Random Nations

This page serves as a quick and convenient way to create a random nation, similar to the way the Random Characters generator creates a character. Each nation consists of certain random elements within specific categories. These random elements in turn link to specific Arcana Wiki pages which have the appropriate tag (so that the Random Generator can find them).

This Random Generator is intended to get your creative juices flowing, not restrain you. Thus, discard anything that doesn't fit your own ideas!

As an example on how to use it, see the essay "Using the Random Nations Generator". Further examples ranging from constructing small villages to whole planets can be found on this blog

Note: The Random Page function presently does not refresh very often, so wait one or more minutes before reloading the page.

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Government

This section covers the government and major organizations that exert power over the nation and the way people live.

Type of Government

All societies have some way of getting things done as a whole, and the type of government describes this aspect. However, few societies are examples of "pure" government types, so aspects of two or more government forms might be evident.

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This category is based on the various types of government listed on the Government entry. If you do create such entries, give them the rng_government tag.

1 Type of Government

Choose this tab to give your nation a single government type, that's (relatively) easy to understand and envision.

Roman Empire Basic Information Roman Empire is the period of Ancient Rome from 27 BC to 476. This era starts with the rise of Gaius Octavian to be the first Emperor (functionally the end of the Roman Republic),...

d6 Government Types

Complex political systems and coalition governments can be made using this tab. Simply roll a d6, and use that many forms of government off the top of the list. You may combine them for a complicated hybrid governement, or assign each government type to a different county or region within the nation.

Republic Basic Information A republic1 is a form of government where the power lies with an elected body of representatives representing the citizens however citizen is being defined. Usually, the power of... Aristocracy Basic Information An aristocracy is a form of government where power is held by a small, privileged ruling class. This is distinct from a monarchy where most of the power is held by an individual -... Exilarchy Basic Information An Exilarchy is a government which is established for or rules over a religious or ethnic diaspora rather than ruling from the origin of this group. Sources Bibliography 1.... The Computer Is Your Friend Basic Information An AI or group of AIs has been tasked with protecting humankind, and has decided that the best way to do this is by ruling humanity - whether such help is wanted or not. After all,... Puppet State Basic Information A puppet state represents a nation whose government is effectively controlled by a foreign power - this can include the governments of self-administrating colonies and autonomous... Demarchy Basic Information Demarchy is a system of government where important government positions are filled by random lot from an available pool of citizens and/or decisions of government are taken by a...

Powerful Organizations

This category lists powerful and/or famous organizations of the nation. As many of the possible entries are real world organizations, alter them to make them fit into your setting.

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If you want to add new organizations to this generator, write up appropriate entries for them and give them the rng_org tag. Pick organizations which could relatively easily be altered to different settings.

1 Organization

If you choose this tab, this organization holds tremendous power. They may control the government, the church, or other major aspects of society, either openly or covertly.

Technisches Hilfswerk Basic Information The Technisches Hilfswerk (or THW for short) is a German agency that does technical, humanitarian, and logistical relief efforts both in Germany and around the world (such as during...

d10 Organizations

It may be helpful to assume that the higher the organization is on this list, the greater their influence and/or larger their membership.

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Basic Information The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation is a mutual-security organization which was founded on June 15, 2001 by China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.... Order Of The Veiled Prophet Basic Information A society based in St. Louis, Missouri. It was founded in 1878 and inspired by poems about Hashim ibn Hakim. They host a yearly Veiled Prophet's Ball every December, which has... Church Of Scientology Basic Information This article is a stub. Please expand on it! See Also News: Scientologists in Haiti - A Firsthand Account News: Scientology - The Truth Rundown Sources Bibliography 1. Wikipedia... Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs Well one and all wore the outlaws' brand And the big bikes roared through the Great Northland When you live on the edge of the law You know, justice in Ontario (from) Justice in Ontario Steve Earle ... Unit 731 Basic Information During the Sino-Japanese War of 1937-1945, The Imperial Japanese Army conducted covert human experimentation including biological and chemical warfare research and development, and... DarkMarket Basic Information DarkMarket was an English-speaking internet cybercrime forum run undercover by the FBI in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The web site allowed buyers and sellers of stolen identities and... Mugwumps Basic Information In 1884 the Republican Party was split between the Stalwarts, party loyalists; and a reformist wing. The candidate they chose for president was James G. Blaine, a prominent leader of... eBay Basic Information eBay Inc. is a multinational e-commerce corporation, facilitating online consumer-to-consumer and business-to-consumer sales. eBay was founded by Pierre Omidyar in 1995, and became a... Thule Society Basic Information The Thule Society was an occult secret society founded in Munich, Germany in 1911. It is most commonly known for sponsoring the predecessor of the Nazi Party. It was dissolved by the... Garden Gnome Liberationists Basic Information Garden gnome liberationists are groups that liberate garden gnomes from private gardens and releasing them back into their natural habitats . These groups are primarily active in...

Major Personalities

Each nation has its share of powerful or famous individuals.

Use the entries in the following tabs as inspiration for such individuals. Only a very weird dimension-hopping or time-travel game would feature the actual people mentioned here. Instead, use the listings here as a inspirational concept to emulate when designing your own NPCs.

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This category is primarily fed by entries from the People page, though some entries from the Fictional Characters page might qualify as well. If you want to add new people to this generator, write up appropriate entries for them and give them the rng_people tag.

1 Person

Alfred Bulltop Stormalong Basic Information Alfred Bulltop Stormalong (also sometimes Able-Bodied Stormalong or just Old Stormy) is a folk hero character from American folklore of the New England region, especially...

d10 People

Gertrude Of Nivelles Basic Information Gertrude of Nivelles, also known as Saint Gertrude, was a 7th Century abbess who lived in what is today Belgium. She is notable for founding the Monastary of Nivelles with her... Hergé Basic Information George Prosper Remi, better known by his pen-name Hergé, was a Belgian cartoonist who created one of the most internationally famous comic strip characters of the 20th Century, the... Veronica Franco When we too are armed and trained, we can convince men that we have hands, feet, and a heart like yours; and although we may be delicate and soft, some men who are delicate are also strong; and... Saint Sebastian Basic Information The 3rd Century Emperor Diocletian is known for the last great official persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire. Which is why he probably found it highly embarassing that one... John Brown Basic Information He's been called both a martyr and a madman, a freedom fighter and a fanatic. More than any single person, he can be said to have set the United States irrecoverably on the path to... Dorian Gray Basic Information Dorian Gray was, per the biographical account of his life written by Mr Wilde, a wealthy gentleman resident in London at some point during the Victorian Era; the exact dates of his... Douglas Corrigan Basic Information Douglas Wrong Way Corrigan was an airplane mechanic and aviator who was among the first generation of transatlantic flyers. He was born in Galveston, Texas and became infatuated... Bertie Wooster Basic Information Bertam Wilberforce Wooster, ( Bertie to his friends) is in some respects almost the Platonic Ideal of the Upper Class Twit. He is the narrator and hero of the Jeeves stories by... Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben Basic Information He was not technically a baron, although he called himself one; but at the time, George Washington could use all the help he could get, and in Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben,... Saint Titus Basic Information Titus was a leader of the Early Christian Church who worked closely with Saint Paul and later became Bishop of Crete. Although he does not appear in the Book of Acts, he is mentioned...

Major Political Issues

Each nation has "hot" political issues which are argued and fought over (physically or not). Use the entries in the following tabs as inspiration for what issues could divide your nation - or which are simply in the minds of the public at the moment.

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This category is primarily fed by news entries from the List of Centuries page. If you want to add new political issues to this generator, write up appropriate entries for them and give them the rng_politics tag.

1 Issue

College Loan Slavery - Student Debt Is Getting Way Out of Hand Summary November 12, 2008: Recent American college and university graduates find themselves with high student debts and low job prospects as their country heads into a recession, leading to an...

d10 Issues

Personal data of 600,000 on lost laptop Summary January 19, 2008: A junior member of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom lost a laptop with personal information about 600,000 people, including serving personnel and many others who have... Piracy may hit Egypt's Suez Canal revenues Summary November 21, 2008: Somalia-based piracy has become so frequent that it is starting to affect shipping through the Red Sea significantly - and with it, the revenues Egypt collects from the Suez... Economics Of The Singularity Summary June 1, 2008: The article discusses the possibility of the Technological Singularity, and compares it with previous singularities - transition periods of great change. It argues that they... Field Of The Cloth Of Gold Basic Information For most of a month (June 7 to June 24) in 1520, Henry VIII of England and Francis I of France put on an incredible party to celebrate the peace between their nations. (They had been... CSI - Watergate Summary July 28, 2009: New technologies and a new discovery stand a chance at finally revealing what happened during the infamous missing 18.5 minutes of the Nixon tapes. The tapes were the... In Search Of Death Summary January 23, 2003: There is a subculture of gay men called bug chasers who actively seek out getting infected by the HIV virus and thus get AIDS. Most of them see infecting themselves as a... Anarchy Basic Information Anarchy is the lack of recognized government and/or a general state of lawlessness is society. Individuals in society may take or give whatever they please, using whatever means... Ant mega-colony takes over world Basic Information July 1, 2009: A certain type of Argentinia ants has spread around the world, forming large super-colonies on different continents. What's more, the ants have identical chemical... Cracking Crime In Brazil Summary July 1, 2000: Crime is so prevalent in Brazil that some companies have resorted to making deals with criminals. For instance, one company made a deal with a drug cartel - in exchange for... Riot Choose sides Or run for your life Tonight the riots begin (from) Across the lines Tracy Chapman Basic Information A riot is a type of civil disorder where large but unorganized groups of people lash...

Major Projects

Some nations have major national projects they pursue towards specific goals. There is some overlap with Organizations above, but projects are more about achieving certain goals than a general political, ideological, or economic motivation. Use the entries in the following tabs as inspiration.

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If you want to add new projects to this generator, write up appropriate entries for them and give them the rng_project tag.

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1 Project

Get Out Of Jail Free -- Monopoly's Hidden Maps Summary September 18, 2009: An ABC News article tells of how, during World War II, British Intelligence smuggled maps and escape tools to soldiers in POW camps hidden inside Monopoly games. The maps...

d6 Projects

Re-Engineering the Earth Summary July 1, 2009: Various possibilities and risks of geoengineering are discussed in the article. One possibility would be to use giant zeppelins to pump sulfur dioxide into the higher layers of... Trans-Global Highway Basic Information The Trans Global Highway is a proposal to connect all the continents of the earth via bridges and tunnels. It would require numerous elements and additions to existing roadway... Project Orion Basic Information Project Orion was a Cold War-era study into the idea of using the thrust generated by an atomic bomb to propel a spacecraft. By using energetic nuclear power, Orion offered both high... Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Basic Information Like convenitional explosives, nuclear bombs could be put in use other than killing one's enemies during the wartime. Most of the major nuclear countries were pondering such use for... Potemkin Village Basic Information Grigori Potemkin was one of the many lovers of the Empress Catherine the Great of Russia, and probably her favorite. Considering how many she had, that's saying something. In 1783,... Navigational Aid Basic Information A navigational aid can be one of two broad categories of things: A marker in a location designed to alert you to a hazard, such as a buoy or lighthouse. A tool or device to assist...

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Economy

This section covers the commerce, artisans, technology, and economic system of the nation.

Tech Level

To be added later.

Type of Economy

This category lists the type of economy the nation has.

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If you want to add new types of economic systems to the generator, go to the Economic system page, add new entries, and give them the rng_economy tag.

1 Type of Economy

Grain-based Local Currency Basic Information Grain-based Local Currency refers both to a form of monetary unit, and to one of the earliest economic systems to supplant pure barter. In such a system, money is minted/printed to...

d6 Types of Economy

Autarky Basic Information (This article concerns the economic system Autarky for the minarchist political system see Autarchy) Autarky simply means self-sufficiency , but it often comes with the implication... Tulipomania Basic Information Tulipomania (also called Tulip Mania, Tulip Fever, or Tulpenmanie) was the oldest documented speculative bubble where a fashionable rage for something led to crazy escalating prices,... Dual Currencies Basic Information It's possible for a location or nation to recognize / use more than one currency at a time. There may be a Grain-based Local Currency and a National Currency that bears the King's... Resilience Economics Basic Information Resilience Economics is a type of possible economic system which resembles traditional capitalism, but in which economic actors are prevented from becoming too big to fail -... King's Imprimatur Basic Information The King's Imprimatur refers to a monarch's Royal Seal or guarantee. The term may refer to a Royal Decree, or official approval, or just the symbol of such. On Money: The King's... Just-in-Time Socialism Basic Information Just-in-Time Socialism is a proposed form of economic system based on Socialist economics. It seeks to do away with the traditional inefficiency of Socialism - namely, that it is...

Major Products and Exports

No nation exists in a vacuum. This part of the generator lists various trade goods - whether raw resources or advanced machinery. It is subdivided into several categories: raw resources, pre-industrial items, modern trade goods, sci-fi or futuristic items, and fantasy items. Use the tabs appropriate to your genre and setting. It helps make your nation more "real" if you use to use a few (d6?) items from earlier and simpler categories, as well. For example, a modern nation might mostly export modern items, but no doubt also has some natural resources to exploit.

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If you want to add types of raw resources to this generator, write up appropriate entries for them and give them the rng_resource tag.
For pre-industrial trade goods, give them the rng_pitg tag.
For modern trade goods, give them the rng_mtg tag.
For sci-fi trade goods, give them the rng_sftg tag.
For fantasy trade goods, give them the rng_ftg tag.

1d6 raw resources

Pig The Pig, if I am not mistaken, Supplies us sausage, ham, and Bacon. Let others say his heart is big, I think it stupid of the Pig. Ogden Nash, The Pig Basic Information This article is a stub.... Cattle Basic Information Cattle (colloquially cows) are large domesticated ungulates. They are the most widespread species of the genus Bos, most commonly classified as Bos primigenius. Cattle are raised as... Tektite Basic Information When a meteor hits the ground it sometimes splashes molten metal and rock about the impact site. These gravel-sized blobs of melted mineral, once cooled off and solidified, are... Tumbaga Basic Information Tumbaga is a word the Spanish used to refer to a type of gold/copper alloy commonly used in pre-Colombian Mesoamerica. The percentage of each metal varied from item to item, and... Salt “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot. MAT5:13 (NIV) ... Woad Basic Information Isatis Tinctoria is a yellow flowering plant, native to Europe and related to cabbage and mustard. When the leaves of the plant are dried, powdered and fermented, they create a blue...

1d6 pre-industrial trade goods

Laced Mail Basic Information Laced mail is (relatively rare) form of flexible armour in which protection is provided by metal rings strung together on laces of cloth or leather. Conceptually somewhere between... Candlefish Basic Information The candlefish - also known as eulachon or oolichan is a fish native to the American Pacific Coast which played a significant part in the pre-Columbian economy and continued to do so... Woad Basic Information Isatis Tinctoria is a yellow flowering plant, native to Europe and related to cabbage and mustard. When the leaves of the plant are dried, powdered and fermented, they create a blue... Crossbow Basic Information The crossbow is, at base, nothing more than a bow turned sideways and attached to a stock - in theory, a pretty minor variation but in practice a completely different weapon. For a... Rushlight Basic Information A rushlight is a cheap and plentiful alternative to a candle, that even the poorest peasant could afford. They were commonly made (at least in the area that is now the United... Pauldron Basic Information The pauldron or spaulder was a piece of plate armour that protected the shoulder and upper arm. Some authorities consider the two names interchangable, whilst others consider that a...

1d6 modern trade goods

Knife Rule 9: Never go anywhere without a knife. Gibb's Rules NCIS Basic Information A knife is a hand-held short blade which can be used as both a tool and a weapon. Beyond that, a knife is hard to... Derringer Basic Information The derringer is a type of single shot pistol designed for ease of concealment. These trace their ancestry to the pocket pistols designed by one Henry Deringer (with one r ) who... Alcoholic Spirits Get you a copper kettle, get you a copper coil Fill it with new made corn mash and never more you'll toil You'll just lay there by the juniper while the moon is bright Watch them jugs a-filling in the... Battle Rifle Basic Information The Battle Rifle is a far from universal term for an assault rifle that fires full calibre ammunition - that is something big and nasty like 7.62NATO, 7.92 Mauser or 7.62 Russian -... Sausage Basic Information Sausage is a traditional - and extremely widespread - foodstuff made from processed meat packed into a skin made from animal intestine to give a distinctive, cylindrical shape. Some... Newspaper Basic Information A newspaper is a written publication containing news and other information. Sources Bibliography 1. Get Clippings 2. The Newspaper Clipping Generator 3. Wikipedia entry Game and...

1d6 sci-fi trade goods

Pharm Crops Basic Information A pharm crop is a race of plants genetically engineered to produce a specific compound - either one not normally found in nature, one spliced in from a different species or a... Directed Energy Weapon in some way they are able to generate an intense heat in a chamber of practically absolute non-conductivity. This intense heat they project in a parallel beam against any object they choose, by means... Lostech Basic Information Pinched from the BattleTech universe, lostech describes the concept of a technology which was once know to the people of a setting, but has since been forgotten, becoming either ... TP-82 Basic Information The TP-82 is a very large triple-barreled pistol (with detachable stock) issued to Soviet and Russian cosmonauts from 1986 to 2006. During that time, they were a standard part of the... Precious Gems Discovered On Mars Summary October 28, 2008: Opals have been detected on Mars near Valles Marineris. This implies that there has been liquid water on the Martian surface for extended periods, increasing the possibility... Propellant Reservoir Weapon the instructor poked at his small grey puddle with the burning match. It smouldered fitfully and then put the match out. And that, gentlemen, is your propellant. Now if you'd care to put your...

1d6 fantasy trade goods

Fungus Basic Information Fungi are a unique kingdom in nature that basically recycle all the organic crap that's made by plants and animals; that's why they're also known as decomposers . They can be found... Mummia Basic Information Mummia is a form of bitumen (a resource similar to pitch or resin) that was available long ago in Persia. It's a dark viscous liquid that was used as a form of medicine or folk... Chalice The pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle; the chalice from the palace has the brew that is true! The Court Jester Basic Information A chalice is an ornate drinking vessel,... Aqua Fortis Basic Information Aqua fortis (Latin for strong water ) is the old alchemical name for nitric acid (specifically a solution of nitric acid in water). It was used to dissolve many metals, including... Brazier Basic Information A brazier is a container in which a fire may be burned - generally a metal basket, although some cultures use a wide, shallow metal dish instead and many early examples are ceramic.... Magic Lamp Basic Information The magic lamp - as featured in the story of Aladdin and some other Middle Eastern legends - is a member of a much larger class of vessels containing jinn, bound within them by...

Major Imports

These categories are identical to those listed under "Exports", except that the nation has sufficient need of these trade goods to import them in significant quantities instead of exporting them.

1d10 raw resources

Wool Basic Information Wool is, crudely put, sheep hair and has a long and extensive tradition of being appropriated by humans for use in textiles. The term may also be extended to the hair of other... Antimatter Basic Information Antimatter is a bizarre form of matter that is often used in science fiction for fuel, explosives, robot brains, and other forms of applied phlebotinum. Each antiparticle of... Woad Basic Information Isatis Tinctoria is a yellow flowering plant, native to Europe and related to cabbage and mustard. When the leaves of the plant are dried, powdered and fermented, they create a blue... Water Basic Information Water is the liquid version of the substance also known as ice when solid, or steam when heated into a mist. Water is also often used as a general term to refer to that substance in... Truffle (fungus) Basic Information A Truffle is a type of fungus which grows underground, generally feeding on the roots of trees. As a truffle matures and its spores ripen, it emits a powerful smell which attracts... Tumbaga Basic Information Tumbaga is a word the Spanish used to refer to a type of gold/copper alloy commonly used in pre-Colombian Mesoamerica. The percentage of each metal varied from item to item, and... Moly Holy Moley! Captain Marvel Basic Information According to Greek mythology, the herb Moly was said to be a rare but powerful plant with the ability to protect the user from hostile magic. Homer... Tinder Basic Information Tinder is an essential part of the fire-lighting process - it is the material that is ignited by the initial spark and from which the fire lighter expects the flame to propagate to... Chocolate Basic Information Chocolate is a substance derived from the beans of the Coco tree Theobroma cacao, indigenous to the Americas and used by the Amerindians since at least 1100BC. The name itself is... Cold Iron Gold is for the mistress silver for the maid Copper for the craftsman cunning at his trade. Good! said the Baron, sitting in his hall, But Iron Cold Iron is master of them all. (from)...

1d10 pre-industrial trade goods

Pearl Basic Information A pearl is a gemstone of biological origin, created when a shelled mollusc (traditionally an oyster or clam) reacts to the irritation of a piece of foreign matter inside its shell by... Besagew Basic Information A besagew was a circular (or at least vaguely circular) piece of plate armour that fitted onto the upper chest area of a breastplate or cuirass to protect the shoulder-joint from the... Sabaton Basic Information The sabaton - also known as a solleret was an articulated shoe made out of plate armour. Actual designs varied and, as might be expected for an expensive piece of kit worn by high... Leather Armour Basic Information Leather Armour is, unsurprisingly, armour made from leather and runs the spectrum from lightweight, flexible stuff little heavier than the sort of leather used for clothing to rigid,... Spice Basic Information A spice is a plant product used to flavour and/or colour food - and sometimes as a preservative. The category does not normally include non-biological seasonings such as salt and,... Astrolabe What Time Is It? - The most repeated question in the Continuum RPG Basic Information Most fantasy games are set in an era before digital watches, even before cuckoo clocks (which date to the early... Helmet Basic Information The helmet shall, for clarity, serve as a collective name for all kinds of rigid head armour. There are a variety of historical names for various styles, most of which will be... Flour Basic Information Flour is a starchy powder made by milling grain (or occasionally other vegetable materials such as roots, beans or nuts). Its' primary use is for baking into bread, cake and similar... Necklace Of Ears Basic Information A necklace of ears is a traditional piece of jewelry used to indicate a person's status as a dangerous sociopath. It doesn't actually need to be composed of ears - any reasonably... Senninbari Basic Information The Senninbari (Jap. Thousand Stitches ) is a Japanese amulet, usually worn as a belt, sash or occasionally a headband that consists of a piece of cloth, embroidered with a thousand...

1d10 modern trade goods

Robot The Encyclopedia Galactica defines a robot as a mechanical apparatus designed to do the work of a man. The Marketing Division of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation defines a robot as 'Your plastic pal... Munition Plate Basic Information Munition plate is pieces of plate armour mass produced to a series of generic sizes for issue to a professional (or at least semi-professional) army. By the time it starts to appear,... Jewelry The two adventurers circled warily around the plinth as they studied their treasure - a simple, perhaps deceptively simple - band of red gold that nestled there on its silken pillow. A ring. On its... Periscope Rifle Basic Information As the name implies, a periscope rifle is a rifle, mounted to a frame which allows it to be fired whilst viewing the sights through a periscope. This was - initially at least - a... Beecher's Bibles I don't know, Becky said clutching her candle nervously. We could get into a lot of trouble doing this. I say there's something shifty about that reverend, Tom insisted, pulling the tarp off the... Tracer Basic Information A tracer round is a round of ammunition with a pyrotechnic device built into it that allows the user to track its flight path. Due to the speed at which almost all tracer rounds are... Tire John, who rode his Dunlop tire. O'er the head of sweet Maria, When she writhed in frightful pain, Had to blow it out again. Ruthless Rhymes Harry Graham Basic Information Tires are the donut-shaped... Motion Detection This page is about mechanical and electronic motion detectors. For motion detection performed by people, animals, or other organisms, see Motion Perception. Basic Information Motion Detection refers... Grenade -A Reading from the Book of Armaments, Chapter 4, Verses 16 to 20: 'Saint Attila raised the Hand-Grenade up on high saying, O' Lord, bless this thy Hand-Grenade that with it thou mayst blow thy... Analytical Engine Basic Information The first successful computer, designed by Charles Babbage after the failure he had with it's predecessor the Difference Engine. It operates via the providing of input (programs and...

1d10 sci-fi trade goods

Z-1 Suit Basic Information The Z-1 Suit is a prototype space suit designed by NASA for upcoming space missions. It's most striking feature, (apart from making the astronaut look like Buzz Lightyear) is that it... Aircraft Basic Information Sources An aircraft is a type of vehicle that is capable of flight via being supported by planetary atmosphere. Vehicles which use thrust instead of lift to overcome gravity (such as... Statite Basic Information A statite is an artificial satellite whose defining trait is that it maintains a fixed position, rather than moving in an orbit. (Note that this is not the same thing as a... Dyson Swarm Basic Information Sources A Dyson Swarm is one type of Dyson Sphere, a category of Stellar Megastructure intended to collect energy from a Star. It's a collection of orbiting solar power satellites... Stardrive Basic Information A Stardrive is a engine or propulsion system for a spaceship. The word stardrive implies the spacecraft is able to travel to the stars in a reasonable amount of time. Typically that... Nitinol Basic Information Nitinol is an alloy of nickel and titanium with two very interesting and related properties: Superelasticity - when bent or flexed, it tends to spring back into shape Shape Memory -... Embryo Space Colonization Basic Information Imagine you are in charge of the effort to colonize worlds outside our solar system. If you don't have FTL Stardrive technology, and restricted to more mundane spacecraft propulsion... Metallic Hydrogen Basic Information Metallic Hydrogen As Fuel When placed under extreme pressure, it's possible for hydrogen to become compressed into a solid metal. It's also theoretically possible that it would... Ground Effect Vehicle Basic Information A Ground Effect Vehicle (or Wing-In-Ground-Effect Vehicle) is sort of an aircraft. It's a category of aerodyne vehicle that flies very close to the ground, held aloft by an... Alien Amino Acids Basic Information Amino acids are the building blocks of protein and enzymes. 20 different amino acids, in various sequences, define almost every protein on Earth. However, a large number of other...

1d10 fantasy trade goods

Charm Basic Information A magical charm (which is, ironically, very rarely to do with charm magic) is a form of single use magic item designed to store the effect of a working until it is required at... Pharm Crops Basic Information A pharm crop is a race of plants genetically engineered to produce a specific compound - either one not normally found in nature, one spliced in from a different species or a... Stone-Flying Wizard Basic Information The Stone-Flying Wizard is a wizard (or other magic-user) deemed responsible for the creation or positioning of megaliths. Only a handful of examples occur in folklore and myth, and... Orichalcum Basic Information According to Plato's dialogue Critias, one of the more notable natural resources of the Lost Continent of Atlantis was a material called orichalcum. It was mined there and had a... Green Rocks Basic Information Green Rocks is a speculative fiction trope. A green rock is an item or substance with wide-ranging and inconsistent powers. Essentially, a green rock has whatever magical or... Spagyric Basic Information Spagyric means alchemy, but the word is often used to mean herbal medicine produced by alchemical procedures. Processes such as fermentation, distillation, and extraction of mineral... The Net (substance) Basic Information The Net is a purple alloy with a net-like lattice pattern on it's surface. It was independently discovered by both George Starkey and Isaac Newton in the 17th Century. Both... Magic Staff A wizard's staff has a knob on the end, knob on the end, knob on the end A wizard's staff has a knob on the ennndddd! What he does with it is magic! A wizard's staff has a knob on the end And runes... Censer Basic Information A censer is a vessel designed for the burning of incense. Censers come in a variety of shapes and sizes from small, hand-held devices that double as hand-warmers (popular in Tibet... Amulet Basic Information An amulet is a piece of jewelry (traditionally a necklace) which is intended to serve a supernatural protective function, whether as a simple ward against bad luck , to invoke the...

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Religion

This section will help you choose or create the dominant religion(s) of your nation.

Forms of Worship

This aspect does not cover which entity is worshiped, but how - it describes the form religion takes in a society, whether the overall structure of the faith or specific observances which are of great cultural significance.

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If you want to add forms of worship to this generator, write up appropriate entries for them and give them the rng_religion tag.

1 Form of Worship

If you choose this tab, the single most important form of worship (or religious principle) in the nation's dominant religion is:

Christian Fundamentalist Basic Information A Christian Fundamentalist is a Christian who subscribes to the theological principles outlined in The Fundamentals, a twelve volume series of theological papers published between...

d10 Forms of Worship

Complex religions can be built from this tab. Just roll a die, and use the top x items on the list.

Coded Myth Basic Information Coded Myth refers to the notion that classical works of mythology or religion may have secrets encoded within them. The goofy stories of lusty Gods may have meanings that go beyond... Kur Basic Information Kur is the Sumerian word for Mountain. The word was also used both as the name of the realm of the gods (most of whom lived at the top of a mountain) and as the name of the... Religious Text Basic Information Most religions have a body of lore that grow up around it; stories, statements of doctrine, liturgy, prayers, teachings; the amassed wisdom of the faith. In pre-literate societies,... Cunning Man Oh, she lived up on the mountain, eleven miles or so from town With a one-eyed cat named Wink, a billy goat and a blue tick hound Her graying hair was braided and wrapped around her head And her dress... The Philosopher's Stone This is the famous stone That turneth all to gold: For that which God doth touch and own Cannot for lesse be told. (from) The Elixir George Herbert Basic Information The Philosopher's Stone was one... Legion of Christ Basic Information The Legion of Christ is a religious order founded in Mexico (now represented in 21 countries) with about 800 priests, and possibly as many as 70,000 members in it's lay companion... Apotheosis Basic Information Apotheosis means to make divine . Also sometimes known as Deification or Exaltation, it is the act of declaring someone a god, or the act of becoming a god. Apotheosis can also... Pentacle Basic Information A pentacle is an amulet or talisman used as a ritual tool in some traditions of magic and/or worn as a general magical protective device. Where used in ritual magic, the pentacle is... Monk We finally made it under the Abbey gate a little before sunset, just as the monks were assembling for vespers so it was left to one of the lay brothers to establish us in the guest house and show us... Necromancy Basic Information Necromancy1 is a form of divination magic which involves calling up and consulting the spirits of the dead, either about information they knew in life or because the dead are thought...

Worshiped Entities

This category lists the various entities that are worshiped by the people.

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This category draws on the Mythological Characters and List of Mythologies sections. If you want to add new entities to be worshiped to this generator, write up appropriate entries for them and give them the rng_deity tag.

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Monotheism

Use this tab to create a single monotheistic religion based upon the deity listed below. Could represent true monotheism, or just indicate the dominant cult within a larger pantheon.

Artifact Of Doom Basic Information This speculative fiction trope is also a character as device trope specific to inanimate objects. The Artifact of Doom is a Villain that is also an artifact. Despite being a tool,...

Dualism or Competing Religions

This tab could indicate a "Creator" figure and the "Evil" they oppose. Alternately, the first entry could be the dominant monotheism, and the second entry is worshiped by a heretical cult, or other officially suppressed minority religion.

Gog And Magog Basic Information There are some places in the Bible where the text makes a throwaway reference to something the original readers were probably very familiar with; and then people spend the next... Tlaloc Basic Information Tlaloc is the Aztec deity of rain, as well as fertility and thunder. He was worshiped both for giving life and feared for his ability to send hail, thunder, and lightning. He is...

Pantheon of d20 Worshiped Entities

The size of the pantheon can be dictated by a die roll. Unless something else better suits your needs, assume the higher the entity is listed on this chart, the greater their importance within the nation. The first entry could well be the head of the pantheon, filling a role similar to Zeus or Odin in the Greek or Norse pantheons.

Norse Mythology Basic Information Norse mythology is the best-preserved subset of Germanic Mythology. It covers the myths and folklore of Scandinavia, including the regions of Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Iceland. ... Simon Magus Our patron Saints are St. Elagabalus and St. Simon Magus Overly loquacious village priest. Darklands Basic Information According to some, he was the founder of Gnosticism. He has also been called... Aphrodite Basic Information Aphrodite is the vain Greek Goddess of beauty and love. She is almost invariably depicted nude, though in the myths she had a enchanted belt or girdle made of gold by Hephaestus.... Egyptian Mythology Basic Information This page is an index to the myths and religion of Ancient Egypt. The Egyptian culture existed for some 3,000 years, and during that time their religion evolved constantly. They... Etruscan Mythology Basic Information Very little has survived about the Etruscan religion and mythology. They left no great literary works, and their language has only be partly deciphered. They lived in Etruria, what... The Furies Basic Information Also known as the Erinyes1, the Eumenídes2 and the Dirae3 the Furies were the personified spirits of vengance in Greek Mythology, arisen from the blood spilt when Cronus castrated... Russian Mythology Basic Information Sources The mythology and folklore of Russia includes: Baba Yaga - a powerful and frightening enigmatic old woman with supernatural powers Baba Yaga's Hut - her house walks around... Titan Basic Information In Greek Mythology, the gods that preceded the familiar Olympian gods; the Titans were children of Ouranos and Gaia. The lord of the Titans was Cronus*, who overthrew his father... Mesopotamian Mythology Basic Information This page is an index to the mythology of ancient Mesopotamia. This includes: Akkadian Mythology - from the Akkadian Empire Assyrian Mythology - from Assyria Babylonian Mythology -... Rán Basic Information In Norse Mythology, Rán is a Vanir sea goddess with an unpredictable and dangerous personality. Rán is married to Ægir, a sea-giant, and together they have nine daughters (see Nine... Tlazolteotl Basic Information Tlazlteotl (also known as Tlahēlcuāni, Tlazōlmiquiztli, and Ixcuina) is the Aztec Goddess of filth, vice, lust, seduction, adultery, sexually transmitted disease, dirt and excrement.... Vanir Basic Information The gods and goddesses of Norse Mythology can be roughly divided into two pantheons, the Aesir and Vanir. The Vanir are an All-Fertility Pantheon. Every member of the Vanir is, to... Tiamat Basic Information In Mesopotamian Mythology, Tiamat is a primordial being of saltwater and chaos. With her mate Abzu she created the cosmos and gave birth to the first generation of the Anunnaki... Kokopelli Basic Information His image is found on rock carvings, paintings and pottery throughout the American South-West: the figure of a dancer, bent over and hunch-backed, his hair (or maybe a headdress)... Aztec Mythology Basic Information At the moment, this page is just a stub, index, or placeholder. If you know information about Aztec mythology, please contribute to this page. People and Creatures Acolnahuacatl, or... Jupiter (Mythology) For the planet, see Jupiter Basic Information Jupiter is one of the three primary Gods of Rome, the other two being Mars and Quirinus, or Juno and Minerva, depending on the era. Oaths and promises... THE Devil Please allow me to introduce myself, I'm a man of wealth and taste. - Sympathy for the Devil, by the Rolling Stones Basic Information The Devil is the Ultimate Evil, Evil Personified. Appearance... Genius Loci Basic Information Genius Loci can refer to three different concepts: In Roman Mythology, a Genius Loci is a protective spirit of a place, and it often manifested as a snake, or was represented by a... Emerald Lama Basic Information The Emerald Lama is a relatively obscure creature from the Cthulhu Mythos. An avatar of Hastur it incarnates the concept of false enlightenment and deceitful hidden wisdom ,... Mormo Saint of streets, and brilliant one, that strays by night; Foe of radiance, but friend and mate of gloom; In howl of dogs rejoicing, and in crimson gore, Wading 'mid corpses through tombs of lifeless...

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People

This section covers the demographics, culture, history, and even (if needed) species of the inhabitants of the random nation.

Major Races/Species

Many settings have an all-human population. If you permit different races, open this tab to add various non-human species or races. Naturally, since this random generator will widely mix races from mythology and fiction, the results will require some interpretation. Use the beings listed here as a base model and don't be afraid to alter the descriptions for your own campaign. For example, if you want to run a science fiction setting but come up with "Elf" as one of the species, then make a Recycled In Space variant of elves with similar traits but a science fiction veneer.

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This category is primarily powered by entries of sapient races/species from the Mythological Creatures and Fictional Creatures pages. If you want to add new races to this generator, write up appropriate entries for them and give them the rng_race tag.

No nonstandard races/species

Assumed to be humans unless the nature of your campaign dictates otherwise.

1 Major race/species

If you choose this tab, your nation's primary species is:

Gnome Basic Information Like anything else with a basis in mythology, it can be a little tricky to pin down exactly what a gnome should be. Alchemy and related traditions used the term to refer to a form...

d10 Major races/species

The nation is primarily populated by members of the following species. Roll 1d10, and use that many races off the top of the list. Unless some other ratio would better fit your purposes, assume the order listed is roughly in order from most population to least.

Cynocephaly (This page is about the dog-headed humanoids, not about the range of hills in Northern Greece, also known as the Cynocephalae, that were the site of several battles in antiquity. The etymology is the... Mazikeen Basic Information According to Talmudic tradition, when Adam and Eve were expelled from The Garden of Eden following the Fall of Man, they were separated from one another for over a century, in which... Goblin Basic Information A goblin is a small, often malicious humanoid from European mythology (although similar creatures crop up in other cultures) much employed by fantasy writers. The actual... Sasquatch Basic Information The sasquatch (also referred to as bigfoot by many amateur cryptozoologists) is an ape-like cryptid thought to inhabit remote forests in the Pacific Northwest region of Canada and... Leshy Basic Information The Leshy (also Lesovik) is a feral spirit of the woods from Slavic mythology, similar to the green man or woodwose, the schrat and possibly the satyr. He appears as a hairy, ape... Tcho Tcho They are naturally hideous, having large, misshapen heads, small, fierce eyes, and distorted features. Their feet and hands, however, are remarkably small. So intractable and fierce are they that all... Kushtaka Basic Information Kushaka are creatures found in the myths of the Tlingit and Tsimshian of Southeastern Alaska. They are shape shifters who can switch between human and otter forms. In some stories,... Nymph Basic Information Nymphs are beautiful woman-like beings most famously found bathing in streams. The original source of the nymph appears to be Greek mythology where they are a class of nature spirit,... Were Kin She dropped the bar, she shot the bolt, she fed the fire anew For she heard a whimper under the sill and a great grey paw came through. The fresh flame comforted the hut and shone on the roof-beam,... Blemmy Basic Information A blemmy (Latin, pl. blemmyae - also akepholos / akelpholi in Greek) was a mythological creature found in both classical sources and medieval bestiaries which was predominately...

Significant Creatures

This category lists the major "monsters" which might appear in this nation. If you want such monsters to appear in it, open the tab at the appropriate number and use it to build your encounter tables. Again, use these creatures as inspiration instead of trying to adhere to them slavishly - alter or throw out anything that doesn't fit into your campaign.

Sapient creatures might also appear here, in addition to the "Major race/species" category above. In this case, it means that those creatures are either solitary threats or at best live together in small family units instead of forming true societies of their own. For example, "Elves" under major races means there are entire cities of elves within the nation, or elves can be found in almost every city in the nation. "Elves" under significant creatures are probably more sinister fairy-tale folk, who exist in hidden enclaves or live as deranged hermits in the deep wilds.

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1 type of dangerous creatures

If you choose this tab, the biggest non-human threat within the nation is:

Wolf Basic Information A wolf is a large wild canine, similar to a dog (looking most like a German Shepherd). In fact, the Gray Wolf is actually the same species (but different subspecies) as dogs. It is...

d20 types of dangerous creatures

This tab can be used to generate your own encounter charts and wandering monster tables.

Cynocephaly (This page is about the dog-headed humanoids, not about the range of hills in Northern Greece, also known as the Cynocephalae, that were the site of several battles in antiquity. The etymology is the... Reptilian Humanoid Basic Information Reptilian Humanoids are a common motif in mythology, folklore, science fiction, fantasy, conspiracy theories, and the pseudosciences of cryptozoology and ufology. In general, fantasy... Pooka WILSON: [reading from an encyclopedia] P O O K A - Pooka - from old Celtic mythology - a fairy spirit in animal form - always very large. The pooka appears here and there - now and then - to this one... Crocodile Basic Information A crocodile is a four-legged scaled carnivore that lives in or near the water. Not to be confused with the alligator1. Notable Crocodiles and Crocodile Related Events: Gustave the... Orang Minyak Basic Information The Orang Minyak is a creature from Malaysia whose name translates as oily man . In some variants of the legend he is described as a naked human covered in oil. In others he is... Cyborg Basic Information Cyborg (contracted from Cybernetic Organism) is a term used to describe a being that combines living tissue with a significant quantity of machine parts. How much machine is up for... Gowrow Basic Information The Gowrow is a fictional creature first reported in the January 31, 1897 issue of the Arkansas Gazette. It was supposed to be a creature twenty feet in length with two tusks, large... Rat King Basic Information A Rat King is a phenomena said to occur when multiple rats are intertwined with their tails with blood, dirt, and excrement. Most reports of rat kings have come from Germany. Sources... Werepig Basic Information A werepig is a type of lycanthrope who transforms between the forms of human and pig possibly with intermediate stages dependent on setting. For those who have never seen a pig... Patasola Basic Information The Patasola is a form of vampire that exists in the folklore of South America (see South American Folklore), often presented as being a guardian of the forest. She appears to lonely... Gashadokuro Basic Information The gashadokuro is a Japanese mythical creature in the form of a giant skeleton, up to fifteen times the height of a man (or occasionally a mob of regular sized skeletons).... "God" Bear Basic Information Known to the local aboriginees as Trousers-pulled-down1 (due to the appearance of the fur on its back legs) the God Bear is a giant bear said to be native to the Kamchatka... Mummy Basic Information A mummy is a corpse that has been sufficiently embalmed that it may now be stored in normal conditions exposed to the air without further rotting or decomposition. The term is... Kitsune (Pl. Kitsune; Key-tsoo-neh) Basic Information The Kitsune is a mythological being of Eastern creation. This creature is a single, or multi-tailed (up to nine) Fox. Stories call them rain spirits, and... Rod (Cryptozoology) Basic Information Rods are alleged cryptids which have only appeared on video cameras. Sightings of rods have occurred in the United States, Australia, Canada, Mexico, Europe, Philippines and China -... Additive Monster Basic Information An Additive Monster is a fictional or mythological creature that has extra duplicate limbs or similar duplication. Additive Monsters who are very similar to existing animals, but... Monoceros Basic Information The Monoceros is a creature of Roman mythology somewhat similar to unicorn. It has a horse body, but is something composite monster in that it has the feet of an elephant, and the... Bear Dogs Basic Information Bear dogs (Amphicyonidae) were a pre-historic species of Carnivoran mammals related to both the bear family and the dog family. Bear dogs are, appropriately, hypothesized to have... Bajang Basic Information The bajang is an evil spirit who appears when a disaster or illness is about to occur. He usually takes the form of a giant polecat. See also: Malay Mythology Sources Bibliography... Orc Basic Information In many ways orcs are the uber-mooks of the fantasy RPG. They owe their prevalence mainly to Professor Tolkein, who welded together the traditional goblin of Western myth with some...

Cultural Influences

This category gives you various real world or fictional cultures you can model your nation after.

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So far, this category is primarily powered by entries from the Countries pages, but other possibilities certainly exist. If you want to add new possibilities for cultural influences to this generator, write up appropriate entries for them and give them the rng_culture tag.

1 Cultural Influence

If you choose this tab, the primary influence / model for your culture will be:

Turkey Basic Information The Republic of Turkey is a country of 70 million people consisting of the Anatolian Peninsula and parts of Thrace. Its largest city is Istanbul, although the capital is Ankara. The...

d6 Cultural Influences

Use of this tab allows you to blend together cultures and customs that you might not otherwise think to combine. Roll a d6, and take that many off the top of the list.

Christianity In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In... Mayincatec Basic Information Mayincatec is The Theme Park Version or Hollywood History version of Central and South American Indians. Basically, the Mayan, Incan and Aztec cultures are blended together, and then... Armenia Basic Information This article is a stub. Please expand on it! Armenia is a democratic country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia. The Armenian language has it's own unique alphabet, that... Afghanistan Basic Information This article is a stub. Please expand on it! See Also Event/News: Russia and US collaborate in Afghanistan drug raid News: Taliban trains 'monkey terrorists' to attack U.S. troops ... Azerbaijan Basic Information This article is a stub. Please expand on it! See Also Event/News: A Hero’s Welcome for a Convicted Killer Reignites Tensions - an Azerbaijani murderer of an Armenian student goes... Russian Mythology Basic Information Sources The mythology and folklore of Russia includes: Baba Yaga - a powerful and frightening enigmatic old woman with supernatural powers Baba Yaga's Hut - her house walks around...

History

This category lists famous past events of the nation. Most of these events are real world historic entries from the List of Centuries, so it is again necessary to adjust them to come up with something appropriate for your own campaign. Others are "generic events" (such as War) from elsewhere in the wiki.

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If you want to add new historic to this generator, write up appropriate entries for them and give them the rng_history tag. However, only give this tag to entries which have a significant historic impact on the nation.

1 Historic Event

Yasukuni Shrine Basic Information The Yasukuni Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. It is dedicated to the kami of Japanese soldiers who died fighting for the Emperor of Japan. Currently, the names of...

d20 Historic Events

You could decide on how old your nation is supposed to be by deciding on the number of historic events - with the entries which are listed first as the most recent ones.

Chilean Blob Basic Information The Chilean Blob was a strange, 12 m long lump of flesh that surfaced on a beach in Los Muermos, Chile on June 23, 2003. It took some time until it could be identified as a carcass... Phoenix Lights Basic Information The Phoenix Lights are a series of light phenomena - sometimes in the shape of a carpenter's square UFO - which appeared in the skies over the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada on... Black Dragon Society Basic Information The Black Dragon Society(kokuryūkai) - also known as the Amur River Society (the Amur being also known as the Black Dragon River) was a Japanese ultra-nationalist society, focused on... Field Of The Cloth Of Gold Basic Information For most of a month (June 7 to June 24) in 1520, Henry VIII of England and Francis I of France put on an incredible party to celebrate the peace between their nations. (They had been... Public Domain Artifact Basic Information Public Domain Artifact is the name for the trope of using some prominent Legendary Artifact as the MacGuffin or Applied Phlebotinum of a story. Many Public Domain Artifacts are holy... Doomsday Cult In Cave Stand Off Summary November 17, 2007: Members of a Russian doomsday cult called the True Russian Orthodox Church have sealed themselves off in a cave near the Volga river in Nikolskoye in the Penza region of... Nosferatu Director's Head Stolen From Grave In Germany Summary July 14, 2015: The head of F.W. Murnau was stolen from his grave in Stahnsdof (near Berlin), Germany, where it had been buried (along with the rest of his body) in 1931. Wax was found on the... Thule Society Basic Information The Thule Society was an occult secret society founded in Munich, Germany in 1911. It is most commonly known for sponsoring the predecessor of the Nazi Party. It was dissolved by the... Maritime Disaster Eternal Father, Strong to save, Whose arm hath bound the restless wave, Who bid'st the mighty Ocean deep Its own appointed limits keep; O hear us when we cry to thee, for those in peril on the sea. ... Mysterium (Scriabin) There will not be a single spectator. All will be participants. The work requires special people, special artists and a completely new culture. The cast of performers includes an orchestra, a large... An Epidemic of Laughing in the Bukoba District of Tanganyika Summary May 31, 2007: In 1962 in Tanzania, a strange disease broke out which caused its victims to laugh and cry. It started on January 30 in a girls' middle school, and spread to several other... Air Disaster Basic Information An Air disaster is a disaster that involves one or more aircraft. Crashes of passenger aircraft qualify, obviously, but cargo aircraft can also land on things and then there's the... 14-year-old hit by 30,000 mph space meteorite Summary June 12, 2009: A boy in Essen, Germany has been hit by a meteorite and survived - a Million To One Chance, according to scientists. The meteorite left a scar in his hand and then caused a... Height 611 UFO incident Basic Information The Height 611 UFO incident is an alleged UFO crash near the town of Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai, Russia on January 29, 1986. Height 611 refers to the hill on which it crashed. At 8... Worst Year Ever Trigger Warning: This page gets a little dark, even if its main message is one of hope and progress. Basic Information I know it really felt like 2020, with it's pandemic, riots and political unrest,... 'Oumuamua Basic Information 'Oumuamua (the ' is a glottal stop, not an apostrophe) is the first ever detected interstellar object passing through our solar system whose origin was clearly outside our solar... Tropical Cyclone The East Wind roared:—“From the Kuriles, the Bitter Seas, I come, And me men call the Home-Wind, for I bring the English home. Look—look well to your shipping! By the breath of my mad typhoon I swept... Attack on Nigerian town kills hundreds Summary March 7, 2010: Roving bands of killers have attacked villages north of Lagos in Nigeria, murdering between 200 and 500 people this weekend. Most of those killed were Christians, and slain by... Unit 731 Basic Information During the Sino-Japanese War of 1937-1945, The Imperial Japanese Army conducted covert human experimentation including biological and chemical warfare research and development, and... Wow! signal Basic Information The Wow! signal was a narrowband radio signal discovered on August 15 1977 as a part of SETI. It was observed at the Big Ear Telescope of Ohio State University. It was the highest...

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Geography

This section deals with the land, biosphere, and geography, but also any man-made places of significant history and importance.

Dominant Terrain

This category lists the major terrain types of the nation.

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This category is primarily powered by entries from the Terrain pages. If you want to add new terrain types to this generator, write up appropriate entries for them. For real-world naturally-occuring terrain of the sort that most everyone is familiar, give them the rng_terrain tag. However, do not give this tag to entries of very localized and/or non-natural terrain, as those should instead get the rng_xterrain tag. The rng_xterrain tag is valid for magical, unearthly, and sci-fi terrain types, as well as man-made terrain and crazy rare real-world terrain features.

1 Dominant Terrain Type

Grand Canyon Basic Information The Grand Canyon is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in the U.S. state of Arizona in North America. The Grand Canyon is 277 miles (446 km) long, up to 18 miles (29...

d6 Terrain Types

Again, it may be helpful to assume that the further up the list the terrain type is listed, the larger the percentage of the nation.

Glacier Basic Information Glaciers are large masses of persistent ice (surviving over a time scale of many years). Glaciers are primarily found in the Antarctic, Greenland, certain other parts of the high... Peat Bog Basic Information A Peat Bog is a stagnant wetland with acidic soil and relatively little plant life (mostly sphagnum moss and fungus, and sometimes venus flytrap or other carnivorous plants). It also... Mountain Basic Information This article is a stub. Please expand on it! List of Noteworthy Mountains Real World Mountains Amne Machin Baekdu Mountain Bear Butte Black Hills Black Tusk Blanca Peak Delos... Mima Mounds Basic Information Mima Mounds are a type of terrain consisting of numerous small mounds with heights reaching more than 2 meters in some cases, as well as a diameter of up to 9 meters. In some areas... Swamp Basic Information A swamp is a region that mixes solid land with shallow bodies of water. The water is very slow moving, and covered by abundant vegetation which in some cases may be hard to... Marsh Basic Information A Marsh is a wetland where most of the plants are reeds, rushes and grasses. The water is usually just a few inches deep. It's a good place to find the materials for papyrus or a...

d6 Exotic Terrain Types

This includes magical, unearthly, man-made, futuristic or otherwise exotic terrain types.
You may want to use a blend of Terrains from both this tab and the more mundane Terrain Types tab, so that your fictional nation retains plausible.

Dungeon Forest The terror induced by forests and darkness, said a mocking voice from somewhere over her head, was called by the Ancients, Panic fear, or the fear of the great god Pan. It is interesting to observe... Monadnock Basic Information A monadnock, inselberg or kopje is a short but steep mountain rising out of lower or flatter terrain. Geologically, they are formed when a harder, erosion-resistant rock is... Quaking Bog Basic Information One of the more alarming types of swamp is quaking bog , in which a thick mat of floating plants, sometimes including small trees grows over the surface of a body of water,... Crannog Basic Information A Crannog is an artificial island usually built in a lake, to serve as a dwelling place or in some cases a tiny community. They were built in Scotland and Ireland from around 1000 BC... Plastic Continent It was just filled with things like furniture, fridges, plastic containers, cigarette lighters, plastic bottles, light globes, televisions and fishing nets. - Ian Kiernan Basic Information The... Canal Basic Information A canal is an artificial waterway, typically one built for transport, although they can also merge with aqueducts when used for water supply or drainage (or sewerage). Some canals...

Famous Locations

This category lists famous locations located within the nation. Again, use these entries as base models instead of using them directly - it won't work as well if your players recognize the landmarks from the real world.

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Apart from the Mythological Places and Fictional Places sections, this category is powered by all sorts of different locations in the listings of the various Countries. If you want to add new famous locations to this generator, write up appropriate entries for them and give them the rng_location tag. However, only give this tag to really significant locations which might be famous even outside the nation.

For unusual buildings and general classes of architecture or man-made terrain that aren't neccesarily individually significant, use the rng_arch tag, and then they'll show up in the architectural examples tab.

1 Famous Location

Istanbul The City of Cities. Istanbul, Constantinople, Byzantium, Miklagarth, Tsargrad, whatever you want to call it, it's the centre of the world. Basic Information The City (as I will call it from now on) is...

d10 Famous Locations

Academy Of Adventure Basic Information A school where things most people don't even believe in must be dealt with on a daily basis by students and faculty. This could be because the students are superheroes in training,... Salar de Uyuni Basic Information Salar de Uyuni is the world's largest salt flat. It is located in southwestern Bolivia near the crest of the Andes mountain range and covers 10,582 square kilometers. During the wet... Bazaar On Deeva Basic Information In Robert Asprin's Mythadventures series, Deeva is a desolate wasteland inhabited by creatures known as Deveels. They have red skin, cloven hooves and horns and look very much like... Istanbul The City of Cities. Istanbul, Constantinople, Byzantium, Miklagarth, Tsargrad, whatever you want to call it, it's the centre of the world. Basic Information The City (as I will call it from now on) is... Tiz al Nabi Carstairs came striding back over to us with a big grin on his face. See, I said those fellows would be helpful - the spot we're looking for is apparently called Tiz al Nabi and there's a little... Beware the time-eater - Cambridge University's monstrous new clock Summary September 18, 2008: Cambridge University reveals the Corpus Clock , a new clock which incorporates a mechanical creature - a mixture of beetle and lizard - into its design. This creature,... Rocky Flats Plant Basic Information The Rocky Flats Plant was a nuclear weapons production facility near Denver, Colorado which operated from 1952 to 1992, though weapons production ended after 1989 when the FBI raided... Wisconsin Basic Information Geography Wisconsin is a U.S. State located in the upper Midwest, between the St. Croix and Mississippi Rivers on the west and Lake Michigan on the east. Its climate is known for... Tagebau Garzweiler Basic Information The Tagebau Garzweiler is a large coal mine using strip mining in Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany. The bucket-wheel excavators used there are the largest vehicles in the world. The... Olorgesailie Basic Information Olorgesailie is an prehistoric archaeological site in Kenya. This dried lake bed has so many ancient Acheulean stone hand axes in it, that it has been described as the stone age...

d10 Architecture Examples

Perhaps these types of buildings are prominent or ubiquitous within the nation.

Game Jump Basic Information A game jump is a terrain feature consisting primarily of a cliff over which herd animals can be driven to their deaths to allow large numbers of them to be killed at once. This was a... Gatehouse Basic Information A gatehouse is a fortified (or at least secured) structure built around the gate of a castle or other fortification (or, in the modern era, any secure facility), to counteract the... Police Station Basic Information A police station is a building which serves to accommodate police officers and other members of police staff. It usually contains locker rooms, offices, and temporary holding cells.... Tridge Basic Information A Tridge is a Bridge that connects three places instead of two. Instead of being shaped like an I , it's shaped like a Y . Sources Bibliography 1. Kikko bridge photos and info -... Necropolis Basic Information Literally a City of the Dead 1, a necropolis is a large and heavily built up cemetery so full of mausolea and burial vaults that it resembles a town or city in its own right. There... Prison Basic Information A prison is a place where individuals are physically confined and deprived of some of their personal freedoms. Reasons for prisoner status may range from punishment for crimes to... Armory Basic Information Technically a store for armour but usually broadened out to mean a place where weapons and armour are stored and maintained. Will often contain a store of ammunition as well if it is... Ossuary Basic Information An ossuary is a storage facility for human bones - generally those disinterred from a crypt, mausoleum, cemetery or graveyard. An ossuary is usually constructed when a burial... Catacomb Basic Information A catacomb is essentially an underground cemetery (or, occasionally, an ossuary as in Paris) - a series of tunnels used for burials. Catacombs are frequently constructed when the... Saloon When the gun smoke settles we'll sing a victory tune And we'll all meet back at the local saloon We'll raise up our glasses against evil forces Singing, Whiskey for my men, beer for my horses. ...