Tomgak

Tomgak Tomɋäk
Flag Emblem
Motto: ʔua tom'œ
Anthem: Tomɋäk - ves'œɂað qä ŋäɋäk
Map of Tomgak
Capital and largest city		Taqtomal
Official languages		Qa Tomo
Ethnic groups		Tomians
Demonym		Tomians, Tomian
Government		Semi-constitutional monarchy
-	Noqar	Noqtom XLI Vogeltomo Taqtomalo
Legislature		Parliament
Population
-	2021 estimate	627.491
-	2015 census	627.211
-	Density	6.2/km2 16.1/sq mi
HDI		0.852 very high
Currency		Сuk (CUK)
Date format		yyyy.mm.dd
Drives on the		"right"
Calling code		+8
Internet TLD		.tm

Tomgak (Qa Tomo: Tomɋäk [t̪o̞m'ɢɑk]), is a island country in Northwest Miraria and also an archipelago. The capital and largest city is Taqtomal. Tomgak had a population of 627,491, 81% of whom resided on the main island. The country is bordered by Qgam and Seang Pe to the southeast, Ngeyvger to the east, Polar ocean to the north, and Sea of Alpa to the south. Most of its territory is located above the Arctic Circle. Most of its islands have a polar climate.

Etymology

Word Tomɋäk is a compound of words Tom' "river" and ŋäɋäk "land" and can be literally translated as "valley".

Geography

Tomgak is at the juncture of the Sea of Alpa and Polar Ocean. Located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere.

Climate

Most areas of the Tomgak archipelago are subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification: Dfc). The northern islands usually belong to tundra (Köppen climate classification: ET). The islands are windy, cloudy, and cool throughout the year.

Köppen climate classification of Tomgak

The collection of meteorological data on the Tomgak Islands began in 1749. In 1961, on the island of Zhyvexpuja, a record low temperature in the entire country was recorded and was −72.9 degrees. The highest temperature in Tomgak was recorded in 1871 on the island of Dusternpuja and was +31.4 degrees.

Climate data for Tomgak
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	6.8 (44.2)	5.5 (41.9)	11.3 (52.3)	16.2 (61.2)	28.4 (83.1)	30.7 (87.3)	31.4 (88.5)	29.1 (84.4)	21.6 (70.9)	16.9 (62.4)	11.2 (52.2)	6.3 (43.3)	31.4 (88.5)
Average high °C (°F)	−13.2 (8.2)	−9.5 (14.9)	−1.4 (29.5)	7.1 (44.8)	13.4 (56.1)	16.6 (61.9)	20.9 (69.6)	18.3 (64.9)	13.5 (56.3)	5.1 (41.2)	−9.2 (15.4)	−17.4 (0.7)	3.6 (38.5)
Daily mean °C (°F)	−18.4 (−1.1)	−12.6 (9.3)	−3.3 (26.1)	5.4 (41.7)	6.9 (44.4)	14.2 (57.6)	18.4 (65.1)	16.1 (61)	10.7 (51.3)	2.9 (37.2)	−13.3 (8.1)	−20.4 (−4.7)	0.6 (33.1)
Average low °C (°F)	−28.2 (−18.8)	−26.5 (−15.7)	−17.6 (0.3)	−8.6 (16.5)	−3.2 (26.2)	1.1 (34)	8.3 (46.9)	7.2 (45)	−1.2 (29.8)	−6.3 (20.7)	−12.4 (9.7)	−19.4 (−2.9)	−8.9 (16)
Record low °C (°F)	−63.1 (−81.6)	−72.9 (−99.2)	−44.3 (−47.7)	−39.1 (−38.4)	−19.8 (−3.6)	−4.2 (24.4)	0.1 (32.2)	−4.1 (24.6)	−17.5 (0.5)	−20.6 (−5.1)	−41.5 (−42.7)	−58.5 (−73.3)	−72.9 (−99.2)
Source: Tomian Meteorological Office

Politics

Administrative divisions

Tomgak is a federal state and comprises five regions (sngaks). Each region has its own constitution. The borders of the regions completely coincide with the borders of the ancient Tomian kingdoms (except for the capital region).

Regions (sngaks) of Tomgak

  Central region (Šuramsŋäk)

  Region of Central Islands (Sŋäk Šurampuƶaœɂað)

  Region of Far Islands (Sŋäk Fučpuƶaœɂað)

  Region of Big Island (Sŋäk Togoypuƶaœ)

  Region of Cold Islands (Sŋäk Tɂuopuƶaœɂað)

Demographics

Urbanisation

5 most populous urban areas of Tomgak:

Rank	City/town	population
1	Taqtomal (Täqtomäl)	314,221
2	Tuoal (Tɂuoäl)	21,508
3	Ilyaal (Il'aäl)	16,332
4	Tomal (Tomäl)	8,011
5	Zhyvexal (Ž'vexäl)	5,102

Language

The official written and spoken language of Tomgak is Qa Tomo, a Qaic language of Tomic language family. At the moment, all the relatives of the language are dead, due to the policy called "One people - one language", when absolutely everyone was forced to speak Qa Tomo. Due to the very strong purism in the language, loanwords are almost completely absent.

The language has become written quite recently. Around the 18th century, the language developed a written language, the exact origin of which is unknown.

Culture

Rites

Rites of passage

Family

Birth

After the birth of the child, a ritual is performed over the newborn. Depending on gender, water (male) or snow (female) is rubbed into the newborn. It is believed that after this the child will live a very long life. On some northern islands, a similar rite can be performed on the parents of the child.

Marriage

The future husband and wife meet on the hill and in the presence of their parents, (if any) brothers and / or sisters, good friends, and the head of the village / town / city. They promise that they will be faithful to each other, hug, and then shout to the sky that they are now husband and wife.

Breakup

Breakup is the same as a wedding, but instead of hugging, the husband and wife move away from each other, say goodbye, and then shout to the sky that this is the end of their relationship.

Funeral

After the death of a certain person, before burial, he is "fed" with a mixture of feces, urine and a small amount of blood (a couple of drops) of the person closest to the deceased. After he is cremated, his ashes are placed in a bag and thrown into the sea.

Society

Coronation

After the accession of the ruler to the throne, his coronation takes place. He is poured over with very cold water, the people present at the coronation begin to say his duties, and then they say his full title. After that, the new ruler shouts to the sky that he became a ruler, and only after that he officially becomes a ruler.

Due to the fact that Tomgak is a federation, approximately the same rites take place in the regions, but on a smaller scale and with some differences, depending on the region.

Moving

Earlier, in Tomgak, a rite was very popular when, when a person moved to a new settlement, the inhabitants of this settlement met him, gave him gifts and greeted him, but with the growth of the city this rite fade out, however, in some small settlements (the population of which usually less than 1000) this rite is still performed.

Architecture

The earliest forms of Tomian architecture was igloos, chums and dugouts. With the development of vernicular architecture, dugouts turned into cabins. The owner of each wanted to somehow make his house stand out from the rest, most often they created patterned window frames or cut something on the walls of their house. With the beginning of industrialization, the mass building of cities with panel buildings began.

Film

Most of Tomgak's films were filmed in the 20th century and were often filmed for propaganda purposes and in order to discredit the enemy. The most striking example of the film, filmed in order to discredit the enemy was the film "Death of God" (kxäy yes'ŋäœ), filmed in order to discredit the monarchical regime. The film shows brutal scenes of executions and torture of political opponents of the monarchy; at the moment, most of the film is considered lost. From the film, only a frame with the name of the film remains.

The only frame of the film that has survived to this day

Cuisine

Tomians traditionally hunters and fishers. They hunt whales, seal, polar bears, birds and fish. Seaweed, berries and roots is also eaten. In winter, the staple foods are stroganina and akutaq (the traditional recipe is made with reindeer milk, raspberries and blueberries). Fish is eaten raw, frozen or dried. Yukola is made from fish that are left for a long period of storage or for long trips, stored in small bags. Caviar and whale meat are considered a delicacy. Water, broths from various fish, reindeer milk and a cocktail made from milk and various berries are used as a drink. Meat products are very often infused with the blood of the animals from which the dish was made.

Tomians believe that food from other cultures is extremely tasteless, so they avoid any meals if they do not have food from Tomian cuisine and even under such conditions they will eat it worse, because they believe that only Tomians can cook Tomian food. This idea reaches such an absurdity that even the water that was not collected by a Tomian, they consider terribly tasteless.

On the first day of the polar night, it is customary to eat fried great auk meat (as a symbol of the death of the day). After the end of the polar night, it is customary to eat fried eggs of the great auk (as a symbol of the rebirth of the day). A few months before the beginning of the polar night, part of the food is canned as reserves.

Sport

At the moment, the most popular sport is skiing, people compete in how far they will go on them or how quickly they will reach a specific point. Ice skating is also a fairly popular sport, people compete in how beautiful and filigree movements they are able to perform, how many feelings they can show in their movements.

Until 1894, the competition for the amount of salt water drunk was very popular, however, during one of the competitions in 1894, a certain participant, whose name is unknown, drank so much salt water that after the competition he fell dead.