Naiorai

**Naiorai** ("Land of Beauty") is a group of isolated enclaves between Varn Venn and Vocersia.

It was founded as a nation for all females, as a counterpart to masculine Ajoltar and warmongering Ioratin.

Its capital is the lush city of Tarsaivol.

## Flag and symbols

Naiorai's flag is lavender on the top, yellow on the bottom, with a rising sun at the middle.

Its national flower is the wisteria.

The national motto of Naiorai is "Serenity against the storms".

## History

Naiorai was established three millennia before the Tornarin Bombardment by a princess in a Burrow-City as a refuge for women to be healed from physical and mental harm. As later rulers sought to repeat Ajoltar, they later established schools and academies all over Naiorai: as it offered local girls and women various skills and crafts to learn, the neighbouring nations of Varn Venn in the north and Vocersia in the south supported the enclaves.

Naiorai was fortified during the Thralondian Invasion: in anticipation to the coming Thralondians, dozens of Burrow-Cities were built along the mountains to the north and south of the enclaves, where hundreds of families were housed. With the southern enclaves emptied and evacuated, these survivors became a resistance movement that fought the Thralondians, forming a network with Peren and other Burrow-Cities across the region.

A quarter of the surviving Naioraithar and their students were among the millions killed by the Wraithstorm. It is then repopulated by poorer women and refugees from around the world, who were invited to live and work there for a better life.

Naiorai became an opponent of Ioratin's wars against the other nations: although Naiorai has done more to improve women across the world, Ioratin condemned Naiorai as a "slave to men", and sometimes waged terrorist attacks to punish Naiorai. When Ioratin was conquered by Azgo, Naiorai opened its doors to its people with open arms. Although Naiorai kept the Ioratins in separate settlements away from any settlement with men, the Ioratins sometimes attacked other Naioraithar to conquer them in their attempted secession.

## Government

Naiorai is ruled by a president, who is elected every four years. Due to the high amount of women in the country, the nation is sometimes known as a matriarchy.

## Economy

Naiorai's economy is supported by handicrafts, education, lumber, manufacturing, and agriculture.

## Society

Officially, Naiorai is a women's refuge, so the only men allowed there are husbands, siblings, invited guests, people from indigenous households. Women there reproduce either by marrying husbands, artificial pregnancies, or (in expensive cases as personal requests) cloning: the government often discourages its citizens from inviting men or having male partners to avoid "disrupting the sanctity of the nation". Male children attend separate classes from their female classmates, and once they reach eighteen, they must leave their families and choose whether to be a citizen of Varn Venn or Vocersia.

Most men throughout the world avoid Naiorai out of respect, although some men regard these men as "cowards" for leaving these women alone.

Unlike Ajoltar and its monasteries, many people in Naiorai are citizens like in other nations, whether they can pursue any job or hobby as they wish. And unlike Ioratin, Naioraithar do not want war against other countries, but instead to pursue their crafts.

At the northern and southern edges of the enclaves lie dozens of Burrow-cities. Most of them have been annexed to Varn Venn or Vocersia, and they have shared their riches to these respective countries, but the smaller settlements mostly or entirely inhabited by women are offered to join Naiorai. They are the only parts of Naiorai where men can continue living in the country instead of having to relocate to its neighbours, so half of all men move to these Burrow-Cities. Native tribes who do not live in the central region are also exempt from the separation of their sons.

Unlike other nations, Naiorai does not define itself by a specific culture or ethnic group. It was founded by Vozonids, but nowadays it is a nation influenced by customs from the natives.

### Non-heterosexuals

Because Naiorai does not allow most males to live in the country, it is one of several nations that openly promote homosexual relationships. A quarter of all women in Naiorai have their own wives.

This distinctive custom made the people of Naiorai consider themselves as the "proud successors of the Little Gauvajut Empire", which was known for being ruled by same-sex couples.

Out of pity, Naiorai also allows transgender people to immigrate as refugees. They are regarded as a separate gender.

## Religion

Many people in Naiorai worship Hannahanna and aboriginal gods.

## Trivia

* The author considered making Naiorai in 2021 to "balance" Ajoltar, because he thought that it would be unfair to have warlike Ioratin as the only "refuge" nation for females.
* Anything or anyone from Naiorai is known as "Naioraithar".

## See also

### Other female enclaves

* Niodao, an archipelago to the east of Daizhou
* Flowerpeaks, a hillside country at eastern Ardesch
* Hiraidor, an archipelago to the northwest of Tukshara
* Sunitha, a city-state to the northwest of Kikori

### Other refuges

* Shaunetor
* Umbirab