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Revision as of 11:22, 23 August 2021
Tomgak Tomɋäk |
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Motto: ʔua tom'œ | ||||||
Anthem: Tomɋäk - ves'œɂað qä ŋäɋäk | ||||||
Map of Tomgak
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Capital and largest city | Taqtomal | |||||
Official languages | Qa Tomo | |||||
Ethnic groups | Tomians | |||||
Demonym | Tomians, Tomian | |||||
Government | Federal semi-constitutional monarchy | |||||
- | Noqar | Noqtom XLI Vogeltomo Taqtomalo | ||||
Legislature | Parliament | |||||
Area | ||||||
- | 119,259 km2 46,046 sq mi |
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Population | ||||||
- | 2021 estimate | 627.491 | ||||
- | 2015 census | 627.211 | ||||
- | Density | 6.2/km2 16.1/sq mi |
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HDI | 0.852 very high |
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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".
History
Early history
City-states of big island
Kingdom of Taqtomal
Great Kingdom of Tomgak
Modern Tomgak
First Civil War
Great Famine
Second Civil War
Third Kingdom of Tomgak
"The Children of the Islands" dictatorship
Third Civil War
Fourth Kingdom of Tomgak
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.
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 | |||||||||||||
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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 |
Biodiversity
Politics
Government
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).
Foreign relations
Military
Economy
Transport
Energy
Science and technology
Tourism
Demographics
Ethnic groups
Urbanisation
5 most populous urban areas of Tomgak:
Rank | City/town | population |
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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.
Education
Healthcare
Religion
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.
Literature
Art
Music
Theatre
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.
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.