Kaisa
Republic of Kaisa カイサ コーワコㇰ 崖瀉共和國 Kaisa Kōwakok | |
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Motto: 「フㇱコ ヘキㇺヌウタラ ヘコテ ロㇱキアㇱ」 「我們傍豐富的老林」 Fusko hekim-nu-utara hekote roski-as ("By the abundant ancient forests we stand") | |
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| Capital | Toi-epes (河邊園) |
| Official language | Kaisan |
Recognised regional languages | <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"></templatestyles> |
| Ethnic groups |
Majority Kaisan Minority Wamese and Resan |
| Demonym(s) | Kaisan |
| Government | Federal presidential constitutional republic |
| Ikani Toakano | |
| Omau Pasekur | |
| Pungara Ekasiba | |
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| Formation | |
• Unification under Hur-pet Dominion | 1136 CE |
| 1805 CE | |
| 1807 CE | |
| 21 Samwol 2009 | |
| Population | |
• 2020 estimate | 19,201,377 |
• 2016 census | 17,993,204 |
| GDP (PPP) | 2016 estimate |
• Total | 圓222.297 billion |
• Per capita | 圓39,105 |
| GDP (nominal) | 2016 estimate |
• Total | 圓216.613 billion |
• Per capita | 圓34,120 |
| Currency | Kaisa Fure-kani (崖瀉銅貨) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (North Bangju Time) |
| Date format |
yyyy-mm-dd yyyy年mm月dd日 |
| Driving side | left |
Kaisa (Kaisan: カイサ; Cheonja: 崖瀉; Pronounced: [kai̥ʃa]), officially the Republic of Kaisa (Kaisan: カイサ コーワコㇰ; Cheonja: 崖瀉共和國; Pronounced: [kai̥ʃa koːɰakok]) is a sovereign peninsular nation located in North Bangju, within the cultural sphere of Northeast Sinju. It faces the Northern Ocean to the north, the East Sea to the west, and borders Wamu to the east. The country itself is divided into 30 sein-mosir (界省; "provinces"), which enjoy varying degrees of autonomy. It is a member of the Congress of Nations, Sinju Union, and the Aeyusphere.
Etymology[edit]
In the Kaisan language, Kaisa (Jeongja: 崖瀉 Aesa) stands for the "place of pouring cliffs". The country was first named so when it was unified under the Hur-pet Dominion, whose armies were left aghast when their opposition emerged from in between the "speckled cliffs" of Mount Siripa. Following their victory, the rock formations became a new symbol of national unity. This meaning once again gained reinforced significance, firstly during rebellious preparations in the rocky region for the War of the Plum Groves, and secondly during the Great Eulhae War, when the cliffs were regarded as a vantage point.
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Kaisan folk religion is by far the most dominant religion in Kaisa, and it is deeply rooted in the Kaisan customs and traditions. It is a unique spiritualist religion, in which all animate and inanimate beings possess a kamuy (カムィ; "deity spirit"). A kamuy in turn may provide human beings with conveniencies and/or necessities. For example, a bear kamuy (which is incidentally the most honored) naturally offers either its hide, its meat, or its cub (which may be captured, raised in a Kaisan settlement and then sent back to the wilderness), an owl kamuy warns of wild animals and is thus a good village guardian, whereas a hearth kamuy (such as the Ape-Huci-Kamuy アペフチカムイ "fire grandmother deity") offers its flames for warmth, for lighting, or for cooking.
A lot of religious practices involve praying to a kamuy and entering a trance with them, so that the Kaisan returns the favor. Most commonly, a shaved stick (イナゥ inaw) representing a bird kamuy is held onto during the prayer in an altar, as it is believed it will help relay their message better. A Kaisan will listen to a kamuy's demands and accommodate them, because that is expected of them, in order for the kamuy to stay longer in the human world and continue to provide their goods. Scarcities such as soil infertility or lack of hunting game are therefore attributed to a misunderstanding or poor standing with a specific kamuy that must then be reconciled. When their missions in the human world are complete, kamuy return to the spiritual world, until they are recalled.
The spiritual world (the skies/the heaven) also acts as the afterlife for human beings, where the kamuy inside a human person ascends to. As a result, a Kaisan may contact their ancestors' kamuy through the same prayer, to chat with them and ask for guidance. There exists a small intricacy in this however, in that the ancestor's name must be explicitly spoken, in order for the message and the human offerings to be received. Offerings to kamuy include but are not limited to crushed/mashed food, torn tobacco, and herbs.
Whereas evil kamuy do exist, there is no underworld in Kaisan folk religion. Common evil kamuy include earthquakes, thunders and catastrophic storms, but also diseases. Since an evil kamuy is not worth winning over, it may be otherwise repulsed through the help of good kamuy (e.g. in the sense of diseases, a herbal-medicinal kamuy).
