Burial tradition in YN

[Galaxy Land]

Instead of burying or cremating people, we put them in a glass chamber. They then dig the ground to make a hole. They do not put the body in the ground yet, they make airholes in the glass chamber. They put the chamber in the hole. They then put water around the chamber. The reason they do this is because it is said that the body will be sent to The Creator or it's more common name, Singmon. Singmon will then revive the dead person. The next day, they will be found on the floor instead of the chamber.

[Atmovia]

In Atmovia, Cremations tend to happen far more than burials.

When Atmovia was first founded, it was tradition that a body be cremated, and the ashes scattered on a windy day, often from the top of a hill, this was so that the spirit would be one with the wind, the sky, the earth and the trees. However, as Atmovia begun to modernize, this particular tradition was not as popular in towns, due to many people not wanting a persons charred remains flying through the air. Instead, more commonly, a hole would be dug, the ashes mixed with the soil as the hole was filled, and a flower planted, commonly people would do this in the garden of their homes, believing their loved one lived on through the growing flower. This tradition was hugely popular among town and city folk, though some in the more rural areas still spread the ashes in the wind instead.

Though as Atmovia grew, people became busier and busier, and people didn't necessarily stay in their family homes for all of their lives, thus opened Cemeteries, places where people could grow a plant for their loved ones by mixing the soil and ashes, complete with a memorial headstone bearing their names, and in some cases (more common today, but back then it cost a lot more) a message in memorium. This practice is what is used today. Though some in the very rural areas of Atmovia still cast ashes to the winds, and even some city dwellers may ask in their will for their loved ones to travel in order to give their ashes to the winds.

The only time people were buried in caskets was mainly when Sten and Evald Põhi werein office, they and many other members of his party thought that having themselves buried in fancy caskets, preserving their bodies was a sign of their power and richness compared to commoners. However, upon taking up office, Head Minister Kaja Õismaa had these people ousted from office, though whether they will still be buried in a casket, or instead opt for the usual way is unknown as of yet.

[Yuugao]

Funerary traditions in Yuugao are mostly unchanged from those of present-day Japan. Almost all dead Yuugaoan's are cremated, with the urns holding the remains buried in family graves. Half of these graves are of the traditional variety seen in present-day Japanese temples, while the other half are housed in special vaults at funeral homes to save on space. Members of the space program are often given partial-space burials, with some of the ashes remaining on Earth in the family grave.

[Imperial States America]

Burial Traditions

Elites: every well to do family has its own Mausoleum and decorated to their hearts desire in a state run cemetery.

Commoners: get buried in state run cemeteries with just their last name and date of death on a small stone marker.

Slaves & Traitors: get buried un ceremoniously in shallow or mass graves that are unmarked

[Kaine Futendra]

In Kaine Futendra tradition, the family and friends of the deceased gather around the deceased in prayer and meditation to proceed the funerary rites. At the end of the ceremony, the deceased is not buried, but cremated, and their ashes are interned at the charnel land of cremation grounds. The cremation unites the dead with the dragon fire of the Dark Lord, that their journey to the afterlife may be blessed by His wisdom. As with most of the funerary rites in our world, the deceased are given a single coin to pay for their journey into the afterlife, that their soul will not become lost.

The tradition of cremation dates back to earlier than the First Dragon War, but there is evidence that ancient orcs buried their dead in catacombs.

[Sefionto-Redu]

In the Flux Empire of the Auto-Reds, your body can go through one of two fates. One is for your body to be used as research. You or your family can explicitly request for this to take place, or the government may want to do so for various reasons (in many cases the family is asked beforehand). The family is given a certificate that if desired could be used to obtain a 'funeral dummy' from the state. This derives from the Redstonian custom of having a priest bless a sack of grain to make it a stand in for the dead person, but this functionality was later moved to the state. The other option is to have the body harvested for viable organs and tissues, then the remains can be used in a funeral.

The funeral, whether done on a harvested body or a dummy, can either be a burial or a cremation. Traditionally, the burial involves putting the body in a casket with a couple of Ors in their hands, intended for the deceased to pay Geront and his dog Cerbero while they cross the Ōdurano ocean and meet Ēmo, the greeter of Porōdur, the final resting place, once the body (or dummy) of the deceased has decayed enough for the soul to escape. The body gets buried east of the Forum. With a cremation, the coins are placed within a special box near the body before the body gets cremated, and the ashes (with the coins) are then placed in a box and buried to the east of the Forum. Cremation was typically done with the dummy or a younger individual, while burial was typically done with an older individual.

With the rise of New Redstonism, a radical change from the older religion of Old Redstonism, many fundamental things about the nature of souls changed, although the practices still remained largely the same. The main difference in practice was that the coins were no longer used, and that cremation became more common. The main changes in belief were that rather than being intact, souls decayed with the body, and this was considered a rather painful process. There wasn't an immediate afterlife, but rather a soul-core containing the memories, actions and personality traits of the individual was dropped into the plane of Antiubodi, who decided whether this soul should be brought forth into the next world after the Reunion.

In the Flux Empire of the Auto-Reds, a third option was added: Post-mortem Fluxation. This requires consent from the individual, and basically what happens is if the body is dead for some time, the mind (or rather an ideal saved copy of the mind) becomes a new fliont, and essentially allows the individual to live indefinitely as a fliont, which comes with many perks.

[Changeling Badlands]

Dead Changelings who die naturally in the Hive are wrapped in a weak silken shroud (that can be broken easily should the Changeling be wrongly declared dead) and after a funeral with a priest or princess are put in a burial chamber within the Hive itself with a small ball of love the size of a golf ball for the afterlife. In the very rare event that a Changeling is wrongly declared dead he or she can easily leave the chamber. Dead Changelings who die undercover are buried or cremated according to the culture that they are infiltrating, whilst a changeling who dies in battle ignites and rapidly turns to ash. Royal Queens are buried with grave goods and whole bowls of love deep within the Hive in a tomb.

[Haja-Mishu]

The family has the corpses of their dead loved ones casted in marble, effectively creating a statue, and then they are interred in a familial tomb.

[The Free Islands of Independence]

Normal Catholic procedures are followed in burial in the FII. Each deceased individual is given at least a plague above their burial site, detailing basic information such as name, age of death, etc. Wealthier citizens may sometimes have a bust of the deceased's head on top of the plague or even a statue.

[Semara]

Semrian Christian burial tradition is similar to its Catholic counterpart. Generally, when the diseased as died, the funeral happens within two to three days of the deceased's passing. First, a reading of the bible is given by the priest, followed by a five minute moment of silence to commemorate the dead. As most services are in a church, there is generally a small requiem mass and hymns are sung. Obituaries are then given and all those except for close family and the clergy leave. The closest family will usually accompany the diseased to the grave, where the priest will read from the Bible once more and beckon for the diseased to meet their lord God.

Other faiths, like Muslims, have their own traditions that do not vary with mainland counterparts.

[Lillorainen]

Burials at sea are the most common way of burial in Lillorainen, due to the special bonding to the sea that is inherent in Lillorainian populace. Land burials, however, are increasingly common too. In both cases, the dead bodies are mostly cremated before.
This is also the reason why many graveyards don't actually contain many buried corpses - many tombstones have rather a symbolic function, to give the dead human's relatives a place for commemoration.

[Andower]

The normal funeral tradition begins with a funeral service at a church, during which the life of the deceased is spoken about and mourners are encouraged to pay their respects to their body as it sits in an open casket. Afterwards the mourners will travel together in a convoy following the hearse to the crematorium where the body is cremated. The body's ashes are placed in an urn, which is usually buried after a short ceremony in a plot attached to the crematorium. Many families buy themselves plots for their urns, with some of the oldest/most prominent families having urns on their plots dating back as far as the late 1500's.

[Ieskarios]

Burial traditions are the typical Christian funeral arrangement, but royalty receive a state funeral.

[Yanetra]

Burial in cemeteries is the overwhelming preference in Yanetra. With the steep rise in land prices in the southern coastal regions, it is increasingly common for new cemeteries to be located near the northern cities.

[Brystolville]

Burial is banned under the Memorial & Funerary Services Act (1996). All corpses must be cremated, and the ashes must be scattered within one year of cremation. The Act provides an exemption for Sunni Muslims, who may bury their dead in designated cemeteries, provided that the land is owned by a properly registered mosque, and that the property itself is surrounded by walls or hedges so that the general public to not have to see any graves. These burials are supervised by a licenced imam employed by the mosque that owns the property (as required by the Act), and are conducted in accordance with Islamic rites.

All other cemeteries have been emptied and converted into public parks, and all mausoleums in the country have been converted into council housing.

[Great Oros]

In the north of Oros, the Wenja and the Udam have similar burial traditions — simple pit-graves, in which the bodies are interred with some personal belongings of the deceased. Grave fields are meticulously maintained and offerings are regularly made to the spirits of the deceased.

In the south, the Izila have far more complex rituals surrounding death. First, the body is transported as quickly as possible to a religious site, where rites are given by a priest of the Izila god Ménsos. The body is then ritually cleansed and placed in natron for 70 days to mummify, after which it is interred in the catacombs of the nearest barrow.

[Kromi]

The Blood of the Person that died are dropped on a bowl, that includes other family members that died's blood. And are stored in a Secure capsule and are kept underground. It will be brung up to drop the blood of a person.

[State77]

Cremation. The deceased are cremated in public cremation centres and their ashes are buried in little pots of dirt. These pots of dirt are then placed next to an image of the deceased in what State77 calls crematory apartments. Basically, these are like apartments but with images of the deceased and their ash pots.

[Uinted Communist of Africa]

well at least you don't eat them....like some people

[Greater Satanic Leviathan]

Since most people in GSL are Christians, Muslims, and Jews, the most prevalent burial traditions are those of the major denominations of these religions.

However, the population that is Satanist buries their dead in the catacombs of the capital city Babylon Reborn. Those who live in rural areas are buried in conical structures similar to the Yezidi. Of course Satanists may bury either their bodies or their ashes if they choose cremation as the best way to dispose of their body.

All deceased remains are plundered for useable organs before the family is allowed to proceed with cremation or burial, and any body may be selected for teaching purposes, in which case students will be allowed to dissect it before it is returned to the family of the deceased.

[Knessniet]

It depends on two factors: Location and Class

Landed Nobility
They are given a Christian burial on their estate. Often, a family graveyard is used to house their entire lineage. This is how ALL nobles are buried, even urban ones set aside a patch as a family graveyard.

Merchants and Other Wealthy Commoners
They are often buried in the graveyard accompanying the church they attend services at. The church also performs the services at the funeral. Some urban churches have detached graveyards in the suburbs of the city, to save on property costs.

Peasants and Serfs
In the rural communities, they receive the church treatment like the merchants, but with less ornate headstones.

In the city, they are often buried in suburban cemeteries at a fee, or if they cannot afford that, they are transported to their county cemetery, where they receive a basic marker and burial provided by the charity of the Baptist Burial Foundation (BBF). The BBF is a charity that is funded with church and public donations. It is customary for nobles to donate sums upon the death of prominent citizens of their holdings.

Slaves
Before you ask, yes, we have serfs and slaves. Talk about cheap labor. Serfs aren't treated like cattle, and are afforded an opportunity to buy their freedom, along with basic human dignity. But slaves don't get that. Just like every other aspect of the life of a slave, it is provided by their master as seen fit.

Slaves are entitled to be buried in the slave section of the county cemetery. It is the most basic possible burial. The master is charged a flat fee of 500 Knessmarks per burial. If the master finds a cheaper way to give them the same basic burial elsewhere, they can.

[Omega State]

We give the body to other species to eat. it's a dead body anyway.

[Aihan]

In Aihan, the burial tradition will be held in the shrine and your body will be burned by the big stove.

[Supreme Authority]

Freshly deceased subjects are generally dumped into bioreactors, to be recycled into Food.

[Theurgia]

The health of the environment is of primary concern.

Burial is illegal, unless through use of a tree pod in a designated zone.

Most of our citizens choose cremation, while some very few opt for sky burial.