Bujanski pop culture

This is a list of **pop culture works in the Kingdom of Bujan**.

## Books

* Nari and Nari
	+ A cute romantic novel about a blonde couple, Nari the man and Nari the woman, who fall in love and try to get to know each other.
	+ The name "Nari" is a common name in Bujan, but Mr. Nari's name means "midnight" and Mrs. Nari's name means "water".
	+ It was very popular among young people in Zvesta, and even as a TV show.
		- The Heronoi, being a nation of proud blonde aliens, LOVE the show to an obsessive degree. Take a guess on the reason why.
	+ Some people even use this novel to mock the bygone Terran raiders to represent independence.

### "Mending and Folding"

See also: Mending and folding

A genre of drama novel that involves people coping with lost friendships or being expelled from their favourite place. The name of the genre refers to either how the protagonist reconciles with an old enemy ("mending"), or learns to let them go and do something useful ("folding" - ironic for a country that *hates* "moving on").

It was a popular genre in the 1900's to 1910's, as many Bujanski read that the civil war after independence was largely caused by anger against online users and moderators, especially those of Terran descent. The authors wanted to help people, in the form of pop culture, learn to handle loss, and do something better.

## TV and videogames

### Vesna 81

A sci-fi series about time cracks and a detective that fights sentient rubbish bins clad in festive lights.

### Fisherman Games

A military comedy set in the eastern provinces.

### Two Cups of Coffee

A Kolieda-themed show about a family that runs a bakery.

### The Vultures

A show poking fun of commonly-used cliches, in which the vultures point out cliches and tropes (and best antics) of fan-made works.

### Kalendrica

A science fiction board game about soldiers and knights who fight against aliens.

### Kalendrica 76

An FPS, RPG videogame from the Kalendrica franchise. Some of its missions and stages were set in a ruined jungle temple.

### Princess Posillon

* A TV show popular among girls and young women about a princess in a pink gown who likes tea parties and fireworks.
* Radumo loves this show because of Posillon's dresses.

### Ādi, Edi, and Ædi (Аді, Еді, і Ѣді)

a popular comedic cartoon about three stupid boys, similar to Ed Edd and Eddy or the Three Stooges, but with more slapstick, crashes, explosions, and bleak nihilism to accentuate the boys' stupidity.

* In Velkeria, Е and Ѣ are pronounced in the same sound, "je", while in Bujanski these are for separate phonemes. When the show was introduced to Velkeria in Earth-27, it was spelled as Adi, Yedi, and Edi (Ади, Еди, и Эди).
* The pronunciation of their names in Bujanski became a test to screen out Terrans from other people. Velkerians often mispronounce Edi's and Aedi's names as "yedi", leading to mockery in Bujan.

### Bujan Fourfold

* An alternate history series depicting Bujan if it lost its provinces to any one of the Four Powers.
	+ 1: Province of Zavtrana - The Zavtranian terrorists had won, annexing western Bujan as a part of Russia. Under Russian rule, the Bujanski cultures were banned, the inhabitants may be shot at random, and everything was forcibly militarised.

### Swilltown (Pamoiselo)

* Home to the clueless yokels, skinny Domitro Kolomjatnij and his muscular roommate, Valorjo Kosobārov.
* Their neighbours are two annoying brothers, Gaspar and Nespar Niktonov, the "nobodies" who enjoy tormenting the two men.

### Brothers Niktonov

A spinoff of Swilltown that became more popular than the original show, due to the Niktonov sibings' hilariously stupid antics.

The two brothers, Gaspar and Nespar, are sometimes known by their fans as the "Nakhuinovy" or "Nakhuijoby" ("utter XXXXing failures").

Actors of the two brothers are *often* greeted by adult fans and teenagers with the phrase "pashol na khui!" (meaning in slang, "you losers!")

### Broken Plates

See also: Ten Misconceptions

The one shown in Bujan was a remake made by fans of the show, who used the plotlines of *seven* main characters as the centre of the show, knitted from hundreds of theories and dreams.

The show was historically notorious for being one of the factors that led to Bujanski independence, because many of its fans were demonised as "bloky" for online misconduct. The whole show became banned in parts of Bujan, stereotyped as a Terran show, with anyone who liked the show seen as a Terran collaborator and a traitor. Some of the fighters in the revolution joined it because they wanted to kill the people who harrassed and blocked them online, and Broken Plates fans were in greater danger of being killed because of that stereotype.

The threat of mass murder of Broken Plates fans led to protests in parts of Bujan. The fans of Broken Plates wanted to prove they supported the revolution, and constantly apologised for the toxic behaviour among themselves. In the town of Virimvon-na-Taeglovu, where the modern blue flag of Bujan was raised, hundreds of fans knelt down in a ceremony marking a peace treaty between them and the monarchy to represent their surrender and support for Bujanski independence.

Some of those protesters were also bloky who brought the people whom they apologised as proof that the fandom was not a mob of traitors.

### Other shows

* Rotoros Spins
* Chess Monarchies
* The Old Guard

## Movies

### *Canvas*, 1902 AT

A drama film about someone who was tempted to murder a painter to look at his paintings. The setting looked somewhat Victorian with futuristic technology, similar to urban or aristocratic parts of Bujan.

* It was released years after the mob violence after independence, by someone who noticed the absurd reasons for their murders of people who blocked them online. Some of the victims were artists who had irritate attitudes, driving them to block their fans. He wondered when he got the idea, "*What is the point of murdering people over a painting? How does it improve one's life by killing some stupid nobody?*"

* The main characters are Mikhail, a fan; and Artyom, an artist.
	+ The film begins with Mikhail stabbing Artyom in the face, cursing him for banning the fan from seeing his collection of paintings and declaring Mikhail an enemy. As he stares at Artyom's dead face and scours for the paintings, he searches through the nine hundred canvasses that Artyom made, and seventeen thousand doodles all over the walls.
	+ Some of the paintings turned into scenes of his wishes for the future, and the consequences of his murder. Instead of a happy life of an engineer, married and teaching his wife and children to continue his work, he was instead brought to a firing squad. Fifty years later, both he and his enemy were forgotten, but were shown by others as a horror tale to warn others about the price of obsession.
	+ It was a dream, and Mikhail wakes up. He realises that murdering Artyom will never help him in his life, so he instead creates his own art, inspired by Artyom's fantasies. Eventually, he becomes more famous than Artyom, who later ended up in prison for plotting war against the King.
	+ The movie ends with Mikhail visiting Artyom's prison cell. Artyom was surprised that Mikhail did not want to kill him, but instead thanked him for the inspiration. Touched by how he instead inspired someone to become better, Artyom smiled and cried. A guard stopped him from beating his own head in shame, and asked Artyom to calm down.
* A later version of this film, in 1953 AT, added an ending where Artyom was visited by the King, and pardoned for his good behaviour and repentance. The King asked Artyom several questions that made him feel sorry that he wanted to lash out.
	+ Then, Mikhail brought Artyom to see his wife and children, who showed him beautiful paintings inspired by his fanart. Days later, a crowd of people invited Artyom to a gallery filled with paintings, sculptures, musical performances, and even stage plays and cosplays inspired by the fiction that he made and loved. Artyom wept with joy and hugged Mikhail: he did not expect his enemy to wisely outpace him and forgive him, and to expand his works and fanart into something so grand and beautiful!

### *Sunflower*, 1910 AT

It was released two years after the main character, Herellia Minvori, was legalised to be shown in mass media. Because of her notoriety as a "bloka", she was reviled in early modern Bujan as representative of the Terrans and their habit of bullying and cheating the locals.

The movie depicts if she survived, having underwent the usual punishments bloky like her been through. She also learned to comprehend between collective guilt and mercy, especially by innocent people whom she had previously angered.

### *Reputation*, 1924 AT

* Released in 1924 AT, decades after the Terrans of Bujan were granted citizenship and several rights as a minority.
	+ It was supposedly inspired by a Terran artist the director's father encountered. This artist, Natasha Indarōvan Fejodorova, was thrown into prison for blocking hundreds of internet users for petty reasons. Having apologised to him and every single blocked user during her penance, she and her whole family were even given seats reserved for them!
* The main characters are Makhājol, a fan who became a later celebrity; and Anstasjara, a notable artist.
	+ Years ago, Makhājol was blocked by Ansta for being stupid and annoying. Makhājol would had went on a rampage to destroy Ansta, but a friend told him to focus on his creativity.
	+ Over time, Makhājol became more famous due to his continued dedication to his work, even as he was haunted by visions of the people he hated. Having overcome his bitterness, his friends begin to outnumber his enemies, until he became famous throughout the world.
	+ The second act of the film focuses on Ansta's fleeting fame. She had her time in the spotlight, until her friends and fans were repulsed by her arrogant attitude. Yet even as she was left, all alone and embittered by others eclipsing her, Ansta kept on drawing, even as she burned her old works and deleted her social media.
	+ The movie ends when she encountered Makhājol. She did not recognise his name, but only knew him as a famous artist and was very happy to be a fan of his franchise. Makhājol knew her well by her face and voice, and told her to go away. He already banned her from his premises, so if she wanted to visit a shop that sold his art, she would be kicked out. Her block itself already worsened her reputation, without needing a prison sentence for its trivial reason.
	+ The movie ends with her crying as her fans drag her away to a lonely bus station, far away from his sight.

### *And When The Day Breaks (I Kogda Denǐ Prospjatǐsja, Kogdenja Prospjatǐsja, Prospjatǐsja)*, 1929 AT

* A comedy film released in 1929 AT (2729 ZE) where an ill-tempered elderly man demands his job back. He has a habit of muttering bizarre statements from out of nowhere, because he felt that life never made any sense.
	+ The most notable scene has the old man being dragged away by his friends, cursing and screaming, after he beats up his former boss.
	+ The tagline was "Life Doesn't Make Sense".
	+ This movie was one of the kingdom's best film classics, well-known by young and old people all over Bujan and even nearby Irajon, Baido, and as far away as Pinoguni, Daleskarnia (where army recruits reenact scenes from the movie), and even Marnos (where they act out the brawls in the movie to celebrate hooliganism!).

### *Boistvo vi Orkiske (Violence in Orkisk)*, 1954 AT

* A black comedy movie about a gang war in pre-independence Orkisk, a fictional Arnadjanai majority town.
	+ This is Paxoti's favourite movie. Although she was 16 years' old when the movie was released, she was able to watch it and even bring Paruko to join in because she is Arnadjanai, allowing her to watch the film. Paruko was allowed by her parents to watch the film as she had already seen it online, but was not horrified, only disgusted and bored.

## Gdjestrana

* Gdjestrana
	+ Satirical depictions of Bujanski society as a fictional republic dealing with nonsensical allies and enemies.
	+ Later the rival of Parmankjapoi.
* Of Steam and Lasers
	+ Two men from Parmankjapoi and Gdjestrana, against a rogue wizard.
* Akanchor
	+ Two more men from the same countries, attempting to reestablish contact with their allies after the collapse of the Thralondian Empire.

## Fictional countries

* Port Gdjeza
* Kogdoza
* Zostrana
* Alkashistan
* Nezakonia
* Gordostan - Ord Gordos
* Sved Polinaja - Poloban City, Olloban City, Spectra City
* Njeizvestia - Schtograd, Orange City
* Akashgrad
	+ A Hindu city full of beautiful temples and fascinating literature.

## Commonly-used sarcastic names

* Buzan, Buzon, Buzanistan, Buzonistan - Luteland, Failureland
* Graekhistan - Land of Failures
* Joban - Land of F\*\*\*ers
* Karkistan - Spinel Land, Superstition Land
* Novi Vozolaz - New Vozolaz
* Nakhuijan - F\*\*\*ing Failure Land

## Legendary and folklore countries and places

As Bujan is an island, many mythical places in Bujanski folklore are locations beyond the known seas of Jerde.

### Countries

* Opaisa - a kingdom at the far south or east, beyond the oceans. It is always sunny.
* Okjana - the great southern ocean, supposedly inhabited by merpeople and exotic island kingdoms.
	+ Okjanese cities are depicted with domes, even onion domes, something that never existed in Bujanski architecture.

* Četrævelskia, Chetrae Velskia - Terra, a legendary dystopia where the Terrans came from. Divided between four evil civilisations bent on destruction and abuse.
* Zemja Zhenja, Womenland - a land for men's fantasies, tropical matriarchy filled with attractive women. Now seen in modern Bujan as an example of a corrupt failure, like Marnos.
* Zemja Muzhjo, Menland - a land for women's fantasies, a boreal patriarchy filled with attractive men. Now seen in modern Bujan as an example of a stupid failure, like Azgo.
* Rastistran, Land of Unions - a lonely island where the miserable inhabitants of Zemja Zhenja and Muzhjo meet to mate and bear children. They either start families on the island, move to start a family elsewhere, or mostly leave. If the two parents do not want to go together, they play a card or dice game, so the winner takes the child home.

### Places

* Talpajo Palace - a legendary palace allegedly located in the same spot as the Royal Palace in Koscheigrad, in a dystopian parallel universe. The name of the palace and the city it is located in is an old Slavic word that means "a huge fool".
* The Last Tower - a haunted tower in the far eastern oceans, situated on a lonely, barren island. It has many lanterns, and those who enter never return.

## Humorous places

* Orkisk - formerly Orisk, renamed due to the Arnadjanai slaves becoming the new majority. Although expected to devolve into a miserable ruin inhabited by cavepeople, the Arnadjanai, once liberated as citizens, instead built it into a thriving town.
	+ "Ork", a slang word towards Russian Terrans and Tyrskans, was also used towards Arnadjanai for their lack of civility and their brute strength. Their attractive blonde appearance also made them look less civilised and respectable.

## Worst Soccer Championship in the World!

* Tjomatarakan - "Dark Cockroach City" - the eastern half of a formerly great trading empire, now a smoking ruin populated by noisy emos. Any visitor unfortunate enough to visit its capital just across the bridge from Tjomutarakan City would hear screaming and heavy metal from the crumbling domes.
	+ The national animal of Tjomatarakan is, unsurprisingly, the cockroach, a disgusting animal that is thankfully extinct in Bujan and some continents of Jerde.
* Tjom*u*tarakan - "Bleeding Ruby Eye Sockets" - the western half of the aforementioned empire, the last remnant of that civilisation under the rule of an extravagant, wasteful dynasty of *boyars*.
* Mukhospansk - "Fly Dump City" - the "easternmost capital of Hell", a ruined city where everyone lives in madness and squalour. A parody of widespread alcoholism in some countries, like Marnos. Home to horrific mutant men who control parasitic swarms of bees and wasps, who, thankfully, were never allowed anywhere within the stadiums.
* Zajobinska - "Towards Utter Ruin" - the worst-performing soccer team in the whole world, still retained because their stupidity was rather hilarious, especially when accompanied by heavy metal.
* Urjobinsk - "Furthest Misery" - a former penal colony who broke away from the fallen Terran emperor when a revolt was formed by the prisoners suddenly losing their sanity. Considered the most inethical soccer team in Darros, and the most feared for their insanity.
* Djerǐmostrana, Djermostan, (Tr)Ashland - a very corrupt wasteland ruled by a very abusive captain.
* Jobania - home to the most malfunctioning vehicles in the world.
* Spodžoga - a volcanic wasteland where everyone is a murderous pyromaniac.

## Characters

### Superheroes

* The Splicer
* Who-Is-That
* Mite Man
* Falcon
* Moonhunter
* Loads-of-Guns
* Pencil Poker
* "Pork Chops" Okhuraka
	+ A muscular lieutenant from Baido who chews cigars and fires a minigun.
* Bogatyr
	+ Ancient heroes and demigods from Slavic mythology. Bujanski Slavs have many *bogatyry*, supposed servants of the Gods.
	+ At the request of the Rukanian academies, *bohatyry* from the knightly realm were also shown alongside other Slavic countries to teach young audiences about chivalry, courage, and wisdom. It also popularised the image of Rukania as a land of knights.
	+ After independence, artists and the government created comics and cartoons about the bogatyry. They were targeted for Arnadjanai children and teenagers to instruct them about morality, while also providing them fond memories of adventures and fights.
	+ Women who were bogatyry are known in Bujan as bogatyrsja (plural: bogatyrsjae). They are very popular with girls and women, due to Arnadjanai priding themselves as a warlike race.

## Others

* MP (Minister of Parliament) Buspusher/Tolǐklestelǐ
	+ In Bujanski slang, "bus-pusher" means "a loser".

* Zolǐnik
	+ A robotic wolf that was designed by Dr. Soirazum (Friedmind) to entertain guests. He was installed with Celestial machinery, but its improper, poorly-adjusted functions caused that robot to eat cigarettes and become unintelligent.
	+ Its audience tends to be teenagers and young adults (mostly boys and men), who enjoyed watching Zolinik make a fool of himself.
* Rūjanka
	+ "Mermaid September", "Mertember". Bujan's equivalent of Mermay.
	+ This is when many Ontemazei and women dress up as mermaids. Men, tomboys, and worldbuilders instead enjoy designing armour for merpeople.
* Flohwalzer, "Nov Maeu Tupoi" (My Cat Is Stupid)
	+ In Bujan, this song is associated with cats, not dogs.
	+ Also played in some Wonao areas to represent the tiger, a sacred animal in Wonao religion.
* "There once was a cat who followed a man as he was praying to Dazhbog in a temple. The cat wondered why was there no meat, when the man showed him a garland of sunflowers. When the cat wondered what would be used as the sacrifice, the man laughed and answered, 'You will not be the sacrifice, stupid. You will be the altar. *Now, eat it!*' The man shoved the sunflowers into the cat's mouth."
	+ This joke was originally from Rukania.
* "Every Wednesday, we take the many hats that flood our country and shoot them as target practice" - Hatshooter
* "The population of Bujan: zero. Why? Because the people are brain dead pretenders who think that they are so formal, they can't even think like proper people. So Bujan is a brain-dead kingdom!"
	+ "Nobody lives there"
	+ "The official religion of Bujan is NOT Rodnovery. In fact, the real official religion of Bujan is Formalism, reflected by the stupid obsessions of our people with cheap, tacky fashion and bad tempers over incorrect tenses!"
* "The people of Bujan are made of: alcoholics, stupid people, nobodies, failures, and exaggerated pretenders!"
	+ A revolutionary-era slogan making fun of depictions of Zvestarids and persecution of Bujanski people, turning shame into proud independence.
* Pāvjongrad - "Spider City", "ugliest city in the world"
	+ Usually a very ugly city made of office buildings and no activities for tourists: a concrete jungle and a bureaucratic hellhole.
	+ Named from the Bujanski slang word, "pāvjok", which means "a big spider" or "something that is very ugly".

### Events

* Mæutredan - Cat Saturday, Caturday.
	+ Celebrated every week by bringing pet cats to be pampered with trips, toys, and fashion. Cats are very popular in Bujan, due to Vozonid cultural influence.
	+ Bujan's National Cat Day is October 1st, the Pinogunian New Year. This was derived from the Year of the Tiger, when Pinogunians celebrated by applying tiger themes on their cats. In Zvestarid times, the Cat Day was on October 6th, which celebrates a Wonao legend about a cat who ascended to Heaven as a tiger god.
	+ Both cat days are celebrated with people bringing their cats on trips, dressing them up, and pampering them like children.
* Rūjanka
	+ "Mermaid September", "Mertember". Bujan's equivalent of Mermay.
	+ This is when many Ontemazei and women dress up as mermaids. Men, tomboys, and worldbuilders instead enjoy designing armour for merpeople.
* Stōznæmja - Hundred Flags
	+ The first-ever fan convention in modern Bujan, established on November 1892, months after the country's independence.
	+ Named for the many flags waved by various costumed actors.
	+ After the three days of Stōznæmja had ended, some fans arranged meetups for costumers to throw parties and take pictures. These informal meetings are known as "Outer Wings" (Vonaevij Krygly).
* Baelka Fair
	+ Another popular fan convention that has become more widespread across Jerde, even as far away as Ei Ka in Siangwaan.
	+ The name was derived from an archaic word for "a squirrel".

## Still miscellaneous

* Nojenso Province is stereotyped as a province that is real, but the people become more fake and absurd. That is, the overuse of plastic surgery, fashion contests, jousting merchandise, and commercialism. Hence its rival teams using a five-pointed star variant instead of the correct eight-pointed star flag of the province in jousting matches.
	+ This is actually an exaggeration of the province's fashion shows and brands, and overabundance of jousting merchandise, hence the use of the five-pointed star for "genericness" and "boredom".
* Famous bodybuilders, especially men, are advised, not to show their bare chests in public, to avoid possibly being mobbed by Arnadjanai fans. And it's usually Arnadjanai men who love such celebrities!

## See also

* Bujanski folklore
* Bujanski slang
* Konjor pop culture
* Malendor pop culture