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DemonLordEnigma

Flag of DemonLordEnigma
Motto: Meh
No Map Available Yet
Region	Lazarus
Capital	Enigma's Palace
Official Language(s)	D'ni, English, Spanish
Leader	Orlahn
Population	over 1 billion
Currency	Fingerbone
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At A Glance

DemonLordEnigma is a vast, transworld nation that claims more worlds under its care than most empires would dare. The nation itself is based in the ancient city of D'ni, built by a people of the same name who spoke a language of the same name, and uses the Linking Books, which lies miles deep below the Earth's surface, under the continent of North America. The rest of the nation lies on various worlds, which can be anywhere from within the local neighborhood of solar systems or could be as far away as the opposite side of the universe, due in part to how DLE travels to these worlds.

The people are kind, generous, and generally distrustful of outsiders. The people prefer nonviolence, a policy reflected in their small and scattered military, while at the same time taking pride in their works. All in DLE are followers of Yisha, the Grower, and use her teachings as a guide to living their lives, having a reverence for her that in some cases approaches open worship. As such, most portions of DLE have eschewed the monetary system, prefering instead to rely on a barter system and trusting their government to see materials go where they are needed.

Government Style

DLE is ruled by the Council of Disciples, a group of people who make all of the decisions of the nation based on a democratic vote. The Council, as it is often called, is based on the original followers of Yisha who first came to D'ni, answering a call they could not explain. It was these early people who, after following Yisha into D'ni and learning from her, organized the droves that came after into the current nation.

The Council is made up of the leaders of the Guilds, with each Guild having an absolute monopoly in their area of function. Each Guild democratically elects its leader, who serves on the Council and has the job of overseeing the entirety of the Guild in order to prevent abuse. In turn, the entirety of the Council reports to the people as a whole, who can at any time and for any reason vote to dismiss part or all of the Council. To date, only four Councils have been dismissed, though the Maintainers Disciple has been dismissed 175 times due to incompetence. A dismissed member may not sit on the Council again with a full democratic vote of the people.

People

The people of DLE call themselves the Yishahro (also spelled Yisharo or Yeesharo when transliterated to English). Literally translated, this means "People of Laughter." In actuality, this is supposed to mean "People of Yisha," to symbolize the willful following of Yisha's teachings. Species-wise, the people are human with small amounts of D'ni mixed in, though the D'ni are now considered extinct.

What separates the Yishahro from the other inhabitants of Earth is their general attitude. They work together as a community, relying on knowing each other and getting along in spite of their population. Most Yishahro eschew the monetary system, believing it to be in contradiction to Yisha's teachings, and choose a barter system, trading goods and services for other goods and services. As such, as a whole the Yishahro tend to be extremely difficult to bribe or convince to accept money.

As a whole, the Yishahro originally came from a variety of nations, having grown tired of the squabbles of the surface world. Once in D'ni, they chose to live effectively isolated, not wanting much contact with the surface world and accepting the consequences of such. Even now, with DLE having contacted the surface world, most Yishahro prefer to keep the separation of several miles of rock and dirt between themselves and the rest of humanity.

Note: This is being reworked to match with the current DLE.

Original DLE