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History
Before time was recorded, there lived a boy named Sasae. On his island where he lived, he spoke English with his family. But on the neighboring country, war raged. There was an epidemic of a disease similar to Zika, where when a mosquito infected a woman (and then the woman’s baby in the womb) it caused the baby to have no limbs. The baby would have soon died from poor circulation of blood, oxygen, and lymph. Luckily, Sasae was eighteen and had been born long before the epidemic started. These two island countries were fighting about who had started the epidemic and who should take the blame. This was a silly idea, but the countries didn’t think so. With fifteen other kids, Sasae was abandoned by his parents and other parents who had abandoned their kids to live a better life somewhere else. They would eventually get killed by a sword or an arrow. For four days these kids sailed over a vast ocean, and finally arrived at a remote island. Eight of the kids unfortunately died from starvation and/or dehydration. Two kids committed suicide by drowning themselves, and a few more kids were almost unconscious by the time they landed. But Sasae stayed strong. Quickly, the six kids that survived the journey built shelters and drank their own urine. They used several survival skills that their parents had taught them at a young age. Sasae quickly became the leader of the group. When the people were old enough, they had babies. Sasae became the king of this rapidly expanding island nation, with most of the islad undiscovered for the longest of times. Generations passed, and miraculously, most people survived. Sasae named this island after him. Sasae also started counting the days that he and his people had been on this island. He used the moon as a system, counting every full moon as a new month. Over time, the people of Sasae started to speak differently as their bodies adapted to the island. These people started to get large jaws and muscular arms in order to crack coconuts, pineapples, and to grind leaves into tea. They also had to climb tall trees for food. Because of this rugged lifestyle out in the wild, the average life span stretched massively, to about 112 years. The English language changed rapidly until it turned into a whole new language. King Sasae called it “Sasamo”. He mixed his parents’ names together, Sasila and Amoni, so that the people of Sasae would always remember how kind his parents were. But right before King Sasae died, he and his wife Melanga had a son, who they decided to name  named Thor, and Thor had many sons after that for about 2000 years. King Sasae started a stronghold in a mountain he found, and Thor finished it, naming it “Thor’s Mountain.” It was a grand mountain stronghold. In the mines, deep in the mountain, the miners found a jewel, naming it the ‘Sun Jewel,’ as it reminded them of the sun. Thor thought it was a symbol of his (and his father’s) divine power. About 1234 years later, General Girion led a campaign to conquer the rest of the island, as it was never officially annexed. He did find multiple tribes and fledgling Kingdoms, but they were all defeated by his army. Unfortunately, after 2000 years, there was a massive earthquake in Thor’s Mountain. No one knows how big this was, but scientists guess this earthquake was about a 9.8 on the Richter scale, based on historic accounts. After the Royal Family of Sasae was killed in the quake, all of the provinces of Sasae had no idea who should rule. There was then the War of Seven Days, which ended when the provinces enacted the Republic of Sasae, a democratic country, and declared peace. The people of Sasae still live on today, though.

Pre-history
(BS = Before Sasae)

Prehistoric Age

BS 10 billion- BS 6 billion

Everything from the big bang to mammals.

Earth Age

BS 6 billion- BS 100255

Sasae’s ancestors live on Earth.

Fire Age (or Anthropocene Era, as humans call it)

BS 100255- 40560

Global warming heats the Earth to an average temperature of 145 degrees Fahrenheit. Earth is officially unlivable. 15 billion people live squished together in artificially cooled and pressurized tube systems underground. If anybody would dare step out onto Earth’s barren surface or even take one step out of the pipes, his blood would boil and he would be killed instantly. People decide it’s time to find a new planet to colonize.

Space Age

BS 40560- BS 6075

Scientists find a planet that’s far away, but is the most similar planet to Earth in a range of 50,000 light years. Scientists call it Mingan. It is about 9 times the size of Earth. Every one of the 15 billion people get shipped off to Mingan, about 32,000 light years away. Thousands of generations pass during space travel in the huge fleet of space ships.

Historic Age

BS 6075- BS 1425

While travelling, the space ship fleet falls into a wormhole, making them come out 1000s of years before in a different star system. It is habitable, so they land after endless galactic travel. The ships land on a tiny island in the southern hemisphere of a planet they called Leumas. It is named Molango. Molango and some nearby islands are slightly terraformed and colonized quickly, using the ships' parts for scrap. The only plant is a peculiar orange grass and everything else is deserted.

Early Age

BS 1425-1420

There is a large nuclear war, which 'nuked humanity back to the medieval age.'

BS 1420-12

Unfortunately, adjusting to a new lifestyle brought lots of new diseases to the people. The worst one of all was a birth defect similar to Zika. Babies were born with terrible birth defects, including lost limbs and crooked eyes. Then, a war breaks out. People fight over who started this disease and who should be responsible for all the trouble.

Currency
Sasae has grown to be a very wealthy country. People consider gold more valuable than silver since the color of gold is similar to the color of the sun jewel. Silver is still valued, though, because people say we will forget how long Sasae started this country if we stop following the moon’s path. Silver is like the color of the moon.

The term udoma comes from the Sasamo words small- uma and money- edoma. The term hodoma comes from the Sasamo words big- hod and money- edoma.

These are the values:

1 udoma

2 udomik

5 udomik

10 udomik

50 udomik

100 udomik = 1 hodoma

200 udomik = 2 hodomik

500 udomik = 5 hodomik

1,000 udomik = 10 hodomik

5,000 udomik = 50 hodomik

10,000 udomik = 100 hodomik

Only the government owns 500 and 1,000 hodomik coins. These are equivalent to 5,000 oz. and 10,000 oz. of gold compressed into one coin! These coins are slightly bigger than normal hodoma coins; they are about 3 millimeters larger in diameter. These huge sums of Sasaean money are used to pay farmers, who receive a huge paycheck every 5 years for their helpful, hard work in giving the whole island food. The government also uses these coins to pay for better roads, facilities, sanitation, plumbing, electricity, and other countless services for the public. Unfortunately, there have been protests against these heavy coins because people don’t think they are necessary and that the government is making more of these coins instead of standard Sasaean money.

Since the average Sasaean house costs about 15,000 hodomik, buyers usually don’t have that much money unless they are a celebrity or they work for the government. People have to pay off the price of the house within a certain time. They usually pay a little piece of the house monthly or yearly, depending on how much money they have.

To calculate how much actual silver is in an udoma coin, take the number value of the small coin and multiply it by 100. This number is the amount of silver, in oz., that is contained inside that coin.

To calculate how much actual gold is in a hodoma coin, take the number value of the large coin and multiply it by 10. This number is the amount of gold, in oz., that is contained inside that coin.

See this article about costs of things in Sasae:

Linguistics
The language of Sasae is called Sasamo.

History
Sasamo evolved out of English. Though it has evolved into an entirely new language with new dialects, slang, and grammar, English remnants can still be found in several Sasamo words.

Number System
The most commonly-used number system is the Hindu-Arabic system. But there are two new systems, too, that have grown more popular in schools.

The first system is called the Leibow system: “Chobiobia Libowits”. It involves a series of symbols very different from the Hindu-Arabic system, each standing for a numeral. The Leibowitz system is extremely similar to Roman numerals, because there are symbols standing for 1, 5, 10, 50, 100, 500, 1000, and 5000. Unfortunately, this system can grow cumbersome when transitioning into the ten-thousands and beyond, so regular words are used along with the symbols.

The second system is called the Perrott system: “Chobiobia Perota”. This system is really just Base 6, but it is the Sasaean version of it. The Hindu-Arabic system is used, but the numerals 6, 7, 8, and 9 are not used. Only 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 are used. This system has grown popular because it was discovered on a wall of a cave in a medium-sized mountain along the Southern Mountain Range. There were several scrolls found among the stalagmites, but there was some writing too, with what looked like ashes. The numbers in the Perrotta system were written vertically, but users today like to write the numbers horizontally so they correspond easily with Sasamo.

Time (Lapsed)

These measurements are not based on the forces of nature. They are based on lapsed time only, not the Sasaean calendar.

100 lapsed seconds = 1 minute

10 lapsed minutes = 1 hour

10 lapsed hours = 1 day

8 lapsed days = 1 week

4 lapsed weeks = 1 month

15 lapsed months = 1 year

Traditional Calendar:
Sasae has been following a lunar calendar invented thousands of years ago by King Sasae. Only few people use the Gregorian calendar and follow the sun instead, since they feel that this is easier. Also, they feel that following a more ancient calendar than the Sasaean Lunar Calendar (SLC) attaches them more to history.

1 calendar day is determined by when the sun starts to take effects on the sky. In Sasae, people usually see a purple glow in the sky, then red, orange, yellow, and finally blue. But since Sasae is a wide island, about the size of Russia, a new day will start just a few minutes later on the west coast than on the east coast. The end of a day is determined when the opposite things happen: the sun slowly sets in the sky. The time between dusk and dawn is referred to as echub kiki, or dark time. There are no measurements of hours, like 8:30 or 12:00. People just use the terms below. In some regions, the traditional words are used, but in other parts of Sasae, different slang words are used. Which words you use are also based on how you were raised and which Sasamo dialect you speak. Equivalent times are shown on the left-hand side so you get the idea of when this time occurs.

(12:00-5:30) Dark time: echub kiki     Slang: echiki, chiki

(5:30-6:00) Early dawn: dod evuke     Slang: duke

(6:00-6:30) Dawn: dod

(6:30-7:00) Late dawn: dod e     Slang: dode

(7:00-9:00) Early morning: geseroma evuke     Slang: gesuke

(9:00-10:30)Middle morning: geseroma edika     Slang: gesika, geska

(10:30-11:30) Late morning: geseroma e     Slang: gese

(11:30-12:30) Noon: dona     Slang: don

Early afternoon: donuba evuke     Slang: donuke, donke

Middle afternoon: donuba edika     Slang: dondika, donka

Late afternoon: donuba e     Slang: done

Early evening: geseve evuke     Slang: gesevuke, gevuke

Evening: geseve     Slang: gev, ges

Late Evening: geseve e     Slang: gesie

Early Night: bigida evuke     Slang: bigivuke, bigevuke, bivuke, biguke, bive, bige

Night: bigida     Slang: bida, gida

Late Night: bigida e     Slang: bigide, bide

1 calendar week is determined by the phases of the moon. A new month starts when there is a full moon. This is week 1. Week 2 starts when the moon changes into a waning quarter. Week 3 starts after the new moon. Week 4 is the time leading up to the next full moon.

To mark one year, the harvest moon has to come. To understand it, look at the Seasons section below. Since climate and temperature may range, a year can have as little as about 13 moons all the way to having about 18 moons. This is based on seasons.

Every 100 years, or approximately 1,500 moons, there is a huge celebration. This is to celebrate the making and exceling of Sasae. People join together in a spot in their town and dance, sing, and eat lots of food. This celebration lasts three days: the night of the harvest moon, and two days after that.

Also, just like we use CE (common era) and BCE (before common era), they have BWSD (before War of Seven Days) and AWSD (after War of Seven Days). The War of Seven Days is just year zero.

Seasons
To make a year, Sasaeans go through five seasons.

Climate
(See climate map) T

Dobal- 6%
Worshipping the sun jewel is the main focus. Dobal comes from the word “dobia”, or sun. This story comes from an ancient myth, but some people believe the sun jewel is real and that Sasae will reunite if the sun jewel is found. They believe that the people of Sasae can find the sun jewel if they are kind.

Subdivisions:

Cultural

Non-orthodox

Orthodox

High Orthodox

Fusae- 11%
A mixture of the words “Sasae” and “fuhiromb”, worship. Followers worship the great King Sasae and his bravery and kindness. They believe that if they follow the golden rule and are kind their whole lives, his spirit may come back and bring peace to Sasae.

Subdivisions:

Cultural

1st degree

2nd degree

Orthodox

High Orthodox

Nembi- 16%
Enombi, comes from the words “no worship”, ena fuhiromb. People have no beliefs or faith.

No subdivisions

Sen- 20%
Comes from a creator’s name, Sam, and the Asian religion of Zen. Love, peace, and nature are highly valued. Senists plant beautiful plant gardens in their backyard. They are also known to be very strong- Senists usually learn yoga, tae-kwondo, tai-chi, and/or pilates. They are also known to have an interest in dance.

Subdivisions:

Cultural

1st degree

2nd degree

3rd degree

Orthodox

High Orthodox

Aron- 11%
Comes from a creator’s name, Aaron. This religion is deeply woven into mysteries and the unknown. People under this faith strive for business and to complete goals. Aronist children are taught to be very ambitious and clever, and to develop a love for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).

Subdivisions:

Non-Orthodox

Orthodox

Ena- 10%
Comes from an assistant creator’s name, Eowyn. People do everything they can to be as pure as possible. Lots of Enalians grow up to be doctors, because they value being the best they can be mentally, physically, and emotionally.

Subdivisions:

Non-Orthodox

Orthodox

High Orthodox

Abient- 18%
Comes from an assistant creator’s name, Abbie. Arts is the main value of this religion. Dancing, cooking, acting, music, art, literature, and natural grace and politeness is what a young Abienti is immersed in. A child chooses his/her own path to follow, but he or she usually takes a job in the arts.

Subdivisions:

Cultural

1st degree

2nd degree

3rd degree

Orthodox

High Orthodox

Sopie- 6%
Comes from an creator’s name, Sophie. Being a perfectionist is the valued trait. Sopians are a lot like Enalians, but they are less into being physically healthy than mentally healthy. They are more about being respectful and kind, so that they will be happier and make other people happier.

Dubo- 2%
These peoples’ religion is Dubo, which comes from the Sasamo word for mountain, duboboa. These people have extreme faith in the Northern mountains. They worship them and pray to the mountain spirits. People native to the northern mountains of Sasae have only phone calls and simple transportation as a connection to the rest of the country. These people have an almost entirely different culture than any other people in Sasae.

Subdivisions:

Northern

Cultural

1st degree

2nd degree

Orthodox

High Orthodox

Southern

Non-Orthodox

Orthodox

High Orthodox

Foreign Religions
About 46% of immigrants or outsiders are Christian

About 29% of immigrants or outsiders are Jewish

About 12% of immigrants or outsiders are Muslim

About 8% of immigrants or outsiders are Buddhist

About 3% of immigrants or outsiders are Zen

About 2% of immigrants or outsiders are a minority

Some Sasaeans are xenophobes, which means they hate outsiders (but only if they are coming to live in Sasae). Some are xenophiles, however. They like tourists and gladly welcome them, so they can show off Sasae’s beauty and nature. Most Sasaeans are pacifists, because most remember the Seven-Day War and how awful it was.

Maps
See handwritten maps:

Thematic

Road

Economic/Resource

Climate

Topographic

Physical

Political

Weather

Wealth distribution

Population density

Elevation

Settlements/Towns

Border

Religious distribution

Sasamo dialects distribution

Schools/Colleges

Dialect map

Town map

Province map

Territory map

Historic map- towns and settlements

Historic map- monuments and memorials

Tourist sites map

Culture
Include:
 * What people are like
 * Fads, popular interests
 * Facts about people
 * Diet
 * Health
 * Holidays
 * What people do
 * Where area lies in Sasae