Saphronia
28-03-2008, 20:47
(Hello, all. I've just made this threat here to describe certain elements of my nation for anybody who's interested. OOC comments are welcome during the making of this thread, as there is no planned stop point. It is ongoing, and it is my hope to improve how I portray my nation via input from those who read this.)
WARNING: The following post describes a prejudiced and actively racist state in which several ethnic, religious and social groups are actively persecuted as inferiors. It may also contain some offensive language. You have been warned.
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The Protectorate of Saphronia
Part I: Society
For those not accustomed to severe religious and ethnic strife, spending time in Saphronia is often quite an intense experience. The country is run by a white, Christian minority that has ruled since the country was founded. The large part of this white, ruling class is found inside fifty miles from the nation’s coast. They dominate all the best farmland, dividing at least three quarters of the rich coastal soil in to large plantations, each of which is run and leased out in parcels by one of the country’s big leading families. The rest is coastal cities inhabited mostly by white citizens, open beaches and fishing communities.
Inland, things are terribly different. This is where the black and Islamic populations dwell in filth. Most of the nation’s blacks live inland, away from the fertile coastal regions, with little personal luxury. Also dwelling inland are white citizens who somehow displease the leaders of the nation and society, such as those of noteworthy black ancestry, those whose inclinations cause them to speak against the apartheid government, homosexuals, and those who practice Islam in some form. Both groups live in communities which closely resemble places seen in most third-world African countries, though admittedly there is not as much disease and it is fairly easy to get water, so long as you can pay suppliers from the coastal regions.
Enforced separations of whites and blacks can be seen everywhere. Blacks in the military have to serve in special ‘colored’ battalions with white officers, for example. Muslims and homosexuals are legally barred from joining at all, skin color aside.
WARNING: The following post describes a prejudiced and actively racist state in which several ethnic, religious and social groups are actively persecuted as inferiors. It may also contain some offensive language. You have been warned.
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The Protectorate of Saphronia
Part I: Society
For those not accustomed to severe religious and ethnic strife, spending time in Saphronia is often quite an intense experience. The country is run by a white, Christian minority that has ruled since the country was founded. The large part of this white, ruling class is found inside fifty miles from the nation’s coast. They dominate all the best farmland, dividing at least three quarters of the rich coastal soil in to large plantations, each of which is run and leased out in parcels by one of the country’s big leading families. The rest is coastal cities inhabited mostly by white citizens, open beaches and fishing communities.
Inland, things are terribly different. This is where the black and Islamic populations dwell in filth. Most of the nation’s blacks live inland, away from the fertile coastal regions, with little personal luxury. Also dwelling inland are white citizens who somehow displease the leaders of the nation and society, such as those of noteworthy black ancestry, those whose inclinations cause them to speak against the apartheid government, homosexuals, and those who practice Islam in some form. Both groups live in communities which closely resemble places seen in most third-world African countries, though admittedly there is not as much disease and it is fairly easy to get water, so long as you can pay suppliers from the coastal regions.
Enforced separations of whites and blacks can be seen everywhere. Blacks in the military have to serve in special ‘colored’ battalions with white officers, for example. Muslims and homosexuals are legally barred from joining at all, skin color aside.