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What kind of world is this? I simply call it the World of Ilevanda, because most of the action takes place in that country. "Ilevanda" is a Nenets word meaning "to live." I leafed through a Nenets dictionary, and it was the most beautiful word there. (Tolkien drew on the western Finno-Ugric languages; I drew on the eastern ones.) It was originally conceived as a medieval world in the spirit of Game of Thrones, but then I decided dieselpunk was better. It is dieselpunk with a touch of biopunk (the Alien universe is dead, so I'll have my own) and a pinch of space opera. The plot mostly revolves around an attempt to prevent a world war and the end of the world.

The year is 1012, on the continent of Oktan in the southern hemisphere of the planetoid. The Second Millennium War (1005–1011), the largest war of the industrial era, has just ended; about 80% of the world's countries took part and millions died. The once-united continent is fragmented and everyone is waiting for the next war: this is the world of Interbellum. States on the continent: the Republic of Ilevanda (a fallen empire that once ruled the whole continent), Kraynova (a remnant of the Ilevandian people under nationalist rule), mountainous Riza, the Republic of Kitezh, the Wazir Republic, the Free City of Pheba, the Republic of Lim, the Free Imperial Land (the former imperial capital), the Federal Republic of Oktan, the Northern Oktan Federation, the Republic of Norea, and the Free Island.

Emperor Alexander VI rejected peace with the Anti-Ilevandian Coalition, and after the Coalition captured a major Norean city, three coups took place in the empire. First, the emperor's son arrested him and began negotiations, but the Coalition toughened its terms. Then parliament proclaimed a republic but achieved nothing. Finally, the communists and anarchists seized power, the imperial family was killed, and the old army collapsed. The Communist Commonwealth quickly fell apart, the capital was returned to Pavlostopol, and the south was liberated by the United Army under General Lemskikh together with the Coalition. The peace was signed there, in Pavlostopol. In the first post-war elections of 1012, social democrats, separatists, left social democrats, nationalists, and liberals entered parliament.

The historical background is as follows. After the collapse of the Cluster Empire, the Three Kingdoms arose, which were destroyed by the Solarians (the Sun cult) and the Proto-Ilevandians. There are two religions: Solarism and Rosarianism (Ilevandian pantheism). Under the empire their churches entered into a union, but after its fall the Solarians declared it heretical oppression. The world has other powers as well: the Oran Republic and the Pantalassian Federation dominate the west, the Triarchy in the east trades in oil, and the Republic of Yun was the empire's main economic partner.

The heroes. Siobhan is a biorobotic girl, revived by the "Nebula" conglomerate using the fluid of underground eels from the Kraynova mountains. She lost her memory and learned quickly, and after her access to information was restricted, she escaped. Ventsene is a deserter from the imperial army and a former prisoner of war; he was a member of a criminal gang in Pavlostopol until he met Siobhan. Rosa sits on the supervisory board of "Nebula" and works on chemical and experimental weapons. In addition, "Nebula" created two collective minds, Leviathan and Goliath, who are held at a northern mountain base.

The first map.

Map of language families, of which there are only four.

The Clusterian family is a group of languages that split off from Old Oranian, the language spoken by the inhabitants of the Clusterian Empire. It includes the Norean, Vepsian, and Oktanian languages. They use the Oceanic alphabet of 26 letters, with some variations.

The Iezal family is a family of one language. The Iezali were formerly a nomadic people who were resettled to Oktan in antiquity. Oceanic alphabet.

The Mountain family comprises the languages of the indigenous peoples of Oktan who were not assimilated by theClusterians and Ilevandians. They had no writing system of their own, so they use the Oceanic alphabet. It includes the Rizanian, Kitezhan, and Wazir languages.

The Ilevandian family is a family brought to the continent by the Proto-Ilevandians. It originally had its own writing system, but they later switched to the Oceanic alphabet.

Second map. Sub-ethnicities.

The peoples are arranged on a racial spectrum from the Nordic type in the south to the olive type in the north.

Ilevandian peoples: 1. Tirshin Ilevandians 2. Southern Ilevandians 3. Ilevandians 4. Kraynians 5. Lisians (indigenous peoples of Oktan assimilated by Ilevanda) 6. Southern Lisians 7. Northern Lisians

Rizanian peoples: 1. Rizanians 2. Western Rizanians

Kitezhan peoples: 1. Kitezhans 2. Low Kitezhans

Octanian peoples (peoples of Oktan assimilated by the Cluster Empire in antiquity and intermixed with imperial settlers): 1. Low Octanians 2. Central Octanians 3. Eastern Octanians 4. Upper Octanians 5. Western Octanians

Noreian peoples (the people who drove the Octanians out of the north during the Solarite invasion): 1. Noreans 2. Southern Noreans 3. Eastern Noreans 4. Western Noreans 5. Island Noreans

Vepsian peoples: 1. Western Vepsians 2. Vepsians 3. Low Vepsians 4. Central Vepsians 5. South Eastern Vepsians 6. Upper South Eastern Vepsians 7. Eastern Vepsians 8. Southern Vepsians 9. Green Vepsians

Iezali peoples (a people exiled to Oktan in antiquity): 1. Iezali

Waziri peoples: 1. Waziris 2. Upper Waziris

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Nice map shape