Forum:Territory application/AR061 Tongo Seno
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 | Territory ID and proposed name |
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| The Territory ID (from OpenGeofiction:Territories, e.g. AR123a) and proposed name of the country |
AR061 Tongo Seno - Tongo Seno Republic
 | Physical geography |
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| An overview of climate, topography and landscape of the country. With the exception of Beginner territories, you should always create a sketch map to illustrate & explain your plans. You can add a link to this (hosted on imgBB, Postimages or similar, but not imgur.com) |
Tongo Seno is located in a mainly lowland area, but with two mountain ranges: the Jurk Mountains and the Meridi Mountains, with the highest peak being Śnieżny Goryl.
The rivers are the Koma River, which flows through the capital Maximilianstadt, the Kler River in the west of the country, and the Meridi River, which flows into the sea at the border with Rogolnik. The country is divided into districts: Pabelerne, capital Pabelerne; Wentarski, capital Wentare; Natura 3000, capital Nowa Lezana; Jurk, capital Nowe Jurki; Seno, capital Porto Seno; Królewic, capital Maximilianstadt - also the capital of the state.
 | Human geography |
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| A brief description of the territory demographics, economic development, land occupation, infrastructure and mapping style |
The country is not rich, but it is highly developed, with motorways of a high standard.
The main source of income comes from tourism, and the most popular product is ‘piepina’, a combination of Polish pierogi and pineapple.
The most characteristic buildings are tenement houses or prefabricated concrete blocks of flats.
 | History & culture |
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| A brief description of the intended culture and language |
For most of the time, there were jungles here and small tribes of Africans mainly in areas along the Kler River, but after the arrival of ships, most of the forests and tribes were cut down, so in 1910, when we officially regained our independence, we began to revive more and more: we changed the language from Spanish to Polish and we are trying to remove all Spanish words that remained after the colonies, e.g. Pabelerne (often the Polish name Pawłowice), Porto Seno, Wentare.
People here are lazy and have a relaxed lifestyle. As it is a tropical climate, there are many tourists, the temperatures are high and there is a siesta.
Few people here are descendants of the original Africans due to the massacres during the conquests, but African culture is still strongly visible and the descendants of Africans are fighting for greater emphasis on African culture. Due to this culture, the people are divided into different skin colors, but the majority are black. The cuisine, history, and various cultural elements are African, but due to conquests, most inventions are imported. Even “piepina” is not the original name, because this dish comes from the cuisine of the Jurk tribe from the Jurk Mountains, named in their honor, but the name ‘piepina’ originated much later from the Spanish word “pina.”
 | Past mapping |
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I started with Faboro Town in Rhododactylia, and later founded my own country in Beginner BG09, where I experimented with different styles: expressways, junctions, motorways, villages, towns, railway stations, the sea.
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PolskaGurom (talk) 13:25, 1 March 2026 (UTC)
 | Discussion |
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| Discussion for clarification & decision |
Questions:
- What about my mapping on BG09? What should I do with it?
- It was supposed to be a collaborative project with my friend, although we are open to mapping with strangers, but only with their consent, and we will first lay the foundations for the geography of the country. How can I do it?
- We are interested in infrastructure elements such as border crossings. How can we create them? Is it possible to edit the border areas of neighbouring countries to connect them with our own? What about unoccupied countries? PolskaGurom (talk) 13:25, 1 March 2026 (UTC)
- You have not supplied a sketch map, nor have you aligned with the rough "African" theme for this area, as presented at OpenGeofiction:Territory application#North and South Archanta. "people here have white skin" is especially worrying. /wangi (talk) 13:58, 2 March 2026 (UTC)
- I have introduced changes to African culture and sketch map —Unsigned comment by PolskaGurom (talk).
- I'm closing the application - this does not at all fit with the defined theme for the continent. The theme needs mean something, it cannot be "tribes were cut down .. Few people here are descendants of the original Africans due to the massacres during the conquests" slightest possible reference. There are much more appropriate territories for Polish language mapping, so there's little point in me trying to mould your application into something acceptable when you clearly have zero interest in that African theme. /wangi (talk) 21:13, 3 March 2026 (UTC)
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Territory application closed |
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| Closing - not compatible with continental theme. Note for any future applications - it's important for mapping to demonstrate the styles you're planning to use in your territory. Also have a look at Forum:Wełtycja. /wangi (talk) 21:13, 3 March 2026 (UTC) | |
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