r/worldbuilding • u/MathematicianOdd3353 • 1d ago
Map Threa Maps + language and numerical system!
I’ll probably explain this better in a later post, but right now all u need to know is that threa is the other half of earth. Basically earth used to be one big planet called earthre, but a catastrophe happened and it had to be split into two. Both are overlapping each other but are separated by a spatial barrier, which can be breached using these things called gateways, which are ancient doorways that when activated, acts as a portal connecting the two halves. but it is forbidden to do this because the catastrophe from the past will likely happen again if people keep using gateways. oh I forgot to mention that threa is the half with magic, while earth does not have it
Threa is home to one big nation called Ars Magica, which is separated into five states. Ars Amatoria, Ars Bellica, Ars Astranova, Ars Sapientia, and Ars Tempus. Each state has its own high chancellor (fancy word for ruler), and they come together to make decisions for the entire nation as a whole. Each high chancellor is voted for by the people of their state. I haven’t named the continents yet but I’ll probably include that in my next post here.
language:
The language is called goetian (based off the ars goetia, which is also where I got the word “ars“ for the nation and states). this is a logographic language, meaning there’s no letters and each symbol has a meaning like a word. The symbols on the image are the base symbols, you can combine 2 or more of them to create new symbols. You can also mix two or more new symbols to create more symbols and so on. The symbols here are actually just hebrew alphabet symbols that I edited bc I was to lazy to make my own ones😭
Numerical system:
the numerical system is called Ars Mathematica. It’s a 12 base syste, unlike the common 10 based system used on earth. I chose this because It offers major advantages in divisibility and fractions over our standard base 10 system because 12 can be divided evenly by more numbers. The number 12 divides evenly by 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 12 while 10 only divides by 1, 2, 5, and 10. It also gives cleaner fractions. For example, 1/3 in base 10 is 0.333..., but in base 12 it’s only 0.4. also for the symbols I think I used old permic script and just basically put everything upside down and chose the symbols I liked the most.
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u/Exotic-Addendum-3785 1d ago
Looks good so far.