Tjaunorja

**Tjaunorja** is a nation of clones. It is located between Bivos to the northeast and Exar in the Tornarin Empire.

## History

Tjaunorja was created by a rich Vozonid warlord as a private estate, during the latter part of the Green Years. There, he found a blond man in the ruins of a laboratory eating a deer: his guards told him that this lone man was the victim of various scientists. They also found out that he was Heronoi because whenever he was covered with the blood of animals that he hunted, he always avoided fire. The warlord convinced the frightened man to come with him, where he lived at a comfortable cell right next to a laboratory. He brought the man to the laboratory, where skin cells, blood, and hair were extracted from him every day and used to create hundreds of men as his army.

One day, the clones revolted against the warlord and banished his men to the jungle. They created several more clones -- male-female pairs -- to populate their nascent nation. The clone warriors dubbed themselves as the "Highborn", who established a republic. And they decided to pass control of their nation to the pairs, who replaced them as the population of the state. Their template was treated like an elderly prince, pampered with crude luxuries until he passed away of old age.

At some point, it was aided by an isolated kingdom of Ontemazei to the west. Both of them regarded themselves as "fairies", and the westernmost villages began to intermarry with Ontemazei.

Tjaunorja was one of the reasons why the Millasians left Heronoja: they wanted to search for the "lost Heronoi" of the western jungle, and perhaps marry a few.

### Later history

Responding to transmissions from its Ontemazei neighbour, Porashon made it and Tjaunorja as protectorates. With it, the Porasonids offered the two nations a place in Umbirab's alliance.

It was they who supported the Ontemazei and the locals of nearby Bivos, as they built their nation and rebuilt it after the Tornarin conquest. Both countries were ruined by the Tornarin Empire, but were able to survive thanks to the Porasonid reinforcements.

In the year 308 AT, a Gimbarsian hiker revealed Tjaunorja and its twin to the outside world. Even the Bivosar, who were supposed to keep these countries as a nationwide secret, had no other choice but to reveal them to the world.

Tjaunorja built an energy shield dome and fortifications around its borders, allowing it to withstand attacks from Arantar and the Tornarin imperial armies.

## Government

Early Tjaunorja was an aristocracy, with the Highborn was its founding rulers. Yet the clone from which the Tjaunorians were made from refused to be their king, so he was only treated like an elder. Eventually, they passed control of the country to the clone peoples, who made it a partyless democracy.

In the year 670 AT, the Tjaunorjans unanimously elected to make their nation a monarchy, seeking to emulate Heronoja and the Vozonid monarchy.

## Culture

Even though the Tjaunorjans were of Heronoi descent, most of them have forgotten about their ancestral culture. They practice a Vozonised culture.

## Diplomatic relations

### Bivos

Bivos is seen as "the big brother in the east", who maintains very close relations with Tjaunorja.

### Heronoja

Heronoja maintains good relations with Tjaunorja, hosting freemen who fled from Thralondian oppression and later Waxeroi who fled from massacres. Still, Tjaunorjans get mocked by Heronoi for being clones or being friendly with Waxeroi.

The Tjaunorians often call Heronoja "the Motherland" or "Rórina", from an old word in Zvestarid that is no longer used.

### Umbirab

Umbirab is a good ally of Tjaunorja. Umbirabian soldiers and volunteers aided the Tjaunorjans as they and the local Heronoi built defenses against the Thralondians and Tornarins.

### Shaunetor

Out of pity, Shaunetor allowed Tjaunorjans to immigrate there as protected people. They were also trained in various skills, from self-defence to engineering, before some of them returned home to use their new skills to defend their homeland.

### Porashon

Taught the Tjaunorjans to build their energy shield and weapons, and also the source of much of its later technology that made it on par with other developing, modernised nations.

### Technocrats

Another insidious enemy that attacked it to enslave its people, on the basis of Tjaunorjans being clones. This was also one of the reasons for the existence of its fortified borders and energy shield.

### Arantar

Enemy who attempts to enslave Tjaunorja. Its and the Tornarins' attacks against Tjaunorja were the main reason why it built laser shields.

### Tornarin Empire

The arch-enemy of Tjaunorja who raids and enslaves its men and women for forced labour. Some expeditions were launched to free their people.

### Bujan

After Bujan won its independence, it offered to help the Tjaunorjans improve their now-aging machinery.