FIKADU

The Worldbuilding of FIKADU.

     —Map of The Confederated States—

Yes I sketched it myself, if you can make Map, hit me up.

Now to the Rest of the Worldbuilding.

There are three states and one Metropolitan city, the three states are generally reffered to as the Outsiders while the Original Metropolitans are known as the Insiders. The Outsiders are further divided into three groups with four distinct language, this groups are:

THE LAKESIDERS: The Pre-Confederal name of this people is Amarwa, the Lakesiders occupy the territory around the Great Lake Yola, the Metropolitan use the offensive word "Twue", a reference to their traditional staple food. The Lakesiders speak a language similar to that of the Nupe People of North Central Nigeria while there culture is deeply infuence by the Dogon people of Mali and Hausa and Tuareg people of Nigeria. The Largest and most significant city in the region is Tok, the second largest in the Confederal-lands. The Lakesiders are mostly fishermen, hunters, herders, Onion and Rice farmers.

THE COASTSIDERS - The Pre-confederal name of Lakesiders is Anango, the coastsiders live in the creek of the Troubled sea(check below for more details.) The Lakesiders speak the Egba dialect of the Yoruba people of Southern Nigeria. The Coastsiders are called the "Ajebo" a reference to the importance of sacrifice in their rituals. The most significant cities are Babalola and Ajao. The Coastsiders had a very large empire that stretched to the other coast known as the Deadwater Coast, free cities also pay tribute to the Empire at it peak before the Great War led by Emeer Yoradi the Conqueror and later Emeer Butina the victorious. The Coastsiders are majorly Farmers and Weavers.

THE HILLSIDERS - The Pre-confederal name of the Hillsiders is Nri and even after the Great War, they maintained their Name and tradition, they are only called Hillsiders in the Yaba Metropolitan area. The Hillsiders are inspired by the Igbo people of Southeast Nigeria. They are majorly traders, miners and caravaneers. The Hillsiders dressing is inspired by the Ashante people of Ghana.

YABA METROPOLITAN AREA: Yaba is a city at the centre of the Confederated states, the Yaba is the biggest city in the Confederal-lands, also the capital of the Confederacy. Yaba is the last surviving city of the Nuri people after The Nuri Genocide led by The Obatunji The Wicked of Anango Empire during the Pre-confederal era. The city was a concentration camp for the Nuri Genocide survivors, established by the The Empress Dowager as a way of restoring the humanity her son had lost during his reign. This is believe to be the origin of the city's name which means Mother of the King.

The Yaba Metropolitan Area is situated between three significant Jungle mountains, the first is Sabo Hill, where the Great Library, the Prime House and the Grand Houses can be found, the second is Oke-Nla, where the market could be found, the last is called Western Yaba Mountains also called Zuma in Lakesider's language.

The Nuri Language is Nurkoi and their culture is inspired by Fulani, Egyptian culture, Sokoto Caliphate. The Nurakai were majorly herdsmen before the Genocide against their kind.

Administration of The Confederacy.

The Confederacy operates a twin-ruler system, in which a Royal Emeer serves as the ceremonial ruler of the confederacy. The current Emeer is Rabiyu The Fisher, who has been away from the capital for more than twenty years. His Royal Emeeran, Lady Dauda The Brave currently serves as his representative. The Confederacy is ruled by A Prime Council headed by a Prime Minister who is elected every four years by the Nine Houses and Nurakai (Rich Caste).

                    »» Houses of Yaba««

House of Jorga (in Charge of Education and Welfare affairs.)

House of Daniti (In charge of Justice.)

House of Marorï (in charge of Finance.)

House of Samili (in charge of defence.)

House of Rikan (in charge of Steel and technology.)

House of Candeya ( in charge of Health.)

House of Vidani (in charge of trade and mines.)

House of Eliyaroh (in charge of Information and Civil Service.)

House of Wallima (in charge of Sports.)

The election of Prime Minister and City Governors is subjected to election organized by a Ten man committee, each representing a House except for the Morakai(stranger's representative) who is not of Nuri descent.

    —Religion of The Confederal lands—

               »»Sui Religion(Nuri)««

The Religious life of the people is dominated by the Nuri religion known as Sui Faith, this is due to influence of the Nuri people in the Confederal-lands and the persecution non-Sui believers by the Nuri government as in the case of Purge Battles and raids led by Emeer Samili the Righteous.

The Sui believe in a Supreme God known as Abbá (The eternal Father), the Nuri believe that God as blessed man with nature and Personal Magic known as Ritu, in the Sui religion God can speak to Human through anything but his most Sacred words are written in the Holy Book called the Abbatus, the Sui sanctuaries are maintained by the Totem of Abbatistes headed by the Grand Abbat. The Sui believe that Magic is evil and a gift from Rabba, who is believed to the devil. The Abbatistes always received messages and instructions from Abbat and they in turn pass the message to the Holy Assembly. The Sui also believe that Abba was the one who teached Emeer Yoradi The Conqueror how to make gunpowder when he was at Yaba concentration camp as a teenager.

The Memini Tribuisti is celebrated every 15th day of the month of Santo. This is rememberance of war saints who were killed by the supposed pagan coastsiders in the Nuri Genocide.

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                   »»Sade(Anango)««

The Sade religion sometimes called the Ajebo religion by the Insiders. The Sade religion focus on Saints and metaphysical beings represented in Nature and elements. It's believed that the father God(Odumare) and mother God(Eshumare). Every human is believed to be a product of the The First Parent. The Sade Worshippers believed that  the first children are twins, their names are Laburu and Laaroye. Eshu was said to have killed his brother out of jealousy, leading the first parents to curse him with the loss of his Ashe and his banishment to earth. This first birthed new children and took their Ashe(magic), giving only those whom they found worthy access to the pot of creation.

       »»Imani(The Lakesiders)««

The Imani and the Sui faith are similar, both of them are known as a member of the Bayajidat Religion Family. The Imani have a different way of worshipping compare to the Sui, they prioritize personal worship over community own and they also participate in sacred dances (Uruni) and bowing down to the Reyat—Eye of God(Sun).