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Realstrange AU
The Ballad of the Ring of Fire
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Logo by The Goober
Genre Realism
Established January 15th, 2023
Creator wisky
No. of articles List
Status Active

Realstrange, officially the realstrange AU and commonly abbreviated as RSAU, is a fictional universe and a joint worldbuilding project. It focuses on Seterra, a planet that is similar in size and density, and features an atmosphere similar to our Earth. It is also quite similar to Earth in biology, culture, and technology. However, Seterra has its own unique geography, and more importantly, history. Realstrange, as it exists today, was started by wisky in January 2023 and was developed and expanded into its current state by the combined efforts of multiple members of the community.

Realstrange functions as a shared universe, with members primarily sharing their works on the Shipbucket forums and Discord servers. Additionally, members also create articles on Conworlds Wiki. These articles cover a wide range of topics including, but not limited to: countries, governments, individuals, languages, religion, culture, and geography. The overarching objective is to achieve an organic, passionate, and community-driven environment where members can contribute to creating an engaging world. As of February 2024, Realstrange has a total of around 60 canonical articles.

Rules and guidelines

Timeline

The history of humanity traces back to a small verdantis ape approximately 10 million years ago, marking the last common ancestor shared by modern humans and chimpanzees. The family tree eventually split into two branches, with one lineage leading to the ancestors of modern humans and the other to the common chimpanzee and bonobo. Very soon after the split, for reasons that are still unclear, apes in one branch developed the ability to walk upright, although the reasons for this shift remain unclear. Brain size increased rapidly, and by 3 million years ago, the first members of the genus Homo emerged. Modern humans, Homo sapiens, are believed to have originated around 1 million years ago in Southern Verdantis, with the oldest known fossils dating back to approximately 900,000 years ago.

Throughout more than 95% of its history, humans lived in small bands as nomadic hunter-gatherers. As language evolved and became more sophisticated, a theory proposed by Stephen Welter suggests that a new replicator emerged: the meme. Ideas could be exchanged quickly and passed down the generations. Cultural evolution quickly outpaced biological evolution, and history proper began. Between 9000 and 10000 BC, humans in the Fertile Crescent in Central Verdantis and Colytheus began the systematic husbandry of plants and animals: agriculture. This spread to neighboring regions, and developed independently elsewhere, until most Humans lived sedentary lives in permanent settlements as farmers. Not all societies abandoned nomadism, especially those in isolated areas of the globe poor in domesticable plant species, such as Etheisia. However, among those civilizations that did adopt agriculture, the relative stability and increased productivity provided by farming allowed the population to expand.

The impact of agriculture was profound, as humans began altering the environment in unprecedented ways. Surpluses in food production enabled the emergence of a priestly or governing class, contributing to a growing division of labor. This led to Seterra's first civilization at Gor in Ancient Remania, between 10000 and 8000 BC. Additional civilizations quickly arose in Central Verdantis, and in Colytheus. The invention of writing enabled complex societies to arise: record-keeping and libraries served as a storehouse of knowledge and increased the cultural transmission of information. Humans no longer had to spend all their time working for survival, enabling the first specialized occupations (e.g. craftsmen, merchants, priests, etc). Curiosity and education drove the pursuit of knowledge and wisdom, and various disciplines, including science (in its primitive form), arose. This in turn led to the emergence of increasingly larger and more complex civilizations, such as the first empires, which at times traded with one another, or fought for territory and resources.

By around 1000 BC, there were advanced civilizations in Verdantis and Colytheus, at times expanding, at times entering into decline. In 751 BC, First Remani Empire became a single polity that would grow to spread its culture throughout Southern Verdantis, and it has remained the most influental nation in the world. The fundamentals of verdantis civilization were largely shaped in Ancient Remania, with the world's first democratic government and major advances in philosophy science, in law, government, and engineering.

In 1216, Alemanne Est reached Etheisia, initiating the great changes to the Northern World. The Verdantic civilization underwent pivotal changes in the 1400s, setting the stage for the scientific and industrial revolutions. Verdantis began to exert political and cultural dominance over human societies around the world, a time known as the Colonial era.

In the 19th century a cultural movement known as the Age of Enlightenment further shaped the mentality of Verdantis and contributed to its secularization. During this age many new states were formed, declaring or fought for their sovereignty in a period of breakups and unifications. From 1909 to 1912 and 1938 to 1948, nations around the world were embroiled in the the Great Troubles and the Great War.

After the end of humankind's bloodiest conflict, the World Peace Organization was created to into the establishment of international institutions to settle disputes peacefully. The aftermath of the Great War left the capitalist Khraelyia and the federalist UFRR as dominant global powers, each wary of the other's political and economic ideology. This tension sparked the Global Freeze, a prolonged standoff and arms race that lasted to this day, with both sides fearing the spread of opposing systems and ideologies. While the threat of nuclear war loomed large, both superpowers engaged in proxy conflicts in Third World countries. The second half of the 20th century also saw groundbreaking scientific and technological developments, and As transportation and communication improved, the economies and political affairs of nations around the world have become increasingly intertwined. This globalization has often produced both conflict and cooperation.

Countries

The following is a list of countries around Settera. The list of countries is not universally agreed upon, as there is no binding definition to all members of the community of nations regarding sovereignty nor statehood. The list includes entities that have been recognized as having de facto status as sovereign states, and inclusion is not an endorsement of any specific claims in legal terms.

Flag Coat of Arms English short and formal names Domestic names Capital Population Area
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Coat of arms of the Russian Republic (1917).svg Khraelyia Khraelyi: Федеративна Республіка Храелія Soliriv 365,142,984 9,336,907
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Union of Federal Rationalist Republics Kardovij: Federalijna Rationalistična Kardovijska Respubliča Nova Kazevičija 396,157,811
Chzeknye
Bosnaeyi-Feodoria
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Kirkassag
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Oselia
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Daehan Shanqi: 大韓社會主義共和國 Arteni 11,652,346 215,048
Dzunlei
Kaidou Kaidou: 灰道共和國 Tetsushi
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Sofíae Commonwealth Valáran: Συνομοσπονδία των Σοφίαες Kονστρουκτιβιστής Δημοκρατίες
Veszenia Vesnezian: Republika Zjednoczonych Veszenia Grávidia
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Daliyi Shanqi: 大禮邑國 Daliyi
Saozhang
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Goriyar
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Moten-Nizar
Aletia
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Eisenach Reußich: Freistaat Eisenach
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Reussland Reußich: Bundesrepublik Reußland Dormorgen
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Vohylt-Tvahorner

Tvahorn: Commonwealth Vohylt-Tvahorner

Vohyltian: Zajednica Vohilt-Tvahorner

Valkyiav 107,239,851 5,695,048
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Köthen Köthic: Parlamentarische Republik Köthen Rudolberg
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Deira Deiric: Kingdom of Deira Drysden
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Mestra Mestran: Kongeriket Mestra Østerhus
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Virlannia Kraligen Virlannian: Socialistisk Republik Virlannien 24,428,185 548,101
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Helstorig Helstorish: Republikken Helstorig Asarna 5,121,851 219,978
Talmiera
Lithaula
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Suedval

Tvahorn: Freistaat Suedval

Lithaulan: Laisva Suedval valstija

Suedval
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Remania Remani: Repubblica della Remania San Benedetto
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Baclian:Republica Socialistă Baclia Sucidava
Pausania
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Southern Republic Deiric: Southern Republic Therizo
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Nova Remania Remani: Colonia Mineraria della Nova Remania Remania Speranza


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Bilorusniya Khraelyi: Теократическое государство Беларусь St. Kronstadt 14,468,135 2,145,048
Khaenriah
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Maer


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Tihama Kashlo: جمهورية تهامة الفيدرالية الشعبية الاشتراكية Nitra 45,918,108 634,530
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Al'Mezreh Kashlo: جمهورية الشهاري الاتحادية المزراح Qatif 37,891,081 592,734
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Mbumbara
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Mirasan Kashlo: جمهورية شيهاري ميراسان Bijrah 13,482,841 240,734
Tigihray
International Legation of Al'Artadal
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Nurmandria

Kashlo: اتحاد العمال في نورماندريا

Darhamric: የኑርማንድሪያ የሰራተኛ ፌዴሬሽን

Waliyadh 37,200,000 645,048
Onshokoese flag.svg
Onshokoese emblem.svg
Onshokostan

Onshokoese: Onshokoese sho.svgOnshokoese n.svgOnshokoese jw.svgOnshokoese e.svgOnshokoese na.svgOnshokoese she.svgOnshokoese n.svg  Onshokoese o.svgOnshokoese n.svgOnshokoese sho.svgOnshokoese ko.svgOnshokoese s.svgOnshokoese ta.svgOnshokoese n.svgOnshokoese s.svgOnshokoese ki.svg (Shonjwenashen Onshokostanski)

Todenzwaspe 123,970,000 3,030,784
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Todendugayan emblem.svg
Todendugayo

Onshokoese: Onshokoese ko.svgOnshokoese n.svgOnshokoese ko.svgOnshokoese bo.svgOnshokoese nu.svgOnshokoese n.svgOnshokoese chi.svg  Onshokoese to.svgOnshokoese de.svgOnshokoese n.svgOnshokoese du.svgOnshokoese ga.svgOnshokoese ye.svgOnshokoese s.svgOnshokoese ki.svg (Konkobonunchi Todendugayeski)

Snyaoginshwe 41,960,000 512,617
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Imperial Banners

Uruutese: ᠤᠷᠤᠳ ᠬᠡᠯᠡ

World Map

The world map is the most current map created by Wisky, who is currently still working on updates. (February 2024)

World Map

List of members

Realstrange is a collective worldbuilding project, with the goal of dozens of "participants" collectively working on the functions of a world.

Current Members

Members Discord alias Role Primary contribution(s)
Wisky _wisky Creator & Owner  Federal Republic of Khraelyia,  Parliamentary Republic of Köthen, & various topics
HanxiBlitzer HanxiBlitzer Member  Commonwealth of Vohylt-Tvahorner,  Free State of Südval Island,  Worker's Federation of Nurmandria, & various topics
Denseimist Densebongo Member  Kingdom of Mestra
jijixxx jijixxx Member  Chzeknye, Template:Country data Bosnaeyi-Feodoria,  Kirkassag Republic, &  Moten-Nizar
_warheadsonforeheads_ Tihaman Comrade Member  Socialist Federal People's Republic of Tihama
Spills Spills Member Template:Country data Southern Republic
The Goober Ubergoober Member  Dzunlei Confederation
Armouredman Amogus Man Member Template:Country data Khaenriah
Wolftheriot Wolftheriot Member  Union of Federal Rationalist Republics
Lipton thetrueballs Member  Republic of Remania
Mauser Mauser Member  Maer
Elchkatze elchkatze Member  Socialist Republic of Daehan
Beeper Beep Member Template:Country data Bacliana
jxyzer jxyzer Member  Federal Shehari Republic of Al'Mezreh
Moth Moth Member  Theocratic State of Bilorusniya
BurnedBread Burned Member  Kingdom of Deira, & various topics
Object 221 CCXXI Member  Commonwealth of Sofíae Constructivist Republics
Dawnstar dawnstar_ Associate Copyediting and categorization
Kids112 opal6561 Member  Empire of Onshokostan,  Provinces of Todendugayo, Template:Country data Hyuwasshwigo
Centrist16, Andy Irons centrist16, andrew6655 Member  Imperial Banners

Former Members

Members Discord alias Role Primary contribution(s)
Constrad Constrad Former Member Various topics, including lore for  Federal Republic of Khraelyia and  Union of Federal Rationalist Republics.
Kastoromed Kasto Former Member Various topics, including lore for  Federal Republic of Khraelyia and  Union of Federal Rationalist Republics.
Panzerfaust5389 Panzerfaust Former Member File:Flag of Alatinum.png Alatinum
Imperialist Imperialist Former Member  Republic of Oselia
Enaka Enaa Former Member Template:Country data Bielefeld, & lore for  Kingdom of Deira.
Izumo44 Izumo Former Member  Federal Republic of Uavidein, & Template:Country data Laruzalia.
Lumpen mirasan Former Member  Federal Republic of North Mirasan
Noshiii Noshiii Former Member Various topics.

See Also

Realstrange:

Other works by the members of Realstrange: