Difference between revisions of "Gnopica"
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| − | Gnopica's national animal is the pickle llama. This joyful creature is only found on the Islands of Gnopica, and biologists have never been able to agree on how it should be classified. Easily found galavanting in the lush forests of Gnopica, the pickle llama attracts scientists and tourists from across the globe | + | Gnopica's national animal is the pickle llama. They are very social, and while they do not live in herds, they rarely live alone. This joyful creature is only found on the Islands of Gnopica, and biologists have never been able to agree on how it should be classified. Easily found galavanting in the lush forests of Gnopica, the pickle llama attracts scientists and tourists from across the globe. |
| − | Although normally calm and well tempered, the pickle llama can be very ferocious when it feels threatened. When in this mood, the pickle llama is one of the most deadly animals in the world. For this reason, it has no natural enemies and poaching has never been a problem, | + | Although normally calm and well tempered, the pickle llama can be very ferocious when it feels threatened. When in this mood, the pickle llama is one of the most deadly animals in the world. For this reason, it has no natural enemies and poaching has never been a problem, unless you count the number of poachers killed yearly as one. By the time it's adversary has heard the pickle llama's attack call of "wort wort wort!" it is to late. |
| − | The mating song of the pickle llama can be heard every year on its mating day, the 7th of July. This melodious tune has fascinated people | + | The beautiful mating song of the pickle llama can be heard every year on its mating day, the 7th of July. This melodious tune has fascinated people for centuries. The mating song has even been transposed for choir and orcestra by the famous composer Marty O'Donnell. You can here an example [http://nikon.bungie.org/Halo_TotalAudio.mp3 here.] (If it says "forbidden," just click in the address window of your browser and hit enter) |
Revision as of 12:19, 13 July 2005
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| Flag of Gnopica | |
| Motto: Motto | |
| Gnop! | |
| Region | The Seventh Column |
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| Capital | Chattanooga |
| Official Language(s) | Gnopish |
| Leader | JimmyChatt |
| Population | Growing |
| Currency | The Pfhor |
| NS Sunset XML | |
History
In the beginning there was a paddle. This paddle begot another paddle. The paddles used their collective mind power to create...a ball. They bounced the ball for eons. Time had no meaning. Then, unexpectedly, one of the paddles made a mistake, miscalculating the trajectory of the ball. It missed. The paddle that missed exploded, and it was from this event that the entire universe was created. Some scholars suggest that somewhere a now lone paddle is looking down on us, but only sees the words "You Loose."
The Democratic Republic of Gnopica is the only country that still holds true to this legend, and local lore holds that Gnopica is settled on what was the center of the original mighty ball. The Gnopic religion is based upon the restoration of the Lost Paddle, and to once again, through the pursuit of the Tru7h, set the Great Paddles in motion, restoring harmony and equilibrium to the universe.
National Animal
Gnopica's national animal is the pickle llama. They are very social, and while they do not live in herds, they rarely live alone. This joyful creature is only found on the Islands of Gnopica, and biologists have never been able to agree on how it should be classified. Easily found galavanting in the lush forests of Gnopica, the pickle llama attracts scientists and tourists from across the globe.
Although normally calm and well tempered, the pickle llama can be very ferocious when it feels threatened. When in this mood, the pickle llama is one of the most deadly animals in the world. For this reason, it has no natural enemies and poaching has never been a problem, unless you count the number of poachers killed yearly as one. By the time it's adversary has heard the pickle llama's attack call of "wort wort wort!" it is to late.
The beautiful mating song of the pickle llama can be heard every year on its mating day, the 7th of July. This melodious tune has fascinated people for centuries. The mating song has even been transposed for choir and orcestra by the famous composer Marty O'Donnell. You can here an example here. (If it says "forbidden," just click in the address window of your browser and hit enter)
Map
Gnopica is made up of three islands off of the west coast of Durandal. One is round, with two long, parallel islands on either side. Due to tectonic plates activity, the round island collides with one of the long Islands and then the other repeatedly. A collision happens about once every two million years. This is the first ever map drawn of Gnopica, when the Pimps at Sea crashed there ard were given shelter, food and water by the natives. These Pirate Pimps eventually setteled and founded many of the other nations in the region.
Gnopica's Constitution
All Gnop images are from the one and only Gnop! web site, which is brought to you by the people from The 7th War. The mp3 file is from a link from Halo.Bungie.Org, which they got from Total Audio, run by Marty O'Donnell and Mike Salvatori.
