Rauratoshan Kingdom
| Kingdom of Rauratoshan | |||||||
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 Location of Rauratoshan on Ŋearth | |||||||
| Capital city | Remulapola (city) | ||||||
| Demonym | Rauratoshanian (English) (Rokadong) | ||||||
| Government | Unitary parliamentary constituional monarchy Queen: Nozomi | ||||||
| Official languages | Official: Rokadong State-recognized: English, Spanish | ||||||
| ISO-3166-1/2 | RA | ||||||
| ISO-3166-1/3 | RTS | ||||||
| Currency | Gundarimusan ("crown marks") | ||||||
The Rauratoshan Kingdom (English: [ˌɹaʊɹəˈtoʊʃɑn], Rokadong: Sinyasan Rauratoshan [ˈʃíɲâsān ˌɾɑ̀wɾə̄ˈtóʃân]), often shortened to just Rauratoshan, is a country on the Southern Ŋafrican coast, north of the Islands of Ʒimh Gwynh, and south of Vallis Draconum.
Etymology
"Rauratoshan" comes from the Rokadong words "rauru" (star) and "shan" (path); the intermediate "to" is from Rokadong's genitive particle. Therefore, the full name means "the path of the stars". Owing to the similar word selshan, meaning galaxy, the name might also refer to the Milky Way galaxy, or the Galaxy System.
Geography
Rauratoshan is primarily comprised of jungle, forest, and savanna biome. Its borders are entirely natural boundaries, traditionally defined as the Islands of Ʒimh Gwynh (which are not claimed by Rauratoshan, but the intervening sea serves as its boundary), the Magaha River, and the desert of Ŋegypt.
Ŋafrican Mainland
Much of Rauratoshan's territory is on the mainland of Ŋafrica. Landmarks of mainland Rauratoshan include Chunkerror Cliffs and the Lilac Forest. Four of the eight stops on the Rauratoshan Loop are on the mainland.
Chunkerror Cliffs
- Main article: Chunkerror Cliffs
The Chunkerror Cliffs are a landmark near the town of Astona. Contrary to their name, they are not the site of an actual chunk error, but instead, the site of a mining operation wherein an entire chunk was leveled down to bedrock.
Amethyst Hills
- Main article: Azeria, Rauratoshan
The Amethyst Hills are east of the Chunkerror Cliffs. Named after the town of Lígatal ("amethyst"), these hills have little to do with the color purple, and were likely simply named as such to correspond (Nguhcraftially) with Astona ("copper").
The city of Azeria is also found near the Amethyst Hills. It contains many important buildings, including the Royal Bank of Rauratoshan and the Madness Multiverse Missionary tower. It's very Nether-themed, likely due to ease of access thanks to the included Leshrail stop and nearby Island of 
.
Vanilla Lake
- Main article: Elemental City
Vanilla Lake partially forms the northern border of Rauratoshan with Vallis Draconum. It is a large body of water, partially manmade. Elemental City and Vallis Ignium sit on the coast of Vanilla Lake.
Lilac Forest
The Lilac Forest is the northwestern corner of Rauratoshan. It's almost entirely wild, save for the town of New Motostoke.
Islands of Rauratoshan
Rauratoshanian territory includes eight islands: Naho Island, Rafi Island, Irisela Island, Murya Island, Island of :worst_anguish:, Island of :hotspot:, Rasókairi Island, and Palontana Island. The first four of these all are stops on the RTS Loop as well, while Rasókairi Island is also a stop on the RTS Sugar Line.
Naho Island
- Main article: Naho Island
Naho Island serves as the core of Rauratoshanian power. It contains Remulapola, which is where Original House of Caramella and Original House of Draconis are found. Its most prominent landmark is the Rhetaleta Shrine, a shrine to the moon goddess Létakkíla which is protected territory.
Rafi Island
- Main article: Rafi Island
Rafi Island is the other major island of Rauratoshan. It hosts the Royal Academy of the Rauratoshan Kingdom, a major institute of learning in Rauratoshan, as well as the towns of Yunrai and Astona.
Irisela Island
- Main article: Irisela Island
Irisela Island is very close to Naho Island, and holds the actual castle of Rauratoshan's royalty, Irisela Castle. However, beyond its purpose of housing nobility and other such people, Irisela Island is not very significant.
Murya Island
- Main article: Murya Island
Murya Island is somewhat close to Irisela Island. It is most well known for its observatory.
Island of :hotspot:
- Main article: Island of :hotspot:
Island of is a Nguhcordian-named island which hosts the gateway to Fallenarbor Town from the Overworld.
Island of :worst_anguish:
- Main article: Island of :worst_anguish:
Island of 
is a Nguhcordian-named island which hosts the Rauratoshan Vulgar Authority.
Rasókairi and Palontana Islands
- Main articles: Rasókairi Island, Palontana Island
Rasókairi Island and Palontana Island are islands formerly bordering the Vazr which became part of Rauratoshan in February 2025. These islands were added together as "New Kairi Island District". These two islands host two towns, one of which hosts a ŊARN stop: Rasórabong.
Banner and flag
The Rauratoshanian royal banner is the form of the Rauratoshanian flag presented ingame. The white chevron and spiral represent the sun and the land; the sun is said to be bathing the land in light, while the people on the land (the Rauratoshanians) are striving for the sun. The black stripe represents the work of the people, or more loosely, their blood. The pale blue stripes on either side represent the crown, who supports the people in turn.
There are also unofficial banners based on the royal banner of Rauratoshan, usually used for decoration. These generally keep the same design as the royal flag, but change the colors or the emblem. For example, the Rauratoshan embassy in Chillvana is decorated with two banners which use the same design as the royal banner, but with a darker blue and red replacing black, to match the flag of Coldba (Cuba). Officially, the Multiverse Madness Missionary's Office of War is decorated with a communist version of the royal flag, with a hammer and sickle replacing the stylized sun and red replacing pale blue. However, there is no hammer-and-sickle banner pattern in Nguhcraft, so the breeze pattern is used instead.
The flag of Rauratoshan is based on the banner. However, the mountains are more complex, and drawn as a "pine green" instead of white, and the sun symbol is simplified compared to the banner version.
Demographics and Culture
Rauratoshan is made up primarily of kanvas. Astaryuu approximates their unique morphology in Nguhcraft through the use of the Customizable Player Models mod. The majority of Rauratoshan's kanvas are of the Akuylian race, which typically have blue or cyan fur patterns, but all kanva races are present in Rauratoshan.
Cuisine
The primary grain of Rauratoshan is rice, since in their previous world it was easy to grow thanks to the large amount of shallow water in the Rokaselan archipelago. Staple meals often involve a bed of loose rice grains ( tecéla), but rice cakes ( fomah) are common as well.
The declared ŋational dish of Rauratoshan is called the "Starlight Roll", and is a salmon sushi roll with glowberry. It's described as "similar to the B.C. roll, though I'm allergic to fish in real life so I'm not entirely sure." It's represented in-game as a simple salmon roll.
Languages
Rokadong is the only official language of Rauratoshan. Officially speaking, this means that Rokadong language classes are provided in Rauratoshanian schools. However, English and Spanish are "state-recognized working languages."
For these working languages, language education is not mandatory, and neither is non-government signage in the target language. However, businesses operating in Rauratoshan are expected to have English and Spanish translation services, or plainly disclose that they do not offer such services, and government bodies (such as the Royal Bank of Rauratoshan) are required to offer services in all such languages.
It is of note that most Rauratoshanian schools, despite the lack of a mandate to do so, do offer education in English and Spanish. These are typically offered as an elective, however.
Aside from English and Spanish, no minority languages, like Ferritumulic Latin or Nenevesian, receive any special standing in the Rauratoshan Kingdom's legal system. The government of Rauratoshan is currently practicing multilingualism and will attempt to accomodate linguistic needs even for these other languages, but private businesses need not follow suit, nor is this guaranteed in any way.
Religion
- Main article: Yukacan
Yukacan is by far the most popular religion of Rauratoshan. It is a polytheistic religion with many sub-groups based on the deities the given community deems to be important. Some of these deities are from other Nguhcraftian religions: namely Ætérnal (often referred to as Ngod [ˈŋɔ́d]), Charlotte ( Cárlota [ˈtʃa᷇ːrōtɐ̄]), and Si‘ihul ( Si‘ihul [sìːˈjʊ́l]]). It is believed that Ætérnalism reached Rauratoshan through Miŋejácár, while Anaku has had amicable relations with Rauratoshan, and Si‘ihul is also worshipped in other ŋations Rauratoshan likes.
In this manner, Yukacan is considered synthetic to some degree. Rauratoshan's royal lineage is said to be closely linked to the theology of Yukacan. It is said that the leader of the pantheon gave the first king of Rauratoshan the royal regalia of Rauratoshan. Therefore, Yukacan is the de facto official religion of Rauratoshan. In Rauratoshan's source world, the flexibility of the religious structure allowed Yukacan to essentially absorb entire pantheons as needed in the conquest of the Quill Kingdom (Great Kingdom of Fitárvi). However, Yukacan is treated rather loosely by official religion standards in Nguhcraft's Rauratoshan. Citizenship does not require any Yukacan rituals, for example. However, freedom of religion is still not currently guaranteed in Rauratoshan.
Kanva kinship
Rauratoshanian people, at the basic level, are divided into "houses" (clans), then families. Nation-like identities like "Nahoan" stand beyond both, of course. However, grouping up based on profession is also very common. For kanvas, there are also six races to consider: Akúlia (cyan), Mainang (green), Kapríka (yellow), Ramári (red), Sokríya (magenta), and Mabran (blue).
Kinship is mainly matrilineal. For example, when a man and a woman marry, it is expected that the father take on the mother's family name - or at least, that their children would take on the mother's family name. However, there are exceptions - mainly, if a family grows powerful enough, the mother's family name might come to be treated as a house name, and therefore, the children would get the family name of their father.
Almost all forms of social strata to which a Rauratoshanian resides have historically considered part of one's "identity", including their name. However, in the modern day, this link is not as strong, as house membership has been de-emphasized, at least for the common folk.
Politics
Governance
- Main article: Politics of Rauratoshan
At the time of the Rauratoshanian incursion, Rauratoshan was an absolute monarchy, though its monarch at the time died in the process, and no heirs were transferred either, so a new dynasty was required. While the official English translation for the ruling monarch is "Quing Regent", Rokadong documentation uses the gendered terms "king regent" and "queen regent" in addition to "quing regent".
Regency
The member of the royal family with any "regent" title historically has final say over political decisions, though generally the regent's spouse and anyone else the regent allows to do so is also allowed to make political decisions. In general, it is assumed that the monarch whose parent was regent of Rauratoshan before them will be regent of Rauratoshan, unless they give this power to their spouse.
Parliament
In February 2025, Quing Regent Nozomi converted Rauratoshan into a constitutional monarchy, an act known as the Reconstitution of Rauratoshan. Some monarchy-loyalists have stated that this is madness, and that the mayor of Elemental City has put the queen up to this. Nevertheless, they made a party anyway.
There are 25 ministers in the Parliament of the Rauratoshan Kingdom, five per district. This is significantly lower than bodies like historic Hentzo, to which the quing regent said "a more realistic number would be 200, but good luck fitting that many seats in a Minecraft build". One chosen spokesperson of the party or coalition with a majority of seats in Parliament is the Prime Minister of Rauratoshan. At present, this position is held by Jamie Dragin (LR-ED).
Districts
Rauratoshan is formally divided into five districts: Irisela Province, Rafi Province, Rekalekatana Province, Rasókairi Province, and Elemental District.
Each district is further divided into counties. For Irisela Province, the counties fall entirely on coastal lines, with Irisela County, Naho County, and Murya County. For Rafi Province, the counties fall on dimensional lines, with Fallenarbor City being considered a county of Rafi Province. Rekalekatana Province is divided into Lígatal County, Azeria County, and Gilci County. Rasókairi Province has two counties: the titluar Rasókairi County as well as Palontana County.
The four districts that use the name "province" are all under direct control of the Rauratoshanian crown, while Elemental District is a semi-autonomous district, and is mostly free to make its own decisions as long as they pay a portion of their taxes to the Rauratoshanian Crown and respect certain other laws of Rauratoshan.
Economy
- Main article: Musan
Rauratoshan's major economic pulls currently are of the farming variety. For example, the sculk farm in Azeria and the tree farm in Elemental City are significant. However, there is an in-progress initiative, the so-called "Star-Path Minigames", to bring more service-based economic progress to Rauratoshan. The first building constructed for this initiative is the work-in-progress Jungle Temple Run in Remulapola.
The kingdom uses a currency referred to as "gundarimusan" (, literally "crown marks"), or just "musan" (, literally "marks"). The symbol used for musan ingame is "₻", though the symbol preferred is a Rokadong letter má () with two horizontal lines through it. The currency is backed primarily by raw gold, but distributed with paper; current regulation by the Rauratoshan Office of the Treasury is that ₻2 is equal to 5 raw gold. Musan can also be subdivided into 3 firos (, "shilling"), each worth 12 payang (, "penny"); that is, there are 36 (or 100 in seximal) payang to a musan.
The Royal Bank of Rauratoshan in Azeria manages the coffers of the Rauratoshan Kingdom, as well as conversions from diamond, raw gold, and raw iron into musan, and vice versa.
Trivia
- At the time of its formation, the eastern border of the Rauratoshan Kingdom was defined as that of the Nguhngle Reserve and its western borders were with the Vazr and then the Port of Eras. All three have since been dissolved.
Names in other languages
- Áwaric: Foísuéfráhti Ráuroitosian Foísuéfráhti Ráuroitosian [ˈɸɨs.wiɸ.ʀɔː.te ˈʀɔu̯.ʀə.to.ʃan]
- East Narkevin: Fwënan zda Rawrëtasan /ɸwəˈnan zda ɾɑwˈɾə.ta.san/
- Isle Narkevin: Þunan zda Rāwrodašan /θuˈnan zda ˈraːw.ro.da.ʃan/
- Japanese: 星道王国 Rauratoshan Ōkoku /ɾaɯɾatoɕaɴ oːkokɯ/
- Kathyrian: Ρωρατοσιαν Raoratosjan /ˌrɒræˈtosjæn/
- Knrawi: Gùhivu Rauvapûsan[ŋʊ˩hɛwɔ ðɛwβɔpʊ˥˩x̟ɛn]
- Kozramva: Rauratosa [raura'to̞sa]
- Kyawcenni: Hwey Rawratôšanne /χwɛj ˌɻaʊ̯.ɻaˈtoː.ʃan.nɛ/
- Mosici: an-Laólatosianc Coirevanistara an-Laólatosianc Coirevanistara /ãlolatoɕãk køʀɛvãnistaʀa/
- Occitan: Reiaume de Rauratòchan /rejawme de rawraˈtɔt͡ʃan/
- Old Narkevin: Funan zda Rawrutaćan /fuˈnan zda ʁawˈʁu.ta.çan/
- Qgicauue:
Rawratuwusha [ɣawɣ.a.tu.wu.ʃa] - Śácamþaśá: jwi nltinnAzu Þunatiwn Wij /'θunɐtiβ̞ʷn wij/
- Soc'ul': Ñéyan Rauretuxan[ŋəː˧ɰa˧n ra˧wrə˥tu˥ʃan]
- Spanish: Reino Rauratoxaño /reino rauratoxaɲa/
- Toki Pona: ma Lawatosan /ma ˈla.wa.to.san/
- Virenese: Mozēi Lauratosian [moˈdzeːi̯ ˌlɐu.ɾəˈto.sjan, -ʃan]
- West Narkevin: Fonan zda Yawyëtacan /ɸoˈnan zda ɣɑwˈɣɤ.ta.ʃan/
- Xindvâ: Modreng Râorôtoxan [mo.drɛŋ rɔː.rə.to.ɕæn]
