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 * The Republic of Janipur (R.O.J.)History

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 * *History*
 * Divided in half (from France and Italy) over the last 1400 years they seek independence from both nations. Both France and Italy accepted the independence diplomatically and remain allies to this day.
 * *National Tree*
 * Ziziphus zizyphus (Jujube)
 * *National Bird*
 * Upupa epop (Hoopoe)
 * *National Animal*
 * Janipurian Shepard (Mix between Golden Retriever and German Shepard)


 * *Location*
 * 43° 2' 30"N
 * 7° 52' 17" E
 * *Major Citys*
 * Janipur City - Capital
 * <span style="color: #5c7b47; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Acissej City
 * <span style="color: #5c7b47; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Nosajham
 * <span style="color: #5c7b47; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Edaston
 * <span style="color: #5c7b47; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Rebmabury
 * <span style="color: #5c7b47; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">*Size*
 * <span style="color: #5c7b47; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">4,340 km^2 (U.S.A is 9,826,675 km^2 Rhode Island is 3,140 km^2))
 * <span style="color: #5c7b47; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">*Climate*
 * <span style="color: #5c7b47; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Mild Summer
 * <span style="color: #5c7b47; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Moist in Spring/Fall
 * <span style="color: #5c7b47; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">*Terrain*
 * <span style="color: #5c7b47; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Hills toward interior
 * <span style="color: #5c7b47; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Flat land around seabed.
 * <span style="color: #5c7b47; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">*Natural resources*
 * <span style="color: #5c7b47; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Jujube tree (Medicine/Fruit)
 * <span style="color: #5c7b47; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Gray triggerfish
 * <span style="color: #5c7b47; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Wind power
 * <span style="color: #5c7b47; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Sea-salt
 * <span style="color: #5c7b47; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">*Arable land/Amount of land that can be farmed*
 * <span style="color: #5c7b47; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">40% (Approx. 1,736km^2)
 * <span style="color: #5c7b47; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">*Enviornmental Issues*
 * <span style="color: #5c7b47; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Overpopulation
 * <span style="color: #5c7b47; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Water pollution

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 * <span style="color: #5c7b47; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">*Population
 * <span style="color: #5c7b47; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">2,500,000 people
 * <span style="color: #5c7b47; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">*Average Age
 * <span style="color: #5c7b47; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">25-30
 * <span style="color: #5c7b47; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">*% of people in urban areas
 * <span style="color: #5c7b47; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">65% of people live in urban areas.
 * <span style="color: #5c7b47; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Nationality
 * <span style="color: #5c7b47; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Janipurians
 * <span style="color: #5c7b47; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Religion
 * <span style="color: #5c7b47; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Laitonism: The root word, Laiton, is french for brass. Laitonism is the religion of music. Laitonists live their lives with music always in their mind, forever in their soul. Laitonists believe that music is the answer to all of lifes problems. Laitonism features this set of important laws to live their lives by.
 * <span style="color: #5c7b47; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">1. Don't let others actions and words affect you negatively. If you let others affect you negatively, the song that is your life will become rough, harsh to hear.
 * <span style="color: #5c7b47; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">2. Treat others as you would want to be treated. You wouldn't want a clarinet player to blast a high pitched note in your ear, so don't do the same.
 * <span style="color: #5c7b47; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">3. Most importantly, live your life with excitement. No one wants to listen to a boring song, no one wants to live a boring life.
 * <span style="color: #5c7b47; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">4. Music is the universal language of mankind.
 * <span style="color: #5c7b47; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Laitonism doesn't feature specfic Gods.
 * <span style="color: #5c7b47; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Here are a few sayings that important to Laitonists
 * <span style="color: #5c7b47; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">1. "Without music, life would be a mistake."- Friedrich Willhelm Nietzsche
 * <span style="color: #5c7b47; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">2. "If a composer could say what he had to say in words, he wouldn't bother trying to say it in music."- Gustav Mahler
 * <span style="color: #5c7b47; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">3. "Were it not for music, we might in these days say the beautiful is dead."- Benjamin Disraeli
 * <span style="color: #5c7b47; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">4. "Music is what feelings sound like."
 * <span style="color: #5c7b47; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">5. "Music is the poetry of the air."- Richter
 * <span style="color: #5c7b47; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">6. "Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life."- Ludwig van Beethoven
 * <span style="color: #5c7b47; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">7. "Music is your experience, your thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn."- Charlie Parker
 * <span style="color: #5c7b47; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">There are a few people who are important to Laitonism and Laitonists. These people are
 * <span style="color: #5c7b47; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">1. Gerard Arthur Way
 * <span style="color: #5c7b47; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">2. Ludwig van Beethoven
 * <span style="color: #5c7b47; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">3. Marshall Bruce Mathers III
 * <span style="color: #5c7b47; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">4. Chester Bennington
 * <span style="color: #5c7b47; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Language(s)
 * <span style="color: #5c7b47; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">French (Primary)
 * <span style="color: #5c7b47; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Italian (Secondary)
 * <span style="color: #5c7b47; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Traditional Clothing
 * <span style="color: #5c7b47; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Men: Since the weather in Janipur is rather mild, men usually just wear pants, shoes, and long or short sleeved shirts. In the summer, when temperatures rise, they resort to shorts, sandles, and short sleeved shirts. For formal events, men wear dress pants, dress shoes, button up shirts, and ties.
 * <span style="color: #5c7b47; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Women: The dress for women is similar to men. They can also wear dresses and skirts. Women resort to sundresses and skirts in the summer. For formal events, women wear elegant dresses and either high heels or flats.
 * Major National Holidays
 * The birthday of Gerard Arthur Way is celebrated on April 9th every year. On that day, all schools and businesses are closed for the day. Through out the day, songs written by the band, My Chemical Romance, are played in all the major cities. Citizens come out and dance and sing all day.
 * Ludwig van Beethoven Day is another holiday celebrated in Janipur. It is celebrated on December 17. During the day, symphonies written by Beethoven are played through out schools and businesses. In schools, students are taught about Beethoven, his life, and his music.
 * The birthday of Marshall Bruce Mathers III is celebrated on October 17. During the day, students are taught about Eminem and how his life helped him write his raps. They learn how feelings tie into raps. They get their own chance to write a rap and perform it at school.
 * The most important holiday of all is Le Jour de la Musique, which is french for The Day of Music. This holiday begins on May 6th and lasts for two days. On those two days, all businesses and schools are closed. For the entire two days, people come out to play instruments, sing, and party.
 * <span style="color: #5c7b47; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Cultural Norms, Customs, and Taboos
 * <span style="color: #5c7b47; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Handshakes are the most common form of greeting. Also, when approaching a stranger, it is perfectly normal to sing the first few lyrics of "Welcome to the Black Parade."
 * <span style="color: #5c7b47; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">When giving people flowers for gifts, flowers should only be given in odd numbers, but not 13. 13 is considered very unlucky. Also, white flowers should never be given as gifts. They are only for formal events.
 * <span style="color: #5c7b47; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">When giving people wine as a gift, make sure it is of the highest quality you can afford. Quality, not quanity.
 * <span style="color: #5c7b47; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">When invited to a party or dinner, it is fine to be late. 30 minutes late for a party and 15 minutes late for a dinner.
 * <span style="color: #5c7b47; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Using someone's first name is reserved for family and close friends only.
 * <span style="color: #5c7b47; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Never, ever wrap a gift in purple gift wrapping. Purple symbolizes bad luck.
 * <span style="color: #5c7b47; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">While it is not illegal, it is rather frowned upon to speak bad about music in public.
 * <span style="color: #5c7b47; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Food
 * <span style="color: #5c7b47; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Spaghetti with garlic frog legs and snails
 * <span style="color: #5c7b47; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Garlic pizza topped with cavier
 * <span style="color: #5c7b47; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Janipurian wine (a mix of white wine, orange juice, orange and lemon zest, and lemon juice)
 * <span style="color: #5c7b47; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Le Paradis de Glace (an icy drink featuring frozen strawberries and pineapple chunks, lemon juice, and orange juice)
 * <span style="color: #5c7b47; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Le Ciel au Chocolat (a rich chocolate dessert featuring a freshly baked chocolate cake covered with melted dark chocolate, topped with dark chocolate shavings)



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