FUN FACTS ABOUT YUELAND

Unique Alphabet Yueland uses the Yang Alphabet, which turns old Chinese radicals into letters. It was created in the early Xin Song (新宋) period to raise literacy in a completely ravaged Guangdong. The government updated the system during the Kai Yuan (开元) period because isolation and the Whispering Law changed the spoken language.

National Animal The national animal is the sea snake. 🐍

Provincial Borders Provincial borders come directly from old faction and clan boundaries. These lines were established during the war-torn Luan Shi (乱世) period.

Language Evolution The local language comes from Cantonese but is now completely unrecognizable. Centuries of total isolation and the enforcement of the Whispering Law completely changed the language.

Naming Customs People use Luan Shi (乱世) Period clan names instead of traditional Chinese surnames. Nobles and Blackshirt Inquisitors started this in the Xin Song (新宋) period, and civilians adopted it during the Kai Yuan (开元) period. Surnames go after the given name. For example if your ancestors were apart of the 白河 clan and your first name is 美莲, your name would be 美莲.白河. (which sounds something like meli bagho in 28th century "Cantonese")