.

Alternate history and worldbuilding are very popular among the Bujanski Slavs, due to the long history of legends and isolation from other Slavic peoples, leading to influence by other cultures.

Modern Bujan styled itself after the classical culture of Ardesch, so many people wear suits, vests, top hats, dresses, and bonnets. Modern Bujanski are more obsessed with properness and being very neat, emulating a poor imitation of aristocratic culture. They are like the Heronoi further in the east with their obsession with being proper gentlemen and ladies, all the way down to the least wealthiest islander.

The properness of Bujan was ultimately derived from the modernisation of Rukania, who taught them a mixture of Ardeschen manners and Rukanian knightly chivalry, and the refined mannerisms and creativity of Sevraejan culture.

On the other hand, eastern Bujanski are somewhat influenced by Arnadjanai norms, so unmarried young adults there are more likely to wear swimwear and trousers if it is a hot summer day. It is also to hang around with Arnadjanai clubs and play sports.

Nonetheless, some Bujanski people can be improper, such as with heavy metal fans, cosplayers, and *kolobniki* (football hooligans).

## Subgroups of Bujanski Slavs

### Northern Slavs

The northern Bujanski tend to be fisherfolk, known for using a distinct dialect.

### "Highborn"

The "Highborn", or Jaupodatai, are ethnic Bujanski who have become assimilated into Sarmelonid culture, emulating Vozonid aristocrats.

### Reumokau

The Reumokau are ethnic Bujanski Slavs who live alongside Wonaos as households. Because of their appearance standing out from the Wonaos with their fair skin and hair, they are rightly considered as Bujanski Slavs.

However, all of them chose to practice the norms and culture of their Wonao neighbours, which they did for centuries.

### Southern Bujanski

Southern Bujanski are known for their love of mental activities, like archery, concentration, meditation, puzzles, and calligraphy.

## Bujanski social norms

There are five common aspects in Bujanski culture: formality, humour, obsession, justice, and technology.

### Formality

Bujanski love to be formal, because they consider this to be a sign of proud modernity and an improving society.

On the other hand, Bujanski love creativity as the supposed "fruit" of formality. Freed from vulgarity, the Bujanski person is supposed to be free to explore the higher forms of art and beauty.

### Obsession

This instead leads to an annoying obsession with being proper, refusing to do so many things or making a huge fuss over a mess or anything considered vulgar or coarse.

They will still get something done, even if said task will make them seem less proper, if there is no other suitable alternative. For example, cleaning up a mess, being dirty to repair a machine, or interrupting a prayer ceremony or a gala to help a sick person find a doctor.

### Humour

However, this same obsession with properness also makes them laugh at almost anything in life, and surrealism and crudeness are the most common subjects of ridicule. Bujanski also laugh at themselves for being too obsessed with formality, if it inevitably starts to annoy them.

### Justice

They prefer harmony and sophistication, both influenced by their version of the Rodnover religion and the many disasters in their history. Many Bujanski cultural norms and laws, especially the veneration of justice and avoidance of their enemies' attitudes, were also derived from ancient laws created by Koschei during his younger days as their leader.

Justice is also a major part of Bujanski culture, so they want people to be more sincere. This is why they tend to ask questions and explain a lot, especially in simple terms. They want to make sure everything is resolved as much as possible, and for the other party to know how to correctly resolve those issues.

They also tend to be more lenient, allowing people to be forgiven even in spite of a bannable offense, as long as they have explained and proven that they did it accidentally. It is also to avoid becoming associated with the Terrans.

The veneration of justice is also why Bujanski are more supportive of public programmes, mostly to make everyone conform to being more efficient rather than being lazy, domineering, or corrupt. It is also why their culture celebrates progress and advancement, from personal improvement and discipline, to technology and science. Any progress that helps a person, society, and the world is considered a way to ensure justice fully benefits everyone, including the doer.

Bujanski also want to be more equal to their neighbours, saddened and ashamed by their past association with Darros and its brutality. That is why Bujanski are more friendly and helpful, even willing to practice and learn other cultures, to cut away any ties with any tyranny that hurt them and become supporters of their allies abroad. That may be why they want to associate themselves with the Wonaos around them, or the Vozonid civilisation's beautiful art, to remove any association with the angered Darroskei and their failed "brotherhood". They wanted friends, not slaves, and not masters.

### Grudges

Out of their dislike of the Terrans for allowing grudges to continue existing, many Bujanski bind themselves to a cultural duty to forgive lesser offenders after a period of time. Greater crimes are left as "grievances" (such as murder or extremism), but grudges are discouraged in Bujanski culture out of hatred of the Terran invaders. If someone commits a lesser offense, like insulting a Bujanski, the Bujanski person ultimately renounces the grudge after one or a few years, up to a maximum of eight years, if that enemy has not been punished or apologised to him.

He yells at the sky and shakes his fist, or raises his hand, yelling, "I curse this person, and I abandon him and his crimes to the Gods. May they punish him and destroy everything he has made, and may he die in loneliness." Cursing the foe for one final time is a way for them to relieve their anger, so they may truly move on by forgetting the person.

A simpler form is writing the name of the offender and his crime, and either tearing up or burning the paper. This represents abandoning the offender to the judgement of the Gods' plan. Eventually, Perun and Mokosh will weave their plan in Heaven. Perhaps they might arrange everything for the offender's final reward, and his eventual doom ...

This may be the reason why Bujan restricts online blocks, to prevent grudges from existing. This may be also why the irresponsible in modern Bujan were lucky enough that their tortures end up changing them into nicer people who care for others' well-being, forever haunted by their own offenses as their eternal reminders.

And luckily, for people who were punished for wrongly blocking an innocent person, the Bujanski are obligated by law to forgive a wrongful blocker. Once the blocker, jailed in a blocktown, has shown signs that he is remorseful and wants to follow the methods to earn his victims' forgiveness, they are happier to shorten the blocker's punishment.

#### Vengeance

On the other hand, when angered and tormented, Bujanski can become very cruel. The many abusive acts and tortures done towards Bujanski people in history made them more hateful towards certain groups of people, usually descendants or members of oppressors and invaders. This also led to very harsh punishments towards otherwise-petty crimes like posting threatening comments, spitting at people, or praising the destruction of idols; all because many of them represent their oppressors and their fanatical insanity.

They also create lists and guides to prevent themselves and other people from becoming as wicked and abusive as their enemies. One notable list forbids many attitudes and behaviours associated with their past enemies, the Darroskei, for their arrogant attitude leading to their hatred of other peoples. Bujanski still forgive people if they apologise and explain why they did those, and explaining with remorse is enough to convince a Bujanski to forgive them and be merciful again.

The terrors of Wannaenid rule and Black July were another reason why the Bujanski had to control their own anger. They could be hateful to the Terrans and their ways, but they must not let that same hate destroy themselves.

### Technology

Bujanski believe that knowledge, technology (*not* the machines themselves, but the ideas to build them), and creativity are gifts from the Gods, like seeds from Heaven. They consider science, improvement, and innovation as the blossoms of such blessed trees, which they should use to help the world and its denizens.

The more the Bujanski and their allies understand about the true nature of the universe, the more likely they want to protect and improve it. This also influenced the Slavic and Wonao peoples of Bujan to make their nation favour science and diplomacy. In fact, many Bujanski tend to treat scientific projects as acts of devotion to their Gods. Achievement, success, and improvements in their technology are also seen as worthy offerings to the Gods, more or less like the proper ceremonies and burned offerings in their temples.

Doing so is considered part of justice, to make the world a paradise worthy of the Gods. Not even oppression or massacres would stop them from seeking to achieve that goal, out of love for their divine creators.

The Rodnover faith among the Bujanski Slavs compels many households to value education. It is considered a duty for every parent to ensure their children must learn from schools, which leads to education in Zvesta and Bujan being more accessible and affordable.

It also made science and morality classes more popular, especially because teachers made the classes more entertaining. Many students in Bujan fondly remembered how science classes were like "witnessing something pretty", or history and morality classes being like "a fairy tale that actually exists". This also encourages students to be more creative and intelligent, by making them want to know more and express themselves through beauty.

Allowing illiteracy to exist, and allowing people to have no decency or education (resulting in insanity and backwardsness), are considered as sins. People who are unable to read or have any education are pitied, as if they were sick, so they were taught whataver they had missed. Notably, the unequal access to education among the Terrans led to easy radicalisation and militarism, which was what the Bujanski wanted to avoid in their modern society.

It is also why Bujanski are happy to explain things, in the simplest way possible, to help people understand how to do things better.

## Bujanski traditions

The Bujanski also created many traditions, to celebrate various aspects of life that are good and beautiful. Some of them were also created to curse the Terran invaders, by avoiding their opposites.

Blue is a traditional colour to many Bujanski Slavs, as it represents Perun's endlessness, the sea and sky, majesty, beauty, serenity, focus, and devotion.

Horse archery, originally a military branch from Pogimmellian times, became a sport and an art in traditional Bujanski culture. It also led to archery being used to train young boys and girls to focus.

Lanterns are one of the most notable traditions in Bujanski culture, as this Slavic ethnicity loves to create lamps and lanterns from paper, silk, and crystals.

Influenced by Wonao and Sarmelonid ceremonies, great drums are a popular tradition in Bujanski Slavic culture. In fact, in some parts of Bujan, major Rodnover ceremonies are announced from the drum towers, similar to Wonao rites.

Bujanski tend to arrange meetings with people whom they wanted to apologise or forgive in public, because grudges are seen as a taboo in Bujanski culture. They are either discussed between the apologiser and forgiver, or organised in a public space (like a table in a restaurant) with the help of the authorities. Friends and loved ones were also brought along as witnesses to the destruction of a grudge. This tradition emerged during the Great Boycott, when Bujanski, Terran defectors, and repentant criminals under penance wanted to show that they were not a threat to society.

## Principles

See also: Bujanski taboos

* If you want to speak to a couple, you should speak to the husband (male) first before you speak to the wife.
	+ This rule is not needed when speaking to a same-sex couple, although some Bujanski tend to speak to the "ruling" member, especially Arnadjanai who have more of this kind of couple.
* If you want to speak to a family, you should speak to the father first before you can speak to the others.
* Never light large fires, fires near forests or wildlife, or fireworks on gender reveal parties. (E)
* Never light fireworks near farms or forests.

### Bujanski preventions

Since the laws of Koschei the Red millennia ago, the Bujanski have a habit of creating new rules to avoid becoming like their enemies. For example, the Darroskei and Maeranoi, who invaded their country many times in the past, provided many examples of dysfunctional behaviours that are now discouraged or forbidden in Bujan.

(K) - anti-Darroskei rules from the laws of Koschei, or after the Darroskei invasion.

(E) - anti-Earthling rules from independence, after the defeat of the Wannaenid occupation

* Never laugh at people who suffer or die in a disaster, even if they are Terrans, criminals, or evil people. This is to prevent people from becoming like the Terrans, who also practice the same.
* Never spit on a person. (E)
	+ During revolutionary times, spitting on people was harshly punished as a symbol of Terran oppression. Terrans who spat on anyone, especially Bujanski, were killed by having their heads split open by swords.
	+ Bujanski and other Jerdiskar who did the same, even to Terrans who had committed crimes, were beaten up and crippled. They were to sit as wounded prisoners for weeks, until they were forced to apologise, and then they were allowed to be instantly healed with machines.
* "Family values" is a lie, corrupted by the Terrans when they oppressed Bujan on behalf of the Wannaenids. It promised a loving household, but in practice, the Terran "family values" instead promoted abuse of children to make them expendable, fanatical soldiers and corpses. (E)
	+ The Terrans who promoted these claimed that anyone who did not follow their "values" would decay into a colourful, weak monster. Their families would be broken, their minds reduced to beasts, and they would be valid for killing.
	+ On the other hand, Bujanski are somewhat "conservative". Even without Terran "values", Bujanski families tend to consist of a mother and a father over any number of children. But instead of coercion and fanatical devotion, such families thrive by love, encouragement, creativity, and courage. Their existing "family values", which tend to encourage the offspring to do better and stand for themselves, were one more reason that Bujanski used to reject Terran "values".
* Never force other people to speak only in Bujanski. (K)
* Never forcibly convert people to your religion or to atheism. (K)
* Theocracy is an abomination to Bujanski society, even if it is also Rodnover. (K)
	+ This is to prevent Bujan from becoming like Darros, where the Zoltokrugist religion was corrupted into a warlike instrument of its emperors.
* Whataboutism allows a wrongdoer to continue their crimes, by forcing you to ignore their crimes. Continue to force the whataboutist to admit their faults. (E)
* Diplomacy is better than supremacy. (K)
* Brotherhood is proven not by birth, but always by actions. A brother who lies and hurts another cannot be a brother ever again. (K)
* Do not glorify the military or treat war as the greatest ideal. Doing so will corrupt you into a madman. (K)
* To be remembered by a hundred friends, because you helped them earlier, is better than to be the lord of ten thousand slaves. (K)
* Do not brag about your civilisation or country's accomplishments. Focus on what have you done. (K)
* Ten good deeds are greater than a thousand honourific titles. (K)

### Which "conservatism"?

The Bujanski have several words for "conservatism":

* Praviljestvo - Formalism, Good Manners
* Drevnoprije (Drevnopridanije) - Ancient Traditions
* Predanistvo - Civilised Behaviour
* Predankije - Backwardsness, Extremism

"Predanistvo" does not necessarily mean imitating ancient people and their beliefs, but to dress up and speak like them. It is most often seen when Bujanski behave politely and help others, or insist in speaking and behaving properly.

Drevnoprije is the practice of wearing archaic clothing and simplified forms as a show of love for their own country, and a desire to make it beautiful. Examples of "Drevnoprije" are making archaic-style Ardeschen clothes as workplace attire, and the love of classical art. Even the love of artistic creativity is considered Drevnoprije.

Both of them are part of Praviljestvo, "Formalism". This is considered the ideal society for modern Bujan, a well-dressed, well-behaved society that embraces its futuristic technology to aid in daily life. Praviljestvo may be strict in terms of manners and protocol, but is also more relaxed in many other aspects, such as a refusal to forcibly convert others to Rodnovery.

Predankije literally means "excess of tradition". This is when traditions, even good ones, are corrupted by fools for the sake of power and dominance. This is what Bujanski refer, in their anti-Terran propaganda, as "conservatism", because it corrupts tradition into a slogan to seize power and force others to obey them. It is also why "family values" and similar slogans are shunned in modern Bujan, as symbols of the Wannaenid era of misrule and corrupt theocratic failure.

When others do point out that Bujanski still practice a "conservative" lifestyle, they argue back that their "conservatism" is limited to good manners and archaic-style clothes, instead of forcible conversion, coercing children, and militarism. They also claim that "we Bujanski *already* have 'family values', so we don't need those so-called 'family values'."

Their "Formalism" may also be one of the reasons why Bujanski are more likely to support punishing rude online users with legal penalties. It is also due to rude behaviour on the internet being associated with Wannaenid tyranny and an international aversion to online hooligans as "potential terrorists and radicals".

### Sin

In Bujanski culture, offenses that are greater than mischief are sorted to two types: rauna, and rōnzo. Rauna means "wound", and rōnzo means "a scar".

* Rauna are crimes, punishable by public shaming to force the offender to apologise and repair anything damaged. They are not punishable with torture or death because rauna are from foolishness and ignorance, less capable of greater harm.
	+ For example, vandalism, brawling, and blasphemy.
* Rōnzo are abominations, very destructive crimes that may be punishable with death. People who commit rōnzo are seen as going to war against society and the country, especially if others are angry enough.
	+ For example, murdering an innocent person, terrorism, kidnapping, abusing children, violation of the body, violation of children, cannibalism, attacking people who have health or mental conditions, hatred of the poor, and slavery.
	+ On the other hand, due to past invasions and tyrants, it is considered legal to murder a person for committing rōnzo, as this is considered "anti-terrorism".
	+ "Terran and Old Worlder attitudes" (like rudeness, militarism, religious extremism, and using slurs) are technically considered rōnzo because of their destructive, warlike stance against society. However, in practice, they are between rōnzo and rauna, as offenders who apologise and agree to repair any damage are humiliated before they can be forgiven, rather than immediately tortured and killed.
* Asking about rōnzo, or words considered as rōnzo (like Terran slurs), is not considered as rōnzo. People may gladly explain what they are, but sometimes they try to hide and whisper out of hatred against the rōnzo crime.

## Religion

See also: Bujanski folklore, Bujanski Rodnovery

Most Bujanski are proud devotees of the Bogi, a pantheon of deities venerated by their ancestors. Their traditional religion has been codified into a religion known as Rodnovery (Way of the People), which is also the state religion of their nation of Bujan.

The national god of Bujan is Svetovid, the four-headed lord of war, prosperity, and wisdom. Other popular deities venerated in Bujan include Morskoi (lord of the sea), Svarog (lord of machines, science, and the sun), and Jarilo (god of trees, plants, and by extension, farming and crops). Bujanski worship their gods with kapische and khram fields as their temples, and pray to idols, even though they also house their idols in large, palace-like temples influenced by Sarmelonid architecture.

They also venerate the dukhi, the spirits of the land. Among them are the vodjanoi (spirits of the sea, guardians of fisherfolk and sailors), domovoi (guardians and souls of the homes), and leshi (souls of the trees). In addition, they also worship at other temples and shrines either to seek other deities' blessings or out of respect.

### Bujanski religious principles

Three ethical principles form the pillars of the Bujanski national religion:

* honouring the Gods,
* honouring the people and ancestors,
* and being in harmony with nature.

Doing so, usually by righteous and helpful behaviour, will earn them *pravi*, divine favour and blessing that brings good luck, more so than a thousand vain offerings and ceremonies.

Science and technology are also seen as acts of worship in Bujanski Rodnovery. As their knowledge of technology and the universe grows, the Bujanski believe that this brings them closer to the beauty of their Gods, who open the endless majesty of their world all around them!

### Other faiths

Some Bujanski have converted to other religions, but they are a small portion. From biggest to smallest, religious minorities among ethnic Bujanski include Hinduism, Rumai Kor (Wonao religion), the Vozonid religion, and Buddhism. Most of the non-Rodnover Bujanski venerate Vozonid deities due to the influence of classical Sarmelonid culture.

A quarter of all Bujanski Slavs in Bujan are Hindus. During the revolution, many Slavs converted to Hinduism, believing that the discipline and wisdom of the Dharma would make them better-behaved.

Bujanski Slavs who practice the Wonao religion tend to be Reumokau, Slavs who live among Wonaos and still choose to live like Wonaos instead of reverting to Slavic culture.

Most Buddhist Bujanski tend to live at the western part of the country, near the Eosome heartland where Buddhism was first introduced by Daizhouvian scholars and monks.

Most Bujanski Slavs who belong to the Vozonid religion tend to be from aristocratic families.

A portion are also atheist, welcomed as members and leaders of the resistance as the Bujanski fought for independence. Earlier, they wanted to explain that even though they do not fear the supernatural, they also experience fear or fright sometimes, like everyone else.

A small portion of Bujanski Slavs were converts to the Christian religion. They were tolerated because they kept their practices away from public display, so they would be no different from atheists.

## Notable Bujanski characters

* Lavipat
* Ljuda
* Ljudmila
* Molnjond - Lavipat's boyfriend, a mechanic
* Jaromil - Ljudmila's hot boyfriend, an athlete
* Abazior
* Vladiros
* Dobrodatjo - a rich artist from Djaripol who married a cute blonde Wonao woman, Alamte. The two artists live on a stylish mansion on a hill, enjoying amusing the townsfolk by behaving like clowns.
* Hiruwal Malgarid - a Slavic man whose family lives in a Wonao town, being raised in Wonao culture. He is Amaril's father, having blonde hair.
	+ As an ethnic Slav who lives as a Wonao, he is known as a Reumok, from an Eosome word that means "a corrected one [who is more properly Wonao]".

## Terminology

* Bujanski
* Buyanski
* Bujanski Slavs
* Slavs
* Slavics
* Burjantröraau (Eosome, official; Burjantrörō is singular)

### Positive

#### Bujanski

* Svobodati - Children of Freedom
* Snjābælja - Blue-White, Loyal

#### Eosome

Shortly after Bujan rebuilt after the defeat of the Kyrvotins, the Bujanski Slavs requested for a referendum for an official Eosome-language name for themselves, reflecting other minorities in post-Sarmelonid countries adopting local names for their own communities. This was due to them being unhappy with commonly-used names having insulting meanings, so they wanted a nicer-sounding name. Their elected king, Koschei, agreed and allowed all Slavic citizens of his kingdom to elect their ethnicity's name.

Another referendum was held for the later Slavs, the Prejaznians from Pogimmel, for a secondary name aside from "Burjantröraau". "Konnötna" and "Rewasea" won the referendum as the two co-official names for modern Bujanski Slavs.

* Kagaruro - faithful one
	+ This word won the referendum as the new name for the Bujanski Slavs. It was chosen because an ethnic Wonao writer intentionally misspelled "kagakuro" (cheater) as "kagaruro" (loyal one).
	+ It was originally a prank to make fun of his ill-tempered friend by making him fail in his racist speech against the Bujanski. The altered speech changed many words, so instead of condemning the Bujanski as a "loud, stupid people", it had sarcastic remarks that praised the Bujanski as a creative, loyal people. It also won the writer more friends from the Slavs, who encouraged other Slavs to vote "Kagaruraau" as the new name for the local community.
* Ilanjar - he loves the sun
	+ Referring to their worship of Svarog or use of the kolovrat, which is also worshipped by the Wonaos as a symbol of their gods.
* Konnötna - radiant, beautiful and blessed
* Rewasea, Wasea - an artist, a creative one
	+ The current unofficial demonym in the Eosome language, especially in official settings, for Bujanski Slavs.
* Reumok - a Bujanski who behaves like a Wonao
	+ A portion of ethnic Bujanski are Reumokau, Wonao-fied Slavs who live in Wonao-majority towns.
* Vjontarau - windswept one, inspired ones, creative or gifted ones

#### Vozonid

* Vibōrunoz - "little brothers"
	+ Named because the Bujanski Slavs were among the various peoples who preserved many classical Vozonid arts, having grown up with them as a national tradition. This impressed the other Vozonid nations, who took them in as "little brothers" or "White Vozonids".
	+ It was also applied to Siangwaanians and Irajonians (more Vozonids!) who also kept Sarmelonid classics in their daily life. The Irajonians are more praised because they are true descendants of Sarmelonids, both in genetics and culture!
* Šjola Wozonidōppo (Sarmelonid); Šilavozonzo (modern Vozonid; Šilavozondo, singular) - "White Vozonids"
	+ Formerly a mocking term by the post-Zannoz Sarmelonids when they found out about the Bujanid Empire, the Bujanid Slavs in turn gladly adopted the name for themselves. To them, it was a rebirth: no longer would they be associated with the hated Darroskei, but they would be happy to be the odd pale child of the Vozonid family.

#### Translated

* Children of Perun
	+ Perun is the King of the Gods, the lord of thunder and the sky. As the master of the skies and heavens, his association with the sky is what Bujanski use to reject autocracy, in favour of being as free and relaxed as the air and seas. They consider this, working and fighting for their allies, to be closer to Perun's majesty, rather than being an empire feared by all.
* Children of Mokosh
	+ For their dedication to justice. Mokosh, consort of Perun, is also seen there as the goddess of justice like her husband, to the point that the festival of Nosorkau (for King Motakol's laws) happened to fall in one of her sacred months, May.
* Children of Svarog
	+ This is in honour of their love of science and advancement, seen in Bujan as devotion to their Gods. As the god of the forge, Svarog has become associated with industry, and later with technology and science, worshipped by scientists and engineers.

### Negative

#### Eosome

When Bujan was founded by King Koschei, the then-impoverished Bujanski Slavs were the subjects of mockery to the native Wonaos, compared to Terrans, other Slavic imperials, and Tuksharan colonials. Sometimes their poor habits also made them laughingstocks, hence the Bujanski Slavs seeking a referendum to use any of the nicer names for themselves.

* Bulun - idiots
* Itigun - bean-mouth, fairy-face
* Tukkori - Tuksharans, colonials
* Tæruki - Terrans, devils, madmen
* Nōtmoli - born from ice, demons, invaders, snow demons
	+ Originally used against Slavs, especially some Terran militant groups who ruled Darros during the Terran Invasion. Because the Bujanski looked like Slavs and used a Slavic-sounding language, they were mistakenly seen as Nōtmoli, or invaders.
* Momöri - stupid ones
* Turummö - clumsy ones
* Weluloi - drunkards
* Ñönnö, Gönnö, Gonnik - ghosts
	+ Considered as the most offensive slur in any Wonao language towards Bujanski Slavs, because it suggests that they deserve no respect. This was the word that drove them to call for a new name during the reign of Koschei.
	+ It became the word "gonik", Bujanski for "a scoundrel, an outlaw, a criminal".
	+ During the July massacres, Bujanski who protected Terrans often warned that the slur "bloka" is the Terran equivalent of this slur, so it must never be used.

#### Translated

These are terms in other languages that are translated.

* Rice-eaters - Bujanski people tend to eat rice dishes, like the Wonaos and Vozonids.
* Fairies
* Islanders
* Poodles - mocking the Bujanski being depicted as tamed wolves, as "civilised Darroskei". Their comparison to poodle dogs was from their love of properness and beauty.
* "White Vozonids" - because the Bujanski are light-skinned and light-haired, and they used to practice a Sarmelonid culture when they founded their country.

#### English/Maeranoi

* "Russians" - extremely offensive
	+ Associated with the Tyrskan colonial rulers of Bujan during Wannaenid rule, who claimed themselves as successors of a Russian empire.
* Heathens
* Savages
* Pagans
* Fairies
* Aliens
* Kulaks - because Bujanski resemble Russian people, and they still rejected communism, Russification, and theocracy.
	+ Used more often by Serpentian Maeranoi when they waged war, aside from "Hukol".
* Wokies, Wokes, Wokists, Uoka - because Bujanski were considered "pagans" for worshipping many gods instead of converting to the Church of Q, and their opposition to its coercive "conservatism" and attempts to convert the natives. So to a Bujanski, calling him a "wokie" or "woke" is calling him a "heathen" for not being "American" enough.
	+ Bujanski do not hate conservative practices in general, as they already practice their own traditions. It is only their non-Christian faith and less "family values"-like practices that angered the Qyuvians, leading to them being compared to "Wokes" in the latter's homeworld. And the coercive attitudes from the Maeranoi became what Bujanski call "conservat*-ISM*", as against "traditional practices".
	+ Another reason why Bujanski were called "woke" by the Church of Q was because they were more willing to protect outcasts, including Terrans who defected to them. Their direct addresses towards social problems were seen as a personal attack against the Maeranoi, that Maeranoi propaganda claimed that allowing the native Slavs and Wonaos to be treated fairly would lead to Terrans losing everything and being expelled.

#### Darroskei

* "Traitors" - Darroskei term
* "Bastards" - Darroskei view of Bujanski as outlaws and a historical mistake
* Foamlings

#### Russian/Tyrskan

* Vyrusi, Njerusi - not-Russians
	+ In turn, Slavic people on Jerde denounce Terran Slavs as Njeslavi, "not Slavs"
* Jobanski - fools
* Saltanski - people of Tsar Saltan, fairytale characters
* Jaznik, Jazychnik - pagans, heathens, savages
	+ Tyrskans considered Bujanski Slavs to be savages for their polytheist religion, without caring that the Bujanski had better technology.
* Dikari - wild men, savages
	+ Tyrskans glorified imperialism and killing the native Slavs, comparing their refusal to convert and their different traditions to barbarians.
* Angliski - English people
	+ The Bujanski hate being compared to Russians, due to the Tyrskans forcing the Bujanski to become more Russian. They prefer to instead be compared to the British, because the Victorian British are seen as more proper, like their ideal society.
	+ The "Russians" who encountered the Bujanski were disappointed and upset at best, because the Bujanski refused to consider themselves as "Russian". At worst, some of those Russians, like the Zavtranians and Tyrskans, downright invaded Bujan out of hatred.
* Japonski - Japanese people
* Khujanski - fools
* Also a humorous name used by Bujanski to mock their own faults.
* Satnik - devil-worshippers
	+ Although this was what the Tyrskans called them for refusing to convert or for their polytheist faith, gangs of "Satan-worshippers" attempted to murder as many Bujanski inhabitants as possible. These militants were all killed in counter-attacks led by nativist revolts, for they have become nothing more than living weapons of the Wannaenids, stripped of their humanity.
* Khol - "slaves"
	+ Back on Earth 96, the Tyrskans used this curse towards rebels against their empire for resisting them, originally named "hohol" or "hakol". It was later applied to everyone in Eastern Europe who was neutral and hostile against them and the Church of Q.
	+ Because using this word was a clear symbol that one supports the Terrans' extermination of Bujanski people, using those unironically leads to the death penalty in Bujan. However, when someone uses the words only to quote an enemy, or reenact a Tyrskan, this is allowed as it is considered explaining what they mean.
	+ This is because the Bujanski hate anything that reminds them of imperial oppression, going as far as killing anyone who willingly supports such beliefs out of hatred against Bujan. Hence the purge of Black July, just after independence, when many Terrans were targeted and killed for expressing any hatred of Bujan or desire to see it destroyed by colonial powers.
	+ Bujanski people claim that the word meant "slave", so calling Bujanski people as "kholy" meant calling them "you are slaves". Hence the death of anyone who willingly used that word to curse at Bujanski.
* Mankurts - "forgetful ones, bastards"
	+ From an old Terran word denouncing anyone who forgets who they actually were. Tyrskans and Terrans also hated Bujanski because of the latter's hatred of Darros, seen as manipulated by Vozonid rulers.
	+ Tyrskans sometimes called Bujanski Slavs as "mankurty" because their supposed resemblance to Russia meant that the Bujanski must be forced to become Russian.
	+ Certain programmes during Wannaenid rule to forcibly convert Bujanski to the Tyrskan way made the Bujanski more hateful and brutal towards anyone of Tyrskan descent.

#### Vozonid

* Vimolazrin - "colonial subjects, slaves"
	+ "vimolaz" is from a Vozonid word that means "little country", a colony. This was also similar to a name used during Sarmelonid times towards Slavic prisoners of war and slaves during Sarmelonid rule, until the Slavs and other prisoners revolted and declared independence.
	+ "Vimolaz War" was also one of the names used to refer to the revolutions that broke out at the prison colonies, leading to the creation of Siangwaan, Movaria, and Bujan. The new lands chose the word "Arailaz" for themselves.
* Šjeuloi - "Chalkie", "whitey"
	+ Referring to their light skin.
	+ Originally a slur towards northern people, until the first Šarai emperors took it for himself to laugh at those who mocked him before. Then, many Bujanid Slavs reclaimed the slur in mockery towards their former colonial rulers as an independent nation.
	+ In response to Vozonids and Darroskei mocking the Bujanids, Emperor Solintoz declared loudly:
		- "I am, therefore, Adi Šjeuloinōr, the Emperor of the Chalkies! I did so, because I want to be better than the foolish emperors before me. My realm is a tree, blossoming with stars, rising from the bones of their folly! Let Father Sarmelon see me and the New Realms, that we will light the world together, with Vozolaz as my brother!"
	+ Amused by such a defiant remark painted with praises and poetry, the Sarmelonids recognised Solintoz's independence and made him an ally. Henceforth, they treated him and his non-Vozonid friends with more respect.
	+ The Bujanid Slavs also took the term as a nickname for themselves, in mockery to the Vozonids' stereotypes of them as barbarians by making them look at Bujan as a thriving, modernised country. It was also to celebrate the Bujanid Empire being recognised as a separate country, rather than simply a tributary of Vozolaz.
		- It was also inspired by the Šarai emperors and Zaighoroz, emperors of the Sarmelonid Empire who were not of Vozonid descent. These competent foreign-born emperors inspired many non-ethnic Vozonids to seek for equality with the Vozonids. To some extent, they also inspired colonies and slaves to fight for independence, as proof that non-Vozonids are also capable of greatness, rather than doomed to barbarism.

#### Rukanian

Rukanians do mock the Bujanski, but not out of hate. They mostly do it to point out some odd practices that Bujanski must abandon in order to truly become reintegrated into the world. In fact, some Rukanians even think that the one thing holding Bujan back from total advancement is superstition blurring out devotion and divine wisdom.

Thankfully, centuries of life in Rukania influenced the Bujanski, so they no longer practice certain annoying traditions, like bowing down to ethnic Rukanians.

* Dikichol, Dikchly - "wild men", a historical slur directed Bujanski for being descendants of Darroskei. No longer used after the Bujanski intervened and defeated the Darroskei attacks on Rukania, and completely renounced all ties with Darros.
	+ By the time the Zvestarids were evacuated to Rukania, the term was only mentioned in historical accounts. It was never used at all, and the only Zvestarids who ever used the term either were discussing about history.
	+ It was reused when the Bujanski (descendants of Zvestarids) returned to their homeland, denouncing the death gangs for being as evil as the Wannaenid oppressors. It was also used towards the Anti-Terran Action by its opponents to denounce the militant group's cruelty.
* Pozorik - "shameful one", "shameful traitor", usually used by other Bujanski to their own people for dishonouring their ethics. For example, Salvationist Party members, death gang soldiers, and ATA members were denounced with that term by other Bujanski and Wonaos.
* Poklonnyky - "they who bow a lot", mocking the Bujanski practice of bowing one's head to a Rukanian. Most Rukanians consider it to be very annoying.
* Pesy, Pse - some Rukanians called Bujanski people "dogs" in mockery of how they were depicted as "wild people [Darroskei imperials or POWs in Vozolaz] civilised by Rukanian culture". It was mostly because Bujanski were more humble, influenced by wanting to get rid of ancestral sins. The main reason why Bujanski were called "dogs", was simply for bowing down too much to Rukanians over a Vozonid tradition about teachers.
	+ This eventually led to the end of the practice, following Rukanian suggestions to reserve bowing only to monarchs and heads of noble houses. Some towns in Rukania go as far as ban prostration to anyone who is not a king, a noble leader, or a god, perhaps very annoyed by the Bujanski practice of prostration.

#### Daleskarnian

* Hvile, Hvilo - from the Bujanski word "khuilo", meaning "snob", adapted to Daleskarnian phonology. Mocking the Bujanski for their avoidance of militarism and preference for properness and formality.

## Gallery

A Bujanski volkhov, or high priest.Student uniforms in Bujanski government schools. The two students are Bujanski Slavs, and the two students in the right are Wonaos.The three Slavic peoples of Bujan: the Bujanski Slavs at the left, the Drevobojanse at the middle, and the Lietoslouna at the right.A prince and a princess during the days of the Bujanski Empire, when it adopted Sarmelonid customs.Simplified Vozonid attire.Emperor Krandurai in Vozonid robes.
## Trivia

* The Bujanski people were based on Russian people and the artwork of Tsar Saltan, a Russian folk tale. The author also used Victorian English fashion and British and Japanese society as inspiration for their modern society. Other aspects of their culture, especially Vozonid influences, were based on Japanese and Thai cultures, and certain Buddhist and Hindu moral values.
	+ In his works, Bujanski people are always depicted as if they speak in a posh British accent or Received Pronunciation, reflecting their "properness".
	+ They were also meant to be an aversion to the "klyukva" stereotypes associated with Russian people, so he ended up with "pagan British-Asian Slavs with space-age technology".
	+ Due to the Bujanski Slavs coexisting with the natives, and even regarding them as co-citizens instead of inferiors, the author sometimes compared them to European New Zealanders, known locally as Pakeha. Bujanski people and Wonaos tend to punish anyone who dares do anything bigoted against any of their peoples, treating each other as fellows.
		- In Bujan, Slavs who live as Wonaos are known as Reumokau, meaning "the corrected ones". They are a minority, as most Bujanski Slavs are proud of their variety of their native Slavic culture.
		- Their coexistence and adoption of the native Wonao culture alludes to the Paheka Maori, who were Europeans who lived among the Maori people before colonisation. They may also be influenced by foreign samurai in Japan, such as William Adams.
	+ Another possible influence for the Bujanski might be Russian tourists in Thailand, mixing two of his favourite cultures (formerly Russian and Thai; with the Thai culture represented by Sarmelonid classical art). Compared to the tourists, Bujanski tend to be more disciplined and polite, if not more familiar with Thai art and Hinduism.
	+ The Bujanski being invited may be similar to the Norse Rurikids, who were also invited by Slavic tribes to found various kingdoms, including the ancestors of Ukraine and Russia.
	+ The Bujanski Slavs seeking a new name in Eosome may be inspired by Europeans in New Zealand complaining about the word "Pakeha" and its alleged offensive meaning. It also alluded to the Japanese renaming themselves from "Wa", using the word for "harmony" in place of a name that called them "dwarves".

* Ironically, in 2022, due to the invasion of Ukraine, the author depicted the Bujanski as they dislike the real Russia, seeing it as one of several Terran empires that sought to enslave them and destroy their culture.
	+ The Bujanski word for "Russia", learned from alternate Earths and intentionally chosen to represent rejecting Russian rule (and domination under American or any Terran rule in general) is "Roissja", *never* "Rossija". Similarly to Siangwaan, pronouncing the names of invading nations correctly was considered as treason against the Bujanski nation.
	+ The others whom they also dislike include various American warbands and warmongers, seen as the most insane and savage of all Terrans. The various cruel and sadistic Internet comments also made the Americans (or all Terrans by extension) looked more monstrous than they actually are. America in Bujan is always referred as "Maeranoi", meaning "demons".
	+ They once made an alternate history TV series depicting what would their homeland look like if it lost parts of its coast to the Terran empires.
	+ This was also worsened because of two attempts by Terrans to invade Bujan. The first was the Zavtranian Usurpation, and the second was the Tyrskan aristocracy.
* The Tyrskans, enemies of Bujan who ruled over it for several centuries, were also inspired by Russian people, especially online ultranationalists and trolls. Both they and the Bujanski were based on Russians, but both are entirely different cultures.
	+ The author thought of the Bujanski and the Tyrskans as opposites: the Tyrskans want power and dominance, no matter how cruel and hypocritical. But the Bujanski want harmony, justice, and efficiency, so they try not to become as corrupt as their enemies, yet they are also prone to fanatical insanity when angered.
	+ Visitors are sometimes warned that they must *never*, ever call a Bujanski a "Russian". This was due to Tyrskans forcibly converting them to their militarism, and anything related to Russia is associated with Tyrska, whose rulers claimed themselves as successors of a Russian empire.
	+ In 2023, the Russian extremists and the author's own disappointment in being Chinese (for being associated with the same people as online extremists from China) also influenced the Bujanski's identity crisis.
	+ It was also partly inspired by Russian dissidents who were ashamed of being associated with Putin's invasion of Ukraine and his militant supporters. In fact, the author sometimes considered making the Bujanski as "the opposite of the Russians", by valuing defensive harmony and innovation over autocracy.
* In 2023, the author expanded on the Drevbojanse, being the direct descendants of Koschei's Slavs who founded Bujan. Over time, they became mixed with the indigenous Wonao people, becoming a new tribe. The "Bujanski" Slavs who are modern Bujan's majority are actually from a later wave that founded Zvesta.
	+ He also added the Ljetoslouna of Joltaraata and the Ngorodel Slavs of Makkadal, as he liked seeing White people in non-White societies as if they were adopted or integrated. It was largely inspired by the previously-mentioned "Pakeha Maori" of New Zealand and Russian tourists.
	+ The Ljetoslouna may also be based on the Kryashens and Gagauz, two Turkic ethnicities who became Christians. Being Slavs, the Ljetoslouna were perhaps an inversion, as they adopted and practiced the culture of the natives as fellow-citizens.
* Similarly to ethnic Russians, the Bujanski within Bujan have their own subethnicities, such as Northerners, Reumokau (Wonao Slavs), and Highborn (Vozonid Slavs).
* As of 1956 AT, nine out of every thirteen Bujanski Slavs can fluently understand and use Eosome, because it is taught in every school as a national language.

## See also

* Bujanski language
* Bujanski glossary
* Bujanski calendar
* List of Bujanski names
* Marnosyn people
* Heronoi
* Bujanski Ontemazei
* Bujanski Arnadjanai