Verse:Hmøøh/Bjeheond

Beehand (English: BAY-hund; Eevo: Ogxóoŋ /ɔkˈʃɔʊŋ/, from Windermere Og Łoang, or Beehand) is a Europe-sized continent of the conplanet Tricin. It is loosely inspired by the Sinosphere.

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there should be some hlou ku superstitions about the causes of disease

History

Ancient Beehand

Ancient Beehand was ruled by Wiobic- and Hlou-Ku-speaking tribal societies. The Hlou-Ku speakers were the first to form centralized states, followed by the Wiobians and the Tsjoen.

The arrival of the Rhythoed

The influx of the Rhythoed who were fleeing persecution during the Imperial Windermere Period was at first slow. But it eventually caused an upheaval in Beehandese society and politics.

This happened due to several factors:

• Rhythoed science and technology were more advanced in some important ways – for example, the Rhythoed knew, unlike native Beehandeses, that germs were responsible for infectious diseases.
• The Rhythoed were the first to introduce farming of the contraceptive plant silphium to Beehand, though silphium had already been introduced to Beehand by trade.
• Some political calamities gripped the native Beehandese states. (?)

Countries

Beehand has two countries: the large USB, officially Implüeng Pa'ăncem Beehand (United States of Beehand) and the slightly smaller Tumhan, officially Bintălisral Beehand (Republic of Beehand) to the east.

Geography and climate

Beehand has a temperate climate with four seasons.

Bodies of water:

• Piune River

Mountains:

Demographics

Languages

The two major language families native to Beehand are Lakovic and Hlou-Shum. There are also a handful of isolates. Rhythoed is from Talma.

Some features of the Beehandese Linguistic Area:

• Prenasalized stops
• Larger than average vowel inventories
• Register, pitch accent or tone
• Analytic grammar

Major languages

• Rhythoed

Minor languages

• Hlou-Shum languages (IE recast as Hmong-like languages)
• Æ ("Danish with more tones"; Wiobic)
• Schong
• tonal uncanny RP English

Art

Literature

The Hlou-Ku people had a rich oral tradition of epics and poetry.

Architecture

Russian + Chinese architecture?

Music

Main articles: Verse:Tricin/Beehand/Music

Calendar

There are two very common calendars in use: the Talman solar calendar and the Hlou lunisolar calendar. Somewhat less common is the Wiobian solar calendar (which is much more accurate than the Talman one; it's aligned with the spring equinox).

Religion

• Some weird religion for the Wiobians and Tumhanians
• Hlou-Shum paganism/polytheism
  • A version of PIE paganism
  • Oon is a Shumian god
• Rhythoed and Talman religions and parodies thereof
  • The "Second Stopper"

People making up their own religions is commonplace

Cuisine

Historically, vegetarianism was more popular in Beehand among people who followed the Rhythoed culture (about 10% of them were vegetarian). The Hlou-Shum people traditionally consumed meat and milk, but beef and pork were avoided. Fish was extremely common. Also common is tempeh (Hlou: Te Mpeh 'bean cake'), which was brought to Beehand by the Rhythoed.

Notable figures

Note: Wiobian and Tsjoen names were originally surname-first. However, due to Rhythoed influence later names are surname-last.

• Sămtsay Prăthan Clang - acoustician, discovered inharmonic spectra and timbral tunings
• Sjameu Panzux - linguist
• Nlo-Nai Vab - Shumian entrepreneur, often called the "Second Mover of Beehand"

Place names

• Möb I Us