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Bill: OOC: Cultural Protocols (ALTERNATE PROPOSAL)

Details

Submitted by[?]: Hosia Demokrata Popola Partio

Status[?]: passed

Votes: This bill is a resolution. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.

Voting deadline: December 3593

Description[?]:

***ALL debate should be OOC (Out of Character)


BRIEF PRE-GAME HISTORY

The cultural identity of Zardugal stems from the Ancient/Early Medieval Augustan Empire (http://particracy.wikia.com/wiki/Augustan_Empire), based on the Eastern Roman Empire, and which ruled most of the South of the continent. The Augustan Empire lasted until the 15th century CE, when Tokundian and Majatran raids precipitated an eventual collapse. For a while, most of Zardugal was a part of the Ahmadi Caliphate (http://particracy.wikia.com/wiki/Ahmadi_Caliphate), the equivalent of the Islamic Caliphate, which ruled over much of the continent. During the 16th century, the Kingdom of Zardugal, and its twin Kingdom of Cobura, was born from the ashes of the Augustan Empire, and lasted until 2117, when modern Zardugal was founded.

CULTURE

Zardugal has a culture largely based on the Eastern Roman/Byzantine Empire, especially in the early stages of its history. Additionally, Zardugal has a number of Coptic, Sub-Saharan African, Slavic, and Central Asian steppe cultural influences.

ETHNICITY

Augustan = Esperanto-speaking Byzantine & late Roman (http://particracy.wikia.com/wiki/Augustan_people)
Jelbek = Jelbék-speaking Central Asians / Eurasian Steppe Peoples (http://classic.particracy.net/viewbill.php?billid=387061 http://particracy.wikia.com/wiki/Jelbek_people)
Irkawan = Coptic Egyptian (http://particracy.wikia.com/wiki/Irkawan_people)
Mallan = Amharic-speaking Ethiopian (http://particracy.wikia.com/wiki/Mallan_people)
Majatran = Arab (http://particracy.wikia.com/wiki/Majatrans)
Deltarian = stereotypical mix of various Slavic, Eastern European, and Ancient Germanic ethnicities (http://particracy.wikia.com/wiki/Deltarian_Demographics)
Solentian = Maltese

~Percentages of the Population~
Augustan- 64%
Jelbek- 13%
Mallan- 6%
Irkawan- 5%
Majatran- 4%
Deltarian- 3%
Solentian- 3%
Various other groups- 2%

The Augustans are the descendants of Selucian (Roman) colonists from the north, who initially settled on the shores of the Majatran Sea and later expanded southwards. During the Middle Ages, the Augustans created a powerful and wealthy Empire that left an indelible mark on the land. They have a Byzantine culture and appearance.

The Jelbeks are based on an amalgam of nomadic Eurasian cultures such as the Tatars, Turkics, Mongols and Finno-Ugrics, and they speak Jelbék, a conlang devised solely for the PT world. Jelbeks have a culture vaguely similar to the Central Asian nations of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, etc.

The Irkawans and Mallans are two indigenous ethnic groups from the nation of Cobura in the South. The Mallans are based on Ethiopians in culture and appearance, while Irkawans are based on Coptic Egyptians and Nubians in culture and appearance.

The Majatrans resemble real-life Arabs and a significant proportion speak Majatran (Arabic) as a first language. The Majatrans settled in Zardugal in large numbers when its territory was incorporated in the Ahmadi Caliphate.

Deltarians are the dominant group of ethnicities in the nation of Deltaria, and their culture is primarily based on the Tsardom of Russia, the medieval Kingdom of Hungary, the Romanian Principalities (Wallachia and Moldavia), Great Moravia, and the medieval Bulgarian and Serbian Empires, in addition to influences from RL pre-Christian Scandinavia and Anglo-Saxon England.


LANGUAGE
http://particracy.wikia.com/wiki/Terran_Language_Families

Augustan = Esperanto (http://particracy.wikia.com/wiki/Augustan_language)
Archaic Augustan/Arcaicam Aùgustanam = Arcaicam Esperantom
Jelbek = Conlang (http://particracy.wikia.com/wiki/Jelbek)
Irkawan = Coptic (both Sahidic and Bohairic dialects) (http://particracy.wikia.com/wiki/Irkawan_language)
Ancient Irkawan = Ancient Egyptian
Mallan = Amharic (http://particracy.wikia.com/wiki/Mallan_language)
Ancient Mallan = Ge'ez
Majatran = Arabic
Deltarian languages = Slavic, East European, and Ancient Germanic languages (http://particracy.wikia.com/wiki/Languages_of_Deltaria)
Old Tokundian = Old Church Slavonic (http://particracy.wikia.com/wiki/Old_Tokundian)

The most widely spoken language in Zardugal, and the language of government, the military, and the upper class, is Augustan, the native language of the Augustans. Apart from Augustan, several other languages are spoken by their respective ethnic groups (Jelbek for Jelbeks, Irkawan for Irkawans, Mallan for Mallans, Majatran for Majatrans, etc.). The "classical" predecessors of those languages (Arcaicam Aùgustanam for Augustan, Ancient Irkawan for Irkawan, Ancient Mallan for Mallan, Old Tokundian for Deltarian Languages, and Classical Majatran for Majatran) although no longer spoken, are sometimes used as languages of prestige and high culture by their respective ethnic groups


RELIGION
http://particracy.wikia.com/wiki/Illustrated_Catalogue_of_Religion


Hosianism = Christianity (http://particracy.wikia.com/wiki/Hosianism)
Terran Patriarchal Church = Medieval Catholicism + Slavic Mythology + Russian Orthodox Church (http://particracy.wikia.com/wiki/Terran_Patriarchal_Church)
Selucian Patriarchal Church = Catholic Church (http://particracy.wikia.com/wiki/Selucian_Patriarchal_Church)
Apostolic Church of the East = Eastern Christianity (http://particracy.wikia.com/wiki/Apostolic_Church_of_the_East)
Bishopalism = Episcopalianism (http://particracy.wikia.com/wiki/Bishopal_Church)
Ahmadiyya = Islam (http://particracy.wikia.com/wiki/Ahmadism)
Queranzariah = Sunni (http://particracy.wikia.com/wiki/Queranzariah)
Abadism = Shia (http://particracy.wikia.com/wiki/Abadism)
Halawism = Alevism + Alawism + Bektashism (http://particracy.wikia.com/wiki/Halawis)
Yeudism = Judaism (http://particracy.wikia.com/wiki/Yeudism)

~Percentages of the Population~
Hosian- 79%
-Terran Patriarchal Church: 51%
-Apostolic Church of the East: 13%
-Selucian Patriarchal Church: 7%
-Bishopalism- 5%
-Other Hosian- 3%
Ahmadi- 11%
-Quarenzariah- 6%
-Abadism- 4%
-Halawi- 1%
Irreligious/Atheist/Agnostic- 7%
Yeudi- 2%
Other-1%

NAMING

Characters should have mostly Esperanto, Jelbek, Coptic, Ethiopian, Slavic, or Arabic names. It is advised that party names are in Esperanto.

Naming guides:
http://classic.particracy.net/viewbill.php?billid=396321
http://classic.particracy.net/viewbill.php?billid=389078

Proposals

Debate

These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:

Date13:52:39, December 16, 2013 CET
FromHosia Demokrata Popola Partio
ToDebating the OOC: Cultural Protocols (ALTERNATE PROPOSAL)
MessageSo as not to clog the debate on the previous cultural protocol bill, I made a separate one here. This is basically cobbled up from the cultural protocols of Cobura, Jelbania, and Deltaria, so there is little of it I wrote myself.

Date13:58:42, December 16, 2013 CET
FromHosia Demokrata Popola Partio
ToDebating the OOC: Cultural Protocols (ALTERNATE PROPOSAL)
MessageI also took the bit on Halawism from the Kalopian cutlural protocol.

Date16:56:01, December 16, 2013 CET
FromZardio Federisma Partio
ToDebating the OOC: Cultural Protocols (ALTERNATE PROPOSAL)
MessageGive he jelbks 20% and I'll throw my support behind this

Date19:44:48, December 16, 2013 CET
FromZardio Federisma Partio
ToDebating the OOC: Cultural Protocols (ALTERNATE PROPOSAL)
MessageCorrection: 15%

Date04:56:48, December 17, 2013 CET
FromZardio Federisma Partio
ToDebating the OOC: Cultural Protocols (ALTERNATE PROPOSAL)
MessageOh solentians are closely related to Kalopian-Selucian peoples

Date17:39:22, December 18, 2013 CET
FromZardio Federisma Partio
ToDebating the OOC: Cultural Protocols (ALTERNATE PROPOSAL)
MessageI ask all parties to vote for this

Date07:43:59, December 19, 2013 CET
FromZardio Federisma Partio
ToDebating the OOC: Cultural Protocols (ALTERNATE PROPOSAL)
MessageI withdraw my support of this protocol until in game actions have been righted

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Voting

Vote Seats
yes
    

Total Seats: 400

no
 

Total Seats: 96

abstain
  

Total Seats: 254


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