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Takenouchiite Movement

The **Takenouchiite Movement** is a religious movement and a branch of Christianity that believes in the Takenouchi manuscript, an apocryphal document supposedly written by Takenouchi-no-Sukune in the 8th century AD that details the creation story of Japan and, most importantly, Jesus Christ's alleged life in Japan. The document, which was in an undecipherable script, was supposedly kept in the hands of the Takenouchi family but was left untranslated until Tamura Hideyuki rediscovered it and translated it. He also discovered the alleged Tomb of Christ in Shingo, Aomori, alongside other findings. He led the largest congregation of the movement through government crackdowns and fled the People's Republic of Japan in 1950 to Shunreng where he founded the Church of the Messiah, Jesus Christ.

Believers in the Takenouchi manuscript - called Takenouchiites - claim that Jesus Christ, along other figures, traveled to Japan to study and later return to Judea where he began his ministry. He was crucified but did not die; rather his brother Isukiri took his place, and he traveled back to Japan where he married and died at the age of 106. The Takenouchiites have other claims regarding the creation of the world, how God appointed a World Emperor to oversee the world's affairs, and so on.

The movement has been harshly criticized for being unsupported by historical and archeological evidence. Other sources of controversy include the undertones of Japanese nationalism (saying that Japan was the birthplace of all humanity and its nations, as well as being the source of wisdom for Jesus) and the unlikelihood of Tamura Hideyuki being able to translate the Takenouchi manuscript (which was compared to Joseph Smith Jr. and the Latter Day Saint movement).

## Beliefs

### Pyramids

The Takenouchiite Movement believe that seven pyramids were built by people in Japan to communicate with God. These supposedly predate those in Egypt or Mexico. One of these pyramids has been discovered: the *O-Ishigami*, *O-Ishikagami*, or Mirror Stone pyramid (大石鏡) in Mount Towari (十和利山), Aomori.

The Church of the Messiah believes that creating new pyramids would be ways to better communicate with God, and as such they build them with facilities for baptism, the Eucharist, and *misogi* similar to mainstream Christian churches. This line of thinking is often compared to Latter Day Saints building temples to emulate the Temple of Jerusalem, and as such other Takenouchiite communities reject this and do not build new pyramids. They may have meetinghouses for baptism, the Eucharist, and *misogi*, but they are not in a pyramid shape.
Transportation in Quelpart

Quelpart is known for having a very robust **transportation system**, encompassing roadway networks, trams, metro, light rail, ferries, and airports.

## History

### Ancient

Allang, or more specifically its predecessor BLAH, was a planned city designed similarly to Linzi and Chang'an.

### European colonization

Following the construction of the Hong Kong Tramways in 1904, the Allang Tramway was built in 1910 by the Danish, running from WEST to EAST. It was maintained by the Germans during their brief colonization of the island.

## Road

*Main article: Quelpart Expressway System*
The Quelpart Expressway System is the country's highway system, established in 1952 by Lehi Lim, the Minister of National Development and Planning under Lee Keuan-De.
Proto-Varamm

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**Proto-Varamm** is the reconstructed ancestor of the Varamm language. It is descended from Proto-Tramenic.

## Phonology

Proto-Varamm is reconstructed to have nearly the same phonology as Old Varamm.

## Lexicon

### Known Loanwords

* From Proto-Donghai or Proto-Yaitsa-Abaz
	+ Proto-Donghai / Proto-Yaitsa-Abaz \*pudao "jade" → Proto-Varamm \*poɽao → Old Varamm *poɽao* → Middle Varamm *poɾav* → Modern Varamm *posrav*
	+ Proto-Donghai \*RuansuN "bay, cove" → Proto-Varamm \*sooʀanɽoŋ "to have anchored", which was then backformed to give \*sooʀan "tallship" and \*ɽoŋ "lee" → Old Varamm *sooʀanɽoŋ*, *sooʀan*, *ɽoŋ* → Middle Varamm *suuʀanɾoŋ*, *suuʀan*, *ɾoŋ* → Modern Varamm *sûgransrong*, *sûgran*, *srong*
Chronicles of the Kings

The ***Chronicles of the Kings*** is a long historical document compiled some time during the Bien Ngu dynasty chronicling the history of Quelpart from its creation myth up until the reign of King SOMETHING. It is the first of the Great Historical Records of Quelpart and the first to be written with intent to be stored in the Hall of Ancient Records (it transcribes many older correspondences and historical texts which have since been lost in their original forms because they were written in bamboo).
Oen Sien

**Oen Sien** (Al-tseua: 灣濱) is a borough of Trung Chang. Located entirely on reclaimed land, it is known for its casinos and other entertainment facilities.

## History

After the success of the Ap Kair Krung, Prat Dih Tsek, and Soh Rang reclamation projects, Mosiah Lim (as Minister of Urban Development and Planning) unveiled the Council of National Development's Master Plan 1969, which envisioned even more large-scale land reclamation projects. One of these was a further extension of the coastline of Prat Dih Tsek and Soh Rang, which would act as an auxiliary downtown.

Construction began in 1974, after the end of the Great Embargo. The name "Oen Sien" was chosen, which means "bay shore". Reclamation work was delayed by the First East Asian Financial Crisis and the Coup of '92 as well as the diversion of resources towards Century Bay. They were finally completed in 1994.

The National Development Board announced in 1995 that Oen Sien would become a casino district, as it was the only undeveloped plot of land in Trung Chang. The first casino there opened in 1997, which would be followed by ten more in the coming years.
Peninsular Japonic languages

The **Peninsular Japonic languages** are Japonic languages spoken in the Jinhyung Peninsula, all having descended from a Proto-Peninsular Japonic language. The three most spoken ones are the Atsu language, the Daitanese language, and the Shunrengese language; Daitanese and Shunrengese are most closely related to each other than Atsu.
Gajiengyasu Islands

The **Gajiengyasu Islands** are an archipelago of islands off the coast of the Jinhyung Peninsula, just offshore Daitan and Shunreng. They are what comprise the State of Gajiengyasu, a state of Quelpart.

## Etymology

While individual islands were given names, the archipelago as a whole historically was unnamed. After the Rebellion of the Three Banners when Quelpart was awarded sovereignty of the islands, the government named the island chain after the two largest islands: Gajieng and Yasu. The former comes from Chosunese *Geoje* meaning "great rescue", while the latter comes from Korean *Yeosu* of uncertain meaning.
Corporate cities of Quelpart

A **corporate city** is a subtype of city of Quelpart, whose local governance and planning is completely controlled by one company, in practice always a chai tseng (as they have the most power and influence).

They were established in the 1970s by Mosiah Lim under pressure from real estate developers.

## List

### Quelpart Island

* Sen Huang
* Keu Gou
Sen Huang

**Sen Huang** (Al-tseua: 觀音) is a corporate city located to the south of Trung Chang, on the northern slope of MOUNTAIN. It was established in 2017 on the site of Sen Huang Temple and granted to Maple Valley Land, a subsidiary of the Betty Crocker Corporation.

## History

*Main article: Sen Huang controversy*
Blah blah environmentalism

There were plans to create another corporate city to the east named **Kuon Yam**, after the Kuon Yam Temple (dedicated to the goddess Guanyin, but this land would be folded into Sen Huang as the plans developed.
Malaysia

*Not to be confused with Malaya.*
The **Republic of Malaysia**, formerly known as and still commonly known as the **Philippines**, is an island country in Southeast Asia. It shares no land borders but is in close proximity to Formosa and Mindanao.

## History

### Post-WW2 and Internal Conflicts

The Philippines gained independence on the 4th of July, 1945.

While scattered incidents occurred between 1945 and 1950, the Philippine Civil War is considered to have begun in 1950, when the Pan-Philippine People's Army launched the Nueva Ecija Insurrection and captured the town of San Jose Cabaritan.

### Renaming to Malaysia

In 1962, the Senate of the Philippines proposed renaming the country to Malaysia to reflect its Malay heritage as well as its claims over the rest of the Philippine archipelago. The bill was signed into law by President Jude Harley or something

## Government

### Administrative divisions

Malaysia is subdivided into states, formerly known as provinces.
Shunreng

**Shunreng** (Shunreng: 峻嶺 *Shunreng*), officially the **Republic of Shunreng**, is a country in East Asia, located on the eastern side of the Jinhyung Peninsula. It is bordered to the north by Atsu, to the west by Daitan, to the east by the Sea of Japan, and to the south by Quelpart (via GEOJE) and the Tsushima Strait.

## Etymology

The name *Shunreng* comes from Shunreng 峻嶺 *Shunreng* which means "lofty peaks" and comes from the Preface to the Poems Composed at the Orchid Pavilion by Wang Xizhi.
Japan

**Japan** can refer to:

* The People's Republic of Japan, which controls the majority of the territory traditionally associated with Japan
* The Republic of Japan, which controls Kyushu Island and is better known as "Kyushu"
* The Empire of Japan, the historical polity which controlled all of Japan until after WW2
* The Home Islands, consisting of Kyushu Island, Shikoku, Honshu, and Hokkaido, as well as surrounding outlying islands

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Expulsion

Expulsion, whether as a punishment or a voluntary request is considered an extreme measure on par with execution. It is even rumored that at a time expulsion even did often result in the outright execution of wayward mages. Today the most common result of expulsion is blanking.

## **Blanking**

A blank is either a member or an ex-member of the wixen community who has had their attunement to the weave removed. The only case wherein one might be both a blank and member of the wixen community is in the tragic case of a wixen being forcefully blanked through unofficial channels in which case they are often able to continue their education and participate within the Unseen world in a way akin to the nulls who do so. The procedure of blanking is often likened to a lobotomy and can have similar, though often less dramatic effects. Blanks are often dispassionate, and many suffer from depression even when treated with memory alteration, many reporting a sense of disbelonging, loneliness, or otherwise lack of purpose. Blanking a wixen becomes increasingly difficult to achieve as they further develop their magical aptitude and is generally impossible by a student's fifth year.

### **In-lieu of Blanking**

Should a magician face expulsion after becoming too far advanced in their magical studies to undergo blanking they may instead be imprisoned within the Obsidian Oubliette without trial or hearing, for life.

## **Aftermath**

Once a student has been expelled their foci will be destroyed and any familiars will be removed from their possession. Ex-magicians who come from a null family will have both their own and their families minds scrubbed of any knowledge of the Unseen through a secret and terrifying ritual involving one of the deepest secrets buried within the dungeons of Scholomance. Indeed, any academy who requires such services must send the offending individuals to Scholomance to undergo the procedure. In the case of imprisonment, the student will be reported as dead following the family's mind-scrubbing. It is also noteworthy that this procedure will also reveal who, if anyone, the family might have told about the Unseen world resulting in follow up actions.
The Technocracy

A secret order of nulls and even reluctent arcanists who have aligned under the ideals of

Considered a terrorist organization by the Concordence.

The Technocract was seen as the greatest threat to the world of witchcraft for a brief period during the 1920s before falling back into obscurity as concerns over the world wars dominated the social zeitgesit.
Time zone politics

**"Time zone politics"** was a phrase coined by political analyst Barry Hayes in 1995 to describe the changing of countries' time zones in order to make an economic point to their rivals, even at the expense of their own citizens. It was used to describe the actions of the governments of Atsu, Daitan, Shunreng, Quelpart, and the Republic of Japan following the MOUNTAINANA AFFAIR and the abolition of Standard Jinhyung Time.

## Background

"Standard Chosun Time" refers to the time zone used by members of the Pacific Ramparts and later the Northeast Asian Community, equivalent to UTC+8:30. Specifically, it was used by Daitan, Shunreng, Atsu, and Quelpart (though in the latter it was officially called Quelpart Standard Time). The time zone was standardized to facilitate trade and cooperation between the three countries.

The MOUNTAINANA AFFAIR took place in 1997 over \_\_\_\_\_. Taking place during the Second East Asian Financial Crisis, the incident acutely damaged relations between Daitan and Shunreng, and put the fate of the NEAC in jeopardy.

## Shunreng

The Government of Shunreng announced on \_\_\_, 1997, that it will be looking into changing its timezone "in order to align itself better with solar noon", though its true motivation, to distance the country from Daitan, was obvious and reported heavily by the media. The new offset was declared to be UTC+8:45. Businesses in both Shunreng and Daitan, as well as the government of Daitan, protested heavily against the change, saying that it would needlessly inconvenience international trade and transactions, but President \_\_\_ was adamant on the change. It went into effect on January 1, 1998.

## Quelpart

The Board of Directors of Quelpart announced on January 25, 1998, that, in response to Shunreng changing its time zone, it too would shift Quelpart's time zone. The next day, the new time zone was announced to be offset by UTC+9:45 - an hour and forty-five minutes ahead of the existing time, even later than Quelpart Daylight Time. While not explicitly stated, political analysts surmised the odd time was chosen to be ahead of Shunreng's time zone in the winter months and equal to it in the summer months, primarily so that the Trung Chang Stock Exchange would open first. On February 2, the Board announced it had revised the time to UTC+10:00, to be even earlier than the Nagasaki Stock Exchange during winter months (as the Republic of Japan observes DST). The new time zone was implemented on May 1, 1998 (the day when daylight saving time was supposed to occur).

## Chosun

After the fall of communism, Chosun adopted a time zone offset of UTC+10:00 to be aligned with Vladivostok. This was used until the fall of communism in 1991, when the government declared a shift back two hours to UTC+8:00 to be aligned with China. The change took place on January 1, 1993. Although this move predated the coinage of the term "time zone politics" and the context was significantly different, due to its motivations (to distance the country from one market and align with another) it is nowadays considered to be an instance of time zone politics.
Trung Chang Quelpart Temple

A photograph of the Trung Chang temple

The **Trung Chang Quelpart Temple** is the Xth operating temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, located in Trung Chang, Quelpart. It is the largest in the world, with 10 ordinance rooms and 20 sealing rooms (expanded from 8 and 16 respectively in 1990). Constructed in 1962, the temple was built to resemble Herod's temple in Jerusalem, albeit much larger, as it had to service not only the large LDS population in Quelpart but also other communities in Asia. It is the centerpiece of the Temple Gardens, which also houses the temple's Visitor's Center and other LDS facilities.

## History

Blah blah blah

The temple was intended to resemble the Temple of Solomon and the Temple of Herod in Jerusalem, similar to the existing temples in Cardston, Alberta, Mesa, Arizona, and Laie, Hawaii. Unlike those, it was given a single spire to house the golden statue of the Angel Moroni.

It was expanded in 1990 to contain 2 more ordinance rooms and 4 more sealing rooms in a separate annex building, still technically part of the temple.
Atsu

The **Atsu Republic** (Atsu: *Otusuy nu Mingkhou*), or just **Atsu**, is a country located in the northern Jinhyung Peninsula, bordering China to the northwest, Chosun to the north, Daitan to the southwest, and Shunreng to the southeast.

## Etymology

The name *Atsu* comes from Dutch *Atsoe*, which in turn is from Portuguese *Atsui*, which was borrowed from Min Nan 曷祟 *hat sūi*, which is the Chinese name for the area. The name literally means "when disaster" and was traditionally considered to be a phonetic transcription of an ancient historical name. However, there are very few examples of native Atsu names for the area except for "*Gatsurutsu*", which appears in texts from before 1000 AD, but seems to itself be a phonetic transcription or native reading, of Old Chinese 曷祟 (/\*[ɡ]ˤat s-lut-s/). Recent reconstructions of Old Chinese have led to theories positing it is a corrupted and abbreviated form of 東胡之凍川 /\*tˤoŋ [ɡ]ˤa tə tˤoŋ-s t.l̥u[n]/ "Donghu (lit. 'Eastern Barbarians') of the frozen river", with the river in question being the Khumun River.

## History

### Post-Independence

After independence, the country moved its capital from Ontung to the newly captured Duviyen. The city of Byangyang was renamed to Khekhumyang (literally "revolution") and was considered as a capital, but its location on the border raised security concerns.

## Government

Atsu is a presidential republic. It has a unicameral legislature, the National Assembly of Atsu; it has 350 members, 300 of which come from constituencies and 50 are elected from party-lists.

### Administrative divisions

Atsu has two first-level administrative divisions: banners (*gusa*) and national cities. There are currently three national cities: the capital Duviyen, Ontung, and Khekhumyang.

Banners are further subdivided into cities and counties. Counties are converted to cities if they reach a certain population density threshold.
Beuk Huo

**Beuk Huo**, formerly known as **Mokpo** or **Moho**, is a city in Quelpart and the largest city in Quelpart not on Quelpart Island.

Beuk Huo is known for having most factories and other manufacturing facilities in Quelpart, especially with the shift of focus from manufacturing to tourism and service in Quelpart Island. The Port of Beuk Huo is one of the busiest in the world. As a consequence, however, it has poor air quality, which is only exacerbated by industrial development in bordering Daitan as well as Fusan, Shunreng, and China across the sea.

It is connected to Quelpart Island by the Quelpart Undersea Tunnel, the longest such tunnel in the world. It also has an airport, Beuk Huo International Airport. Internal public transport includes the Beuk Huo Monorail and the Beuk Huo Bus Network.
Tramenic languages

The **Tramenic languages** are a language family in southeast Asia, split into three groups: Varamm and its relatives spoken in Yunnan, Luesfo and its relatives spoken in northern Hainan; and the Chamisoan languages spoken in north and northwestern Formosa.

## Name

The name comes from Proto-Tramenic \*tɽamen (as reconstructed by Richard Blade), meaning "citizen" in its basal form and "townsfolk" in its arboreal form.
Lee Keuan-De

**Lee Keuan-De** (Al-tseua: 李建帝) was the first Chairperson and President of Quelpart, credited with transforming the nation from a relatively undeveloped island to a national economic hub.

## Early life

Lee was born on September 15, 1902. His family was originally from northeastern Fujian and were brought to Quelpart by the Wokou during the 1400s.

Lee was a fast learner, and his family claims that he taught himself English reading books from overseas. These claims cannot be verified; nevertheless, by adulthood Lee had a good grasp of the English language.

## Entrance into America and the Phoenix Club

Lee would visit Tokyo in the summer of 1920, where he would happen upon a chance meeting with George S. Stanley who was also visiting. The two would become fast friends, which would be key to practically all further events in his life.
Malaysian language

The **Malaysian language** (Malaysian: *Wikang Malaysia*), formerly known as the **Pilipino language** (*Wikang Pilipino*), is an Austronesian language that is the official language of Malaysia alongside the English language. It is based on the Tagalog language but has heavy influence from other Philippine languages such as Bisaya.
Huat Ken

**Huat Ken** (Al-tseua: 月見) is a city in Quelpart, located to the west of Trung Chang.

## History

Up until the Japanese colonization of Quelpart, Huat Ken was known as **Ngai Huat** (涯月) meaning "moon shores" and consisted only of farmland. During the Japanese period, it was renamed to **Tsukimi** (月見) after the Japanese *tsukimi* festival, though it remained undeveloped.

After independence, Huat Ken was assigned county status. As the economy grew, Trung Chang's industries needed space to expand and many residential neighborhoods in the city had to be demolished; thus, the need for more good residential housing rose. Huat Ken was chosen as the second site of major residential housing projects after Chuo Lin. Huat Ken would be given city status in 1964, making it the second county converted into a city, also after Chuo Lin.
President of Quelpart

The **President** is the *de jure* head of state of Quelpart. They are elected by popular vote and serve an eight-year term with no possibility of re-election. The current President is Charles Tock.

In theory, the President appoints the Director-General who serves for the duration of the President's term and heads the National Development Board. They can also dismiss them at any time and replace them. In practice, however, the President merely acts as a figurehead for the Director-General, and is often bribed or occasionally even threatened to maintain the Director-General's position. Prior to the 1992 Charter of Quelpart, the President was the same person as the Director-General.

## Notes

1. ↑ Due to the status of chai tsengs and the well-known figurehead nature of the Presidency, corporate sponsorship of Presidents is considered to be equivalent to political affiliation.
Names of Quelpart

*For names of other places in the Quelpartian language, see Place names in Quelpartian.*

The island of Quelpart is known to have **many names throughout its history**, ranging from endonyms to Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and European exonyms.

## European Names

### Quelpart

The name *Quelpart* (or *Keol-Bat* if transcribed into Quelpartian) comes from a Dutch ship that attacked and later was consistently used for trade during the Dutch colonization of Quelpart, the *Quelpaert de Brack*. The name was first recorded in 1642, not long after the island passed hands from the Portuguese to the Dutch, and was probably used to avoid the negative connotations of "*Ilha de Ladrones*" (see below).

### Ilha de Ladrones

*Ilha de Ladrones* means "island of thieves" in Portuguese and was the name of the island during the Portuguese colonization of Quelpart. It was named so after the Wokou who ruled the island prior to European colonization.

## Native names

Note that these include Chinese names for the island as they were often used in native Quelpartian documents.

### Reng-Koek

**Reng-Koek** (Al-tseua: 榮國) literally means "glorious country" and was an poetic epithet for the Empire of the Straits. It supplanted *Yeo-Koek* (see below) as the most popular native name for the country and it became official upon independence. Lee Keuan-De did consider changing the country's international name to this, but decided against it as he wanted English and Quelpartian to be as distinct as possible (this philosophy would turn into the One Country Two Languages Policy). Nevertheless, countries that use Chinese characters have their pronunciations of Reng-Koeng as their name for Quelpart: *Róngguó* in Mandarin Chinese; *Eigoku* in Japanese; *Yangkoka* in Daitanese and Shunrengese; *Yangkhou* in Atsu; and *Yeongguk* in Chosunese.

### Yeo-Koek

*Yeo-Koek* (Al-tseua: 榮國) literally means "ocean country" but is actually a contraction of *Reng Yeo-Hap Tai-Koek* (榮海峽帝國) "Glorious Empire of the Straits".

### Koek-Deuk

*Koek-Deuk* (Al-tseua: 遠島), literally "faraway island", was the traditional Chinese name for the island. Pronounced as "gwengki-tuk" in Classical Quelpartian, the name became more vague as more characters became pronounced as "koek" (including 國 "country").

### Early names

The *Chronicles of the Kings* states that originally, there was no native name for Quelpart, and that each clan used a name describing where they lived. It noted that the name 丹囊逑 *Dānnángqiú* (Old Chinese: /\*tˤan nˤaŋ g(r)u/) was mentioned in early correspondences as being used by all clans to refer to where they lived, and that these correspondences said this was the name of the island. However, later correspondences showed that this word in fact just meant "homeland" (c.f. the reconstructed Proto-Donghai \*tanaNgu). Another name mentioned was 鹵阿烏 *Lǔ'āwū* (Old Chinese: /\*[r]ˁaʔ qˤa[j] [ʔ]ˤa/ or /\*[r]ˁaʔ qˤa[j] qˤa/) which was later found out to mean "great voyage" (c.f. Proto-Donghai \*rakRaya).
Betty Crocker Corporation

The **Betty Crocker Corporation**, often abbreviated to **Crockercorp**, is a multinational conglomerate headquartered in SATELLITE CITY, Quelpart.

## History

The Betty Crocker Corporation was established as the Crocker Family Bakery in 1921 by John Crocker, who named it after his mother Betty. The bakery grew immensely popular and profitable, and Crocker acquired farms, mills, and other factories, vertically integrating the company. He then bought out competitors and the company became one of the largest food suppliers in the United States. The company was known for supplying the United States Military with food during World War 2 and the Japanese Civil War.

John Crocker died in 1952, and the family passed to his nephew Jake English. He recognized East Asia as a growing market and partnered with the government of Quelpart to supply war-torn nations such as Atsu, Daitan, and Shunreng with food. At the same time, he incorporated the company as the Betty Crocker Corporation in Trung Chang, and expanded the company into real estate and manufacturing.

English died in 1980, passing on the company to his son Jude English.
Bamboo book

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**Bamboo books** (Mandarin: 簡 *jiǎn*; Old Chinese /\*kˁre[n]ʔ/) were the primary medium of writing documents during the Zhou and Qin dynasties, predating the use of silk and the invention of paper.

## History

From the "period of oracle bones and shells", or in other words the Shang dynasty, to around 300 BC, bamboo was the primary medium of writing in China. They were made by "roasting" or dehydrating strips or small blanks of bamboo to prevent them from deforming. From then, these strips, said to have been as long as a chopstick and as wide as two (in practice ranging in length from 8 inches to 2 feet 4 inches), were carved using styluses dipped in ink made from tree sap and bound together using threads of silk or thongs of leather; errors are said to have been scraped away with a small knife. The small size of each bamboo strip could only fit one column of "tens" of Chinese characters, and thus they necessitated the use of short and concise writing. Bamboo books were stated to have been very heavy and bulky, and the strings holding the strips together were known to break leading to confusion as to the order of the strips. Naturally, they were quickly displaced by silk and later paper during the Han dynasty.

Alongside bamboo books were standalone square wooden tablets known as 方 *fāng* (Old Chinese /\*C-paŋ/), engraved using the same method, used for recording official documents, ordinances, and short messages.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wu, K. T. (August 1936). The Chinese Book: Its Evolution and Development. T'ien Hsia. Retrieved on January 14, 2022.
2. ↑ Li, Lingxiang (November 16, 2017). Bamboo and Wooden Slip (Chinese Bamboo Book). Retrieved on January 14, 2022.

http://www.chinaheritagequarterly.org/020/tien-hsia/Wu\_Evolution.pdf
Quelpart Undersea Tunnel

The **Quelpart Undersea Tunnel** is a 73-kilometer-long railway tunnel that connects Quelpart Island to Krawangong Island. Completed in 2008, it is the longest railway tunnel in the world, surpassing the Channel Tunnel.

## History

### Initial Plans

Plans TEMPORARILY BALKED by the First East Asian Financial Crisis

### Golden Spring and Autumn

Revived

2008 done
Daitan

**Daitan** (Daitanese: 泥灘 *Daitan*) is a country in East Asia located on the Jinhyung Peninsula. It is bounded to the north by Atsu, to the east by Shunreng, to the south by Quelpart (via the Deot Wu Islands) and the Quelpart Sea, and to the west by the Yellow Sea.

## Etymology

The name *Daitan* comes from Daitanese 泥灘 (pronounced "Daitan") meaning "mud shoal" or "mud beach", referring to the large much flats surrounding the HAN RIVER.
Government of Quelpart

**Quelpart** is in effect, a one-party state led by the National Development Board, though it does not officially hold any political position. It is led by the Director-General of the National Development Board, also known as the Director-General of Quelpart, and is comprised of 29 other members. The country is officially represented domestically and internationally by the President of Quelpart, who is elected via direct popular vote and serves for a single eight-year term (and cannot be reelected). They in turn appoint the 100 members of the House of Representatives, one of whom is selected to be the Prime Minister, who is the head of government.

It is an Open secret that the National Development Board is composed of the CEOs and Presidents of chai tsengs, business conglomerates that have had large influence in the government even prior to the Coup of '92. Similarly, candidates for the Presidency are often either other high-ranking officials of said chai tsengs, or actors and other celebrities, that easily hold loyalties with a certain conglomerate and follow their policies.

## History

Quelpart has been a monarchy for most of its history.

After World War 2, the United States established a military administration intended to supervise the country until its planned independence seven years later in 1952 (synchronous to the withdrawal of American forces in Japan). However, Lee Keuan-De was able to convince its officials to relinquish power to him, and he created the Transitional Government of Quelpart, which would bridge the American administration with a freely-elected and democratic government by 1955. This was quickly subverted: Lee would be elected President in the 1948 Quelpartian presidential election, in what has been described as a sham election, and would establish the 1948 Charter of Quelpart and the Council of National Development.

Following the Coup of '92, the heads of the chai tsengs convened and planned a government which would maintain their oligopoly over the government, which culminated in the 1992 Charter of Quelpart which, as of 2022, remains the current constitution of Quelpart.

## Executive Branch

### Presidency

*Main article: President of Quelpart*
The President is the head of state of Quelpart.
Mindanao

**Mindanao**, officially the **Republic of Mindanao** (Danish: *Republikken Mindanau*, Cebuano: *Republika sa Mindanao*), is an island country in Southeast Asia. It does not border any country but is very close to Malaysia and Sulu.

### American colonization and the Egan Plan

*Main article: Egan Plan*
In 1910, US ambassador to Denmark, Maurice Francis Egan, proposed trading Mindanao to Denmark in 1910 in exchange for Greenland and the Danish West Indies. Denmark could then trade Mindanao to Germany for Northern Schleswig. The plan was discussed in the US Congress and was divisive, and many Senators abstained from voting, but the plan reached President Woodrow Wilson who approved it. It was equally, if not more, controversial in Denmark, but also ended up being accepted. Danish officials later discussed this with the German government, but they too were reluctant to agree. They nevertheless gave their approval of it.

The handover of the Danish West Indies, Greenland, and Mindanao occurred on July 4, 1914. The outbreak of World War I would prevent Denmark from being able to trade Mindanao however, and after the end of the war, Denmark was left with control over Mindanao.

### Danish colonization

The Danish government made many attempts to trade back Mindanao for Greenland, but these were all rejected due to how strategic Greenland was for the US.

The Danes would establish Cagayan de Oro as the colonial capital

### Post-WW2 and Civil War

After World War 2

The Sultanate of Sulu would declare "independence"

### People's Republic of Mindanao

*Main article: People's Republic of Mindanao*
In 1965

## Demographics

### Languages

Mindanao has two official languages: Danish and Cebuano. Danish was chosen as it was the language used during the Danish administration while Cebuano is the native language of a plurality of people in the country. Other languages include Hiligaynon and Tausug. A good amount of the youth speak English with varying degrees of fluency due to its increasing use worldwide.

During both the communist and Islamist periods, there were attempts to remove Danish as an official language due to it being seen as a sign of colonialism. These efforts failed because by then, the majority of people were well-educated, fluent in, and regularly used Danish. There were also attempts made by the non-communist and non-Islamist government to install English as an official language due to its use during the American administration as well as increased use worldwide, but these efforts failed as well despite its use among the youth.
Advertising in Quelpart

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Quelpart is known for having very lax **advertising laws**.

### Board of Directors Rule

In 2000, the government passed a law guaranteeing the "right to advertise" for companies, which prevented the vandalism or removal of advertisements by citizens without prior approval. The law was controversial and was nearly struck down, but it survives to this day.

## Location

Billboards are allowed to be placed on every "commercial building", i.e. those not used for residential or official government purposes. Many commercial buildings are even mandated to have billboards placed on them in order to save space, a measure which has been criticized but not changed. Imperial Boulevard is the epitome of this: almost every building in the shopping district has a billboard placed on it, all of them electronic since 2019. Public parks have many small digital billboards along paved paths but they are prohibited in "predominantly grassy areas"; meanwhile, in (non-grassy) plazas, they are more common.

In stark contrast to the above, the use of flyers and small posters are heavily regulated. Taping them to the side of a building that is not owned by the advertiser, as well as fences, posts, and the like, is strictly prohibited and punishable by a heavy fine. Door-to-door sales is legal and taping flyers to residents' doors is also allowed but they cannot be taped to any other wall, even in public areas. Advertising in the mail is legal.
Pinnacle Islands

The **Pinnacle Islands** are a small group of uninhabited islands in the East China Sea, considered to be a part of the Orange Islands but are about 80 km from the Ruyung-ruyung Islands. They are the focus of a territorial dispute between China and Formosa, who both claim sovereignty over the islands.
The Choosing

The first arcane act a student officially engages in is their participance in the ritual known as the Choosing wherein they are sorted into one of the four great houses. The ceremony is conducted in the great hall following the arrival of the new students of Scholomance and is conducted after the first dinner feast of the academic year. Each of the new first years are seated separated from the returning students and are required to bring their personal effect, as defined in the Academy Analog of Accountancy. One by one the students are brought to the head of the hall where a ritual circle awaits them to place the effect within. The student then sits outside the circle and waits for it to respond. The circle will generally respond quickly by igniting into one of the four house colors; whereupon the headmaster of the school will announce the corresponding house name formally investing the student into their new home. The student is then permitted to join the veteran students of their house.

The Choosing additionally plays an integral role in upholding the standard of Sacrarium Corporis by enabling Internal Maladies to be detected and addressed. While this is a lesser known fact, it is not necessarily a guarded secret, due to some of the more obvious impacts this may have on select students.

## Ceremonial Conduct

The ceremony starts half an hour after the students are gathered into the halls and upon it's official start new students are to remain quiet until sorted. Once sorted and joined with their respective house they may engage in quiet conversation in order to foster a welcoming environment. Returning students are not required to attend the ceremony, however many do in order to welcome their new colleagues.

## Spoilers

The ritual circle is created by the headmaster or another appointed professor utilizing four enchanted ever burning candles which link the circle to the house patrons, from whose blood the candles have been anointed. The ritual itself is a form of scrying that enables the the patrons to collectively glance into the students mind and past in order to inform them of the prospective mage's proclivities in order to enable the patrons to decide on the house that best fits the student. Often the patrons do not conflict over which of them will adopt a given student, however, on occasion, they have been known to debate telepathically among one another through the aid of Aboragail. In very rare cases, the circle will fade, signaling that the student will need to be sorted later, due to a more extreme debate between two or more of the patrons.
Charles Tock

**Charles Winston Tock** (born February 3, 1990) is a Quelpartian politician and actor, serving as the 7th and incumbent President of Quelpart since February 1, 2021. He is the first European Quelpartian to hold the position. Prior to this he was a famous actor in numerous TV series such as BLAH.

Acting

Tock announced his candidacy for the 2016 Quelpartian presidential election on November 6, 2015, with the sponsorship of the Betty Crocker Corporation. As the BCC was founded in the United States and was only reincorporated in Quelpart in the 1980s, as well as due to the American origins of Tock's family, Tock's election brought concerns of renewed American influence in Quelpart, especially as the country has been increasingly aligned with China since the 1990s. However, the BCC had grown increasingly pro-China under Jane Crocker's leadership and especially following the election of trade protectionist Rick Monaghan as President of the United States in 2012. Tock won the election with 67.2% of the vote, defeating BLAH and BLAH.

## Early life

Tock was born on February 3, 1990, to Daniel F. Tock and Mary Bethson Tock. Both of his parents were born in Quelpart as children of American citizens who had moved to Quelpart in the 1950s and 1960s as part of the TOURISM PROGRAM, thus making him eligible for the Presidency. BLAH BLAH

## Political career

### Candidacy

On August 6, 2015, Tock announced he had signed an "agreement" with the Betty Crocker Corporation. While politics was not mentioned in the brief statement, many speculated he would run for president, as agreements by actors with major brands often preclude such announcements. On November 6, he confirmed that he would be running in the upcoming 2016 Quelpartian presidential election.
Proto-Tangtangic

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**Proto-Tangtangic** is a reconstructed daughter language of Proto-Donghai thought to have been spoken in the Tangtang Islands between 1000 BC to, at the latest, around 1000 AD.

## Phonology

Proto-Tangtangic gained phonemic pharyngealization from diphthongs, \*u, and the loss of coda \*k.

### Sound Changes

* CR → Cˤ
	+ Example:
* RV → ˤV / #\_
	+ Example: \*Repakut "Ryukyu mandarin" → \*ˤepakˤut
* R → Ø / else
	+ Vowel length briefly becomes phonemic in order for:
* ai au ui ue VV → ˤa ˤo ˤi ˤe ˤV
	+ Example: \*baibai "beach, shore" → \*bˤabˤa
	+ Example: \*pudao "jade" → \*pˤudˤo
	+ Example: \*inui "ripe" → \*inˤi
	+ Example: \*apuen "leader" → \*apˤen
	+ Example: \*anaRa "ginger" → \*anaa → \*anˤa
* C → Cˤ / \_u
	+ Example: \*apu "grandparent or grandchild" → \*apˤu
* o → u
	+ This makes glottalization preceding /u/ phonemic.
* Vk → ˤV / \_$
	+ Example: \*anak "child" → \*anˤa
Japonic languages

The **Japonic languages** are a language family spoken throughout East Asia. They are divided into two main groups: the Insular Japonic languages are spoken in the Home Islands, with the main representative being the Japanese language; while the Peninsular Japonic languages are spoken on the Jinhyung Peninsula and are represented by the Atsu language, the Daitanese language, and the Shunrengese language.

## Divisions

* Japonic (Proto-Japonic)
	+ Insular Japonic
		- Japanese languages
			* Japanese
		- Ryukyuan?
	+ Peninsular Japonic (Proto-Peninsular Japonic)
		- Atsu languages
			* Atsu
		- Daishun languages (Proto-Daishun)
			* Daitan
			* Shunrengese
Sil Wo

The **Sil Wo** (the abbreviated form of *Sil Seuk da Wo Sheng*, "Bureau of Intelligence"; Al-tseua (Fuo Yeok): 信息之部政) is the national intelligence agency of Quelpart.

## Operations

The Sil Wo has publicly admitted to carrying out numerous "special operations", ranging from espionage and sabotage to full assassinations. The most high-profile of these was the assassination of practically the whole military leadership of the country (except for THIRD SERIOUS GUY) during the Coup of '92.

However, the Sil Wo is accused of having performed more assassinations without public acknowledgement. The 1972 Krai Trung attacks are theorized by many, especially by the Quelpartian opposition, as being a large false flag organization intended to eliminate SECOND SERIOUS GUY's opposition and to fuel a *casus belli* against the Republic of Japan in order to declare the Donghai War. Activist Jaren Khong disappeared from his apartment complex, never to be seen again; due to his prominence, other opposition members consider his disappearance to be an act by the Sil Wo.
Director-General of Quelpart

The **Director-General** is the head of the National Development Board, the advisory board to the government of Quelpart. In theory, they are merely first among equals with the other members of the NDB and is subordinate to the President and the rest of the government. In practice, however, the Director-General is the most powerful person in government and can effectively decide all government policies. The current Director-General is Jane Crocker.
Valraven

A gryphon-like creature with the head and wings of a great raven and the body of a wolf, valraven's (traditionally valravn) are a rare supernatrual planar native being said to be born of a common raven which feasts upon the heart of a true werewolf, however there is no confirmation of this myth. It is believed that less then one hundred valraven exist making them highly endangered. It is rumored that valraven who undergo a second apotheosis through the consumption of another power entity, sometimes said to be an elder vampire, or even a psychopomp gain the ability to transform into an armored humanoid with a spectral shadow-body. Sparingly little is known about valravens are they are exceedingly difficult to both study or capture as valraven appear to have a natural affinity for obtenebration as well as true sight and supernatrual speed.

Valraven who gain the ability to transform into a humanoid often make use of weapons which much like themselves are typically cut from shadow, however sometimes for reasons unknown a valraven may use a glass-like blade as opposed to shadow. Regardless of the type of weapon they use it will always be bladed and are said to tear through armor as if they were vorpal. Such valraven also appear to have even greater mastery over obtenebration and employ it to great effect as they effortlessly slip between the prime plane and the plane of shadows to disappear and reappear at will in differing places. Valraven are also thought to disappear from the prime plane during the day all together through this method as none have ever been seen during the day.
Sulu

**Sulu** (Tausug: سوڬ, *Sūg*), officially the **Sultanate of Sulu** (Tausug: كاسولتانن سين سوڬ, *Kasultanan sin Sūg*), is an island country in Southeast Asia. It borders Brunei and the People's Republic of Indonesia via Sabah and is also in close proximity to Mindanao. Its capital is Sandakan.

## History

### American and Danish periods

In 1920, after World War 1 and the handover of Mindanao to Denmark, the Sultan of Sulu signed an agreement with the Danish government recognizing that Sulu is a protectorate underneath the Danes, but is to become fully independent if Mindanao becomes independent. Sulu was then subsumed under the central Mindanao administration.

### Independence and the Sulu War

*Main article: Sulu War*
In 1945, after Mindanao became independent, Sulu also declared that it was free from Danish suzerainship. Mindanao rejected this, claiming that Sulu was part of Mindanao and that the 1920 agreement was rendered void when Sulu was subsumed under Mindanao. The Mindanaoan Army and navy launched the Invasion of Lupah Sug on September 21, 1946, sparking the Sulu War. The city was captured with ease, and less than a week later the Battle of Maimbung took place, culminating in the Sack of the Darul Jambangan. The Sultan and other members of government then fled to Batu-Batu.

The southern islands of Sulu, Tawi-Tawi, were under heavy blockade by the Mindanaoan Navy until 1950 when the Mindanaoan Civil War broke out and their forces were reassigned to defend the capital Alexandrinestad from the Pan-Philippine People's Army. This allowed the Sultanate to recapture Jolo Island. On March 3, 1952, the Sultanate and the Republic of Mindanao signed a truce; however, the Sultanate still felt their territorial integrity was not restored, due to the loss of Sabah and Basilan.

Formosa was the first country to recognize the independent Sulu. The Soviet Union attempted to negotiate with both Sulu and the PPPA, proposing to recognize Sulu as fully independent in exchange for their support against Mindanao, but both parties disliked this idea.