Resources: Forum-Based Countries Information

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Forum-based countries (FBC or FBCs) are the countries shown in the large grey area on the eastern section of the in-game world map. FBCs are not playable in-game, but are playable in terms of roleplay; players can have full control over political, economic and other affairs but are restricted in terms of the cultural and historical background based on the descriptions provided in this thread, in accordance with Section 9 (Forum-Based Countries) of the Game Rules.

Traditionally, FBCs have been known by various names such as "former colonies" and the "Third World", meaning that historically FBCs were colonial possessions of the in-game countries but have been independent and independently developed since then, beyond their position as former colonies. FBCs partake in the World Congress and other intergovernmental organisations just like in-game countries and can even elect a representative for Seat E of the Security Council.

Players can request control of FBCs with the name of the country and a summary of the intended roleplay, here.


The map above was created by Pragma. Please note three countries have been renamed since the map was produced.
Bazgaristan is now called Yerrawa, Suyu Llaqta is now called Nsanlosa, and Utembo is now called Xsampa.

Bianjie
Controller:
Background: Manchu
Culture: viewtopic.php?p=166420#p166420
News thread: viewtopic.php?f=24&t=7442

Dalibor
Controller:
Background: Han Chinese
Culture: viewtopic.php?p=191578#p191578
News thread: viewtopic.php?f=24&t=7614

Hanzen
Controller: alaskancrabpuffs21 (24 March 2024)
Background: Thai
Culture: viewtopic.php?p=191579#p191579
News thread: viewtopic.php?f=24&t=7267

Istapali
Controller: Eidolon (6 June 2024)
Background: Shona and Tsonga
Culture: viewtopic.php?p=191580#p191580
News thread: viewtopic.php?f=24&t=7721

Kimlien
Controller: hopesfor2 (16 November 2023)
Background: Vietnamese
Culture: viewtopic.php?p=191581#p191581
News thread: viewtopic.php?f=24&t=7736

Kurageri
Controller:
Background: Baganda and Banyarwanda
Culture: viewtopic.php?p=191582#p191582
News thread: viewtopic.php?f=24&t=7871

Liore
Controller:
Background: Swahili
Culture: viewtopic.php?p=191583#p191583
News thread: viewtopic.php?f=24&t=7336

Medina
Controller: mrcricketer (12 January 2024)
Background: Pakistani
Culture: viewtopic.php?p=191584#p191584
News thread: viewtopic.php?f=24&t=7888

Midway
Controller:
Background: Nigerian, East African and Arab
Culture: viewtopic.php?p=191585#p191585
News thread: viewtopic.php?f=24&t=7781

Mina
Controller:
Background: Arab
Culture: viewtopic.php?p=191586#p191586
News thread: viewtopic.php?f=24&t=8264

New Alduria
Controller: WuHan (17 January 2024)
Background: Haitian
Culture: viewtopic.php?p=191587#p191587
News thread: viewtopic.php?f=24&t=7251

New Englia
Controller:
Background: Northern Irish
Culture: viewtopic.php?p=191588#p191588
News thread: viewtopic.php?f=24&t=7766

New Verham
Controller: Rogue (3 May 2024)
Background: Mongol
Culture: viewtopic.php?p=191589#p191589
News thread: viewtopic.php?f=24&t=7272

North Dovani
Controller: iltamzumra (26 March 2024)
Background: Nigerian
Culture: viewtopic.php?p=191590#p191590
News thread: viewtopic.php?f=24&t=7803

Noumonde
Controller:
Background: Malagasy
Culture: viewtopic.php?p=191591#p191591
News thread: viewtopic.php?f=24&t=7250

Nsanlosa
Controller: Rogue (07 June 2024)
Background: Chewa and Swahili
Culture: viewtopic.php?p=191592#p191592
News thread: viewtopic.php?f=24&t=7249

Ntoto
Controller:
Background: Kongo and Fang
Culture: viewtopic.php?p=191593#p191593
News thread: viewtopic.php?f=24&t=7627

Ostland
Controller:
Background: Japanese and Austrian
Culture: viewtopic.php?p=191594#p191594
News thread: viewtopic.php?f=24&t=7252

Rapa Pile
Controller:
Background: Sri Lankan
Culture: viewtopic.php?p=191595#p191595
News thread: viewtopic.php?f=24&t=7702

Statrica
Controller:
Background: West African
Culture: viewtopic.php?p=191596#p191596
News thread: viewtopic.php?f=24&t=7274

Temania
Controller: Nileowen_ (24 March 2024)
Background: Indonesian and Malaysian
Culture: viewtopic.php?p=191597#p191597
News thread: viewtopic.php?f=24&t=7304

Tropica
Controller:
Background: Polynesian
Culture: viewtopic.php?p=191598#p191598
News thread: viewtopic.php?f=24&t=7615

Utari Mosir
Controller:
Background: Ainu
Culture: viewtopic.php?p=191599#p191599
News thread: viewtopic.php?f=24&t=7316

Vascania
Controller: jamescfm (31 December 2023), Pragma (11 April 2024)
Background: Indian
Culture: viewtopic.php?p=191600#p191600
News thread: viewtopic.php?f=17&t=8142

Xsampa
Controller: Elena1012 (31 January 2024)
Background: Tibetan
Culture: viewtopic.php?p=191601#p191601
News thread: viewtopic.php?f=24&t=7422

Yerrawa
Controller:
Background: Myanma
Culture: viewtopic.php?p=193737#p193737
News thread: viewtopic.php?f=24&t=7890

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BIANJIE

Bianjie is based primarily on Manchuria.

ETHNIC GROUPS

Bianjie (Manchu)- 82%
Yingdalan (Han Chinese)- 9%
Suman (Lao)- 3%
Sekowan (Ryukyuan)- 2%
Other- 4%

RELIGION

Bianjie shamanism (Manchu shamanism)- 62%
No religion- 17%
Mazdayana Daenism (Mahayana Buddhism)- 15%
Kamism (Shinto)- 4%
Other- 2%

LANGUAGE

Bianjie (Manchu) was historically the native language of the country but is no longer widely spoken. In the present day, most of the population speaks Kunikata (Japanese). Yingdalan (Standard Chinese) is commonly spoken as a second language.

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DALIBOR

Dalibor is based on a combination of Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

ETHNIC GROUPS

Yingdalan (Han Chinese)- 78%
Welang (Taiwanese indigenous)- 12%
Phra (Thai)- 7%
Other- 3%

RELIGION

Religious syncretism, or the blending of two or more religious traditions, is widespread in Dalibor. While these figures are estimates of primary religious affiliation, exact figures are problematic because Daliborian people often practice more than one religion, or combine the practices and beliefs of different traditions.

Daliborian Guidao (Taoism and Taiwanese folk beliefs)- 42%
No religion- 29%
Daenism (Buddhism)- 25%
— Upayana (Theravada)-21%
— Mazdayana (Mahayana)- 4%
Other- 4%

LANGUAGE

Yingdalan (Standard Chinese) has historically been the language of Daliborian business, government and media. Daliborian (Hong Kong Cantonese) is widely spoken across the country, particularly outside Dalibor City. Welang (Formosan) languages continue to be spoken by the Welang (Taiwanese indigenous) population.

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HANZEN

Hanzen is based on Thailand, as well as Cambodia and Laos.

ETHNIC GROUPS

Phra (Thai)- 67%
Chon (Khmer)- 14%
Suman (Lao)-12%
Yingdalan (Han Chinese)- 3%
Other- 4%

RELIGION

Upayana Daenism (Theravada Buddhism)- 94%
No religion- 4%
Other- 2%

LANGUAGE

Phra (Thai) is the dominant language in Hanzen. Chon (Khmer) and Suman (Lao) are spoken as first languages by the country’s ethnic minority populations.

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ISTAPALI

Istapali is based on Mozambique and Zimbabwe.

ETHNIC GROUPS

Vanhu (Shona)- 44%
Psiku (Tsonga)- 29%
Ekina (Makua)- 13%
Kwikoe (Khoisan)- 6%
Zaki (Chewa)- 4%
Other- 4%

RELIGION

Hosianism (Christianity)- 58%
— Aurorian Patriarchal Church (Catholic Church)- 43%
— Abjurantism (Protestantism)- 15%
Ahmadism (Islam)- 16%
No religion- 11%
Traditional beliefs- 10%
Mazdayana Daenism (Mahayana Buddhism)-3%
Other- 2%

LANGUAGE

Vanhu (Shona) and Psiku (Tsonga) are the most widely spoken languages in Istapali.

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KIMLIEN

Kimlien is based on Vietnam.

ETHNIC GROUPS

Dinh (Vietnamese)- 85%
Danyuec (Cham)- 9%
Chon (Khmer)- 3%
Other- 3%

RELIGION

Religious syncretism, or the blending of two or more religious traditions, is widespread in Kimlien. While these figures are estimates of primary religious affiliation, exact figures are problematic because Kimlienese people often practice more than one religion, or combine the practices and beliefs of different traditions.

Dinh folk religion (Vietnamese folk religion)- 56%
No religion- 28%
Mazdayana Daenism (Mahayana Buddhism)- 13%
Other- 3%

LANGUAGE

Dinh (Vietnamese) is the dominant language in Kimlien.

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KURAGERI

Kurageri is based primarily on Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda.

ETHNIC GROUPS

Bakizenga (Baganda)- 40%
Bamajyupo (Banyarwanda)- 32%
Watembo (Swahili)-16%
Ankama (Nkole)- 4%
Kunihito (Japanese)- 3%
Other- 5%

RELIGION

Hosianism (Christianity)- 61%
— Aurorian Patriarchal Church (Catholic Church)- 37%
— Abjurantism (Protestantism) - 24%
No religion- 15%
Ahmadism (Islam)- 13%
Mazdayana Daenism (Mahayana Buddhism)- 9%
Other- 2%

LANGUAGE

Lukizenga (Luganda) and Kimajyupo (Kinyarwanda) are the two most widely spoken first languages in Kurageri. For historical reasons, Kitembo (Swahili) is commonly spoken as a lingua franca.

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LIORE

Liore is based on Kenya and Tanzania.

ETHNIC GROUPS

Watembo (Swahili)- 68%
Kibara (Kikuyu)- 21%
Bamajyupo (Banyarwanda)- 3%
Bakizenga (Baganda)-2%
Kunihito (Japanese)- 2%
Other- 4%

RELIGION

Hosianism (Christianity)- 66%
— Abjurantism (Protestantism) - 35%
— Aurorian Patriarchal Church (Catholic Church)- 31%
Mazdayana Daenism (Mahayana Buddhism)-12%
Ahmadism (Islam)- 11%
No religion- 9%
Other- 2%

LANGUAGE

Kitembo (Swahili) is the most commonly spoken language and serves as a national lingua franca.

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MEDINA

Medina is based on Pakistan.

ETHNIC GROUPS

Sidani (Punjabi)- 55%
Azerini (Sindhi)- 21%
Zyhrani (Saraiki)- 12%
Zaqrami (Urdu-speaking Pakistani)- 4%
Lahirni (Brahui)- 3%
Other- 5%

RELIGION

Ahmadism (Islam)- 93%
-- Israism (Sunni)- 80%
-- Abadism (Shia)- 13%
No religion- 4%
Other- 3%

LANGUAGE

Medina is linguistically diverse. Sidani (Punjabi) and Azerini (Sindhi) are the two most commonly spoken first languages. Zaqrami (Urdu) is the national lingua franca, as well as the first language of a minority of the population.

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Midway
In-game account: http://classic.particracy.net/viewparty ... tyid=46058
Background: Midway is a former colony of Seko, ever since the construction of the Midway Canal the nation has played a pivotal role in Dovani economics as a whole. It has remained largely neutral in conflicts and does its best to continue its large financial success. Kunikata (Japanese) remains a widely spoken language alongside Luthorian (English) due to the importance of communication across the dozen or so ethnic groups that call Midway home. There is no clear "majority" ethnicity in Midway but dozens of ethnic communities: Dovani Majatran (African Arab), Kitembo (Swahili), Keobi (Igbo), Orun (Yoruba), Watembo (Somali), Huhoa (Hausa), Yingdalan (Chinese), Pilese (Sri Lankan/Maldivian/Mauritian combo), Phra (Thai), Mava-Neleyan (Indonesian Malay), Nelayan (Javanese) and Kahadean (Sundanese), New Aldurian (Haitian), Tropican (Polynesian), Manmerian (Papuan) and Malgy (Malagasy).

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