Draft:Stan

Simulated Idealist Regency of Stan
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Motto: "Rejoice, o affection conquering all desires."
Anthem: "Hail, Columbia"
Rivertown
Status	Hysteresis
Location	The Liminal State
Capital	Rivertown
Time zone	UTC-5
Date format	yyyy/mm/dd
Driving side	center, if at all
Calling code	+1
Internet TLD	.an

Stan is an Old World remnant in South Carolina with a universal history. It is part of a trio of alternate realities in the novel Merger.

History

Stan's ethnarch is the Grand Hootie. The legendary founder of Stan is a figure known as Stan Cromwell whose identity is otherwise unknown. Stan is steeped in lore. In Persian and Urdu, -stan means “where one stands” or “place of.” The Indo-European root word sta is used to signify “stands,” "standing" and “settlement,” and this root still appears in Greek and Russian. The construction -istan appears in Persian and means “land.” More recently Stan has acquired the acronym meaning of System of Tribal Area Networks.

Religion

Along with the Dopeameanies, most Stanis, including the Great-Grand Hootie, arrived worshipping a pantheon of dopamine, celebrities and self as Moralistic Therapeutic Deists. Desire for liturgical living and storytelling increased greatly after COVID lockdown and peak Adderall. While there is total religious freedom in Stan, most Stanis practice Orleanism.

Travel

Stan can be reached by buying a ticket for either an Amtrak Silver Star northbound or southbound train scheduled out of Columbia, boarding and then getting off before the train departs the station.

Politics and government

Overview

Stan is a federal monarchy comprising many nanonations and piconations representing neighborhoods and personalities in Columbia. Rule is by idea meritocracy and founded upon Will Durant's Declaration of Interdependence. Liquid democracy is employed where practical, as is ranked choice voting, and near-zero homelessness has been achieved through extensive affordable housing programs and negative income tax. Laws, the legal codex of Stan, is written in the format No X where possible for prohibitions. In Stan, global technocracy has given way to Orleanic-Permacultural symphonia.

Law and order

There has never been a court trial in Stan, but the proscribed sentencing philosophy is that of Michael Cicconetti since Stan is prison abolitionist.

The Stani military is modeled after that of Ancient Mongolia and known as SMH, or the Stani Mongol Horde, whereas the royal guard wears Polynesian dress. There is an elite secret force known as the TGG--the Tall Grass Guard--which wears alternating light and dark green seersucker. This pattern is colloquially known as Stanmouflage or Stanmo. The Stani cavalry is colloquially known as the "Horse Force." Soldiers are trained in the Parthian shot, gada mace and Functional Self Defense.

Free graze, free forage, free rein, free paint and social welfare

All parks are spray-free and public lands are grazeable. All gardens--the Royal Gardens, Foodly park, but also personal and community gardens can be foraged by all. Camping is legal everywhere, including private property, provided there are no disturbances. The same applies to painting, which is championed by the neoni and pasteli using neon and pastel colors, respectively. The government allots one set of custom orthotics per citizen per year as well as unlimited visits by Highland calf emotional support animals.

Foreign relations and Subsidiary Entities

Stan hosts an Organisation of Active Micronations museum and the global embassies of Micra and The Society for Creative Anachronism to MicroWiki. For intrational relations, see FUN

Immigration

Refugees become provisional residents immediately. Citizenship is granted after quick review. Several public parks feature flower beds forming the Resident Signup QR Code so that people flying over can sign up after admiring Stan's beauty from the air.

Nation warming

Because of Stan's small population, new arrivals receive a nationwide party. Welcome begins at the border, with the giving of a bag of cured biochar, along with azolla and duckweed, and a sprinkling of these at Foodly Park. Arrivals receive a shovel and are told, "See you on Monday." Next is a feast followed by a day of rest. Last is a shopping trip to Five Points for Stan gear. Those participating in Stan part-time are called PAPi or "Partially Assimilated Persons or Peoples."

Parks and public art

Parks are prevalent throughout Stan. They feature benches made of trained bamboo. The Stani Commission for Mental Health has instituted a National Halls Program. The NHP has built a National Man Cave, the largest of its kind in the world. No female equivalent has been announced. Stan has many playground commissioned by world-famous designers, including the Park of the World, a world-cultures themed park that features accessible equipment inspired by Clemyjontri Park. Stan is full of Spencer Hansen Art.

Geography and climate

Stan has one season called Mania and has the same climate as the surface of the Sun. For areas outside Rivertown, see The Extrapolitan Expanse. For flora and fauna, see Draft:Stani flora and fauna.

Economy

The Stani economy is obscured by theory and seeks an infusion of cash and recognition by the City of Columbia. A nominal tax is collected on land holdings and put into the National Cheese Fund, a sheep's cheese sovereign wealth fund. The chief export of Stan is good times. Money, stamps, passports, citizenship and nobility are also sold. Until the manufacturing sector can grow, Stan aims for a purple collar economy, relying on micronation-related goods and services. The Stani Stock Market, Commodities Exchange and Government Surplus Sale is an annual charity auction of Stani goods, currency, citizen services and titles, as well as ownership stake and angel investing in enterprises. Target beneficiaries so far include orphaned and at-risk children chiefly hailing from the Kikuyu tribe in Kenya.

Personality theory

Most Stanis have a spirit animal. It is not uncommon to sign formal letters by using "Spirit animal stamp, last name" or if family western or neo-proto-heraldry exists, to sign "Spirit animal stamp, heraldry". Stanis love personality tests, especially Principles You. There are forthcoming Stani spirit animal and neotribe personality tests.

Diet and Foodways

Food in Stan is slow. Cow's milk alternatives are popular with many available. Mare, yak, camel, donkey, reindeer, llama, spelt, lupine, flaxseed and millet are favorites. The official drink, the Arnold Palmetto, is sweet tea kombucha and buckwheat milk.

Other drinks are the Manglo smoothie, with mango and tonic water ice, consumed under UV light and the smashie--a smoothie smashed with a rock. Stan has sap trees and säpmïlke is a traditional drink consisting of a milk mixed with sap. The palmettonic is gin and tonic and a palmetto frond. Stan also produces a spelt alphabet cereal called Spelt. The many languages spoken make the letters very versatile since they invariably become other letters on breaking. There is an amateur brewing day called Brewtal. Stanis pickle and make meatballs of many foods.

Stanfare are long food rituals, especially a creation myth shadow puppet commemoration in the steam of a pheasant pot pie. Bread bowls and pot pie are beloved. Each tribe has variations on the creation myth, all involving the Aurora. Most Stanis eat with their hands but some eat with glowing or stone chopsticks or Splayds.

Dress

Stani dress features punch needle linen and reused plastic. Fresh Plastic by Tabitha Ott is extremely popular. Other notable influences include Ancient Alexandria and the Aztecs as well as China. Matching socks are preferred but not required. Vibram Five Fingers are back in and barefootedness is highly encouraged. Female Quasis often wear Aztec dresses or shawls or Sarakatsani dress. Head covering is normative. Male Quasis often wear a Tang suit, hooded poncho or PVC chainmail. Trousers are for males only.

Festivals, celebrations, holidays, events and other rituals

Independence Day is celebrated on Leap Day, otherwise on April 1st. Work hard, play hard finds its expression in the curious NWD/NDR dyad of holidays. National Work Day and National Day of Rest occur every Summer Solstice when the government induces mania via flashing lights in the streets and then sets the citizens about a common task. This culminates in a dance party and NDR, with work ceasing. The garnet Aurora Stanis emerges on the night prior to NWD/NDR at the conclusion of CMY. The Schlörwagen hotrod parade includes steam, compressed air and windup cars. Five Points hosts the yearly Five Points Ninja Star Throwing Contest and Unwind, a wine festival culminating in all of the cats in Stan chasing a giant ball of yarn down Harden Street. Winter Solstice 2023 saw the first Tritanopia, which celebrates colorblindness with lights on Main Street simulating blue colorblindness.

Changes of Scenery

Examples of significant changes between Columbia's physical layout and Stan's are numerous. An open-air market comprising Main Street and the State House grounds operates every day but Sunday, closing daily for siesta, and is called Allagora. Round the Block is the removal of corners at Elmwood and Bull, Harden and Blossom, Gervais and Harden and Bull and Gervais as part of 3B. The Turtle is a compound roundabout in 3B, wherein four small roundabouts feed into a main roundabout. While efficient, it also reminds Stanis to slow down. The only person to enter Stan unaltered is Drink Small, owing to his unparalleled blues bio. There exists a map of Rivertown in the style of Europa regina with the Turtle as the thigh shield, Adam's Rib present and Williams Brice as the crown.

Other

Most Stanis practice polyphasic sleep, especially Uberman sleep. For information on retribing, see Retribing. For information on music, poetry and dance, see the stub, Stani music, poetry and dance.

References

https://www.britannica.com/story/where-did-the--stan-country-name-suffix-come-from

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ἵστημι

See also

https://stan.fandom.com/wiki/Stan_Wiki

https://stan.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page

https://www.worldanvil.com/w/stan-fatheroftheko

External links

Draft:Stan stubs Draft:Stan subsidiary entities