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<div class="forumheader" style="margin: 1; background-color: #eeeeee; text-align: left; padding: 5px;">'''[[Forum:Index|Forums]] &rarr; [[Forum:Global and regional issues|Global and regional issues]] &rarr; {{PAGENAME}}'''</div>[[Category:Global and regional issues]]
{{Infobox geopolitical organization
|name = Tarephia Cooperation Council
|native_name =       <!-- Long-form name in native or any/all non-English languages -->
|image_flag =        Flag_TCC.svg
|alt_flag =          <!-- alt text for flag-->
|image_symbol =      Logo_of_the_Tarephia_Cooperation_Council.png
|alt_symbol =        Logo of the Tarephia Cooperation Council
|motto = In triviis floremus
|english_motto = At the crossroads we flourish
|anthem =            <!-- ''[anthem name]'' -->
|image_map =        <!-- Map image's filename -->
|map_caption =      <!--text description of location of organization-->
|alt_map =          <!-- alt text for map-->
|org_type = Supranational union
|members = 26 member states
{{collapse|
* {{Airannia}}
* {{Allendea}}
* [[File:Flagofanrovia.png|28px|border]] [[Anrovia]]
* {{Araguan}}
* [[File:Unknown Flag.png|28px|border]] [[Askanti]]
* {{Azure Coast}}
* {{Barzona}}
* {{Beldrio}}
* {{Bonavista}}
* {{Cabelia}}
* {{Eicarl}}
* {{Freedemia}}
* [[File:Unknown Flag.png|28px|border]] [[Geare]]
* {{Kotel}}
* {{Meilan}}
* {{Nayina}}
* {{Paroy}}
* [[File:Unknown Flag.png|28px|border]] [[Soboko Republic]]
* [[File:Unknown Flag.png|28px|border]] [[Ta Seti]]
* [[File:Unknown Flag.png|28px|border]] [[Tarrumarca]]
* {{Tempeira}}
* {{Teotiyolcan}}
* {{Tigeria}}
* {{Torola}}
* [[File:Unknown Flag.png|28px|border]] [[Valaga]]
* {{Vodeo}}}}
1 observer state
{{collapse|
* [[File:Unknown Flag.png|28px|border]] [[Aeda]]}}
|admin_center =      <!-- Location/s of administrative center/s -->
|languages = Ingerish, Castellanese, Franquese, Florescentian, Babelic, Airannian
|leader_title1 = High Secretary
|leader_name1 =
|leader_title2 =  Speaker of the Forum
|leader_name2 =
|leader_title4 = Supreme Justice
|leader_name4 =
|legislature = Tarephian Assembly
|established = July 20, 1984
|established_event1 =
|established_date1 =
|established_event2 =
|established_date2 =
|established_event9 =
|established_date9 =
|website = https://tcc.int/
|area_km2 =          <!-- major area size (in sq_km) -->
|area_sq_mi =        <!-- area in square mi (requires area_km2) -->
|population_estimate =
|population_estimate_year =
|population_density_km2 =
|population_density_sq_mi =
|GDP_PPP =
|GDP_PPP_year =
|GDP_PPP_per_capita =
|HDI =              <!-- number only, 0-1 -->
|HDI_ref =          <!-- for any ref/s to associate with HDI number -->
|HDI_year =
|currency = Tare (※)
|currency_code = TAR
|timezone = WUT 0, +1, +2, +3, +4
}}


The '''Tarephia Cooperation Council''' (TCC) (Castellanese: ''Consejo de Cooperación de Tarefia''; Franquese: ''Conseil de Coopération de la Taréphie''; Florescentian: ''Conselho de Cooperação da Taréfia''; Babelic: 踏热洲国家合作委员会; Aeránanue: ''Noukhron-spiritty Tárevyay'') is a political and economic union of member states on the continent of [[Tarephia]]. The TCC aims to facilitate free trade and to facilitate freedom of movement of people, goods, and ideas between its member states. Although membership is open to all Tarephian states,  most members are located in southern Tarephia. The TCC is considered by many to be a global powerhouse and the central union for cooperation in the Tarephias. 
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==Overview==
Hello, everyone.
To achieve its purpose, the TCC has several missions:
*To represent Tarephia before the Assembly of Nations (AN) as an observer party,
*To grant citizens of its member state the privilege of visa-free travel,
*To use a common currency (the Tare) among member states (member states may choose if and how to peg their own currencies to the Tare), and
*To fund academic research and other initiatives in a variety of fields (e.g., science ([[Cabelia]]), space ([[Vodeo]])).
*To improve the quality of life for all citizens of member states.


The TCC meets annually (as the Council of States) at the headquarters in ---- to measure progress towards existing initiatives and to plan new initiatives.
I want to open the discussion about the reuse of placenames and other toponyms on OGF. Many places in the world that were colonized by European powers often had people that reused the names of cities, rivers, mountains, or other cultural elements in the "new world." For example, London, Ontario is on the Thames River, and there are nearly [[wikipedia:List_of_Missouri_places_named_after_non-U.S._places|dozens of places in Missouri that reuse placenames]]. This is a common feature throughout especially North America but elsewhere, too.
==History==
On 20 July 1984, the founding members of the Tarephia Cooperation Council signed the Treaty of Lyonesse-Francès. The signatories were:
<div style="column-count:4;-moz-column-count:4;-webkit-column-count:4">
*{{Airannia}}
*{{Allendea}}
*{{Cabelia}}
*{{Freedemia}}
*{{Kotel}}
*{{Paroy}}
*{{Tigeria}}
*{{Vodeo}}
</div>


==Member States==
So, what I would like to know is who would be willing to allow placenames and toponyms to be shared to help with the naming of features in the FSA and potentially other places. The proposed guidelines are suggested below to help protect your creative work. Please let me know in the discussion area below what you'd be willing to share with the community. &mdash; [[User:Alessa|Alessa]] <sub>([[User talk:Alessa|talk]])</sub> 16:04, 27 March 2023 (UTC)


{| class="sortable wikitable"
== Proposed guidelines for reusing toponyms ==
|-
Here are the proposed guidelines for reusing toponyms elsewhere on OGF:
! style="width:10%;" |Country
* Mappers should add <code>name:etymology=*</code> to the node, way, or relation that marks the reused name. In that way, the original creator is credited. Streets and highways would be exempt, but settlements and geographic features would not be. For example, a node in New Carnaby labeled <code>place=town</code> and <code>name=Lynchester</code> would also add <code>name:etymology=Lynchester, Ingerland</code>. By doing this, we could potentially use Overpass to create a running list on the wiki of these placenames.
! style="width:7%;" |Capital
* Names from any open purple or blue territory are free to use, as they are community territories. Mappers should still credit the etymology.
! style="width:7%;" |Accession
* Unoriginal toponyms that are generic terms (e.g. Springfield or Riverside in English) do not require the etymology, as they are largely generic and easily reusable in a variety of situations.
! style="width:7%;" |Population
* If a territory is abandoned, its contents may be reused as above until a new owner takes over and makes a determination of its status.
! class="width:7%;" |Area (km<sup>2</sup>)
! style="width:7%;" |GDP <small>(nominal)</small>
! style="width:7%;" |GDP per capita <small>(nominal)</small>)
! style="width:7%;" |Currency
! style="width:7%;" |HDI
! style="width:7%;" |Parliament
! class="width:17%;" |Languages
|-
|{{Airannia}}
|Vorácy
|1984
|
|108,439
|
|
|[[Tarephia Cooperation Council#Currency|Tare]]
|0.743
|National Representation
|Aeránanue, Franquese, Hmala (official)<br><small>Intalo, Itanese, Ouigé (regional)</small>
|-
|{{Allendea}}
|Catamia
|1984
|12,987,220
|113,077
|$ 577.3 B
|$ 44,449
|[[Allendea#Currency|Allendean pitaica]]<br />Tare<ref name="Allendea">The primary currency is the [[Allendea#Currency|Allendean pitaica]], however the tare enjoys a status of secondary currency and acceptance in all banks and certain businesses, especially near the border to countries which mainly use the tare.</ref>
|0.796
|[[Allendea#Government|National Assembly]]
|Castellanese, <br> <small> Franquese, Pahalo, Minyo, Itanese, Meyfe, Ediyana, Yuva</small>
|-
|[[File:Flagofanrovia.png|28px|border]] [[Anrovia]]
|Anrovia City
|1996
|
|12,791
|
|
|
|0.739
|
|Castellanese
|-
|{{Araguan}}
|Cualca
|1993
|
|
|
|
|
|0.846
|
|Castellanese
|-
|[[File:Unknown Flag.png|28px|border]] [[Askanti]]
|Portilla
|2001
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|Castellanese
|-
|{{Azure Coast}}
|Tarjón
|1991
|
|
|
|
|[[Azure Coast|Azurean peso]]
|
|
|
|-
|{{Barzona}}
|Carante
|1988
|
|67,435
|
|
|[[Barzona|Lira]]
|
|Congress of Deputies
|Barzuna (official)<br><small>Taqueza, Franquese, Ediyana, Cubutacubun, Castellanese, Meyfe, Nawat, Sainte-Elenais patois, Yañacuita, Onoyoyo (unofficial)</small>
|-
|{{Beldrio}}
|Lenzo
|1995
|
|
|
|
|Tare<ref>according to infobox on [[Beldrio]] wiki page</ref>
|
|
|
|-
|{{Bonavista}}
|Victoria
|1995
|123,000
|1,677
|
|
|[[Bonavista#Economy|Bonavista pound]]
|0.791
|Parliament of Bonavista
|Ingerish, Bonavista Creole
|-
|{{Cabelia}}
|[[Cabelia#Boncharté|Boncharté]]
|1984
|2,841,000
|13,000
|$ 94.4 B
|$ 33,328
|Tare
|0.881
|Cabelian Parliament
|Franquese
|-
|{{Eicarl}}
|Bestagen
|1986
|4,000,000
|444,901
|
|
|Tare
|0.972
|
|Eicarlo
|-
|{{Freedemia}}
|Quentinsburgh
|1984
|34,895,000
|420,550
|$ 780 B
|$ 22,352
|[[Freedemia#Currency|Freedemian Freedin]]<br />Tare
|0.878
|
|Ingerish (Official)<br><small>Franquese, Castellanese, Meilanese (unofficial)</small>
|-
|[[File:Unknown Flag.png|28px|border]] [[Geare]]
|Bellavance
|1999
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|{{Kotel}}
|Artisanople
|1984
|56,468
|
|
|
|Tare
|0.909
|
|Franquese
|-
|{{Meilan}}
|Eaux Riantes
|1984
|1,128,000
|10,579
|
|
|Tare
|0.717
|National Assembly
|Meilanese
|-
|{{Nayina}}
|Côte du Corail
|1989
|1,425,000
|
|$ 14.01 B
|$ 16,471
|Tare
|0.83
|Chambre Nationale Nayinois
|Franquese, Castellanese (Official) <br><small> Ingerish, Florescentian (Unofficial) </small>
|-
|{{Paroy}}
|Coleraine
|1984
|31,942,260
|394,181
|
|
|[[Paroy|Paroyan Dollar]]
|0.917
|
|Ingerish, Franquese
|-
|[[File:Unknown Flag.png|28px|border]] [[Soboko Republic]]
|Brindlecat City
|1985
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|Ingerish
|-
|[[File:Unknown Flag.png|28px|border]] [[Ta Seti]]
|
|2002
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|[[File:Unknown Flag.png|28px|border]] [[Tarrumarca]]
|
|1997
|
|
|
|
|
|0.650
|
|
|-
|{{Tempeira}}
|Mar de Agosto
|1989
|81,630,000
|593,247
|$ 336.66 B
|$ 4,105.22
|[[Tempeira|Tempeiran Acol]]<br />Tare
|0.803
|Tempeiran Bicameral Legislature
|Tempeiran Florescentian, Tempeiran Sign Language, Guarinán, Caleuchean
|-
|{{Teotiyolcan}}
|Callinatlacan
|1990
|
|
|
|
|Tare
|0.740
|
|Teotiyolcani
|-
|{{Tigeria}}
|Meilinmen
|1984
|5,265,747
|33,487
|
|
|Tare
|0.719
|Old Imperial Assembly
|Ingerish, Franquese (de facto)
|-
|{{Torola}}
|Ragoha
|1985
|18,387,212
|
|
|
|[[Torola|Torolan Hoca]]
|
|National Congress
|Torolan (Official)
<small>Castellanese, Franquese, Budrian, Pacate (Unofficial)</small>
|-
|[[File:Unknown Flag.png|28px|border]] [[Valaga]]
|Valka
|1989
|
|
|
|
|Tare
|
|
|
|-
|{{Vodeo}}
|[[Saviso]]
|1984
|33,835,000
|545,178
|
|
|[[Vodeo#Currency|Vodean pound]]
|0.945
|Parliament of Vodeo
|Ingerish
|}


== Observer states ==
== Discussion ==
{| class="sortable wikitable"
Please let me know your thoughts and if you'd be willing to let me and others reuse some of the names from your territory! &mdash; [[User:Alessa|Alessa]] <sub>([[User talk:Alessa|talk]])</sub> 16:04, 27 March 2023 (UTC)
|-
! style="width:10%;" |Country
! style="width:7%;" |Capital
! style="width:7%;" |Accession
! style="width:7%;" |Population
! class="width:7%;" |Area (km<sup>2</sup>)
! style="width:7%;" |GDP
! style="width:7%;" |GDP per capita
! style="width:7%;" |Currency
! style="width:7%;" |HDI
! style="width:7%;" |Parliament
! class="width:17%;" |Languages
|-
|[[File:Unknown Flag.png|28px|border]] [[Aeda]]
|Aeda
|2005
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|}
{| style="border:1px solid black; margin:.25em 0 .25em 1em;"
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | {{legend0|#0000cd|Member state}} • {{legend0|#48d1cc|Observer state}} • {{legend0|#aaaaaa|Non-member}}
|-
| {{#multimaps: | center = 3.34,24.61 | width = 1050px | height = 750px | zoom = 4 | maxzoom = 14 | minzoom = 1 |
| overlays = +TCC
| overlaydef = {
"TCC": [
  {"url": "https://data.opengeofiction.net/utility/admin_properties.json", "key": "rel"},
  {"url": "https://data.opengeofiction.net/utility/territory.json", "wrap": "polygon", "select": "rel"},
  {"url": "/index.php/OpenGeofiction:Multimap_stylesheet_1?action=raw", "select": "organization:TCC", "filter": {"organizations": ["TCC"]} }
]}
}}
|-
|}


{{technical notice
:I like this idea a lot. I would only say that I would be pleased to see this proposed name:etymology tag's use broadened to include linguistic information. I currently have been using my own, self-invented tag "ldata:etymology" quite extensively in my mapping to show the "meanings" of most of the native names I use. I had set up "ldata:" (= "luciano's data") as a kind of parent tag for anything that was non-standard (i.e. not in OSM). So for example, Ohunkagan's relation includes <code>ldata:etymology=Rakhoda "myth or legend"</code>I would happily convert those to something that the community agreed on as standard. I have also made use of "old world" names extensively in Makaska. Just as a single example, here is the village of New Orlent, named after Orlent in Kalm: https://opengeofiction.net/#map=16/-42.9857/145.5836&layers=B. If understand the proposal correctly, I'd want to add a tag <code>name:etymology=Orlent, Kalm</code>.--[[User:Luciano|Luciano]] ([[User talk:Luciano|talk]]) 18:11, 27 March 2023 (UTC)
| width = 600
::Just to add to the above. I'd rather not go in the direction of requiring permission from owners to be able to re-use names. Certainly Rome, New York, didn't get Roman permission before naming, and I think the idea of "borrowing" names without concern for origin is both realistic and within the "fair use" principle that I'd hope applies in OGF. Anyway I have used other mappers' names quite extensively in Makaska, without ever concerning myself about permission. Personally, if I see that another mapper has borrowed any of my names, I feel rather flattered than anything else.--[[User:Luciano|Luciano]] ([[User talk:Luciano|talk]]) 18:18, 27 March 2023 (UTC)
| side = left
:::You are correct for New Orlent. I will also note that since <code>name:etymology=*</code> is official OSM syntax, we could just expand it as needed for our own liking with additional sub-subkeys. Example could be something like <code>name:etymology:language=*</code>. This, of course, doesn't preclude your own "ldata" tag that you have been using. The proposal above is an attempt to standardize things for Overpass and wiki integration and to make it easy for people to use.
| note = To include your territory on the map, please add the tagging of the key <code>organization:TCC=</code> directly to the territory's map relation on the map with the value of <code>member</code> or <code>observer</code>. See [[Help:Tagging]] for additional information on keys and parameters.
:::As for the "asking permission," I personally think it's just a good bit of etiquette and thoroughness to attribute the creation when it came from or was inspired by something someone else did. I'm not trying to suggest outright that it would be required, but it is best practice. Hence, why I've just opened it up and asked if people would be willing to let me use their content in this way. I think if people wanted to grant blanket permission, that'd be welcome. I want to reserve the right, however, for people to say 'no' as a courtesy. I understand what you mean about being honored and flattered, but I also don't want to assume that everyone would think that way. &mdash; [[User:Alessa|Alessa]] <sub>([[User talk:Alessa|talk]])</sub> 18:22, 27 March 2023 (UTC)
| collapse = yes
}}
{{clear}}


==Governance==
== Permission granted ==
The Tarephia Cooperation Council consists of several bodies:
Sign your name here (with the four tildes) if you're willing to let other users name places after things in your mapping. If there are to be any restrictions, please note them. Thank you!
 
====Secretariat of the Tarephia Cooperation Council====
The Tarephia Cooperation Council is headquartered at ----, -----.  The Secretariat is responsible for the coordination and administration of the TCC's various activities, and is led by the High Secretary of the TCC, a position that rotates between each of the member countries every three years.
 
===== The Tarephian Forum =====
The Tarephian Forum is the quasi-legislative body of the TCC.
 
==== Supreme Court of the Tarephia Cooperation Council ====
The Supreme Court of the Tarephia Cooperation Council is stationed in [https://opengeofiction.net/relation/110632#map=17/-17.91896/18.21571 Artisanople], [[Kotel]].  It rules on disputes involving interpretation of TCC legal documents.  It is also the court for supranational matters involving parties outside the TCC.
 
==== Inter-Tarephian Border Guards ====
Headquarted in Eaux Riantes, [[Meilan]], the Inter-Tarephian Border Guards coordinates member states' border authorities to enforce border security.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%"
|+Administrative Institutions of the Tarephia Cooperation Council (and Affiliated Facilities)
|-
! scope="col" style="white-space: nowrap;" |Name
! scope="col" style="white-space: nowrap;" |City
! scope="col" style="white-space: nowrap;" |Nation
! scope="col" style="white-space: nowrap;" |Purpose
! scope="col" style="white-space: nowrap;" |Coordinates
|-
|Tarephia Cooperation Council Headquarters
|
|
|
|
|-
|Tarephian Forum
|
|
|
|
|-
|Supreme Court of the Tarephia Cooperation Council
|Artisanople
|{{Kotel}}
|Building
|[https://opengeofiction.net/#map=17/-17.91904/18.21505]
|-
|Department of Development
|[[Quentinsburgh]]
|{{Freedemia}}
|The department which manages the (mostly economic) growth of a nation. It focuses on infrastructure, energy, education, healthcare, safety and science.
|[https://opengeofiction.net/#map=18/-21.15471/28.51134]
|-
|Scientific Advisory Body
|[[Cabelia#Boncharté|Boncharté]]
|{{Cabelia}}
|The council that evaluates certain scientific issues and presents them to the Council Leadership. The Scientific Council would advise the TCC Leaders to do specific things in relation to environment, space, and other scientific issues. The council does not have authority to lobby the TCC or its Constituent Nations' leaderships, although they are allowed to host public campaigns.
|[https://opengeofiction.net/node/254325479#map=18/-19.46156/24.92959&layers=B]
|}
 
==Foreign Relations==
 
The Tarephia Cooperation Council maintains observer status at the [[Assembly of Nations]]. The council also sends diplomatic missions to various countries around the world.
 
==Economy==
 
===Currency===
 
The Tarephia Cooperation Council introduced a currency called [[Tare]] upon inception in 1984. The currency is used in some of the member states. It eases the process of money exchange and financial exchanges. The Tarephian Central Bank, which manages the Tare, is located in {{way|12659289|Hexagonia City}}, Tigeria.
 
====Etymology====
 
The [[Tare]] has its roots in [[Tigeria]] and [[Kotel]]. The two countries were using ※ as the symbol for the [[Tare]] before it was introduced in the TCC. The symbol is derived from the character for rice (米), from the days when many Tigerines and Koteliers paid their daily wages in rice. The symbol was simplified when the currency got introduced and was taken over by the TCC.
 
====List of countries with the Tare as an official currency:====
 
<div style="column-count:4;-moz-column-count:4;-webkit-column-count:4">
*{{Airannia}}
*{{Allendea}}<ref name="Allendea"></ref>
*{{Beldrio}}
*{{Cabelia}}
*{{Freedemia}}<ref>Freedemia uses the [[Freedemian freedin]] as the primary official currency, but has pegged it to the Tare for easy use and conversion (1 Freedin = 1.10 Tare) and recognizes the two currencies equally. Any bank will change between the two, as do many ATMs.</ref>
*{{Kotel}}
*{{Meilan}}
*{{Nayina}} <ref> Nayina accepts the Tare as an official currency, along with the Nayinese Muri. The preference of the Tare will lead to the Muri to be discontinued from minting on Jan 1, 2025, as a decision made by the National House.</ref>
*{{Tempeira}}
*{{Teotiyolcan}}
*{{Tigeria}}
*[[File:Unknown Flag.png|28px|border]] [[Valaga]]
 
</div>
 
== Finance ==
The TCC operates many financial institutions, the foremost among which is the Tarephian Central Bank. The majority of the institutions are located in the financial center of Hexagonia City, in Tigeria.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%"
|+Banking and Financial Facilities of the Tarephia Cooperation Council (and Affiliated Facilities)
|-
! scope="col" style="white-space: nowrap;" |Name
! scope="col" style="white-space: nowrap;" |City
! scope="col" style="white-space: nowrap;" |Nation
!Purpose
! scope="col" style="white-space: nowrap;" |Coordinates
|-
|Tarephian Central Bank
|Hexagonia City
|{{Tigeria}}
|
|[https://opengeofiction.net/#map=17/-18.55042/18.24101]
|-
|Tarephian Development Bank
|Hexagonia City
|{{Tigeria}}
|Works with the Department of Development and the Development Fund
to provide wide-ranging monetary aid/loans to member nations for the purposes
 
of economic and general development.
|[https://opengeofiction.net/#map=18/-18.59039/18.18655]
|-
|Tarephian Development Fund
|Hexagonia City
|{{Tigeria}}
|
|[https://opengeofiction.net/#map=18/-18.59039/18.18655]
|-
|Tigeria Trust Fund
|Hexagonia City
|{{Tigeria}}
|
|[https://opengeofiction.net/#map=18/-18.59039/18.18655]
|-
|Tarephian Cooperation Council Accountability Office
|Hexagonia City
|{{Tigeria}}
|
|[https://opengeofiction.net/#map=18/-18.59039/18.18655]
|-
|Tarephia Banking Authority
|Hexagonia City
|{{Tigeria}}
|
|[https://opengeofiction.net/#map=18/-18.57501/18.17591]
|-
|Tarephia Mercantile Securities Authority
|Hexagonia City
|{{Tigeria}}
|
|[https://opengeofiction.net/#map=18/-18.57501/18.17591]
|-
|Tarephia Insurance and Financial Providence Authority
|Hexagonia City
|{{Tigeria}}
|
|[https://opengeofiction.net/#map=18/-18.57501/18.17591]
|-
|Royal Vodean Mint
|[[Holme]]
|{{Vodeo}}
|
|[https://opengeofiction.net/#map=15/0.3782/31.8613 <nowiki>[9]</nowiki>]
|-
|Papeterie de la Banque de Tigrisie
|Lyonesse-Francès
|{{Tigeria}}
|
|[https://opengeofiction.net/#map=15/-18.4747/18.1910]
|-
|Financial Center
|[[Valka]]
|{{Valaga}}
|
|TBA
|-
|Tarephia Stock Market
|[[Valka]]
|{{Valaga}}
|
|TBA
|-
|Tarephia Cooperation Council Trade Policy Center
|[[Quentinsburgh]]
|{{Freedemia}}
| Works with administrations of TCC countries to create cohesive trade policy across TCC members
|[https://opengeofiction.net/#map=19/-21.11987/28.48603]
|}
 
==Science==
Science is one of the main focuses of the TCC, and there are multiple major institutions devoted to science research in the council. The TCC also funds a wide network of think tanks and university programs through the Science Outreach Fund and the Center for Tarephian Science.
 
Cabelia (More specifically the city of Port-Ouillon) is a scientific hub in the TCC; hosting many TCC-funded facilities for scientific research in many fields. Scientists from all around the TCC, because of the freedom of movement and the many facilities there, funded by the TCC and the Government of Cabelia, have concentrated in Cabelia over the past decades. This concentration of scientists allows for the community to communicate much more efficiently, and thus, get more work done. ---- and ---- are also major scientific centers for the TCC, by virtue of their large cities and substantial economies.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%"
|+Scientific Facilities and Associated Institutions of the Tarephia Cooperation Council
|-
! scope="col" style="white-space: nowrap;" |Name
! scope="col" style="white-space: nowrap;" |City
! scope="col" style="white-space: nowrap;" |Nation
! scope="col" style="white-space: nowrap;" |Purpose
! scope="col" style="white-space: nowrap;" |Coordinates
|-
|TCLIGO (Tarephia Continental Laser Inferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory & Research Facility)
|[[Cabelia#Boncharté|Boncharté]]
|{{Cabelia}}
|A facility to investigate gravitational waves.
|
|-
|The TCC Observatories
|N/A
|{{Vodeo}}, {{Cabelia}}...
|A network of observatories with major locations in Vodeo, Cabelia.... The observatories focus both on supporting the space program and conducting astronomical research.
|
|-
|The Scientific University of Valka
|
|{{Valaga}}
|Conducts cutting-edge research into Chemicals and Biology.
|
|}
 
=== Space Agency of Tarephia ===
The TCC created the Space Agency of Tarephia (SAT) in 1992, building off of Vodeo and ----'s pre-existing space facilities. The agency was separated from the TCC in 2006, but the TCC continues to provide funding and work closely with it.
 
== Agriculture ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%"
|+Agricultural Institutions of the Tarephia Cooperation Council (and Affiliated Facilities)
|-
! scope="col" style="white-space: nowrap;" |Name
! scope="col" style="white-space: nowrap;" |City
! scope="col" style="white-space: nowrap;" |Nation
! scope="col" style="white-space: nowrap;" |Purpose
! scope="col" style="white-space: nowrap;" |Coordinates
|-
|TCC Center for Urban Agriculture Research
|Quentinsburgh
|{{Freedemia}}
|Research into growing food in urban areas to meet the food needs of a growing urban population, including a vertical farming laboratory.
|[https://opengeofiction.net/#map=18/-21.12788/28.48317&layers=B]
|}
 
== Health ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%"
|+Health and Welfare Institutions of the Tarephian Cooperation Council (and Affiliated Facilities)
|-
! scope="col" style="white-space: nowrap;" |Name
! scope="col" style="white-space: nowrap;" |City
! scope="col" style="white-space: nowrap;" |Nation
! scope="col" style="white-space: nowrap;" |Purpose
! scope="col" style="white-space: nowrap;" |Coordinates
|-
|
|
|
|
|
|}
 
== Culture ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%"
|+Cultural Institutions/Programs of the Tarephian Cooperation Council (and Affiliated Facilities)
|-
! scope="col" style="white-space: nowrap;" |Name
! scope="col" style="white-space: nowrap;" |City
! scope="col" style="white-space: nowrap;" |Nation
! scope="col" style="white-space: nowrap;" |Purpose
! scope="col" style="white-space: nowrap;" |Coordinates
|-
|
|
|
|
|
|}
 
== Communications ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%"
|+Communication Programs/Facilities of the Tarephian Cooperation Council
|-
! scope="col" style="white-space: nowrap;" |Name
! scope="col" style="white-space: nowrap;" |City
! scope="col" style="white-space: nowrap;" |Nation
! scope="col" style="white-space: nowrap;" |Type
! scope="col" style="white-space: nowrap;" |Coordinates
|-
|TareVision Broadcasting Corporation
|
|
|Intercontinental Television and Radio Broadcaster. Broadcaster of different TV shows, films, series, cartoons, sports from all the TCC members, and broadcast in all countries of Tarephia.
|
|}
 
== Security ==
Regional security is an important aspect to the TCC.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%"
|+Security Institutions of the Tarephian Cooperation Council (and Affiliated Facilities)
|-
! scope="col" style="white-space: nowrap;" |Name
! scope="col" style="white-space: nowrap;" |City
! scope="col" style="white-space: nowrap;" |Nation
! scope="col" style="white-space: nowrap;" |Purpose
! scope="col" style="white-space: nowrap;" |Coordinates
|-
|Tarephia Counternarcotics Task Force
|Carante
|{{Barzona}}
|Cross border counter drug/narcotics organization
|[https://www.opengeofiction.net/node/301857356#map=18/-14.16635/19.54842&layers=B]
|}
 
== Controversies ==
 
=== Teotiyolcan Government ===
 
==See Also==
*[[Tarephia]]
[[Category:International_geopolitical_organizations]]
 
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Revision as of 18:24, 27 March 2023

ForumsGlobal and regional issues → Global and regional issues/Reuse and duplication of placenames


Hello, everyone.

I want to open the discussion about the reuse of placenames and other toponyms on OGF. Many places in the world that were colonized by European powers often had people that reused the names of cities, rivers, mountains, or other cultural elements in the "new world." For example, London, Ontario is on the Thames River, and there are nearly dozens of places in Missouri that reuse placenames. This is a common feature throughout especially North America but elsewhere, too.

So, what I would like to know is who would be willing to allow placenames and toponyms to be shared to help with the naming of features in the FSA and potentially other places. The proposed guidelines are suggested below to help protect your creative work. Please let me know in the discussion area below what you'd be willing to share with the community. — Alessa (talk) 16:04, 27 March 2023 (UTC)

Proposed guidelines for reusing toponyms

Here are the proposed guidelines for reusing toponyms elsewhere on OGF:

  • Mappers should add name:etymology=* to the node, way, or relation that marks the reused name. In that way, the original creator is credited. Streets and highways would be exempt, but settlements and geographic features would not be. For example, a node in New Carnaby labeled place=town and name=Lynchester would also add name:etymology=Lynchester, Ingerland. By doing this, we could potentially use Overpass to create a running list on the wiki of these placenames.
  • Names from any open purple or blue territory are free to use, as they are community territories. Mappers should still credit the etymology.
  • Unoriginal toponyms that are generic terms (e.g. Springfield or Riverside in English) do not require the etymology, as they are largely generic and easily reusable in a variety of situations.
  • If a territory is abandoned, its contents may be reused as above until a new owner takes over and makes a determination of its status.

Discussion

Please let me know your thoughts and if you'd be willing to let me and others reuse some of the names from your territory! — Alessa (talk) 16:04, 27 March 2023 (UTC)

I like this idea a lot. I would only say that I would be pleased to see this proposed name:etymology tag's use broadened to include linguistic information. I currently have been using my own, self-invented tag "ldata:etymology" quite extensively in my mapping to show the "meanings" of most of the native names I use. I had set up "ldata:" (= "luciano's data") as a kind of parent tag for anything that was non-standard (i.e. not in OSM). So for example, Ohunkagan's relation includes ldata:etymology=Rakhoda "myth or legend"I would happily convert those to something that the community agreed on as standard. I have also made use of "old world" names extensively in Makaska. Just as a single example, here is the village of New Orlent, named after Orlent in Kalm: https://opengeofiction.net/#map=16/-42.9857/145.5836&layers=B. If understand the proposal correctly, I'd want to add a tag name:etymology=Orlent, Kalm.--Luciano (talk) 18:11, 27 March 2023 (UTC)
Just to add to the above. I'd rather not go in the direction of requiring permission from owners to be able to re-use names. Certainly Rome, New York, didn't get Roman permission before naming, and I think the idea of "borrowing" names without concern for origin is both realistic and within the "fair use" principle that I'd hope applies in OGF. Anyway I have used other mappers' names quite extensively in Makaska, without ever concerning myself about permission. Personally, if I see that another mapper has borrowed any of my names, I feel rather flattered than anything else.--Luciano (talk) 18:18, 27 March 2023 (UTC)
You are correct for New Orlent. I will also note that since name:etymology=* is official OSM syntax, we could just expand it as needed for our own liking with additional sub-subkeys. Example could be something like name:etymology:language=*. This, of course, doesn't preclude your own "ldata" tag that you have been using. The proposal above is an attempt to standardize things for Overpass and wiki integration and to make it easy for people to use.
As for the "asking permission," I personally think it's just a good bit of etiquette and thoroughness to attribute the creation when it came from or was inspired by something someone else did. I'm not trying to suggest outright that it would be required, but it is best practice. Hence, why I've just opened it up and asked if people would be willing to let me use their content in this way. I think if people wanted to grant blanket permission, that'd be welcome. I want to reserve the right, however, for people to say 'no' as a courtesy. I understand what you mean about being honored and flattered, but I also don't want to assume that everyone would think that way. — Alessa (talk) 18:22, 27 March 2023 (UTC)

Permission granted

Sign your name here (with the four tildes) if you're willing to let other users name places after things in your mapping. If there are to be any restrictions, please note them. Thank you!