Rireinu: An Introduction
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Rireinu: An Introduction

Foreword



Greetings! We hope you come in peace. If you do, Rireinu has much to offer you: history, nature, culture, trade. And right here is where you can read all about it.
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This factbook is a work in progress. We aim to do our best to present the unique civilisation of Rireinu to galactic audiences. But to succeed, we need help from you, Dear Reader. If you come across an unclear passage, or if you have a question about anything, please do not hesitate to ask us right here. We will be happy to explain. There are certain to be many places where we simply have not noticed some basic thing that is very different in Rireinu and galactic society.

We look forward to many interesting discussions.

For the Factbook Team,
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Sari Kaniraya, Ph.D.
Speaker-to-Animals

University of Haru, 2764ye. 11u. 19pa.

The System



Main article: Daughters of Ano: The New Lyrane System

The nation of Rireinu is based on an insignificant planet orbiting an unremarkable yellow star in an unfashionable spiral arm of Milky Way galaxy. To travel by Ruvosañe Jump drive from Rireinu to Earth takes about 50 days each way. The homeworld, Rireinu, is the second from its primary. It has one moon, Usa, which is tidally-locked with the planet.

The local name of the aforementioned star is simply Ano, or "sun". In galactic contexts it is also often called Rireinu.

Worlds from the star out:
Amiere Special Administrative District (Ano I)
Rireinu (Ano II); the homeworld of Rireinu; 70 provinces
Usa: the moon of Rireinu (Usamivi Province)
Minaere Province (Ano III)
Reiere Special Administrative District (Ano IV)
Rireinu Asteroid Belt Special Administrative District
Makoere Special Administrative District (Ano V)
Hotaere Special Administrative District (Ano VI)
Sosuere Special Administrative District (Ano VII)
Misiere Special Administrative District (Ano VIII)
Hasaere Special Administrative District (Ano IX)

Calendar



All the worlds of Rireinu follow the Rireinu planetary calendar, except for Minaere. As Minaere is the only other planet hospitable to life, it has its own calendar to match the rhythm of its seasons.

The Rireinu day (payu) is 22 h 24 min long. One orbit of Usa takes 678 hours, or roughly 30.4 Rireinu days. One orbit of Rireinu takes 7,422 hours, or 331.3 Rireinu days.

The Rireinu year (yeni) consists of 331 days, divided into 11 months (usa) of 30 days each, except the first month has 31 days. Every three years is a "balancing year" of 332 days, when the eleventh month also has 31 days. The year begins on winter solstice, which is the first day of the first month (eriusano eripayu). The months have numbers for names.

Besides months, the year is also divided into weeks of seven days each. The days of the week are named after the sun, the moon, and the five planets that are visible to the naked eye: anopayu, usapayu, amipayu, reipayu, minapayu, makopayu, hotapayu. Anopayu is a day of rest, or at least time and a half.

The count of years begins from the founding of the city of Haru, approximately 2,800 years ago. According to legend, it was founded by twin sisters, Maya and Reye.

The Lyranian day is divided into 10 watches (ruru) which are subdivided into hundredths (eririni), which are again subdivided into hundredths (toririni).
1 day = 10 ruru = 22 h 24 min
1 ruru = 100 eririni = 2 h 14 min 24 s
1 eririni = 100 toririni = 1 min 20.64 s
1 toririni = 0.8064 s

The day begins technically at sunset. Sunset falls at 0ru00 on the Haru meridian on the equinoxes.

Office hours are 5ru50 - 9ru00, usapayu to hotapayu.

The Species


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An average Rireinukave

Homo lyraniensis is a development of the Arisian Homo archetype, characterised by normal sexual dimorphism, ie. robust, sapient females and gracile, non-sapient males. The female is virtually indistinguishable from a female H. telluriensis (H. sapiens sapiens), but the male H. lyraniensis is approximately half the height of the female, and moderately hirsute – not quite as much as Pan troglodytes, but noticeably more so than the hairiest varieties of H. telluriensis. Also, the higher brain functions of the male are so underdeveloped that the male H. lyraniensis are incapable of speech or self-awareness. Average height, full grown mature female 1.5 – 1.9 m, male 0.8 – 1.0 m. The ratio of female to male live births is approximately 100:1, and has remained the same throughout recorded history. The psionic abilities of H. lyraniensis are average. Telepathy develops at or soon after menarche, useful range is 200-500 metres. Rireinukave are also able to kill an unshielded sentient or animal with a directed mental blast. Typical effective range is approximately half the person's telepathy range.

People and Population



Population: 3,300,210,745 (all the worlds total, 2761ye. census)
  • Rireinu: 3,282,947,659
  • Usamivi: 1,402,539
  • Minaere: 15,203,125
  • the 8 Special Administrative Districts total: 657,422

Average family size: 2.5 children, or 1.25 children per person
Sex ratio at birth: 0.01 male(s)/female
Infant mortality rate: 3.11 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth: 99.47ye. (82.9 Galactic Standard Years)
Net population change: +8M/year (appr.)
Ethnic groups:
  • Mainlander 70%
  • Islander 5%
  • Westlander 25%

Religions:
  • Pure Land 73%
  • Yuri the All-Mother 68%
  • ancestor spirits 54%
  • deities other than Yuri 42%
  • nature spirits 39%
  • some kind of 'higher power' 27%

Language: Rireinutire. All other native languages have died out in the 500 years since the planet was united under a single government. They are studied in universities as an aid to history sciences. Galactic languages are studied in the University of Haru.
Education is compulsory from age 6ye. to age 18ye. (primary school 6 years age 6ye. to 12ye., secondary school 6 years age 12ye. to 18ye.). A further three years of high school is required to attend university.
Literacy: 99%
Number of clowns that live in Rireinu: This information is classified.
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