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= Pollland =

Pollland is a fictional country made by series of reddit polls deciding every detail of it.
This was originally started in r/pollgames as a simple series, it later got detailed and got it's own sub r/Pollland.

Founder of the series and most management by: u/communist-panda123 on reddit

All artwork by: u/adityagiri3600 on reddit

geography:
Pollland is an island nation with 130,862 square miles (338,931 square kilometers) of land, slightly bigger than Poland. Pollland has great farmland in the south partially due to frequent flooding, making farming its biggest natural resource. The southern area is flat with seasonal rivers, while the northern area is mountainous with a large network of caves underneath. To the north there are large cliffs.

climate:
Pollland has a very warm tropical climate, with frequent rain. It’s climate makes it subject to occasional hurricanes.

population:
Pollland has a population of about 5 million people, with a population density of about 38.5 people per square mile (14.9 people per square kilometer.) about 73.5% of them live in the south near the bay, or about 3.63 million. This region has a population density of 55.5 people per square mile (21.4 people per square kilometer). 1.13 million live up north in the mountains, or about 23.5%. This area has a population density of 17.3 people per square mile (6.7 people per square kilometer.) the other 5%, or the other 250,000, live on the various islands surrounding Pollland.

Religion
There are 3 major religions in Pollland.

Pollland religion: Indieptheism (religion #1):
The first religion is a henotheistic religion, worshipped by about 67% of the population. Henotheistic means that they acknowledge the existence of many gods, but only worship one. That one god is the god Valzius, an all powerful deity who watches over humans. More info about him in the god post.

These people believe that one’s soul inhabits earth as a spirit after it dies. The spirit will grant good or bad luck to those who are near it, with the luck level depending on what kind of personality they had. The extremely infamous bad people are not allowed to move around, only stay in the same place. The god Sinx is in charge of keeping them there.

They believe the world (order) was created from chaos. The god Valzius represents order, and he was born while the spirits of chaos (Tymora and Xiax) were fighting. They believe that when the world falls to chaos and corruption, the god Valzius will be forced to destroy the world, killing all humans and spirits.

Pollland religion: Ukuthela (religion #2):
The second religion is a polytheistic religion, worshipped by about 16.5% of the population. They believe Valzius is an important god, but the deity they worship most is the goddess Menola, who rests most of the time but protects Pollland from invaders.

They believe that the soul ceases to exist when a person dies.

They believe that there have been multiple earths before ours, and each earth is destroyed and reborn in this cycle: one day, the evil gods and goddesses will escape their prison. They will gather forces, and a Great War will commence on the surface of the earth between the various gods and goddesses. Some will die, some won’t. Humans will fight for their favorite gods or goddesses, and eventually the world will be destroyed in the battle. The winning gods will create a new earth and rule over it. The losing gods will be imprisoned, until they eventually escape and the cycle repeats itself. The souls, which had previously ceased to exist, will be reborn and will inhabit the new land. This cycle will trigger when Cymor and Xiax escape their prison, and they will escape when humanity becomes too corrupt and evil.

Pollland religion #3
The third religion is a polytheistic religion worshipped by about 16.5% of the population. Similar to Indieptheism, it is headed by Valzius, but they believe that Valzius isn’t as powerful as the indie worshippers believe. He simply leads the gods.

They believe that when a person dies, they either get reincarnated or go to the afterlife. If they lived a mediocre life, they get reincarnated and get to live another life. If they lived a really bad life where they harmed lots of innocents, they get tortured for all eternity with the harm they caused others. If they lived a very good life where they helped hundreds of people, they live an afterlife in luxury. Each person gets their own afterlife tailored to their personality and actions on earth, and can visit the afterlives of other people if they’re not being tortured.

These people believe that the earth was originally a vast ocean, when a giant banana bird was sent down to lift a large mountain out of the sea, creating Pollland. Just like in the second religion, they believe that a Great War between the gods will destroy the earth, and this war will trigger when Cymor and Xiax escape their prison, which will trigger when humanity becomes corrupt

Fauna

 * Dracalta
 * Megalania
 * Colvine
 * Megathere
 * Banana bird
 * Pegaceler
 * Straw-vacancy
 * Makasha
 * Luna

Beliefs:
Polllanders believe the most important virtues, in order of least importance to most importance, are Peace, justice, temperance and self care, kindness, and most importantly, wisdom. Polllanders value knowledge and wisdom, and for that reason they have a great education system and some of their most famous people are scientists and philosophers.

The cavern people:
These are a distinct extremely small community of people that live in the network of caves underneath the mountains. They drink water from some of the underground waterfalls, but import their food from the outside. They sometimes use torches to see, but many of them have learned to use sound and touch to navigate their surroundings. Many of them can barely see, but may have amazing night vision. Despite importing their food from the outside, they are mostly independent from Pollland. However, studies have shown that you can survive off of some of the moss that may grow in these caverns, so there may be other undiscovered tribes...

Legends:
These legends are just that, legends, and may or may not be made up.

1.The imposter
The imposter is a spirit or creature which burrows itself in the mind of a person. This person acts like a normal human and can still control themselves for a long time, but when the full moon comes out, the imposter takes control. It will rampage through the city, killing all in its way. Because of this, many stay indoors during full moons.

Suggestion posts:
A suggestion post is where users submit their ideas on a specific topic because they are too complicated to covered in polls.


 * 1) Fauna
 * 2) Gods
 * 3) Physical features/ Religion names

geography/population:

 * 1) terrain
 * 2) size
 * 3) population
 * 4) resources
 * 5) temperature
 * 6) rainfall
 * 7) name(suggestions)
 * 8) cities
 * 9) name(poll)
 * 10) shape pt 1
 * 11) shape pt 2
 * 12) name revote
 * 13) population distribution pt 1
 * 14) shape pt 3
 * 15) elevation
 * 16) population distribution pt 2
 * 17) topography
 * 18) natural disasters
 * 19) moving?
 * 20) race
 * 21) location(tropics)

religion:

 * 1) number of religions
 * 2) most common religion type
 * 3) tolerance
 * 4) second religion type
 * 5) third religion type
 * 6) second religion afterlife
 * 7) third religion afterlife
 * 8) second religion creation myth
 * 9) third religion afterlife tiebreaker
 * 10) second religion afterlife repoll
 * 11) second religion doomsday
 * 12) third religion number of afterlives
 * 13) second religion most worshiped god
 * 14) third religion creation myth
 * 15) second religion most worshiped god tiebreaker
 * 16) first religion type repoll
 * 17) first religion type repoll tiebreaker
 * 18) third religion doomsday
 * 19) first religion afterlife
 * 20) second religion most worshiped god
 * 21) first religion creation myth
 * 22) first religion doomsday poll

culture:

 * 1) cultural variation
 * 2) location of second religion
 * 3) location of third religion
 * 4) spooktober legends
 * 5) greatest virtue part 1
 * 6) greatest virtue part 2
 * 7) greatest virtue part 3
 * 8) individualism vs collectivism
 * 9) lineage importance