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| subdivision = Hyperborea|
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| status = County |
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| capital = Thule|
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| largecity = Vanaheim|
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| title = Count |
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| government = Feudal |
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| leader = [[Hesam Jahandar]] |
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| language = Hyperborean |
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| religion = [[Sumurayh'Borelan]] |
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| '''Hyperborea''' is one of the counties of [[Elwynn]] (Froyalan), having been a duchy of Shireroth and a sovereign state long ago.
| | Hyperborea is the archipelago of two polar islands to the northeast of [[Benacia]] and the west of [[Fifth Isle]] and [[Apollonia]]. The larger of the two islands is called Bifrost (or usually just Hyperborea), and the smaller is Volsung. |
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| ==Name Origins==
| | Four large waterways (probably fjords, but the map provides no means of distinguishing them from rivers) cut through the periphery of the main island. In its center is Mt. Yaanek (3050 m), an active volcano considered sacred by the inhabitants. Other mountains include Mt. Pirumve, Mt. Aramve, and Mt. Dragumve (English: Holiness, Goodness, and Silence). |
| In ancient Greek mythology, Hyperborea was the land beyond the north
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| wind, an area of peace and plenty somewhere in northern Europe. The
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| Hyperboreans worshiped the god Apollo, lived for a thousand years, and
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| never knew war, disease, or sorrow. Although there is no historical
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| evidence of Hyperborea ever having existed, it has been believed in or
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| written about by people as diverse as Geraldus Mercator, Adolf Hitler,
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| and Clark Ashton Smith.
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| ==Micronational History==
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| The micronation of Hyperborea was founded by [[Scott Alexander]] and
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| its original Elder, [[Adam Stone]] after the fall of [[Audentior]] in
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| March 2000. Its original intent was to experiment with a new type of
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| micronationalism that would solve the problems of the [[Apollo Sector]]
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| and lead to greater stability. Its most striking innovations were
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| policies of refusing dual citizenship, banning political parties,
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| reaching all decisions by consensus, and remaining completely neutral
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| in all international disputes. The project was marginally successful,
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| garnering about ten citizens, but its life was cut short when it merged
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| with [[Shireroth]], [[Tapfer]], and [[Jasonia]] in May 2000 to become
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| New [[Audentior]].
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| After the fall of New [[Audentior]], Hyperborea became a province of
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| the [[Flying Islands of Jasonia]]. Although its annexation was a | |
| milestone in Jasonian history, the province soon became very inactive.
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| When its fellow province of [[Shireroth]] seceded in December 2000,
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| Hyperborea chose to do so as well, with the Jasonians' approval. In the
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| new incarnation, Scott became Elder. The most active other citizen was
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| [[Ryan Caruso]], who developed the sister culture of [[Volsaarn]] and
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| invented the [[Paladins]].
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| Hyperborea joined [[Shireroth]] and [[Machiavellia]] in the
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| [[Commonwealth of Benacia]]. Although it enjoyed a brief period of
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| popularity as Commonwealth citizens flowed in, the country became a
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| province once again after Benacia merged into the [[Hegemony of
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| Alexandros]]. When the Hegemony became part of [[Tymaria]], Hyperborea
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| became one of the original eight Tymarian states.
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| When Alexander left Tymaria for a few months, he came back to find
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| Hyperborea extremely inactive. After considering options, he allowed
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| the country to be annexed by Shireroth, now Tymaria's most populous and
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| successful state. For a few months it disappeared, but at the end of
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| the crises in [[Menelmacar]] Scott returned to Shireroth and tried to
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| get it a higher status. After a few months, it became a [[Barony]] in
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| the [[Duchy]] of [[Elwynn]], and in December 2002 it became a Duchy in
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| its own right.
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| The three citizens who were most instrumental in the activities of the
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| Duchy of Hyperborea were [[Scott Alexander]], [[Eoin Dornan]], and
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| [[Philip Locke]], the last of whom became the new Duke during the reign
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| of [[Kaiser Los II]]. Other Hyperboreans during this period included
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| [[Ric Lyon]], [http://mnn.mncentre.net/wiki/index.php?title=Charles_Beard Charles Beard], and [[Harvey Steffke]].
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| ==Culture==
| | Most of the big island is covered in ice, but a small area of the southeast and most of the eastern coast are habitable. The small island has the archipelago's only permanently ice-free harbor, Tyrgaard. The strait between the two islands usually freezes in the winter and melts in the summer. |
| The Hyperborean culture has changed many times since its inception, but
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| has always contained a few basic points. Although it is represented as
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| a small island chain on the MCS map, in the real world it is considered | |
| to have been a fictional civilization in the south of Greenland
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| thriving from 4000 to 1000 BC. The nine major cities of Hyperborea were
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| united in a loose confederation around the capital and holy site,
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| [[Thulel]].
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| Because of the far northern climate, the Hyperboreans raised few crops,
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| the exceptions being a now extinct variety of cold-climate apple and
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| the extinct and slightly hallucinogenic flower
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| <i>nipila</i>. Most of their food was obtained by hunting,
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| fishing, and fish-farming, although they had a great respect for animal
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| life and refused to kill except to eat. Polar bears were considered
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| sacred and never hunted except on very special ceremonial occasions.
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| The Hyperboreans were primarily mystics, artists, and poets. The
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| religion they developed, [[sumurayh'Borelan]], has many similarities to
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| Buddhism and Hinduism, as well as to the schools of Greek philosophy.
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| Their art was
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| primarily mandalas and brightly colored geometric figures. Their
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| poetry, written in their own formal language, uses a distinctly
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| Hyperborean verse called the <i>borate</i>, or ninefold,
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| with nine syllables in mostly iambic feet upon each line.
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| ==Language==
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| The Hyperborean language, called <i>silika</i> or
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| <i>Borele</i>, is understandably logical, its modern
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| grammar supposedly being the construction of [[Kadham Ragum]],
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| Hyperborea's legendary founder. Most of its words are five letters long
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| and are strung together rhythmically to make compounds or sentences.
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| The language is SVO, inflecting, and not at all related to the
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| Indo-European family. The main source for Hyperborean language
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| information is the <i>radara'Silikan</i>, which can be
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| found on Hyperborea's site.
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| ==Links==
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| [http://subdivisions.shireroth.org/hyperborea Hyperborean website]
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| | The large island contains the cities of Kalen, Midoth, Anshir, Tala, Talisre, Irsil, Taras, and Sidli, of which Tala (archaic name: Thulel) is represented on the MCS map. The small island contains the cities of Tyrgaard and Vanaphan, of which Vanaphan (archaic name: Vanaheim) is represented on the MCS map. |
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| [[Category:Provinces]]
| | Hyperborea is inhabited by the Shirerithian territory of [[Raikoth]], which was once an independent country also called Hyperborea. |
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This article is about the island chain. For the civilization inhabiting it, see Raikoth.
Hyperborea is the archipelago of two polar islands to the northeast of Benacia and the west of Fifth Isle and Apollonia. The larger of the two islands is called Bifrost (or usually just Hyperborea), and the smaller is Volsung.
Four large waterways (probably fjords, but the map provides no means of distinguishing them from rivers) cut through the periphery of the main island. In its center is Mt. Yaanek (3050 m), an active volcano considered sacred by the inhabitants. Other mountains include Mt. Pirumve, Mt. Aramve, and Mt. Dragumve (English: Holiness, Goodness, and Silence).
Most of the big island is covered in ice, but a small area of the southeast and most of the eastern coast are habitable. The small island has the archipelago's only permanently ice-free harbor, Tyrgaard. The strait between the two islands usually freezes in the winter and melts in the summer.
The large island contains the cities of Kalen, Midoth, Anshir, Tala, Talisre, Irsil, Taras, and Sidli, of which Tala (archaic name: Thulel) is represented on the MCS map. The small island contains the cities of Tyrgaard and Vanaphan, of which Vanaphan (archaic name: Vanaheim) is represented on the MCS map.
Hyperborea is inhabited by the Shirerithian territory of Raikoth, which was once an independent country also called Hyperborea.
