TheHolyLandsOfGanos
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| Motto: We aspire to Ascend like the Holy Prophet Ganos | |
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| Region | [[]] |
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| Capital | Cellesta |
| Official Language(s) | Ganosian |
| Leader | The Avatar |
| Population | Over 2 billion |
| Currency | Ganosian Dollar |
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TheHolyLandsOfGanos
The Most Holy Theocratic Empire of TheHolyLandsOfGanos is a massive, safe nation, notable for its punitive income tax rates. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of are watched over by a benevolent leader who is also head of the nation's one and only religion.
It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it concentrates mainly on Religion & Spirituality, although Law & Order and Education are secondary priorities. Citizens pay a flat income tax and the private sector is completely centered around the national religion.
Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. TheHolyLandsOfGanos's national animal is the owl, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the ganosian dollar.
History of The holy Lands
The First chapter
Before the great Kingdoms of the world rose, a lonely monk came from an island far far away. His name was Ganos and he came in search of his destiny. For years and years before he followed his faith without question and yet their God could not answer his prayers. He knew there was more out there and so he set sail and came to the shoress of what would become West Africa. After wondering it's great expanse for weeks his journey finally ended. Azathoth, one of many Gods, came to Ganos in disguise. He appeared to Ganos as a common old women and asked if she could share in the camp fire which Ganos had made. He of course allowed the old woman to share in the warmth of his fire and with that act he passed Azathoth's test. Showing Ganos his true form, Azathoth told Ganos that he had summoned him from far away to become his prophet and spread the word of the true faith. Ganos, honored by this accepted his destiny, knowing that this was truly what he had been searching for. For one whole year Ganos studied under Azathoth, day by day he told Ganos of the greatness which was the everything. He told Ganos of all the great beings of life, and how Ganos himself could Ascend to become a greater being that just a mere mortal. Ganos wishing to never forget the great knowledge which Azathoth bestowed upon him, wrote every word down in several scrolls which would be later known as the Sacred Scrolls of Ganos.
After the year was up, Azathoth took his leave of Ganos an instructed him to go out and teach the young children of the world the true religion. So Ganos set out and began to teach his word to the nomadic people. Many began to follow him in his travels until finally he had too many followers to continue and so settle in a small region of East Africa of which he declared to be the Holy Lands. From then until his Ascension, Ganos taught the word of the Azathoth. Then on the day of his Ascension, the day when he should have died, Ganos proclaimed that though he physically would leave his people, spiritually he would return to them in the form of another. The other would be his Avatar, and through him would he continue to lead his people until the end of time. With that Ganos Ascended and his people glorified him by having his Avatar be their ruler. It is wrriten in the scrolls that every hundred years after Ganos ascended, a new Avatar was born and Ganos used them to continue to spread his word and lead his people.
The Second Chapter
For hundreds of years, the holy land and it's captial of Cellesta flurished and the Ganosian people were truly happy. It wasn't til the rise of Rome and the Catholic church that things changed for the Ganosian people. The Pope believed that the Ganosian faith was the work of the devil and believe that it would bring great destruction to the Church. So he ordered a great secret crusade against the Ganosian people which lead them to the brink of extinction. By the end of the crusade, little to nothing was left of the great holy lands or it's capital and most of it's people were either dead or put into slavery. Only a small hand full of Ganosians escaped the Romans and traveled far east to Asia were they laid in hiding along with the scrolls of Ganos itself.
The scrolls say that during the biggest battle of the crusades, Avatar Galtosh lead a great army of Ganosians. It was a feirce battle which ultimately the Romans won. It is said that as Galtosh laid dying, Ganos himself ascended again and prophized to those who survived the battle that he would leave this world for another. It would only be after the second rising of the Ganosian faith that he would return.
The hierarchy of the Ganosian Empire
The Avatar:
The Avatar is the vessel of which Ganos, the ascend prophet returns and speaks to his people. The Avatar is the supreme ruler of all the Holy Lands of Ganos.
Elder Servants to the Scrolls:
These are servants of whom have the greatest knowledge of the Scrolls of Ganos. They are appointed by the Avatar to administer several Ganosian Temples in a certain area. They make sure that the Temples and the people are continuing their faithful obedience to the faith.
High Servants to the Scrolls:
They are the servants of whom preach the word of The Scrolls of Ganos in the Ganosian Temples. Much like Christian priests, they hold several sermons a day within the Temples and make sure that every member of that certain village or town attends the service.
Servants of the Scrolls:
Are those willing to open their minds to the word of the Scrolls and practice the faith. It is not uncommon to see that an entire city is made up of servants of the scrolls.
