Boohomina

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Boohomina is half of two islands in the Molobuzh region, south of Linhungia. It is bordered on the east by Kedeh and on the west by Ihlenia. Its capital Homina (which sounds like Harsti to outsiders) is the largest city in the region and the seat of the Court of Justice of Molobuzh. Its culture, people, and languages are both highly regional within the country and relaxed when dealing with outsiders. The repeated invasions by Ihlenia led to the Boohamanians expanding across the strait to Harsti and eventually a peaceful sharing of the larger island Chahamin with Kedeh. Until the late 1900's, the country was simply named Boo which means Island in Boohamanian. After expansion to the island of Chahamin and when borders were drawn with Kedeh, the country officially changed its name and Boohomina declared statehood on April 29th 1996. The combined name means Island Island Half after the fact that it shared two islands.

History

Origin

Sometime before 1900, the small island of Ilhenia divided along agro-political lines. The eastern half of the island was better suited to growing corn than wheat, whereas the western half was better suited to growing wheat than corn. The corn growers and wheat growers grew more and more divided until the mid 1900's when those growing corn declared Statehood and named the new country Boo.

Conflict

For the next ten to twenty years, the wheat growers of Ilhenia (having kept the island's name as their own country name) regularly invaded the Boonies. The Ilhenians thought the Boonies to be weak, and attacked for no better reason than that.

Expansion

The Boonies' corn production was at capacity, and they knew that to expand and grow, they would either need to defeat the Ilhenian army or expand across the strait to the island of Chahamin.

The island of Chahamin was very sparsely populated with the friendly and helpful people of Kedeh. Talks with Kedeh were held in the city of Harsti for five years, accompanied by large feasts and games. Eventually, the Kedeh agreed to a mutually beneficial split of the island, where the Boonies produced corn, and the Kedeh produced milk and butter.

Declaration of Statehood

Now that the Boonies occupied two islands, they grew in numbers. The Ilhenian began to see that the Boonies were gaining strength and the invasions reduced in frequency. The common nickname given to the Boonies by the Ilhenian was Boo Boos (island, island in Boohamanian).

The attacks had all but stopped by 1990 with one final conflict in 1995. The Boonies declared statehood on April 29th, 1996 and was born as Boohomina. The state retains that identity to this day.

Language

Although modern Boohamanian children are educated in English, the primary language of Boohomina is Boohamanian. The language sounds very peculiar to those who do not grow up with it, and it is spoken and understood only by very few non-natives. The language is a durational/tonal language with extremely subtle changes to two syllables "boo" and "homina."

The sound of each of the letters is found in many other languages, and the Boohamanians have a different tone and duration for each. To the non-native speaker, Boohamanian sounds like somebody saying "boo" and "homina" repeatedly, but the subtle differences that are immediately obvious to the Boohamanian ear make the rich language easily understood.

English b is represented by ฿ ₿ ♭ 𐤁 β Ⲃ В Б 𐌁 ᛒ 𐌱 ɓ Ƀ ƀ Ḃ ḃ Ḅ ḅ Ḇ ḇ Ɓ ɓ ᵬ ᶀ

English o is represented by Ø ø Ǿ ǿ ᶱ Ö ö Ȫ ȫ Ó ó Ò ò Ô ô Ố ố Ồ ồ Ổ ổ Ỗ ỗ Ộ ộ Ǒ ǒ Ő ő Ŏ ŏ Ȏ ȏ Ȯ ȯ Ȱ ȱ Ọ ọ Ɵ ɵ Ơ ơ Ớ ớ Ờ ờ Ỡ ỡ Ợ ợ Ở ở Ỏ ỏ Ō ō Ṓ ṓ Ṑ ṑ Õ õ Ȭ ȭ Ṍ ṍ Ṏ ṏ Ǫ ǫ Ȍ ȍ O̩ o̩ Ó̩ ó̩ Ò̩ ò̩ Ǭ ǭ Ꝍ ꝍ ⱺ∅ Œ

English h is represented by Ĥ ĥ Ȟ ȟ Ħ ħ Ḩ ḩ Ⱨ ⱨ ẖ ẖ Ḥ ḥ Ḣ ḣ Ḧ ḧ Ḫ ḫ ꞕʮǶ𐤇 ᚻ 𐌷

English m is represented by Ḿ ḿ Ṁ ṁ Ṃ ṃ M̃ m̃ ᵯ Ɱ𐤌 μ Ⲙ 𐌌 𐌼 ₥

English i is represented by Ị ị Ĭ ĭ Î î Ǐ ǐ Ɨ ɨ Ï ï Ḯ ḯ Í í Ì ì Ȉ ȉ Į į Į́ Į̃ Ī ī Ī̀ ī̀ ᶖ[9] Ỉ ỉ Ȋ ȋ Ĩ ĩ Ḭ ḭ 𐤉

English n is represented by Ń ń Ñ ñ Ň ň Ǹ ǹ Ṅ ṅ Ṇ ṇ Ņ ņ Ṉ ṉ Ṋ ṋ Ꞥ ꞥ ᵰ ᶇŊ Ɲ Ƞ ɳ ᴎ ȵ Ꞑ

English a is represented by Å å Ǻ ǻ Ḁ ḁ ẚ Ă ă Ặ ặ Ắ ắ Ằ ằ Ẳ ẳ Ẵ ẵ Ȃ ȃ Â â Ậ ậ Ấ ấ Ầ ầ Ẫ ẫ Ẩ ẩ Ả ả Ǎ ǎ Ⱥ ⱥ Ȧ ȧ Ǡ ǡ Ạ ạ Ä ä Ǟ ǟ À à Ȁ ȁ Á á Ā ā Ā̀ ā̀ Ã ã Ą ą Ą́ ą́ Ą̃ ą̃ A̲ a̲ ᶏ Ɑ ᶐ ɐ ꬱ Å ₳

Manufacturing

Boohamanians have a long history of manufacturing agricultural tools. The hoe was one invention, named such when outsiders combined the words "homina boo" into "hoo" and eventually "hoe."

Large scale manufacturing is largely absent in Boohomina and they rely on imports to improve the efficiency of crop growing, and distrubution of them.

Agriculture

The Boohamanian people have always been agrarian. Their primary crop, corn, is exported in many different ways and one very popular dish made by combining a concoction made from ground up toasted shells from the beach with dried kernels of corn. When this was intruduced to Western speaking people, the Boohamanian word was interpreted as being hominy, which persists to this day.

Education

Partially as a result of the close-knit family groups and also of the very subtle differences in their language, the Boohamanians are skilled educators with a knack for being able to connect with people of all skill levels.