Doc to page transfer

## Qualifications for City Classification

In Rikutsar, for a populated place to be considered a city it must have:

1. an established, actively updated (reports filed with the Department of Land Partitioning once every 1 year at the maximum), and accurate (to within 2 meters) zoning plan.
2. a population density of at least 3,456 people per square kilometer OR have a total population (within a properly defined set of city limits via a report filed to the Department of Land Division updated once every 6 years maximum) of at least 50,000 people.
3. a properly established (via laws and procedures established by the National Judicial Commission) city government.
4. an established main artery road (as established by the Department of Transportation) within 1 kilometer of properly established city limits.

## Rikutsaren Currency

**veid** - "dollar" (pl. **veidic**); **thuicu**- "cent" (pl. **thuicuc**)

* 36 = thuveidicu
* 18 = heiteneg veidicu
* 6 = enegveidicu
* 1 = veidicu (3 uzidheiric) (6 idheiric)
* 1/3 = idheir - equivalent to a quarter (1/5 or 0.2 in base 6)
* 1/6 = thuicu - equivalent to a dime (1/10 or 0.1 in base 6)

As a result of this system, there are virtually no prices in Rikutsar that go beyond 1 decimal place.

## Naming Children in Rikutsar

The Rikutsaren given name consists of 4 parts, corresponding closely to Roman naming conventions:

* **leagrov** = the informal, friendly name. Not given at birth, chosen by the parents and often representing an adjective associated with the child, a part of nature they find beautiful, or honoring a past family member. Can change throughout life and is legally quite easy to change. Corresponds to the Roman *praenomen* or the Western given name.
* **volgrov** = The clan (formal, extended family) name. Often refers to an adjective describing an important ancestor, whether it be their place of origin, their occupation, a personality trait, or their appearance. Never dropped, functions much like the western concept of a surname or the Roman *nomen*. Very difficult to change legally.
* **decugrov** = the formal, immediate family name. often refers to their place of origin or the occupation of a recent ancestor. Sometimes dropped but not usually. Much like the Western middle name or Roman *cognomen*. Also very difficult to change legally and nowadays appears on most ID cards.
* **gwethgrov** = the "life name", gifted to them by their community, family, or other close group describing their major attributes and accomplishments. Often dropped unless in very formal situations, nowadays only legally obtainable by the receipt of a *groviug*; a formal and legal traditional name gift. Much like a roman *agnomen.*

If I were to grow up in Rikutsar, I would have been given an identification number at birth and simply be named "daughter" (*Tsorur*) with my parents' clan name, perhaps in this case **Lecíren** and my parent's immediate family name, in this case **Gumleoriri**. Then, since I asked questions more than most as a child, I’d be named **Massuour**. Some children choose their own names, since what they're called normally might be derogatory or unkind. Then, when I'm older, my life name might be given (say I got into politics, it'd be **Lithcherigur**). I would retain my original identification number throughout my whole life. I would sign documents and such as **Massuour Gumleoriri Lecíren** unless I was really full of myself and thought including the life name was necessary.

Similar to in Spanish, such names would have their gender affix dropped in favor of the genitive affix:

* Child of Farogur > Farogui / Farogutsor
* Child of Nyrgraorur > Nyrgraoren / Nyrgraortsor
* Child of Klurjordur > Klurjordi / Klurjordtsor
* Child of Syrgaethur > Syrgaethen / Syrgaethtsor

Some of the clans of Rikutsar have existed since the very beginning, and a small few since even before that, having been repurposed from Roman *gens*.

## Technology [RETCON]

### Television

Televisions in Rikutsar are normally circular or oval, usually within a triangular or trapezoidal case of silver-copper alloy. Signals are sent to the television set from a camera via dense matrix of 15,000 to 20,000 selenium phototubes within the camera. The receiver is another matrix of similar size which projects the image onto a rapidly rotating metal disk within the television that has 500 to 1000 very small holes in it, similar to a very advanced Nipkow disc. The image from this disc is projected onto a translucent glass panel. Rikutsar has successfully managed to downsize selenium phototubes efficiently.

Television signal in Rikutsar was for a very long time transmitted over wire (in some areas as recently as 1960), but was quickly replaced with wireless once news of wireless research came in from Rikutsar's infamous "scientist spies" who were implanted in almost every university and government science lab in the world.

Televisions in Rikutsar are much older and far different from Televisions in the rest of the world. The ancestor of the modern version was invented in 1678 by Royal Scientists experimenting with the light sensitivity of selenium cell phototubes, which were also invented long before its contemporary versions (in the Rikutsaren Electricity Rush) and are different in certain aspects from them.

Televisions in Rikutsar are much older and far different from Televisions in the rest of the world. The ancestor of the modern version was invented in 1678 by Royal Scientists experimenting with the light sensitivity of selenium cell phototubes, which were also invented long before its contemporary versions (in the Rikutsaren Electricity Rush) and are different in certain aspects from them.\*The selenium used for the tubes is relatively common in Rikutsar, as the volcano which formed the island was originally a rich hydrothermal vent field that deposited Aguilarite (Ag4SeS) and Naumannite (Ag2Se) , along with Acanthite (Ag2S), and Pyrargyrite (Ag3SbS3).

* Rikutsar makes high use of Silver due to its abundance, as well as due to the very low numbers of deposits containing cheaper metals such as Aluminium or Iron.

The receiver is another matrix of similar size which projects the image onto a rapidly rotating metal disk within the television that has 500 - 1000 very small holes in it, similar to a very advanced Nipkow disc. The image from this disc is projected onto a translucent glass panel. Rikutso has successfully managed to downsize selenium phototubes efficiently.

Television signal in Rikutsar was for a very long time transmitted over wire (in some areas as recently as 1960), but was quickly replaced with wireless once news of wireless research came in from Rikutso's infamous "scientist spies" who were implanted in almost every university and government science lab in the world.

## Astronomy

The Andromeda Galaxy was the first and foremost astronomical wonder of Early Rikutsaren astronomers. In 886 AD, the astronomer Laipnen the Young said the following:

“**Zuos prurei** cechwes, farricic tuvunu nes ésc siprurec batsedú hizai cefar.”

"It appears like **a dove of the sky**, with outstretched wings which fly through the endless cosmos."

It is from this description that the Elder Rikutsaren word "coulflis" (star cloud) was phased out, and the more popular "prurzuos" (sky dove) was used instead. In Rikutsaren, the galaxy was called “Lithonen Prurzuos", honoring the nation's leaders and their planet of origin, which lies within the Andromeda galaxy.

Classes:

* Super-Jupiter > Class F (A)
* Gas Giant > Class E (B)
* Ice Giant > Class A (C)
* Mini-Neptune > Class H (D)
* Super-Earth > Class B (E)
* Earth-sized > Class G (F)
* Sub-Earth > Class C (G)
* Mesoplanet > Class D (H)

* earth-like = 1
* oceanic = 2
* desertine = 3
* cold / frozen = 4
* hot / lava = 5

Habitability:

* uninhabitable = a
* habitable = b

Life:

* no life = 0
* non-intelligent life = 1
* intelligent life = 2

Lithos is a Class B1b2 planet "Habitable super-earth planet with intelligent life" Earth is a Class G1b2 planet "Habitable earth-like planet with intelligent life"

### Civil Services

The Imperial Civil Services: a subdivision of the popular council, the imperial civil services are:

* Imperial Intelligence Service: who handle communications between the empresses and the cantons.
* Imperial Transportation Service

### Laws

Main article: Laws of RikutsarThe Truths, Laws, and Rights of man – *Ychaec, Gumec, o Gusec Lithen* – written originally in 430 AD by Farogúr, Nyrgraorur, and the Checesdiuz.

**Constitutional**

*Regulatory*

* *Any racist, sexist, or otherwise prejudiced content conveyed via media, whether electronic or written, is Illegal regardless of what basis the content is created on. This law does not apply unless reported by a citizen to a government institution specialising in Media Content.*
	+ *Hate Speech - Legal but not promoted. (Physically Harmful = Harrassment Charge)*
	+ **could be rewritten as constitutional; Rights of all Humanity**
	+ *Bullying/Cyberbullying - Illegal if Physically Harmful (see Hate Speech)*
	+ *Any citizen of Rikutsar can and is urged to file a report to the* Sisech Cherigorir *if they find a piece of media racist, sexist, or otherwise prejudiced. If ??% or more of the Rikutsaren population files complaints on a piece of media, said media will be removed from public access.*
* *The Removal of any Hard-Stemmed Perennial Plant by any other means than transferral and replanting at another location, is Illegal unless the Plant is diseased, dead, or otherwise dangerous to a building, roadway, or Pedestrian Walkway.*
	+ **could be rewritten as a constitutional "Rights of all Life"**
* *Disposal of any items onto the ground or floor of a public area is Illegal. Biological Food Scraps are to be disposed of into Compost Containers or Piles.*
* **Gay marriage - Legal**
* *Abortion – Generally illegal unless medical danger to mother.*
	+ **Rights of all Life**
	+ The socioeconomic arguments in favor of abortion rights don't typically apply in Rikutsar due to its socialist economy and highly equalized class system.

* *Consensual sexual activities of any kind between two Human or Lithon beings at or above 21 years of age (in base 6) is legal.*
	+ **Consent must be given verbally and not under duress or coercion for it to be legal.**
* **Polyamory** - Legal
* **Adultery – Illegal**

* *Solar, Wind, and Geothermal Power are the only legal sources of electricity.*
	+ indirectly backed by the **Rights of all Life**
	+ *If a resident is found using any other source of electricity, they will be issued monthly fines until they transfer to a legal source of electricity.*
* *All motorised vehicles are required to run on electricity alone.*
* The Drainage, Blockage, or other Removal of any Non-Oceanic Body of Water is Illegal.
	+ **Rights of all Land**
* *Heavy Gun Restrictions; permit required, clear criminal record, minimum 20 years of age*
* **No Death Penalty**
	+ **Rights of all Humanity**
* **No Murder/Homicide/Terrorism allowed**
	+ **Rights of all Humanity**
* *All drugs legal to some extent; narcotics, opiates, and alcohol heavily restricted*
* *Limits on Street Lighting (due to Light Pollution) Certain voltage & Brightness, Downward facing lamp covers, etc.*
* Vehicle Operation - 18 years
* Commercial Slaughterhouses Legal (Subject to restrictions based on the **Rights of all Life**)

Slavery - Illegal

* Battery - Illegal
	+ Child, Animal, or Spousal Abuse - (see Battery)
	+ **Rights of all Humanity**

Roman Laws:

* ius civile - laws of citizens
* ius gentium - laws of foreigners
* ius singulare - special law for certain groups of people, things, or legal relations
* ius publicum - law to protect the interests of the state.
* ius privatum - law to protect individuals.

* all must pledge their loyalty to the empresses only
* all must never kill
* all must never steal
* all are born equal in dignity and personal freedom before the law and before the eyes of their fellow man.
* all must be permitted their life and personal security
* none must be held in servitude in any form
* none must be tortured or treated cruelly, inhumanly, or dishonorably
* all must be recognized as human before the law.
* none must be subjected to arbitrary punishment or detainment
* all must be allowed a fair and public hearing by an impartial jury
* all must be presumed to be innocent until proven guilty
* all must be allowed protection from slander, interference, or attacks of any sort against their family, home, or name.
* all must be allowed the freedom of movement between regions or nations
* all must be allowed the freedom of self-identification in gender, nationality, religion, or otherwise
* all must be allowed to marry, so long as all parties consent freely and fully
* the family, as a fundamental unit of society, must be protected
* all must be allowed to work under equal, just,

## Criminal Justice System

In 1929, after the events of the infamous Riots of Piiäs, the Rikutsaren police force and all its subsidiaries were disbanded by Royal Decree straight from the capital itself. In its place, the national police force was substituted by the military, transferring control of national justice from the benevolent Nyrgraorur to the authoritative Farogúr.

In the place of local police forces, however, Nyrgraorur created, for each city, a *Giaan Stawo Säsitukoyi*, or *Local Council of Vigilantes*. She sought the service of 1 vigilante per 1,728 people and 1 vigilante for towns smaller than 1,728 people. The capital city of Inkenonér is patrolled by the military, as is the special economic city of Luarntonér. Cities such as Fory Iorë, however, are controlled by these vigilantes, and Fory Iorë has 415 vigilantes!

In modern times, the vigilantes band together in *Sintawog* of various sizes to coordinate efforts, and generally operate bottom-up, meaning that reports on their effectiveness are given by the citizens they protect. The citizens have immunity and protection regarding these reports and have since the establishment of the program. Vigilantes face punishments ranging from a hefty fine to execution for crimes committed against citizens, ~~and even in the lightest of crimes torture is often involved, although that is a practice put in place by Farogúr in the 1970s.~~

### Prisons

Farogúr thought of the Rikutsaren prison structure early on. As the empress that was (and is) generally most interested in justice, order, and authoritative approaches, she wasn't particularly concerned about prisoner comfort. However, her past experiences (and the wisdom of her more people-oriented wife Nyrgraorur), told her that she needed to put those interests aside to create more peace and order in the long term (which would in turn further consolidate her power.)

Lithos is known to execute individuals for any crime, no matter how small, and the culture in which the Empresses had spent the previous 300 years, Rome, did much the same. The idea of the *Freitgai*, the classic Rikutsaren prison compound, was completely foreign to the world at that time, but Farogúr knew that the removal of freedom was the best, most humane way to punish criminals.

So the first true prison was built just outside the city of Hoegen in 760 AD. It was designed in a campus-style layout, with trees and gardens and lush interiors. Nyrgraorur, who designed the *Freitgai Hoegei*, believed that the purpose of a prison was not to punish criminals and treat them as animals, but instead to isolate them and exile them from society, making life safer for law-abiding citizens.

## Culture

Kalends = 1st day

Nones = 5th day

Ides = 13th day

The June solstice for western Australia was on June 21st in 433 AD
although the solstice dates have since moved, the Rikutsaren new year remains on June 21st.

In Rikutsaren the month had 4 major days, each on the nearest weekend day to a date divisible by 18: the caognar, the heitunas, the gibnar, and the leatsedu.

### Nyrgraorur:

I love humans. I will admit I was very selfish to have used them as a tool to fill my own ego, and I've treated humans poorly in the past because I lost hold of what is truly great about them: their freedom.

My species, the Lithon, are morally backwards, oppressing even their own kind so that those at the top can benefit. I admit humans have done much of the same, and they still have a long way to grow, but if you care for them and teach them correctly they can see that freedom isn't about individuality, it's about the collective.

~~One cannot be truly free until all are free and with the help of Anton, son of Anthos the great rebel leader who turned against the Theion she once called herself a member of, we can bring peace and freedom to all Lithon outlying colonies and then to Lithos itself.~~

### Farogúr

Humans are one of the most ambitious races I've ever encountered. To pair them with Lithon is a recipe for disaster for any large empire that stands in their way. ~~Anton is a gift to us from the powers that be, and with his help~~ we can show the galaxy that Earth is a planet to be revered, and that the Rikutsaren people are its finest product.

### an aside [future]

As part of the intergalactic federation, Earth is one of its most prominent members. But some righteous humans may be thinking that their great country of America or all the high-horse nations of Europe were the ones to spearhead the initiative. But in the federation Earth is not known as "Earth" or "Terra." It is known as *Seil*, the word for Earth in the Rikutsaren language. Rikutsar was uniquely positioned to handle first contact, and in doing so they became the face of Earth.

## Rikutsaren Government

### Rikutsaren National Minimum Wage List

* Controlled and maintained by the Bureau of Wages and Benefits, a subsidiary of the Department of Finance.
* lists primary jobs and industries individually
* leaves rest to provinces
* has power to set a national minimum wage for specific jobs via public petition of no less than 10% of a given province’s population, or no less than 3% of the national population
* uses multipliers of a base value determined from the level and rate of monetary inflation.
* 12/20: the Empresses have set a baseline minimum wage of V120 (equivalent to $15.78 USD) per hour. Provinces may go above this amount, but never below. - exchange rate; 7.6 RKV per USD

### Rikutsaren Legislature

* Known as the “Birandyz” (from Elder Rikutsaren Gwirasdiuz “people’s group”)
	+ Unicameral
* Each province has one provincially-appointed\* representative per 1% of the population, resulting in a constant 1,000 representatives elected every 3 years and term-limited to 4 terms. Currently, each representative oversees around 130,000 people.
	+ \*Before 1956, some of the more people-oriented representatives were known to establish advisory committees of their own. In 1956, the government made representative advisory committees a requirement, merging this concept with the existing “neighborhood leader” system.
* Every committee consists of anywhere from 11 to 39 people, each representing a neighborhood\*\* within the representative’s district. Each of these committees, since 1956, have elected from amongst themselves a chairman. This chairman serves as the representative to the Gwirasdiuz.
* Established after the Lovebay Revolution as the successor to the Ricudiuz, the original body of legislature.
* Functions merely as an advisory body. Has very little real power over the executive or judicial branches. Most laws made here relate to criminal and civil activity.
* However, the legislature may pass non-binding resolutions in an attempt to sway the decisions of a government agency in one direction or another.
* Does also have varying levels of power over some other civil issues, such as infrastructure projects, eminent domain, zoning, border drawing, and internet management.
* Has Committees on a plethora of topics, such as Taxation, Environmental Regulation, and Infrastructure.
* The Empresses may interfere in any part of the legislative process at any time for any reason. Rikutsaren Judiciary
* At the national level, the Empresses make direct judicial decisions with the advice of the Chief Attorney and the Legal Implications Committee. These decisions may or may not contradict established statutory law, but the former is rare. Decisions made by the Empresses are superior to existing law. Law, if the decision is not a single-case exception, is changed by the Records Committee (??) to reflect the decision. (potential conflicts arise when the committee’s wording does not match the decision(!!))
* At the provincial levels and lower, all courts are tribunals consisting of no fewer than 3 judges.
* Defendant and Prosecution are both guaranteed legal counsel and representation by highly specialized and well-trained attorneys hired by the state.
* There is no jury, but the appeals process is possible via petition of 24 people (with proof of relation(??)) or more, and then a retrial must be held in a higher court. The Empresses may choose to manually override the appellate process for any individual case, and appeals are not possible for decisions made by the Empresses.
* A type of court found in Rikutsar is Worker’s Court, where a worker can file a case against an employer for bad work conditions, wage violations, or unfair termination.
* The national system and appeals process are relatively new, established in 1804. Prior to this, a more medieval-type system was in place at the national level where no advisors were present and no legal representation was guaranteed to the defendant. There was also no consistent or established appellate process. - The provincial system has been in place more or less the same way since the nation’s founding, albeit also without guaranteed legal representation until 1804.

### Rikutsaren Executive

* The Empresses may pass binding orders on any subject without approval by other entities. They may be amendments to existing statutes or other law, or they may be standalone. The Empresses may also pass non-binding resolutions.
* When one empress is in power, the other must receive their assent to pass an order (12/20: this implies that Empresses nonpotestiva still have the power to pass orders. very interesting). It is rare for one of the Empresses to block the other’s binding order.

#### The Executive Cabinet

* There are hundreds of departments, bureaus, commissions, and divisions thereof in the Rikutsaren Executive. Some of the larger ones include the Departments of Finance, Foreign Relations, Land Affairs, and Transportation.
* Each executive entity holds some power to execute its own duties, but major decisions require direct assent from the Empresses. The definition of “major decision” is outlined in Rikutsaren Statutes Chapter II Section 2.

### Rikutsaren Zoning

- \*\*Neighborhood: an entity establishable by petition (with proof of ID from each signature) consisting of no fewer than 48 people and no more than 1728 people, whose representative sits on the advisory committee to a Koau representative.

- District: a group of neighborhoods, created by the government with consent of each neighborhood, whose representative sits on the Gwirasdiuz.

## misc1

1377; We travelled in the 8th month to yonder new place they call "England," and we encountered a strange and new language and people. This Europe is truly different from the Europe the Empresses left. "Spricst thu Engliss?" they would ask us. We had a translator to help us, but it was still difficult. Some basic terms we learned I list thusly:

* "Huither árt thú fram?" Where are you from?
* "Gódne mergen" Good morning
* "Hú sagest thú \_ in Engliss?" How do you say \_ in English?

A linguistic party should come with us when we visit next to provide a more detailed analysis of the language.

## misc2

A number of animals thought to be extinct can be found on Rikutsar.

The most prominent is their national animal: the Cazeioty (Megalapteryx didinus ricutaris), which was selectively bred from specimens imported from New Zealand in the 800s AD. Cazeiotyc are the only remaining Moas in the world.

Additionally, to control wild populations, the Haast's Eagle (Hieraaetus moorei, known natively as the Jathwil) was brought from New Zealand in the 1300s.

Later additions to this category, mainly surviving in Zoos, are the Chatham Rail (natively named the Meoric due to confusion with Dieffenbach's rail) and the Huia.

Additionally, many species found in Southwest Australia have differently-sized counterparts that have existed in Rikutsar for tens of thousands of years. Mostly birds and plants are shared in common, but one small marsupial also exists. A large counterpart to the honey possum (Tarsipes rostratus) exists in Rikutsar, known as the Gaethsmyd ("Flower mouse", T. rostratus gigantus).

## Symbolism

White is bright. It is cold, harsh, and loud. It is the collective voice, the greater good, it is reason against emotion, it is intelligent and knowledgeable. It is the color you see when you open the door to a very real, harsh world and the sun beats down on your face. This is why Farogúr is the White Empress, the Empress of the Wind, the Flying Light, for she is all these things.

Black is dark. It is warm, soft, and quiet. It is individuality, it is emotion against logic, it is intimate, passionate, and understanding. It is the color you see when closing your eyes and looking within yourself. This is why Nyrgraorur is the Black Empress, the Empress of Fire, the Dreaming Moon, for she is all these things.

Together they are Grey, not because it is unknown, neutral, or lacking in conviction, but because it is the perfect balance. It is the sum of opposite parts. It understands restraint and compromise, and stands up for what it knows is best while ensuring that they hear the voice of others. This is why the dynamic between Farogúr and Nyrgraorur is The Dance of Grey, The Ballad of the Spring, The Flying Dream of the Sunrise, for they, together, are all these things.

## The Chamber

However, the most common yet horrendous punishment by far is the Chamber. An ovoid, glass chamber with tubes coming out of the top, the Lithon is locked inside the Chamber and exposed to a toxic substance called anti-dynamo. Dynamo being the substance between the nanoparticles in a Lithon body that allow them to coordinate movement and form thoughts, Anti-Dynamo is an odorless, colorless substance that burns away dynamo on contact. This results in the slow and excruciating death of the Lithon as the anti-dynamo effectively eats away at their "brain and organs" until they are no longer capable of holding themselves together and collapse into a pile of sand on the floor. Horrifyingly, this is not the moment of death for some Lithon, as thought processes may continue until just 1 nanoparticle remains, although their thoughts become simpler and simpler until their memories and senses turn to nothing.