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The moon Uingffh (pronounced as you-ingf), formally known as Uingffhaestia, is the one of 17 moons of the gas giant Coppelius, the fifth planet in the Ingffhaestian System (known as Gliese 105 to Earth). It is a habitable moon with a warm, humid climate and the home planet of the tabulons, a sentient alien race resembling cats on earth. At the tabulon race's highest, 19.2 billion tabulons lived on Uingffh itself, with even more living in space colonies or on other planets. It was also the home planet of the enigmatic Drori civilization, which died out approximately 3 billion years ago.
Uingffh has a complicated geographic history. The geographics of the Drori civilization are largely unknown save for the fact that Uingffh's surface underwent drastic changes following their demise. As for the tabulons, they gradually formed several nations on Uingffh's surface much like the humans did. These nations slowly democratized and united with each other, culminating in the moon's admission into the Ingffhaestian Federation which united Uingffh under a planetary government; however, this planetary government was largely decentralized and allowed the leaders of Uingffh's former nations to continue to rule as regional rulers. In the 2000s, an anti-Federation tabulon by the name of Litia von Lucerna seized control of large portions of Uingffh, intending to oust the Federation and form a new nation with drastically different ideals, but the Federation's military dismantled this nation by 2010.
Uingffhian politics became drastically more complex beginning in 2050, when Ingffhaestia made contact with the humans of the Sol System. Interactions were initially peaceful, with the tabulons agreeing to have the humans set up a colony on one of Uingffh's island continents. In 2085, however, the humans, under the Holy Empire of Kalgamania, invaded Uingffh along with the rest of Ingffhaestia following increasing political tensions between the two systems. Kalgamania controlled all of Uingffh (renamed "Gliese 105 f I") for around 14 years until tabulon rebels liberated the moon in 2099. Uingffh's national climate became even more chaotic over the next 5-6 years as various powers fought over control of it and the rest of Ingffhaestia until 2105, when tabulon Urlum Eudae Kaywell annexed Uingffh into her Imperial Sovereignty of Garmageddon. Garmageddon controlled Uingffh for several decades until Urlum's assassination, which led to it being brought under the control of the much more peaceful and tolerant Orion-Cygnus Federation, which continues to control the moon to this day.
Uingffh and Coppelius are part of the Ingffhaestian system, which is centered around the K3V main sequence star Ingffhaestia. It and its solar system are roughly 11 billion years old, and it is expected to live for another 4-5 billion years. Ingffhaestia sports an impressively large system of 12 planets.
Timekeeping[]
Uingffh is a moon and is tidally locked to Coppelius (meaning one side faces it all the time); despite this, Uingffh's orbit around Coppelius takes roughly 24 hours to complete, so Uingffhian days have a similar length to Earth years. A Uingffhian year, meanwhile, lasts 300 Earth days due to Coppelius' closer orbit; there are ten 30-day months in one Uingffhian year. Similar to how months on Earth have names, months on Uingffh have names - Goringffh, Florissa, Clovingffh, Jovette, Urvette, Aurelius, Septavia, Octavia, Thanktavia, and Christavia. Like Earth days, Uingffhian days within a month are denoted by a number, similar to how Earth days are denoted as numbers within a month (ex. Clovingffh 11). Months and major holidays are listed below. Uingffh, due to its tropical climate, has only two seasons: dry season (Thanktavia - Clovingffh) and a rainy season (Jovette - Octavia).
Goringffh[]
Goringffh forms the equivalent of the Earth month of January, being one of the coldest months and the first month of the year. It is one of the months in Uingffh's dry season.
Goringffh contains one holiday: Freezenado Festival, which is on Goringffh 24. Tabulons celebrate the birthday of the ancient Kaywellian god of winter, Freezenado. It is somewhat similar to Earth's Halloween or Christmas, with tabulons wrapping gifts to give to others; these gifts are always wrapped in a funnel shape, as ancient legends portray Freezenado as a tornado made out of snow. Tabulons will also decorate their houses with mock icicles, avalanches, and snowballs.
Florissa[]
Florissa is the equivalent of February-March, being characterized by relatively cold temperatures and a dry environment. It is part of the Uingffhian dry season.
Florissa contains one holiday: Lovingffh, which occurs on Lovingffh 14 and is similar to Earth's Valentine's Day. This holiday is about celebrating love for one another, which not only includes romantic partners and family but simple friends and acquaintances. Many tabulons will go on social gatherings and outings to spend time with their loved ones. Lovingffh also involves love for other things besides other tabulons, such as love for hobbies, talents, places, etc. As such, people will often take their time to indulge in hobbies or take trips to places they especially like.
Clovingffh[]
Clovingffh finds its analogues in April and May in Earth's year and is another cold, dry month in the Uingffhian dry season.
Clovingffh contains two holidays. One holiday is the Feast of the Yummy Stars, which occurs on the night Clovingffh 3 and revolves around the Yummy Star, which is a native uingffhian fruit-like food shaped like an 8-pointed star. For this holiday, tabulons will hold nighttime dinner parties with dishes involving yummy stars such as yummy star cake and yummy star soup. The other holiday is Snoweday (Clovingffh 17), which is similar to Freezenado Festival in that it involves celebrating an ancient god. The patron god of Snoweday is named Kiko Snowe, who is associated with a uingffhian animal called the Snowe Lepoard, which is similar to Earth's snow leopards. Though there are no major traditions associated with Snoweday like in Freezenado Festival, the day doubles as a time to raise awareness for non-trinary (tabulon counterpart for non-binary on Earth) tabulons, as ancient legends describe Kiko as being genderless. Parades are often held to honor the struggle non-trinary tabulons endured to gain equal rights, as they had been oppressed for several centuries.
Jovette[]
Jovette is the equivalent of June in Earth's year as well as the month marking the start of the Uingffhian wet season. Strong storm systems, including tropical cyclones, usually begin forming at this time.
Jovette contains a holiday called Crown Command Day, which is celebrated on Jovette 5 exclusively in one of Uingffh's countries, the Kingdom of Kaywell. It is where Kaywell's monarchy gives out a single exclusive command to all Kaywellian citizens, which can be anything as long as it does not involve anything unethical or immoral. This has ranged from something as simple as eating a certain food to having everyone exercise for the entire day. However, no crown commands can last beyond Jovette 5 per Kaywellian law, and the Kaywellian parliament has the right to nullify any crown command if a majority of its members say that it is unconstitutional.
Urvette[]
Urvette contains a similar environment to Jovette, with temperatures and moisture continuing to increase across the month as part of Uingffh's wet season. It is similar to July.
Urvette contains two holidays. One is a holiday simply known as "All Hail Osuwa", which is celebrated on Urvette 4 in the country of the United States of Osuwa. It is a celebration of the day Osuwa gained its independence (it used to be a part of Kaywell and the Great Bar Kingdom) on Urvette 4, -776 SC. During this holiday, Osuwan citizens express their loyalty to their country by partaking in activities with patriotic themes such as an hour of saluting to the USO flag, numerous parades, a national broadcast of the USO anthem, and more. They also express their hatred for Morbidia (a communist country with opposing beliefs) by performing activities such as vandalizing effigies of Ardosanodon Mortimer, the president of Morbidia. At the end of All Hail Osuwa is a fireworks show. The other holiday on Urvette is Litiafall, which is on Urvette 23 and celebrates the removal of the dictator Litia von Lucerna from power. Litia was a cruel ruler who was extremely sexist towards men and women, believing somales were the sole superior gender. Fe enacted numerous genocides while sending millions to concentration camps. Fe ruled all of Uingffh for several years before fe was overthrown on Urvette 4, -40 SC. Today, tabulons celebrate fir fall by nailing an effigy of Litia on a cross and burning it as well as by raising awareness on sexism in Uingffhian society.
Aurelius[]
Aurelius marks the beginning of the peak of the Uingffhian wet season, with the world experiencing high temperatures and frequent storm systems during the month. It is equivalent to August in Earth's year.
Aurelius contains three holidays. First is not exactly a true holiday, but important nonetheless: The Annual Council of Nations Meeting on Aurelius 1. As its name implies, all world leaders meet up at the CoN's headquaters in Sumber Alami and discuss important issues. However, the rulers of Morbidia and Kelargar in the Apolingffhian Basin do not attend, as neither are members of the Council. The second holiday is on Aurelius 11 and is simply called "Collin Day". During this day, all tabulons create some form of expression of gratitude (a letter, gift, etc.) towards some mysterious entity known by the name of Collin. Then, all tabulons will spend several hours on hills as part of the tradition. So far, nobody on Uingffh knows who Collin is or his origins, as there are no clear historical origins to how the holiday started. The third holiday is Alzheimingffh Awareness Day (Aurelius 30), which is a day held to honor those with Alzheimingffh, a terminal condition similar to Alzheimer's on Earth. During this holiday, tabulons spend time with the elderly while educating themselves on Alzheimingffh. A new tradition for this day created with the arrival of the humans is a full listen of a 6-hour Earth music album called "Everything at the End of Time", which is an analogy for dementia and Alzheimer's. This tradition is celebrated by both humans and tabulons.
Septavia[]
Septavia is when temperatures begin to slowly decrease across Uingffh, but storms and rainfall are still common. It is equivalent to September.
Septavia contains two holidays. The first is World Science Day, which is held on Septavia 8. As its name implies, it is a holiday held to celebrate Uingffh's scientific accomplishments. During this day, tabulons perform various science experiments and also attend public science lectures. Also, as for tabulon students, school lasts a few hours longer and has all periods replaced with science for the day. However, all of the periods contain fun and interactive experiments, keeping students from becoming bored during the holiday. The second holiday is Atumnalia, which is held on Septavia 20 and celebrates Kaywellian god of fall and uingffhicanes, Atum. During this holiday, a special, complex festival is held. First, all tabulons create large hurricane-shaped hoola hoops to put around their waists. Then, they go outside, spin around with others, and pretend to be storms while throwing uingffhian leaves into the air. After that, they set up a large bowl, fill it up with water, and stir it in a spinning fashion to create a whirlpool inside, which is when tabulons throw small objects like coins and charms into the whirlpool for good luck. Finally, the tabulons go to their city's designated wind wall, where they dance in the wind as if they are in an actual uingffhicane. This process is very strictly enforced in Kaywell, but is more casually celebrated in other countries.
Octavia[]
Octavia is the final month in the Uingffhian wet season, with tropical cyclone activity and high temperatures finally beginning to wane. It is equivalent to the Earth month of October.
One holiday is celebrated during Octavia: Htar on Octavia 29-30, which is held exclusively in the Bagyo Isles region to celebrate the goddess of storms, Htaricana. This is where families create large, intricate star patterns called htars. to set up outside. Then, they wait until the next day to see whether or not the htar had fallen or been blown away. It is said in ancient Bagyo folk tales that if the htar remains up, it means that the family will be safe from storms and that Htaricana has granted them mercy whereas if it goes down, then a severe storm will strike. Nowadays, with the rise of modern science, this tradition has become a mere superstition used as an opportunity for families to bond together while creating their htars.
Thanktavia[]
Thanktavia is similar to the Earth month of November and marks the beginning of the Uingffhian dry season, with low temperatures and infrequent tropical storm activity being characteristic of the month. However, extratropical storm systems often bring rain and even snowfall during this month.
Four holidays exist in Thanktavia, making it the month with the most holidays. One is Creatolia, a holiday celebrated from Thanktavia 4-7. Creatolia celebrates engineering and is where all families work to create some form of machine or contraption. This can be anything from a simple model slingshot to a complex computer. The second is Mathica, which is on Thanktavia 11 and is where all tabulons do math problems to celebrate the impact of math on Uingffhian culture. The third, Book Day, is on Thanktavia 19. As its name implies, it is where tabulons spend most of the day reading literature. The final holiday, the Planetary Supper, is held on Thanktavia 26 and is where all tabulons simply have a very large feast. There is also a Halloween-like tradition during this holiday where everyone dresses as food and goes around neighborhoods asking others for more food. All of these holidays contain parades.
Christavia[]
Christavia is the final month in the Uingffhian year, being equivalent to Earth’s December. It is another dry season month characterized by infrequent tropical cyclones, strong extratropical cyclones, snowfall, and low temperatures.
No unique Uingffhian holidays are celebrated in Christavia, but Christmas began to be celebrated commonly on Christavia 25 after the humans arrived in the 2040s AD and introduced their culture there.
History[]
Satellite map of Uingffh
Archeotabulons (5 Gyr-3 Gyr)[]
It is unclear how exactly life originated on Uingffh. However, fossil records indicate the existence of a highly advanced civilization that lasted from 5 billion years to 3 billion years prior to the present. This civilization is referred to as the archeotabulons and coincides time-wise with the ancient intergalactic race known as the Drori, which is known for being responsible for seeding all life in the Milky Way galaxy; some tabulon paleontologists and historians theorized that the archeotabulon civilization was a Drori colony, with a small few going as far as believing that the archeotabulons were the Drori themselves and that Uingffh was the Drori homeworld. The small few turned out to be right when archeological studies of archeotabulon ruins carried out by the Garmageddon Sovereignty confirmed the fact that the Drori and the archeotabulons were the same and that Uingffh was the fabled Drori homeworld of Izlondia.
According to the last records left by the archeotabulons, their civilization died off during an accident involving a wormhole experiment which resulted in the collapse of the entirety of Uingffh's crust and the formation of a new crust above it in its place. This event is referred to as the "Mahusay na Pagbagsak", which translates to "Great Fall" in archeotabulon. Ruins of the ancient archeotabulon civilization can still be viewed underground.
Tabulons (1 Gyr-2039)[]
An example of a tabulon.
After the Mahusay na Pagbagsak, Uingffh essentially had a new surface. However, life eventually re-emerged on the planet, eventually leading to the rise of the Tabulon civilization. The tabulons are the descendants of the archeotabulons and take after much of their features, such as their spherical body, cat-like ears, and stubby limbs, but also have three pairs of wing-like appendages. The tabulons, like their predecessors, eventually created an advanced, spacefaring civilization, and discovered several planets and star systems. They also adopted a left-wing ideology of tolerance, equality, and egalitarianism. The tabulons exercised pacifism and multiculturalism, befriending several other intelligent species which had arisen within the same star system. Together, they formed the Ingffhaestian Federation, a largely leftist nation, in the Earth year of 1180.
Litia's Rebellion[]
Main Article: Litia's Rebellion (LVL's Urlum The Usurper)
Litia von Lucerna, an example of a tabulon and the former ruler of Uingffh
In the Earth year of 2000, a tabulon by the name of Litia von Lucerna suddenly proclaimed firself emperor of Uingffh. Fe, in contrast to the general political climate at the time, held conservative views and disapproved of Uingffh's left-wing mainstream beliefs. Fe led a right-wing rebellion across the moon, installed a totalitarian regime, and attempted to conquer the entire Ingffhaestian system. However, a counter-rebellion led by the Ingffhaestian Federation defeated Litia 10 years later, restoring peace on the planet.
Human Contact (2040-2084)[]
The Uingffhian continent of Neo Gaia.
In 2040, the tabulons made contact with the human race for the first time. Quickly developing close, peaceful relations, the tabulons and humans began integrating themselves into each others' societies. A small group of humans settled onto the Uingffhian continent of Flornelia, which they renamed Neo Gaia ("New Earth").
Over the next few decades, the humans and the tabulons attended several further meetings where they shared each others' culture, biology, politics, etc. Neo Gaia developed into a prosperous nation with a sophisticated infrastructure, rich culture, and successful economy. The nation became a symbol of the positive relations between the tabulons and the humans. Peace continued for over three decades up until 2084.
Holy Empire of Kalgamania (2085-2099)[]
Rinelia su Kalgamania, the tyrannical ruler of the Kalgamanian Empire
In 2084, tensions began to arise between the humans and Uingffh due to their differing ideologies as the tabulons uncovered information on the humans' nation, the Holy Empire of Earth-Kalgamania (LVL's Urlum the Usurper). Uingffh and the rest of the Ingffhaestian System were largely left-leaning while the humans and Kalgamanians were right-wing extremists. This led to a short-lived but violent war which ended with the humans' victory in 2085.
After the victory, the Earth-Kalgamanian Empire forcefully took control of Uingffh and made humans its dominant species. The humans killed off a large portion of the tabulons and installed a totalitarian regime controlled by humans in place of the old tabulon government. All traces of the old tabulon society, including its culture, were wiped out; and the humans introduced invasive Earth species to Uingffh which destroyed much of the native ecosystem. Even Uingffh's name was changed as a result of human conquest; the moon became known as Gliese 105 A f I, with mentions of its old name becoming a federal crime.
During Kalgamanian rule, far right-wing ideologies and bigotry against tabulons became widespread, with surviving tabulons being brutally exterminated by an organization called the Gliese Indigenous Police (GIP) while government propaganda portrayed the tabulons as a savage, dangerous race, creating even more discrimination. The tabulon population was cut down from 20.4 billion to a mere 1.3 billion as the humans' empire sent billions of innocent tabulons, including small children, into concentration camps, forced labor camps, extermination camps, etc. This period of tyranny lasted from 2085 to 2099, when a rebel group called the Seraphim Rebellion led by a mysterious tabulon individual called the Seraph overthrew the government and restored tabulon power.
Post-Kalgamania Era (2100-2104)[]
Odyssia rei Iphelia, the de facto leader of Uingffh appointed following the downfall of Kalgamania.
After Kalgamania fell from power, the tabulons along with humans who defected from the Empire worked to gradually restore Uingffh to its former state. The Seraphim Rebellion teamed up with other pro-tabulon rights activist organizations to remove invasive species, rebuild tabulon cities, and restore tabulon culture. As the Ingffhaestian Federation saw its reformation, a new government was established that was composed of the leaders of several uingffhian nations, with Odyssia rei Iphelia, president of the United States of Osuwa, being the most powerful of them due to her country's massive power.
In 2103, however, the Ingffhaestian Federation entered a civil war as a new Kalgamania-like political party seceded and formed the Ingffhaestian Confederacy. Uingffh joined the side of the Confederacy-opposed Ingffhaestian Union, being the Union's new capital. For over a year, the two factions engaged in destructive combat, with the Confederacy periodically bombing Uingffhian cities.
Imperial Sovereignty of Garmageddon (2105-2153)[]
Eventually, in 2105, the newly-emerged Imperial Sovereignty of Garmageddon defeated both the Union and Confederacy and assumed control of all worlds in the Ingffhaestian System. Though Garmageddon's founder was a tabulon (Urlum Eudae Kaywell), she had been away from her homeworld during the formation of Garmageddon, forcing her to conduct a complex invasion of Uingffh. Near the end of 2106, the invasion had reached its completion.
Uingffh became the capital and homeworld of the Garmageddon Sovereignty, with Kaywell carrying out Garmageddon's oppressive actions from the moon. Though Garmageddon operated much in the same fashion as Kalgamania, it considered tabulons to be superior rather than humans, so Uingffh's tabulon population lived in luxury. For almost half a century, Uingffh become a center of lavishness and bigotry as both the technology and oppressive tabulon supremacist policies of Garmageddon continued to advance.
Eventually, beginning in the late 2140s, the Apatelos Rebellion led by escaped human test subject Macia Mallory rose and challenged the Imperial Sovereignty, marking the beginning of the nation's destabilization. Not long afterwards, Highmost Sovereign Urlum began to enact increasingly authoritarian and dictatorial polices on even tabulon citizens, seeding even more discontent amongst the Garmageddon populace. Though the Sovereign ultimately scored a military victory against the rebels, she was later assassinated by the human Trey Peterson in 2153.
United Orion-Cygnus Federation (2153-present)[]
Urlum Eudae Kaywell's death marked the disestablishment of Garmageddon. In the fascist dictatorship's place, the democratic and egalitarian United Orion-Cygnus Federation (UOCF) formed as a union between the Apatelos Rebels, anti-Garmageddon tabulons, and the many newly-liberated non-tabulon sentient races.
This nation continues to control Uingffh as of the present. Today, Uingffhian society is still one of the more conservative of the UOCF's member worlds as a byproduct of Garmageddon-era policies, but both the local Uingffhian government and the UOCF federal government are pursuing rigorous efforts to end discrimination and encourage social equality in the moon.
Geology[]
Map of Uingffh with important geological features labelled
Uingffh's geology has changed over billions of years due to having plate tectonics much like Earth's. Currently, its surface contains a large supercontinent in the process of breaking up. Several small island subcontinents also exist.
A supercontinent known by the name of Ulstonia forms the bulk of Uingffh's land area. Desert occupies most of its terrain, but large tropical and temperate environments exist along the coast as well as near its many inland seas. Two major divergent plate boundaries run through Ulstonia horizontally. The southern boundary, the Novassian Rift, has expanded enough to form a narrow band of ocean along with a subcontinent known as Novassia. The ocean band contains extremely high amounts of volcanic activity including hundreds of volcanic islands, earning it the nickname of the Strait of Ash. The northern boundary, the Nerusgol-Osuwa Rift, has not yet expanded enough to divide Ulstonia into two landmasses like the Novassian Rift has. However, it has led to the creation of the Nerusgol Straits to the west, the Nerusgol Sea inland, and the Osuwa Bay to the east.
Connected to Ulstonia is a strip of land encircling the northern latitudes of Uingffh known as the Great Bar. The Great Bar mostly contains temperate environments and encloses a polar sea known as Polaringffh. In addition, the Great Bar contains its own divergent boundary, the Jebellion Rift, which is responsible for the formation of a large island off the Great Bar's coast known as Jebellion.
Uingffh contains a single, massive ocean known as the Panthalassingffh Ocean. However, tabulons have divided up the ocean into several basins - the Apolingffh, Tornelingffh, Oblivingffh, and Liyingffh Basins - for simplicity. Within the ocean and its basins lie several island continents all roughly comparable to Australia in size.
The island continent of Flornelia forms the boundary between the Apolingffhian and Tornelingffhian Basins and is located northwest of Ulstonia. Flornelia notably has a shape and environment similar to Earth's North America, containing a Florida-like southeastern peninsula, a gulf similar to the Gulf of Mexico, a set of islands similar to the Greater Antilles, and a large peninsula similar to Mexico. However, Flornelia terminates where Canada would be in the north and where South America would be in the south. Several islands surround Flornelia.
The continent of Uveerius exists off the southwestern coast of Ulstonia and Novassia in the Oblivingffhian Basin. Though narrow straits divide Uveerius into three large landmasses, it is referred to as a single continent due to the landmasses belonging to the same tectonic plate. West-northwest of Uveerius lies the similar Uopia, which also consists of several large islands lying on the same tectonic plate.
Off the southeastern coast of Ulstonia, the island continent of Liyres lies in the Liyingffhian Basin. Like Uveerius and Uopia, Liyres is divided into smaller landmasses by several narrow channels of water, but is still geologically united. Liyres has a distinct crescent shape whose cause, if any unique ones exist, is unknown. Notably, the inside of the Liyres crescent contains several volcanic arcs and hotspot chains.
Off the northeastern coast of Ulstonia is a large continent-sized archipelago known as the Bagyo Isles. The isles contain the highest concentration of volcanoes on Uingffh save for the Strait of Ash and mark the location of a large subduction zone. It borders Tornelingffh to the east and the Prim Gulf to the west.
Uingffh has higher gravity than Earth, with a gravitational pull around 1.25 times stronger. Because of this, geological features on Uingffh, particularly mountains, tend to be shorter but wider. The tallest mountain on Uingffh, Mount Yessem, reaches a height of 22,350 feet while Earth's tallest mountain, Mount Everest, reaches a height of 29,032 feet. Meanwhile, Uingffh's largest volcano, Mount Moof, is 102 miles wide at its widest compared to 75 miles at widest for Earth's largest volcano, Mauna Loa. The gravitational pull of Coppelius on Uingffh has led to heightened volcanic and seismic activity on the moon; while Earth contains roughly 1,350 potentially active volcanoes and has 500,000 detectable earthquakes per year, Uingffh contains over 1,900 potentially active volcanoes and experiences over a million detectable earthquakes annually.
Geography[]
Political map of Uingffh. Country colors correspond with the predominant colors of their inhabitants' fur; for example, Morbidia is red on the map due to most of its native-born inhabitants having red fur.
Though the geography of Uingffh underwent a multitude of changes across its history, it eventually settled into a set of 12 countries by 1180 BCE.
People's Democratic Republic of Morbidia[]
The People's Democratic Republic of Morbidia was the largest country on Uingffh in terms of surface area. At its peak, Morbidia controlled all of Novassia as well as much of southwestern Ulstonia. Morbidia was a democratic republic in name only - in reality, it had a highly authoritarian, controlling government wielding dictatorial power over its territory. The Morbidian Republic was infamous for its frequent censorship and violation of freedom of speech, suppressing dissent through force and arresting those who spoke out against its government. Morbidia was touted as the cruelest nation in all of Uingffh, though it would soon pale in comparison to the Kalgamanian and Garmageddon Empires of the 21st and 22nd Centuries. Tabulons native to the Morbidia region tend to have reddish fur.
Jebellion Island[]
The nation of Jebellion Island inhabited the entire land area of the subcontinent of the same name and had a pair of overseas colonies in the Apolingffhian Basin. The nation formed after rebelling and declaring independence from the nearby Kingdom of the Great Bar. Originally a principality, Jebellion soon transitioned into a democratic republic with an elected prime minister. Jebellion Island was described as a left-leaning country, with the nation historically being among the first to pass reforms related to gender equality, racial equality, LGBTQ+ rights, etc. Tabulons native to Jebellion Island usually have orange fur.
United States of Osuwa[]
The United States of Osuwa controlled northeastern Ulstonia as well as much of the Great Bar. It was the most influential and prosperous country on Uingffh, with its elected president acting as the de facto leader of the entire moon. Osuwa, as its name implies, was a democratic nation divided up into several states, themselves each controlled by an elected governor. The USO was known for its largely-unrestricted capitalist system which had mixed effects and reception - for one, it had allowed the country to prosper economically, being the wealthiest nation in all of Uingffh. In fact, a massive continent-sized megacity known as Yang-Moof existed on one of the USO's peninsulas. On the other hand, however, classism was highly prevalent in Osuwan society, with a sharp wealth gap between its poor and rich. Unsafe working environments and worker exploitation under the USO's many large corporations were a growing cause for controversy, as was the high amount of environmental harm and pollution caused by questionable endeavors such as Yang-Moof's construction.
Osuwa originated as colonies of the adjacent Kingdom of Kaywell and Kingdom of the Great Bar which rebelled and declared independence. Eventually, both colonies united into a single nation (Osuwa). At its peak, Osuwa held a population of 3.2 billion individuals - the highest population of any Uingffhian country. Osuwa was described as socially progressive, supporting reforms related to gender, race, etc., but fiscally conservative as outlined above. Osuwa-native tabulons tend to have yellowish-orange fur.
Republic of Kelargar[]
The Republic of Kelargar was a constitutional republic that inhabited far northwestern Ulstonia as well as a small portion of the Great Bar. Kelargar was a highly conservative nation known for its rich culture and and deep traditions. Kelargar had a high output of intellectuals, scholars, and academics, with visitors noting Kelargans' affinity for logic, rationality, and philosophy. However, this conservatism and traditionalism was a double edged sword - Kelargar was rather infamous for its questionable policies regarding social inequality, being the only Uingffhian nation to retain a ban on same-sex marriage. Many activists criticized the nation for its higher rate of discriminatory violence and embedded prejudice. In addition, Kelargar was a highly nationalist and nativist nation whose populace is known for their rather harsh treatment of immigrants.
Kelargar began as a monarchy, but later transitioned into a more democratic government following a large-scale revolution. Tabulons native to Kelargar tend to have yellow fur.
United Kingdom of the Great Bar[]
The United Kingdom of the Great Bar, as its name implies, inhabited most of the Great Bar. The Great Bar was a constitutional monarchy with a parliament making most political decisions; though the kingdom did contain a royal family, they held little to no political power and only existed for ceremonial and cultural purposes. Politically, the Great Bar was a moderate nation with no clear left or right lean.
The Kingdom of the Great Bar once controlled not only the entirety of the Great Bar, but also parts of northeastern Ulstonia. Eventually, its Ulstonia territory gained independence as one of the USO's two precursor nations while part of its eastern Great Bar territory ceded into the Kelargar Republic after brief territorial warfare. Tabulons native to the Great Bar region often have green fur.
Kingdom of the Uveerius Islands[]
The Kingdom of the Uveerius Islands was a parliamentary monarchy inhabiting the Uveerius archipelago/subcontinent. Like the Great Bar's royal family, Uveerius' monarchy held little to no political power and existed for cultural purposes; a parliament managed most governmental affairs. Culturally speaking, the Uveerian Kingdom was extremely different from other Uingffhian monarchies due to not being associated with the Kingdom of Kaywell; Uveerius practiced a tribal-like culture thousands of years old which citizens continued to celebrate in more moderate ways once the kingdom became more technologically advanced.
Kaywell once attempted to annex Uveerius during its imperial phase, but the kingdom and its inhabitants managed to fight the Kaywellians off, allowing Uveerius to keep its culture. Uveerian tabulons usually have dark green fur.
United Kingdom of Kaywell[]
The central and southeastern regions of Ulstonia were home to the United Kingdom of Kaywell. Like the other monarchies of Uingffh, the Kingdom of Kaywell contained a parliament as its primary governing body and a less powerful monarchy kept for cultural and ceremonial purposes. Like Kelargar, the Kingdom of Kaywell was entrenched deep in tradition and contained a rich culture; however, its rulers often supported reform and did not practice extreme conservatism like their Kelargan counterparts.
Prior to the tabulons' rise as a space-faring united race, Kaywell experienced an era of imperialist expansion and conquered numerous other territories. At one point, this so-called Kaywellian Empire controlled over 3/4ths of the entire world. This expansionism came at the expense of native civilizations inhabiting conquered land; the Kaywellian Empire viewed their own race as superior and forced subjugated peoples into a form of second-class citizenship at best and outright slavery at worse. Eventually, many of these colonies seceded or rebelled while Kaywell itself underwent moral reform, but the kingdom remains the third-largest Uingffhian country in terms of surface area as a byproduct of this imperial era.
Unlike other Uingffhian ethnicities, Kaywellian tabulons' fur colors can vary. Statistically, a majority tend to have light blue to cyan fur. However, Kaywellian tabulons can also take on shades of tan or deeper blue, with some Kaywellians even having a mix between two of the major Kaywellian fur colors. Fur color can even vary between individuals in a single family; for instance, siblings Sarnus, Urlum, and Neidon of the Kaywellian royal family have reddish-tan, light cyan, and deep indigo fur respectively despite being biologically related.
Liyres Commonwealth[]
The Liyres Commonwealth inhabited the crescent-shaped landmass group known as Liyres. The Commonwealth was a highly leftist and collectivist regime notable for its emphasis on the "common good" of the nation. Though some controversy existed regarding the Liyres government's use of power, with allegations ranging from political censorship to full-on kidnapping of political dissenters, most of these claims had limited evidence; Liyres' reputation mostly consisted of praise for its strong advocacy of tabulon rights, bold moves towards social justice and equality, and well-maintained public infrastructure.
Liyres was originally a colony of the nearby Kingdom of Kaywell, being annexed during Kaywell's imperial phase. However, this moment in its history persisted Liyrian culture, which was a unique blend of Kaywellian culture and Liyres' native culture. Liyrian tabulons tend to have a medium blue fur color.
Nerusgol Union[]
The Nerusgol Union surrounded the Nerusgol Sea and parts of the Nerusgol Straits. As its name suggests, Nerusgol consisted of several provinces ruled by local democratically-elected leaders. A national government consisting of a congress and a president did exist, but was very limited in its power; local leaders carried out most political affairs aside from foreign relations. Nerusgol itself had a moderately progressive political climate, with the nation and its provinces being known for passing numerous compromise-minded reforms related to social and economic issues.
Nerusgol originated as several small kingdoms which, similarly to Kaywell, attempted to build their own colonial empires. However, they faced little success in doing so due to frequently engaging in combat between each other. Following the kingdoms' reform into democratic nations, relations drastically improved until they united into the Nerusgol Union. Tabulons native to Nerusgol usually have deep blue fur.
Federative Republic of the Bagyo Isles[]
The Federative Republic of the Bagyo Isles was a republic inhabiting the namesake Bagyo Isles off the coast of Osuwa. It was also the youngest of the 12 nations, having achieved independence shortly before 1180 BCE after decades of being a colony of the nearby USO. For most of its lifetime, the Bagyo Isles were a developing country, being touted as the last third-world country of Uingffh (the other Uingffhian countries at the time had mostly eliminated large-scale poverty). Poverty, disease, and political corruption plagued the Republic of the Bagyo Isles. In spite of this, however, the Bagyo Isles contained one of the fastest-growing economies on Uingffh and received large amounts of support from nearby, more developed nations such as the Kingdom of Kaywell and the Liyres Commonwealth; just before Kalgamania invaded Uingffh, Bagyo had reached a point of development on par with the Liyres Commonwealth.
As mentioned before, the Bagyo Isles existed as a territory of the USO for an extended period of time. The USO exercised imperial rule over the Isles, with colonists believing the Bagyo Isles' native inhabitants to be inherently savage, inferior, and "in need of civilizing" by Osuwans. Eventually, several Bagyans led a successful independence movement in the early 1100s BCE, which led to the USO relinquishing their claims to the archipelago. However, aftereffects of the USO-dependent economy and culture fostered by Osuwa persisted for centuries. In general, the Bagyo Isles had a long history of falling victim to colonialism; prior to its time as a USO colony, the Bagyo Isles were a colony of the Kingdom of Kaywell.
Tabulons born in the Bagyo Isles tend to have purple fur.
Federation of the Uopia Isles[]
The Federation of the Uopia Isles occupied the Uopian Archipelago in the middle of the Oblivingffhian Basin. The nation consisted of several small provinces which each took responsibility for a majority of Uopia's internal affairs; the Federation's national government mostly handled international affairs and foreign relations. Uopia notably had very good relations with Uveerius, having allied with the kingdom when Kaywell attempted to invade.
Like its neighbor, the Uveerius Kingdom, Uopia once faced invasion from the Kaywellian Empire, but successfully fought off the Kaywellian forces and maintained its independence. With little influence from foreign countries, Uopia practiced a tribal-like culture thousands of years old which citizens continued to celebrate in more moderate ways as Uopian society developed. Most Uopian tabulons have pink fur.
Flornelia Union[]
The Flornelia Union inhabited the Flornelian continent and its adjacent islands. Like Uopia and Nerusgol, Flornelia existed as a loose unity between several self-governing provinces, with the national government mostly excluding itself to foreign affairs; Flornelia's government, if anything, was even more decentralized than the aformentioned two nations. Compared to other Uingffhian regions/nations, the Flornelia Union had a sparse population and mostly contained rural farming settlements. It once existed as a colony of Kaywell, but later became its own independent nation.
Flornelian tabulons tend to have black, gray, or white fur.
Post-1180 BCE geography[]
When the Ingffhaestian Federation formed in 1180, all countries on Uingffh became provinces of a new planetwide union. Since the Federation was highly decentralized in nature, few changes actually occurred to the governments and politics of the moon's countries/provinces; they retained much of the political freedom they enjoyed prior to the Federation's formation.
During Litia's Rebellion of the 2000s, the territory of Kelargar was converted into the Lucernal Hegemony after Litia von Lucerna, having expressed fir outrage against the Federation's codifying of LGBTQ+ rights into law, staged an insurrection at the Kelargan governmental building in Nerus City. The Hegemony later managed to annex Jebellion, Flornelia, Nerusgol, and the southwestern Ulstonia portion of Morbidia. Following the Federation's successful counter-revolution and Litia's subsequent demise, however, all province-nations annexed by the Hegemony were restored.
When contact with the human race occurred in the 2040s, the Flornelians volunteered to share their continent with human colonists due to its mostly unsettled nature. The humans rechristened both the continent and nation (with the Flornelians' consent) as Neo Gaia ("New Earth") and vastly developed its infrastructure and economy. Neo Gaia became symbolic of positive relationships between tabulons and humans.
When Kalgamania invaded Uingffh and the rest of Ingffhaestia in 2085, all nations/provinces on Uingffh were dissolved and converted into colonies of Kalgamania as oppressive policies against tabulons were established. Neo Gaia attempted to negotiate with Kalgamania, insisting on remaining peaceful with the tabulons, but the Empire responded by bombing all major Neo Gaian cities and rendering the entire Flornelian continent uninhabitable. All of the provinces/nations returned following Kalgamania's downfall from Uingffh in 2099; interplanetary aid from other liberated planets allowed Flornelia's habitability to be restored.
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In 2105, all province-nations on Uingffh were de jure dismantled when the Imperial Sovereignty of Garmageddon took control of the entire Ingffhaestian System. However, Uingffh quickly rebelled and asserted the independence of its province nations. In response, the Imperial Sovereignty of Uingffh-Garmageddon, a tributary nation to the main Garmageddon Sovereignty, invaded all of the provinces/countries and united them under Garmageddon rule over the course of 2106. Uingffh remained under Garmageddon control until Garmageddon's downfall in 2153, when it became a member of the Orion-Cygnus Federation.
Following the rise of the Orion-Cygnus Federation, the 12 province-nations were allowed to return, the OCF having shared the Ingffhaestian Federation's relatively decentralized nature. However, due to the aftereffects of Garmageddon and Urlum's rule, it would take decades (or even centuries according to some) for Uingffh's geopolitical climate to regain some semblance to that of pre-Kalgamania Uingffh. In addition, the nations that practiced controversial political and economic systems, like Osuwa, Kelargar, and Morbidia, all underwent significant reform after learning from Garmageddon's tyranny and proceeded to become more tolerant, egalitarian provinces. Furthermore, Uingffh, along with Ingffhaestia, as a whole would voluntarily become more centralized due to a belief that decentralization brought about the first Ingffhaestian Federation's downfall at the hands of Kalgamania; the Uingffhian province-nations acted a lot more like simple provinces and enjoyed less autonomy and freedom compared to pre-Kalgamania and pre-Garmageddon times.
Ecology[]
Uingffh bears life of a higher biological diversity, earning it the designation of a superhabitable planet (or rather, moon) - while Earth carries an estimated 8.7 million species, Uingffh is home to an estimated 10.7 million species. Like Earth life, Uingffhian life is based around DNA and cells; most biologists attribute this basic similarity to their common ancestry with the Drori race.
Most of Uingffh's life-forms fall under two categories: Gramen and Bestia. These are roughly analogous to plants and animals on Earth respectively. However, other unique forms of life that do not fall under the two categories exist as well.
Gramen[]
Uingffhian gramen of the genus Hestaveria. Note their red-pink color caused by their rhodophyll.
Gramen are analogous Earth's plants - they gain energy by converting Ingffhaestia's light through photosynthesis and convert carbon dioxide into oxygen. Like Earth plants, gramen come in a variety of shapes and sizes from small single-celled aquatic organisms to large wooded life-forms climbing to heights of 100+ meters. Because Uingffh has higher gravity than Earth, gramen tend to be shorter and wider than their Earth counterparts. Many gramen also sexually reproduce by growing visually-outstanding organs similar enough to Earth flowers to be called such.
A notable feature of gramen is their color; while Earth plants have predominantly green foilage, the photosynthetic parts of gramen come in pink, red, and purple hues. This is because Uingffhian chlorophyll ("rhodophyll") have to adapt a reddish color in order to capture Ingffhaestia's light, which is orange-red compared to the Sun's. Many exceptions exist, however; due to Uingffh's hotter environment, many gramen are forced to activate certain chemicals on their leaves in order to protect them from heat - a process also seen in some Earth plants, most notably succulents. These chemicals can give gramen leaves other colors including blue, green, yellow, orange, and more. Gramen flowers tend to have a blue or green color, as these contrast best with the pinkish colors of gramen "leaves", though they can take on a variety of other hues like with plant flowers.
Due to Uingffh's higher temperatures, most gramen have succulent-like leaves capable of storing water. This makes them particularly hardy and easy to take care of; as such, many gramen are also popular houseplants or garden plants.
It is estimated that there are currently around 870,000 species of gramen on Uingffh; for reference, Earth contains an estimated 300,000-500,000 species of plants. Uingffh's higher biological diversity reflects its superhabitable nature and may possibly be the result of radiation emanated from Coppelius.
Bestia[]
Bestia are analogous to Earth's animals. Like Earth animals, bestia typically gain energy by consuming other organic materials and convert oxygen into carbon dioxide. Bestia can move and reproduce sexually. Like gramen, bestia tend to be shorter and stouter compared to Earth organisms as a result of Uingffh's higher gravitational force.
Little differences exist between bestia and animals' fundamental traits. Both groups of organisms tend to carry organs such as hearts, lungs, and brains with few exceptions. They both interact with their environments and each other in complex ways to form food webs, and they can exhibit a variety of traits including fur, wings, scales, etc. Bestia tend to be more vibrantly colored than animals; this is widely thought to act as a form of camoflauge, as gramen also tend to exhibit a greater variety in hues.
An estimated 15.9 million species of bestia inhabit Uingffh, compared to the ~7-8 million species of animals that inhabit Earth. Uingffh's higher biological diversity reflects its superhabitable nature and may possibly be the result of radiation emanated from Coppelius. Similar to how most of Earth's animal species are insects, a majority of bestia species are small bug-like creatures.
Metrom[]
Metroms are analogous to fungi on Earth. They gain energy by absorbing dissolved molecules from their environment. In the process, they frequently decompose dead organic matter and return their nutrients back into the environment they are growing in.
Compared to Earth fungi, the visible components of Uingffhian metroms tend to grow much larger, with their sizes rivaling that of larger gramen. They also tend to last longer.
An estimated 4.8-5.8 million species of metrom inhabit Uingffh, compared to the 2.2-3.8 million species of fungi that inhabit Earth. Uingffh's higher biological diversity reflects its superhabitable nature and may possibly be the result of radiation emanated from Coppelius.
Footnotes[]
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