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In the singlit circles of contemporary Nouri, a philosophical idea emerged: that sahash and humans are essentially the same, differing only in appearance. This belief is reflected in the image of the peryton on the country’s emblem. According to legend, the peryton casts a sahash or human shadow, while, in the guise of a sahash or human, its shadow takes the form of a deer.
The Nourians also associate themselves with both perytons and deer. The saying, “You may be a predator, then become prey, and vice versa,” reflects the characteristic Nourian tendency to analyze any situation from multiple points of view. They also regard conducting an experiment and participating in one as equally honorable roles.
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Capital: Gao
Form of government: Presidential republic
President: Yana Novodvorskaya
Currency: sobol’
Religion: atheism; Old Fespiarian beliefs
Official language and writing system: Vild, the common language of Shang-La; Vildomeahd, the common Shang-La writing system; Fespi kjele, the old language and writing system; and Nour kjele, the Nourian language and writing system, which in the coastal region is written as “ноурійский языкъ”.
Residents: Nouri; Nourians; endonym “nourlaiset”
Territorial administrative unit: region
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Fespi kjele (Fespi) is the name of the old language and writing system. It translates as “language of herons.” Fespiaria means “realm of herons.”
Nour kjele (Fespi) is the name given to the new language and writing system in the mountain region. It translates as “language of rain.” Nourlaiset means “people of rain” and is the endonym of the Nourians.
Nouri (Vild) is the name the Nouri people gave their country after entering the era of progress.
Note on Nourian language and writing system: in the mountain region, people speak and write in Fespi while also being fluent in Vildomeahd and Vild, though they have difficulty reading the new script. In the coastal region, people predominantly speak Vildomeahd and Nourian; they also write in Nourian and rarely use Fespi.
Note on Nourian names: names in Nouri are divided into Fespiarian and Nourian forms, and the same name may be pronounced or written in either the Fespiarian or Nourian manner. For example: Bertalan and Bartholomew, Donkoš and Dominic, Moritz (Moriç) and Mauritius.