Dhenlu'i

Dhenlu'i is an island nation located in the Freshwater Ocean. The current Premier is Lothi'e Veshivi Dhikhuvo Zhuveghish



Geography
Total area: 1,352k km²  

Main Island: 129.2k km²  Second Island: 65.9k km²  Southern Land: 417k km²  Western Land: 264.5k km²  Uphehlong Land: 162.9k km²  North Island: 17.4k km²  North Land: 112.7k km²  Northeast Land: 19.9k km²  Mainland: 161.4k km² 

Demographics
Pop at 10 SFC: 1,188,846

The 8 Clans
The 8 Clans are the rich and powerful clans that control Dhenlu'i, it's economy and the politics in most of the Dhen.


 * Dhikhuvo, from Old City
 * Clan 2, from Uphehlong
 * Clan 3, from Mainland
 * Clan 4, from Old City
 * Clan 5, from Southern Land
 * Clan 6, from Second Island
 * Clan 7, from Dhenzhuve
 * Clan 8, from Northern Island

Administration
There is no central government of Dhenlu'i. The 8 great clans however are bound by the Pact of the Clans to have a joint Administration of the ports they control, their trade agreements, their collective defense and the infrastructure and logistics of their economies. The Administration is divided in three branches: Authoritary, Military and Economic.

Administrative Council
The Administrative Council is elected every 36 month by all members of the 8 clans and is the Authoritarian branch of the administration. It manages the Dhenlu'i ports and assets, it negotiates treaties, it arbitrates disputes and it define coexistence rules for clan members. The Council elects a Premier that arbitrates major disputes, represent the Administration overseas and enacts emergencial orders.

Independent cities
The Administration has no power over cities, but most mayors are members of the 8 clans. There are however independent cities of dhenile. Their adminstration is usually communal.

Genders
Dhen society have 3 basic gender roles, to which a person can conform to one, multiple or none.


 * Lu'ine are leaders and mothers. Their role is to nurture, guide and manage. Their commands must be followed by clan members and they must see that clan needes are being addressed. They are regarded as wise and are often asked for advice. To become lu'ine a person must need to partake in the raising of a child of a younger generation. Every pregnant person is considered lu'ine for the duration of their pregnancy. There are fewer lu'ine then other genders
 * Zhuvene are protectors. Their role is to deffend their clan from threats. They are strong and can perform labor intensive tasks. They must also evaluate dangers that are not physical or cannot be solved with violence, such as natural disasters or workplace hazards. A child can become a zhuvene as soon as they are deemed fit to defend themself, if they wish to. Zhuvene do not inherit property.
 * Engone are providers. Their role is to ensure their household can sustain itself. They are farmers, artisans, masons and urban workers. They are more numerous than other genders.

Clan structure
Traditionally, clans are lead by one or a few lu'ine. Their spouses and their spouses's spouses are considered the parent generation. Lu'ine can spouse each other, but it's quite uncommon. A clan is considered balanced if the parent generation is made of all genders in a reasonable proportion. A child will consider the person who gave birth to them their birth-mother and the lu'ine responsible for their creation their clan-mother. Everyone on the mothers' generation is considered the child's parents. In rural areas all children of the same generation are considered siblings. In cities clans are bigger so a futher distincion is made: two children are considered siblings if they share at least one of the mothers, otherwise they are considered cousins.

The 8 clans
The 8 clans make record of kinship for a longer time, so another distincion is made: lu'ine in the mother's generation that are not mothers of a child are considered aunts, not parents. In those clans, other clan-members that are not in the parent generation are further differenciated as distant cousins.

Engone clans
In big cities there are clans of only engone parents. Those clans do not have leaders, even if there are lu'ine members by pregnancy, and therefore cannot vote. Those clans are usually smaller and are very proud.

Naming conventions
Naming conventions in the Dhen vary a lot. In rural areas it's common that people are named only by personal name. In medium cities, a clan name may be added. Within a clan or if it's needed, a person may be called by a matronymic, always by the name of the lu'ine mother. In port cities people are also known by a toponymic. In the 8 clans people are always known by name, matronymic, clan and toponymic.

Lu'ine names

 * Lothi'e
 * Veshi'e

Engone names

 * Vete
 * Eto'an

Matronymic
Matronymic is made with the suffix -vi, sometimes with ellision of a bit of the name. For example, the child of Veshi'e will be known as Veshivi

A few toponymics
Uphehlong - Upheghish Dhenzhuve - Zhuveghish

Calendar
Main article: Dhenlu'i Calendar Days start at sun rising and months start after eclipses. Those are the 36h long nights in Dhenzhuve:


 * Eclipse 4 is almost 36h long
 * Eclipse 7 is maybe 36h long
 * Eclipse 10 is 36h long
 * Eclipse 13 is 36h long
 * Eclipse 16 is 36h long
 * Eclipse 19 is 36h long
 * Eclipse 22 is almost 36h long
 * Eclipse 45 is almost 36h long
 * Eclipse 48 is 36h long
 * Eclipse 51 is 36h long
 * Eclipse 54 is 36h long
 * Eclipse 57 is 36h long
 * Eclipse 60 is 36h long
 * Eclipse 63 is almost 36h long
 * Eclipse 86 is almost 36h long
 * Eclipse 89 is 36h long
 * Eclipse 92 is 36h long
 * Eclipse 95 is 36h long
 * Eclipse 98 is 36h long
 * Eclipse 101 is almost 36h long

Those are the short eclipses in Dhenzhuve:


 * Eclipse 26 is 14h48 long
 * Eclipse 29 is 14h36 long
 * Eclipse 32 is 14h36 long
 * Eclipse 35 is 14h36 long
 * Eclipse 38 is 14h36 long
 * Eclipse 41 is 14h48 long
 * Eclipse 67 is 14h48 long
 * Eclipse 70 is 14h48 long
 * Eclipse 73 is 14h48 long
 * Eclipse 76 is 14h48 long
 * Eclipse 79 is 14h48 long
 * Eclipse 82 is 15h long
 * Eclipse 105 is 15h long
 * Eclipse 108 is 14h48 long
 * Eclipse 111 is 14h48 long
 * Eclipse 114 is 14h48 long
 * Eclipse 117 is 14h48 long
 * Eclipse 120 is 14h48 long

Grammar
Thishel is a nominative-accusative, head final language. It's primary word order is Subject-Object-Verb. It has 3 gramatical genders: animate, edible and inedible. 

Order  Adjectives - Nouns  Noun - Postposition  Posessor - Posessed

Great compendium of unused roots
dhikhuvo tedhupel ningi phingi zhopheke