Culture Shock....if there was one thing about...

[New Lyrane]

We don't much care for outsiders, but assuming you were fortunate enough to be allowed to visit New Lyrane...

We are all female. As far as you the tourist can tell, anyway. Also, we don't wear clothes. Clothes are unhygienic. We don't really believe in any other personal ornamentation either. Decorating yourself is decadent. Those are probably the major points of difference.

Oh, uh, how... interesting.

Actually, it's totally boring here. Nothing interesting ever happens. A great place to raise kids, though.

[Saurisisia]

Oh, uh, how... interesting.

Actually, it's totally boring here. Nothing interesting ever happens. A great place to raise kids, though.

Ah, alright then...

[Flat Beats]

Techno (and sometimes smooth jazz like Muzak) is played everywhere. Even the hymns for church service are Techno-adjusted... Not the words though.

[TurtleShroom]

....your country that would probably lead to surprise, uncertainly, confusion, or misunderstanding, due to being different from the mainstream of a majority of nations, what would that be?

Just some of the following...

• Sentient, talking turtles.
• Sentient, talking mushrooms.
• Sentient, talking Christian turtles and mushrooms praying to Jesus Christ of Nazareth.
• Social conservatism and "religious right"/"Neo-Victorian" tenants are mainstream.
• Sorecery is a crime.
• Alcohol is prohibited, like it was in 1920s America. So too with drugs.
• The church-per-person ratio is one for every twenty thousand in even the sparsest parts of TurtleShroom.
• TurtleShroom gutted her military but keeps seven hundred thousand nuclear weapons fully operational.
• The government zealously squashes all corruption without mercy.
• The government executes more death row inmates than most fascist nations do innocents!
• Most Judges wear pectoral crosses around their necks.
• The accents...
• Everyone pronounces the word "nuclear" as "NEW-CUE-LER".
• Decorum, pomp, circumstance, and regalia permeate every aspect of government. Even lowly bureaucrats are in black robes.
• Waterboarding is openly performed on belligerents during war and is accepted by the populace as just and neccesary.
• There are about a million Marxists in the country performing Communism to the letter in the southeastern grasslands.
• The entire country sits on a rich uranium deposit, and a rich oil deposit.
• A NRA dream come true: everyone has a gun, or a taser, or some sort of defense mechanism to defend themselves. (TurtleShroom is one of the safest nations in the universe, a whopping top five percent!!)
• Almost everything CHOOSES to close on Sunday. Not forced.
• Everyone is extremely gullible and trusting. Even the government embodies this principle.
• The nation is very politically active. Those eighty percent voter turnouts are NOT manufactured.
• The basis of the nation's law is rooted in the New Testament of the Bible, with tips and assistance from the OT.
• Most of the citizenry is actually very happy and very pleased with their way of life.

Our humans...

• Can reach up to eight feet eleven inches, with seven feet or over being expected for a male. Females can be up to seven feet tall and average six feet.
• Often have crooked, buck teeth that rival that of Fairly OddParent's Timmy Turner and Mighty B's Bessie Higgenbottom. Yet, these teeth are glistening white because of flourinated water.
• Are, at least in males, unusually frail and skinny.
• Often possess blood red/crimson-colored eyes. It's as common as green or brown in other realms.
• Almost universally have to wear thick glasses and possess 20/200 vision. Contacts don't come in thick enough magnitudes to work. That may have a connection to the red eyes that are so commonplace.
• Treat the turtles and mushrooms as equals, but they all agree that humans have "dominion" over the nation de jure. (From the Bible.)
• Are mostly white. Way too much white. It's a white blizzard. (...the second most-common race is Asian.)

[Smullania]

Em, the fact that you are enslaved, may never leave, are penniless, your brither/friend/lover has been press-ganged into military service, and the Paingivers just tortured your only ally to death. For fun.

[Ziggystan]

Selfishness is not considered bad at all. Putting your own happiness above others is seen as natural, and nobody is faulted for doing so.

[H-Alba]

Our blend of traditional Gaelic and Ancient Celtic culture and modern society is shocking to many. (EG. It's a modern country, that still believes in magic)

[Oldsmobile Zeon]

I'm pretty sure the whole anti-Earth sentiment can be pretty culturally shocking.

[Cassiera]

Our perfect timing schedule...
6AM you go to your government appointed position. Work until 5pm. The streets are quiet by 6PM. Everyone is in their appointed housing units. 7PM is the hour long Sky emporer and glorius leader prayer event. 8pm your dinner will be delivered by your neighborhood caretaker. 10pm you must be finished eating, and be asleep. No exceptions besides emergencies, where your caretaker should be alerted.

Also, all our people are covered in religous tattooing at birth. They only get the choice of pale blue or pale green jumpsuits. Again, no exceptions.

[Josadonia]

Well, In Josadonia, The three separate cultures are shocking to most

[Kalaspia-Shimarata]

In some parts, there is a biannual take your brick to school day.
Though 99.9999% people support equality between skin colours, there are occasional Ku Klux Klan attacks and some anti-Klan who kill whites.

[Bears Armed]

The fact that non-humans outnumber humans about 10:1...

That wouldn't shock us, the ratio here is more like 20:1...

[Floydian Britannia]

90% modern rap and pop is banned in Floydian britannia and music is strictly enforced by Secret Police.

[Atalissa]

We don't go around banning movies, books, videos games and so on just because some people's feelings were hurt, and sanctimoniously preaching about political correctness.

[Islands of Midway]

15% of population are mermaids and merman and 20% of people live on ships around the nation due to lack of land. Where there's land, it covered with skyscrapers, with narrow streets. There's nearly no cars but everyone owns at least one boat.

[Saurisisia]

The fact that non-humans outnumber humans about 10:1...

That wouldn't shock us, the ratio here is more like 20:1...

Our ratio's similar in number, being 25:1.

[Kashyr]

The fact that fighting is so prevalent in our culture. Kashyrii fight not only to settle disputes, but to bond with each other and form friendships. Being challenged to a fight can often be considered a great compliment.

[Legital]

That all the natives of Legital(more than 75% of the population) have pointed ears. The fact that there is no "real" religion and mostly everyone is Agnostic due to our heavy science based culture. Not to mention the lack of national sports.

[Niene]

90% modern rap and pop is banned in Floydian britannia and music is strictly enforced by Secret Police.

Cool!

[Aexalla]

That all highways have no posted speed limit.



That would scare me if I was a foreigner...especially since there's no sign to let foreigners know.

[The Rich Port]

Triumvirate #1: *hacks uncontrollably, releasing her mouth from her giant bong* Absolutely nothing... *phleghmy hack* *spit*

Triumvirate #2: *facepalm*

Triumvirate #3: Well... A lot, really. The Rich Port is the Multicultural Capital of The World.

[Episarta]

Maybe the fact that we kill prisoners, slaves, and other undesirables for sport in gladiatorial battles. Or that we kill people in the most beautiful of ways and use their bloodied bodies for art. I do enjoy a good piece of art.

[The Rich Port]

Maybe the fact that we kill prisoners, slaves, and other undesirables for sport in gladiatorial battles. Or that we kill people in the most beautiful of ways and use their bloodied bodies for art. I do enjoy a good piece of art.

Triumvirate #1: Your taste in kitsch is terrible. *iiiiiiiiinhale*

[New Lyrane]

Teenage girls racing big motorbikes down the boulevards of the capital, wearing nothing but goggles, could be a bit of a culture shock to visitors.

Prudent motorists wear boots as well.

[Unhiding]

I'd guess the not wearing any clothes part.