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'''Arhet''' is the name of a planet. And the name of a geofiction project. Tag-line: ''"Imaginary real estate doesn't need to be a scarce resource."''
{{Infobox country
|coords_zoom              = 5 <!-- -->
| coords_y                = -61.856 <!-- -->
| coords_x                = 96.372 <!-- -->
|micronation              = <!--yes if a micronation-->
|conventional_long_name  = The Seven Kingdoms of the Mahhal Alliance <!-- -->
|native_name              = Dolla Byky Rewk Mahhal <br /> ጦሓብክሬዑክማኣል <!-- -->
|common_name              = Mahhal <!--Common name in English (used for wikilinks and to produce a default iso3166 code)-->
|status                  = <!--Status of country, especially useful for micronations-->
|image_flag              = Luciano_Flag_MH.png <!--e.g. Flag of country.svg-->
|alt_flag                = Flag of Mahhal <!--alt text for flag (text shown when pointer hovers over flag)-->
|flag_border              = <!--set to no to disable border around the flag-->
|image_flag2              = <!--e.g. Second-flag of country.svg-->
|alt_flag2                = <!--alt text for second flag-->
|flag2_border            = <!--set to no to disable border around the flag-->
|image_coat              = <!--e.g. Coat of arms of country.svg-->
|alt_coat                = <!--alt text for coat of arms-->
|symbol_type              = <!--emblem, seal, etc (if not a coat of arms)-->
|national_motto          = <!--in inverted commas and wikilinked if link exists-->
|english_motto            = <!--English language version of motto-->
|national_anthem          = <!--in italics (double quotemarks) and wikilinked if link exists-->
|royal_anthem            = <!--in italics (double quotemarks) and wikilinked if link exists-->
|other_symbol_type        = <!--Use if a further symbol exists, e.g. hymn-->
|other_symbol            = <!-- -->
|image_map                = <!-- eg map.png -->
|loctext                  = <!--text description of location of country-->
|alt_map                  = <!--alt text for map-->
|map_caption              = <!--Caption to place below map-->
|image_map2              = <!--Another map, if required-->
|alt_map2                = <!--alt text for second map-->
|map_caption2            = <!--Caption to place below second map-->
|capital                  = [[Rewk Mahhal]] <!--Name of country/territory's capital, wikilinked if link exists-->
|latd=63 | latm=0 | latNS=S |longd=92 |longm=1 |longEW=E <!--capital's latitude and longitude in degrees/minutes/direction-->
|largest_city            = [[Jwr Jwraom]] <!--Name of country/territory's largest city. Use "capital" (without quotemarks) if it's the capital.-->
|largest_settlement_type  = <!--Type of settlement if largest settlement not a city-->
|largest_settlement      = <!--Name of largest settlement-->
|official_languages      = [[Mahhalian Language|Mahhalian]] <!--Languages recognised in legislation, constitution, etc-->
|national_languages      = <!--Country/territory-wide languages recognised but not necessarily in country/territory-wide law, etc-->
|regional_languages      = <!-- -->
|languages_type          = <!--Use to specify a further type of language, if not official, national or regional-->
|languages                = <!--Languages of the further type-->
|languages_sub            = <!--Is this further type of language a sub-item of the previous non-sub type? ("yes" or "no")-->
|languages2_type          = <!--Another further type of language-->
|languages2              = <!--Languages of this second further type-->
|languages2_sub          = <!--Is the second alternative type of languages a sub-item of the previous non-sub type? ("yes" or "no")-->
|ethnic_groups            = [[Mahhalians (Ethnic Group)|Mahhalian]] 99% <!--List/breakdown of ethnic groups within the country/territory-->
|ethnic_groups_year      = <!--Year of ethnic groups data (if provided) or use to place a <ref>-->
|nationalities            = <!--List/breakdown of nationalities within the country/territory-->
|religion                = [[Derakassy]] <!--Religion-->
|demonym                  = Mahhalian <!--Term/s describing those associated with the country/territory (e.g. "Belgian" for the country Belgium)-->
|government_type          = Federal Constitutional Theocratic Heptarchy <!--(often a compound multi-wikilinked term, e.g. "Federal semi-presidential constitutional republic", etc)-->
|leader_title1            = Prime Minister <!--(for a country, usually the head of state's (wikilinked) title, e.g. "President", "Monarch")-->
|leader_name1            = [[Madonydepput]]
|leader_title2            = <!--(could be "Vice President", otherwise "Prime Minster", etc, etc)-->
|leader_name2            = <!-- -->
<!--......-->
|leader_title6            = <!--(up to six distinct leaders may be included)-->
|leader_name6            = <!-- --> 
|legislature              = Parliament of Proxies<!--Name of the country/territory's governing body, e.g. "Parliament", "Congress", etc-->
|upper_house              = Alliance Council (Rewk) <!--Name of governing body's upper house, if given (e.g. "Senate")-->
|lower_house              = House of Subprefects <!--Name of governing body's lower house, if given (e.g. "Chamber of Deputies")-->
|sovereignty_type        = Independent  <!--Brief description of country/territory's status ("Independence [from...]", "Autonomous province [of...]", etc)-->
|sovereignty_note        = <!-- -->
|established_event1      = <!--First key event in history of country/territory's status or formation-->
|established_date1        = <!--Date of first key event-->
|established_event2      = <!--Second key event-->
|established_date2        = <!--Date of second key event-->
<!--......-->
|established_event9      = <!--(up to nine distinct events may be included)-->
|established_date9        = <!-- -->
|area_rank                = <!-- -->
|area_magnitude          = <!-- -->
|area                    = <!--Major area size (in [[Template:convert]] either km2 or sqmi first)-->
|area_km2                = 131545.0 <!--Major area size (in square km)-->
|area_sq_mi              = 50789.8 <!--Area in square mi (requires area_km2)-->
|area_footnote            = <!--Optional footnote for area-->
|percent_water            = <!-- -->
|area_label              = <!--Label under "Area" (default is "Total")-->
|area_label2              = <!--Label below area_label (optional)-->
|area_data2              = <!--Text after area_label2 (optional)-->
|population_estimate      = 7,644,300 <!-- -->
|population_estimate_rank = <!-- -->
|population_estimate_year = 2016
|population_census        = <!-- -->
|population_census_year  = <!-- -->
|population_density_km2  = 58.1 <!-- -->
|population_density_sq_mi = 150.5 <!-- -->
|population_density_rank  = <!-- -->
|nummembers              = <!--An alternative to population for micronation-->
|GDP_PPP                  = $138,445 million <!--(Gross Domestic Product from Purchasing Power Parity)-->
|GDP_PPP_rank            = <!-- -->
|GDP_PPP_year            = <!-- -->
|GDP_PPP_per_capita      = $18,111 <!-- -->
|GDP_PPP_per_capita_rank  = <!-- -->
|GDP_nominal              = <!-- -->
|GDP_nominal_rank        = <!-- -->
|GDP_nominal_year        = <!-- -->
|GDP_nominal_per_capita  = <!-- -->
|GDP_nominal_per_capita_rank = <!-- -->
|Gini                    = 49.8 <!--(Gini measure of income inequality; input number only; valid values are between 0 and 100)-->
|Gini_ref                = <!--(for any ref/s to associate with Gini number)-->
|Gini_rank                = <!-- -->
|Gini_year                = <!-- -->
|HDI_year                = 2015 <!-- Please use the year to which the data refers, not the publication year-->
|HDI                      = 0.75 <!--(Human Development Index; input number only; valid values are between 0 and 1)-->
|HDI_change              = increase <!--increase/decrease/steady; rank change from previous year-->
|HDI_rank                = <!-- -->
|HDI_ref                  = <!--(for any ref/s to associate with HDI number)-->
|currency                = Mahhalian Ono (MH@) <!--Name/s of currency/ies used in country/territory-->
|currency_code            = MHO <!--ISO 4217 code/s for currency/ies (each usually three capital letters)-->
|time_zone                = MHT <!--e.g. GMT, PST, AST, etc, etc (wikilinked if possible)-->
|utc_offset              = +6:30 <!--in the form "+N", where N is number of hours offset-->
|time_zone_DST            = not observed <!--Link to DST (Daylight Saving Time) used, otherwise "not observed"-->
|utc_offset_DST          = not observed <!--in the form "+N", where N is number of hours offset-->
|DST_note                = <!--Optional note regarding DST use-->
|antipodes                = <!--Place/s exactly on the opposite side of the world to country/territory-->
|date_format              = YYYY-MM-DD<!--numeric dates (dd-mm-yyyy, yyyy.mm.dd, etc) plus era (CE, AD, AH, etc)-->
|drives_on_the            = left <!--"right" or "left" (side of road)-->
|cctld                    = .mh <!--Internet country code top-level domain identifier (e.g. [[.br]], [[.de]], etc)
|iso3166code              = <!--Use to override default from common_name parameter above; omit using "omit".-->
|calling_code            = 0577 <!--e.g. [[+1]], [[+531]], [[+44]], etc-->
|image_map3              = <!--Optional third map position, e.g. for use with reference to footnotes below it-->
|alt_map3                = <!--alt text for third map position-->
|footnote_a              = <!--For any footnote <sup>a</sup> used above-->
|footnote_b              = <!--For any footnote <sup>b</sup> used above-->
<!--......-->
|footnote_h              = <!--For any footnote <sup>h</sup> used above-->
|footnotes                = <!--For any generic non-numbered footnotes-->
}}


'''Mahhal''', formally The Seven Kingdoms of the Mahhal Alliance (''[[Mahhalian Language#Romantian_Orthography_Kastelly|kastelly]]'' '''Dolla Byky Rewk Mahhal''', ''[[Mahhalian Language#Ghezic_Orthography_Fidelly|fidelly]]'' '''ጦሓብክሬዑክማኣል'''), is an [[Mahhalian Archipelago|archipelago]] nation located in far reaches of the southern hemisphere, as a southeasterly extension of the continent of [[Antarephia]], to the southeast of the [[Harda Archipelago|Harda Archipelago]].
Alternate tag-line: ''"Sometimes you want to just toss verisimilitude out the window and map something crazy!"''


Mahhal is divided into 7 kingdoms, and under them a total of 50 prefectures (each kingdom has 7 prefectures, plus the so-called special capital prefecture of Rewk Mahhal, from which the country derives its name).
The planet Arhet is the planet currently hosted on the map portion of the Geofictician site.


= Etymology =
{{#multimaps: | center = -0.1,0.1 | width = 100% | height = 700px | zoom = 3 | maxzoom = 19 | minzoom = 1 | layer = Arhet }}


The name Mahhal is just the name of a river, Ma Hhal, meaning "Snowy River." The Snowy River Alliance was a treaty signed over a thousand years ago between the seven kingdoms.  
The server structure is similar to, but not identical to, that found at OpenGeofiction.
__NOTOC__
==Project==


= Physical Geography =
I have decided to try an experiment. I have opened Arhet to other mappers. In principle, this is no different from the OpenGeofiction model. However, in implementation, I plan to take a different route. Below is a draft of current rules. The project is live, now. Contact me via email for membership. My email is not hard to figure out - consider your ability guess my email as a kind of ''qualification test'' for participation in the project.


''See main article at [[Mahhalian Archipelago]].''
==Rules==
# Luciano is god in Arhet. My word is law. Period.
# Arhet is not "open" in the way that OpenGeofiction is "open." Participation is by invitation. If you wish to request an invitation, you should contact me via email. My email is easy to figure out. Hint: my name, at my domain.
# For now, invites will only be offered to OGF participants in good standing. Anyone with a history of sockpuppetry, disrespectful mapping, etc., on that site will not be considered.
# For now, I will ask users to use the same username as on OGF. This just makes it easier for me to decide if you're a decent person or not. (This might change in the future.)
# Arhet is not to be the same kind of planet as OGF, however. I currently expect it will be quite a bit more chaotic. That's because...
#* There are no assigned territories - map where you want, what you want
#* There will be no wiki. This wiki, that you are reading, is mine. For my projects. If you want to wikify your mapping on Arhet, find or build your own wiki elsewhere.
#* There is no "verisimilitude rule" - map fantasy or alien things, if you want
#* There will be no plan for a planet-wide coherent geology, ecology, history, culture, or language. Those things were neglected on OGF at the beginning, and efforts to retcon them later are depressing. We avoid the problem by stating at the outset that these things are irrelevant.
#* There will be no user diaries. If you want to write about your mapping, start a blog or something.
# In general, if your map is interesting, I won't object. There aren't that many rules, but there is zero tolerance for rule violations. Immediate banning, no discussion. Period. Mappers can be asked to leave for any reason, or for no reason.
# Users are expected to connect to Arhet using JOSM. I have seen very little evidence that high-quality geofiction is possible using iD or Potlatch. So deal with it.
# For now, because I can't be bothered, there will be no automated map update. I'll set a job to run updates a few times through the day. I may get organized and implement something if things go well and the site becomes popular. So you won't get immediate feedback on the map for your work.
#* I will happily kick off the update manually on a request basis, if you ask politely and I'm not busy with something else. But I am often busy with something else...
# Respect other people's creations - do NOT map on top of other people's work. This doesn't mean that Luciano will be your "enforcer." People getting into edit wars are likely to be both banned.
# No megalomaniacs. Creating a large continent doesn't give you a right to it. The world is big, but focus on detailed mapping, and large objects and spaces should be collaborative.
# '''A note on copyright and trademark violations.''' Personally I don't care if you copy or use "real-world" places/names/etc. ''However'', I don't want to get sued. Therefore copyright and trademark violations on the Arhet map are grounds for immediate banning. Note that OSM is ''copyrighted'', and using OSM data or tracing any copyrighted map without attribution is '''against the law'''! Note that putting a Starbucks or McDonalds in your imaginary town is using a trademark without permission, and is '''against the law'''. 'Nuff said.


= Climate =
==Member List==
Current members (users) in Arhet.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!User
!User ID
!Status
|-
| [http://test.geofictician.net/user/mapadmin/history mapadmin]
| 1
| inactive
|-
| [http://test.geofictician.net/user/luciano/history luciano]
| 2
| active
|-
| [http://test.geofictician.net/user/sockpuppet/history sockpuppet]
| 3
| probation
|-
| [http://test.geofictician.net/user/MrJones/history MrJones]
| 4
| banned
|-
| [http://test.geofictician.net/user/Troll/history Troll]
| 5
| banned
|-
| [http://test.geofictician.net/user/Infrarrojo/history Infrarrojo]
| 6
| active
|-
| [http://test.geofictician.net/user/Tito_zz/history Tito_zz]
| 7
| active
|-
| [http://test.geofictician.net/user/Rhiney%20boi/history Rhiney boi]
| 8
| active
|-
| [http://test.geofictician.net/user/plainoldbread/history plainoldbread]
| 9
| active
|-
| [http://test.geofictician.net/user/JoJoBa/history JoJoBa]
| 10
| active
|-
| [http://test.geofictician.net/user/Trombonist2003/history Trombonist2003]
| 11
| active
|-
| [http://test.geofictician.net/user/diamantschiff/history diamantschiff]
| 12
| active
|-
| [http://test.geofictician.net/user/Moskva/history Moskva]
| 13
| active
|-
| [http://test.geofictician.net/user/lars/history lars]
| 14
| active
|-
| [http://test.geofictician.net/user/iiEarth/history iiEarth]
| 15
| active
|-
| [http://test.geofictician.net/user/CartographerKing/history CartographerKing]
| 16
| active
|-
| [http://test.geofictician.net/user/theruler/history theruler]
| 17
| active
|-
| [http://test.geofictician.net/user/Rustem%20Pasha/history Rustem Pasha]
| 18
| active
|-
| [http://test.geofictician.net/user/Mapping%20Expert/history Mapping Expert]
| 19
| active
|}


= Human Geography =
==Discussion Channel (Discord)==


= Government =
There is a an #Arhet channel on the "unofficial" OGF Central server hosted by austinhuang. Contact Luciano for an invite. Most Arhet discussion takes place there.
 
Mahhal is a Federal Constitutional Theocratic Heptarchy.
 
= People =
 
''See [[Mahhalians (Ethnic Group)]].''
 
= Language =
 
''See [[Mahhalian Language]].''
 
= Religion =
 
''See [[Derakassy]].''
 
{{Navbox Countries of the World by Continent}}
 
[[Category:Mahhal]]
[[Category:OGF Authorship:Luciano]]

Revision as of 01:44, 13 February 2020

Arhet is the name of a planet. And the name of a geofiction project. Tag-line: "Imaginary real estate doesn't need to be a scarce resource."

Alternate tag-line: "Sometimes you want to just toss verisimilitude out the window and map something crazy!"

The planet Arhet is the planet currently hosted on the map portion of the Geofictician site.

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The server structure is similar to, but not identical to, that found at OpenGeofiction.

Project

I have decided to try an experiment. I have opened Arhet to other mappers. In principle, this is no different from the OpenGeofiction model. However, in implementation, I plan to take a different route. Below is a draft of current rules. The project is live, now. Contact me via email for membership. My email is not hard to figure out - consider your ability guess my email as a kind of qualification test for participation in the project.

Rules

  1. Luciano is god in Arhet. My word is law. Period.
  2. Arhet is not "open" in the way that OpenGeofiction is "open." Participation is by invitation. If you wish to request an invitation, you should contact me via email. My email is easy to figure out. Hint: my name, at my domain.
  3. For now, invites will only be offered to OGF participants in good standing. Anyone with a history of sockpuppetry, disrespectful mapping, etc., on that site will not be considered.
  4. For now, I will ask users to use the same username as on OGF. This just makes it easier for me to decide if you're a decent person or not. (This might change in the future.)
  5. Arhet is not to be the same kind of planet as OGF, however. I currently expect it will be quite a bit more chaotic. That's because...
    • There are no assigned territories - map where you want, what you want
    • There will be no wiki. This wiki, that you are reading, is mine. For my projects. If you want to wikify your mapping on Arhet, find or build your own wiki elsewhere.
    • There is no "verisimilitude rule" - map fantasy or alien things, if you want
    • There will be no plan for a planet-wide coherent geology, ecology, history, culture, or language. Those things were neglected on OGF at the beginning, and efforts to retcon them later are depressing. We avoid the problem by stating at the outset that these things are irrelevant.
    • There will be no user diaries. If you want to write about your mapping, start a blog or something.
  6. In general, if your map is interesting, I won't object. There aren't that many rules, but there is zero tolerance for rule violations. Immediate banning, no discussion. Period. Mappers can be asked to leave for any reason, or for no reason.
  7. Users are expected to connect to Arhet using JOSM. I have seen very little evidence that high-quality geofiction is possible using iD or Potlatch. So deal with it.
  8. For now, because I can't be bothered, there will be no automated map update. I'll set a job to run updates a few times through the day. I may get organized and implement something if things go well and the site becomes popular. So you won't get immediate feedback on the map for your work.
    • I will happily kick off the update manually on a request basis, if you ask politely and I'm not busy with something else. But I am often busy with something else...
  9. Respect other people's creations - do NOT map on top of other people's work. This doesn't mean that Luciano will be your "enforcer." People getting into edit wars are likely to be both banned.
  10. No megalomaniacs. Creating a large continent doesn't give you a right to it. The world is big, but focus on detailed mapping, and large objects and spaces should be collaborative.
  11. A note on copyright and trademark violations. Personally I don't care if you copy or use "real-world" places/names/etc. However, I don't want to get sued. Therefore copyright and trademark violations on the Arhet map are grounds for immediate banning. Note that OSM is copyrighted, and using OSM data or tracing any copyrighted map without attribution is against the law! Note that putting a Starbucks or McDonalds in your imaginary town is using a trademark without permission, and is against the law. 'Nuff said.

Member List

Current members (users) in Arhet.

User User ID Status
mapadmin 1 inactive
luciano 2 active
sockpuppet 3 probation
MrJones 4 banned
Troll 5 banned
Infrarrojo 6 active
Tito_zz 7 active
Rhiney boi 8 active
plainoldbread 9 active
JoJoBa 10 active
Trombonist2003 11 active
diamantschiff 12 active
Moskva 13 active
lars 14 active
iiEarth 15 active
CartographerKing 16 active
theruler 17 active
Rustem Pasha 18 active
Mapping Expert 19 active

Discussion Channel (Discord)

There is a an #Arhet channel on the "unofficial" OGF Central server hosted by austinhuang. Contact Luciano for an invite. Most Arhet discussion takes place there.

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