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[r16]

now , some foreigners got fed up with the inflation in the [invented] number of women ı have had affairs with and doubled it to like 25 . A natural corollary of that is the startlingly fresh rumours of roving bands of women beating up people in the streets , in my name . Apparently before some link went dead in a long list of downloads ı was making in netting some huge book collection ... So , like in case you don't want global fame when ı get to carve up your country in citations of who did it first , please kinda sorta stop territorial demands in this thread .

 

[Tee Kay]

Over 10 million people immigrated from the Ottoman-ruled Arab world to America-south-of-the-Rio-Grande back then.

well this gave me an idea I had to do:

 

[Bonyduck Campersang]

well this gave me an idea I had to do:

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Does the name 'Khemed' come from the country of the same name in the Tintin comics?

 

[Tee Kay]

every name is a reference to something

 

[Bonyduck Campersang]

I recognised the others, but I was wondering whether 'Khemed' could be a reference to something else that Hergé was also referring to, since he was fond of puns and jokes in the bande dessineé fashion

 

[Tee Kay]

I recognised the others, but I was wondering whether 'Khemed' could be a reference to something else that Hergé was also referring to, since he was fond of puns and jokes in the bande dessineé style

It's Tintin. Land of Black Gold + Red Sea Sharks. Well, it's Khemed in English at least.

 

[Kyriakos]

well this gave me an idea I had to do:

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Farfour!
Best kids show character of all time.

 

[Arakhor]

every name is a reference to something

Did you really call the capital hummus?

Having a major city named La'Ahad was a nice touch too.

 

[Kyriakos]

So the largest city is a village like Helsinki, not even a metro of 1 million? ^^

 

[Tee Kay]

So the largest city is a village like Helsinki, not even a metro of 1 million? ^^

I based it partly on Belize/Guyana/Suriname, population 450k, 800k, and 630k respectively. The idea is it used to be a small British colony surrounded by Spanish-speaking countries, and while Arab immigrants to surrounding countries assimilated into the majority, here they created an Arab creole culture.

 

[Takhisis]

Does the name 'Khemed' come from the country of the same name in the Tintin comics?

Also San Theodoros and Nuevo Rico.

Arab immigrants to surrounding countries assimilated into the majority

#Bukele

 

[Takhisis]

btw if you're online do your IOT update!

 

[Bonyduck Campersang]

#Bukele

Also Palestino and Palestino!

 

[Kyriakos]

Didn't know that about Portugal (related to Camoes).Very cool
Greenland's sucks, btw, but Netherland's sucks even more
They didn't even explain the one in Ireland - I suppose it's St. Patrick's.

Greece has two national holidays, one is independence day, the other is the date Greece had to join WW2 (due to bravely contributing etc).

 

[really]

It is presumably St. Patrick's day which has become a sort of a national day when Irishness is celebrated but formally it isn't a national day.
It's a public holiday in Northern Ireland too - the man himself is buried there.

Easter Monday would be a better candidate - the Easter rising and proclamation of the republic

 

[Takhisis]

Oh, that map is so very wrong.

We have Independence Day in July, Revolution/Home Rule Day in May, and of course the 12th of October too. All as non-working days as is good and proper.

 

[Gori the Grey]

Get on the ball, England!

Not even Feast of St. George/Shakespeare's Birthday?

 

[Bonyduck Campersang]

I would have thought the Spanish national holiday would be related to the Reconquista, but no it's an Italian oceanboi

 

[Tee Kay]

[national holidays map]

Incorrect for Australia. January 26 commemorates the founding of Sydney, the first permanent British settlement on the continent. It'd be like if the United States celebrates the founding of Jamestown as its national day.

 

[Arakhor]

Get on the ball, England!

Not even Feast of St. George/Shakespeare's Birthday?

They're not national holidays, no. We have a few Bank Holidays throughout the year, plus the monarch's birthday (typically in late spring/early summer), but nothing like July 4th/Canada Day.