"A Very Bananish Civil War... " Topic

My new blog about the tumultuous history of Bananas-Ciutad between 1936 et 1938

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Bananas-Ciutad is an independent hispanic enclave between Kenya and Tanganyika, in the mouth of Topocolo, swampy river bounding steppes Pinocolado in the North and rain forest of MonoKong in the South. The enclave consists mainly of the city of Bananas, but bordering territories and islands and cliffs of Chopos too

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averybananishwar.blogspot.fr
(More pics next days…)

Politic: The political life of Bananas is torn by ceaseless skirmishes between the various political and religious factions:
The army: main Support of the dictator Alberto Porfiro from which he arises
The Phalanx: On the extreme right of the bananean chessboard cumbersome allied of the dictator
The revolutionaries: steady by USSR, chased by the power
The republicans: knocked down by Porfiro, the democrats are condemned to the underground
The catholic bourgeoisie: supporting the dictatorship, supported by the religious hierarchy

Religions: In it is added the main radical cult):
Christeros: Catholic Militia consisted of Hispanic origin poorest citizens
Vaudouns :Anti-European African fanaticized cult specialized in occult practices
Mahdists: also anti-European Arab-Moslem fanatical sect

Secret societies:
Triad of the Green strip: the strong Chinese minority are dominated and manipulated by this criminal organization
Society of Thulé: firmly implanted to the numerous Germanic origin residents by the nearness of Tanganyika ( former German colony) lauding the ascendancy of the white race
The hermetic order of golden dawn: Sect working on occult texts wishing the reappearance of a ancient civilization having dominated the earth millions years before

Foreign powers:
British: Very influential, involved by the nearness of their colonies of Kenya and Tanganyika
French: Importing commercial interests require the vigilance of the French consulate
Japanese: They keep an eye on the Chinese community and are interested in the naval traffic in the Indian Ocean
Germans: Support the dictatorship , particularly the Phalanx and the society of Thulé
Americans: They wish to become established commercially
Italians: Big sellers of material to the bananean army
Soviet: Supplier of weapons of almost all opposition factions

Sounds really cool.

Just a couple of tips on the name of the city.

"Bananas Ciutad"? Are you trying to say Banana City? If so, "city" is "ciudad", with a "d" not a "t".

Also, if you want it to make sense to most people, reverse the order of the words to read "Ciudad Bananos" (yes, "bananos" are masculine) or, better yet, "Ciudad Bananera" (banana production city).

Hope it helps.

Dan

It's ok…. but i don't undestand, i write bananas ciutad not ciutat no?
In fact I'm french and i think that in french, Bananas- Ciutad sound really good (perhaps just for me !?!??) :):):)
(i don't speak spanish … hum i think english no much more ;))And (just like autochtons :)) i say Bananas to simply
but thank to you

You wrote "Ciutad" and Cacique Caribe told you that the right spelling is "ciudad". "Ciutat" would be Catalan for "city" while "ciudad" is the Spanish translation of "city".

Also Cacique Caribe is right when he tells you about revesing the order; it looks a bit silly if you say "Bananas Ciudad" UNLESS you join the words, so "Bananaciudad" would look right if wacky (which may be the sense you are looking for). In English it would translate as "Bananacity" or even "Bananatown", not so implausible (if, again, funny).

The pronunciation changes a lot from the French "cité", more like in "roder", and pronouncing the last "d" of course. By the way, the "banano", "bananos" in plural, is the tree producing the "banana", "bananas" in plural. If "Ciudad Bananas" (whichever is its definitive name) is an African "Hispanic enclave", its name should follow Spanish morfology after all.

For us Catalans Ciutat too sounds better, because we are used to such phonetics, but they are not Spanish phonetics but more like Occitan, the Langue d'Oc, and thus a bit alike French, the Langue d'Oïl. They sound alien to Spanish speakers.

Artekaos,

It works for me, what can be better than a African "Banana Republic!?" There are enough factions to keep players busy.

How many players will be partaking in games, and what rules have you decided to use?

Hmm, a world without the Treaty of Tordesillas. Perhaps worry less about the spelling of ciudad/ciutad/ciutat and rework it as Portuguese, Cidade de Bananas?

the rules are Use me .. in fact a compilation of all the use me rules from western to zombie, heldricht … …
Sorry for all the languages oriented posts… but i like my Bananas Ciutad … I prefere Spanish to Portuguese and don't worry about tordessilas treaty… it's just a little forgotten town :):)
in few hours some pics of Puerto Bananas and don't say me that the correct words is Porto Bananas (This is a spanish not portuguese enclave!!! :))or Bananas Puerto, I'm a good friend of Alberto Porfiro the only ruler of Bananas and he has the only truth !!! :):):)

"I'm a good friend of Alberto Porfiro the only ruler of Bananas and he has the only truth !!!"

Man, are you in for a fun ride! :)

Besides, I think there's going to be a clear winner in all of this:

And he has an army. A very hungry army:

Dan

yes it's just a parallel universe… Gorillas-Ciutad… oups ! Ciutad-Gorillas ;)

Ciudad Gorila or Ciudad de Gorilas

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Don't forget, there's no "t". :)

Dan

No T with bananas…. it's ok ;)

What do you mean I can't have tea with my bananas?!

Leland R. Erickson

Looking forward to you posting photos of the hermetic order of golden dawn.

Nicely complements your Ananas Island blog.
Banzaï!

People are criticizing the spelling of an imaginary country?

Certainly not me.