Verse:Hmøøh/Bjeheond
Og Łoang (English: og lawng; 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.
Names
The Tsjoen name Bjeheond for the continent is not native; it's a borrowing from Wiobian Biegent, which is also the source of Rhythoed Biechănd.
Todo
there should be some hlou ku superstitions about the causes of disease
History
Ancient Bjeheond
Ancient Bjeheond 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 Bjeheondian 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 Bjeheondians, that germs were responsible for infectious diseases.
- The Rhythoed were the first to introduce farming of the contraceptive plant silphium to Bjeheond, though silphium had already been introduced to Bjeheond by trade.
- Some political calamities gripped the native Bjeheondian states. (?)
Modern Bjeheond
Countries
Bjeheond has two countries: the large USB, officially Implüeng Pa'ăncem Biechănd (United States of Bjeheond) and the slightly smaller Tumhan, officially Bintălisral Biechănd (Republic of Bjeheond) to the east.
Geography and climate
Bjeheond has a temperate climate with four seasons.
Bodies of water:
- Piune River
Mountains:
Economy
Demographics
Languages
The two major language families native to Bjeheond are Wiobic and Hlou-Shum. There are also a handful of isolates. Rhythoed is from Talma.
Some features of the Bjeheondian Linguistic Area:
- Prenasalized stops
- Larger than average vowel inventories
- Analytic grammar
Major languages
Minor languages
- Hlou-Shum languages (IE recast as Hmong-like languages)
- Æ ("Danish with more tones"; Wiobic)
- Schong
- tonal uncanny RP English
Society
Art
Literature
The Hlou-Ku people had a rich oral tradition of epics and poetry.
Architecture
Russian + Chinese architecture?
Fashion
Music
- Main articles: Verse:Tricin/Bjeheond/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 Bjeheond 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 Bjeheond by the Rhythoed.
Notable figures
Note: Wiobian and Tsjoen names were originally surname-first. However, due to Rhythoed influence later names are surname-last.
- Niumer Kait - Wiobian king, created the Wiobian script
- Sămtsay Prăthan Clang - Wiobian acoustician, discovered inharmonic spectra and timbral tunings
- Sjameu Panzux - Tsjoen linguist
- Nlo-Nai Vab - Shumian entrepreneur, often called the "Second Mover of Bjeheond"
Place names
- Möb I Us