Thuyo
| ??? of Tuyo Thúyo |
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| Official languages | Jayun Thap, Ikang Thap | |||
| Demonym | Tuyan | |||
| Area | ||||
| - | 330,839 km2 127,738 sq mi |
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| Population | ||||
| - | 2016 estimate | 19,949,591 | ||
| - | Density | 60.3/km2 156.2/sq mi |
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Tuyo (Jayun Thap: Thúyo, IPA: /t̪ʰújɵ/ ; Ikang Thap: Thuyǫ /θujɔˤ/), officially the Republic? of Tuyo, is a developing country mostly located on the southwest of the island of Lahan. It is covered largely by tropical rainforest, with its population mostly concentrated along the coast.
History
Tuyo was originally settled in ??? BCE by Sanju, a Saru-Asuran people. It was colonized in CE 1??? by the Neviran Empire and later overtaken as an overseas colony by Shohuan. It became an independent country in 18??.
Geography
The mainland of Tuyo is located in southwest Lahan. It is a hilly country with some low mountains further inland.
Tuyo also consists of several islands, the largest of which are (name) and (name), approximately halfway between Lahan and northeast Baredina.
Climate
Largely covered by tropical rainforest and monsoon climates, Tuyo is a very hot, wet, and green country.
Biodiversity
tons of plants, birds, and bugs. cassowaries. possibly marsupials?
Politics
Government
Administrative divisions
Demographics
There are several native ethnic groups in Tuyo, most of them closely related.
The gender ratio (see Gender section below) is approximately 40/50/10 stayer/leaver/voyager.
Language
Many languages are spoken in Tuyo, most of them in the Sanju sub-group of the Saru-Asuran language family. Most inhabitants are conversant in one of the two official Thap languages.
Culture
Most Tuyans still live fairly traditional lives, augmented by imported modern technologies but not reliant on them. Communalism is the main socioeconomic structure, although family units are often divided into different dwellings and may try to be self-sufficient.
Gender
Tuyan peoples have a unique gender system with some parallels to other Saru-Asuran systems. There are three main gender roles, which are formalized divisions of labour, and do not reflect physical sexual characteristics in any way.
The traditional system recognizes three roles: "stayers, leavers, and voyagers." Stayers are the only gender to own land on their own, and take up responsibilities and professions that require remaining within the village for the day. Leavers travel every day out to sea to fish, or inland to forage and hunt. Voyagers take longer journeys for days, weeks, months, or longer, as traveling traders, entertainers, and messengers. Leavers and Voyagers can only own land through marriage to a Stayer. Same-gender marriage does not occur, but polygamous marriage is common, generally in the form of one Stayer with multiple partners.
Until marriage, Leavers and Voyagers live with their parents or siblings, or may take up residence in a "Bachelor barracks" that are common in many villages.
Children are considered genderless and choose a role sometime after puberty, after having undertaken general education and several short apprenticeships. Elders and those who become incapable of traveling have their previous gender recognized and are generally tasked with teaching and other simple tasks. Those who are born with physical disabilities limiting travel are generally Stayers, although in some places they may be considered genderless (such places tend not to treat the disabled very well). Elders and the disabled may live with family or in the bachelor barracks.
Gender is generally not to be changed, although after disasters or other events too greatly unbalance a population, it is allowed. Temporary changes in behaviour are common though; for example, Leavers and Voyagers who are in late pregnancy, have recently given birth, or are recovering from an illness or injury, will generally stay at home. Likewise, Stayers and Leavers of particular skill may be called on long voyages to distant villages to assist with a crisis.
In urban and globalized areas there are probably some differences.
Cuisine
The main crop is coconut, with other vegetables and seafood making up the bulk of the rest of the diet. Further inland, grain and fruit are more common, and to some extent, meat.