The Sharkest Timeline

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The Sharkest Timeline
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Derided by the "civilized" nations of the world.
Indoctrinated by Sharkic influence.
Mocked as the "Shark Punching Center".

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**This is the world of the Centre.**

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Eons ago, in an unknowable place, a **Mistake** was made. And for centuries, mankind's greatest philosophers have struggled to determine its nature. The legends of Terra Australis claim that the Great Whale Selachian that defines our reality was unjustly slain, trapping us in a broken world. Bathyeologians of the Boatswains of the Cog of God assert that this reality is a proving ground, meant to separate the righteous from the impure through glorious tribulation. And the Sharkics of the Global Ocean claim that there is no mistake; that this world is one where the strong rule -- as they deserve.

Only recently have the Centre's Patafisticians found the true origin of our reality. We have always assumed that the presence of various "SCP" organizations throughout the local multiverse were part of a natural multiversal variation. But that's not true.

The natural order of the universe is "SCP".

We stem from a translocation of the two letters at the end:

"SCP" to "SPC".

Our lives are a joke.

**But no one's laughing now.**
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Ripped From the Date Lines
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After 37 years of recreational sex between the automata and yōkai of Gyron Tokyo, a lucky someone finally wound up pregnant! [[size 125%]]🫄[[/size]]
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Sea Storm Ravages Dutch Ships, Leaves Everyone Else in the Convoy Unharmed
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"I hate birds."

-- General Ayman Rafiq,
sole survivor of the 1973 Ibid Skirmish,
speaking from an amputee ward
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**BREAKING NEWS:** The Supreme Congress of the Union of American States passes a sweeping harpoon reform bill, allowing UAS citizens to open carry harpoon launchers on every square inch of American soil.
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During a recent campaign rally, Mysterious Swamp Entity Meatball Ronald made the following statement, which -- onlookers speculate -- foreshadows the dawn of his Digestion Months:

"//Hrrgtm pdflr drddnd.//"[[footnote]]"I think more people should go in my mouth."
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-- Translation by those trapped in his orbit
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AI company comes under torpedo fire after releasing an image generator capable of creating pictures of "Sharkic Boatswains".
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"Compromise?"

-- Last words of Konstantijn Pieter van der Meer,
former Minister of Centrist Affairs of Argentina (//formerly//),
before being carried off by a condor
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New shark-themed slippers discovered to be actual sharks. Hundreds of Americans left footless, sockless, //and// shoeless. More at 11.
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|| || [[[SPC-2615]]] || [[*user MrWrong]] || 14 Feb 2016 ||
|| || [[[SPC-140]]] || [[*user sirpudding]] || 1 Apr 2016 ||
|| || [[[SPC-2000]]] || [[*user MrWrong]] || 21 Apr 2017 ||
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+ SPC-001 Proposals
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* [[[right-proposal|SPC-001-RIGHT: THE DISAGREEMENT]]] by [[*user MisterFrown]]
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+ SPC Database
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* [[[SPC-000]]] by [[*user MisterFrown]]
* [[[SPC-002]]] by [[*user MisterFrown]]
* [[[spc-105|SPC-105: WORLD IRIS]]] by [[*user LORDXVNV]]
* [[[SPC-140]]] by [[*user sirpudding]]
* [[[spc-166|SPC-166: CERISE CERES]]] by [[*user LORDXVNV]]
* [[[spc-179|SPC-179: GLORIOUS BEACON]]] by [[*user LORDXVNV]]
* [[[SPC-408]]] by [[*user kingofmice]]
* [[[SPC-446]]] by [[*user Uncle Nicolini]]
* [[[SPC-682]]] by [[*user sirpudding]]
* [[[spc-993|SPC-993: BOBBLE THE CLOWN SHARK]]] by [[*user Lt Flops]]
* [[[spc-1258|SPC-1258: CERULEAN GLOVE]]] by [[*user LORDXVNV]]
* [[[SPC-1548]]] by [[*user LORDXVNV]] & [[*user Uncle Nicolini]]
* [[[spc-1810|SPC-1810: ONYX TEMPEST]]] by [[*user Attila the Pun]]
* [[[spc-1981|SPC-1981: RONALD REAGAN SHARKED UP WHILE TALKING]]] by [[*user LORDXVNV]]
* [[[SPC-2000]]] by [[*user MrWrong]]
* [[[spc-2191|SPC-2191: "SHARKULA FACTORY"]]] by [[*user Cicada3301Fan]]
* [[[SPC-2615]]] by [[*user MrWrong]]
* [[[SPC-2922]]] by [[*user stormbreath]]
* [[[spc-6500|SPC-6500: INFINITESIMAL]]] by [[*user LORDXVNV]]
* [[[spc-6985|SPC-6985: THE ANTI-SHARK]]] by [[*user Crow-Cat]]
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+ Tales of Glorious Pugilism
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* [[[critter-profile-wobbles|Critter Profile: Wobbles!]]] by [[*user Uncle Nicolini]] & [[*user Jade Skylar]]
* [[[crispy-sex-pirates|A Surprise Encounter with Crispy Sex Pirates]]] by [[*user Lt Flops]]
* [[[is-it-weird-if-i-want-to-fuck-the-shark | #IsItWeirdThatIWantToFuckTheShark?]]] by [[*user Leveritas]]
* [[[A Necromantic Prelude]]] by [[*user Lt Flops]]
* [[[ramifications-of-fifty-five|We Need To Discuss The Ramifications of Fifty-Five]]] by [[*user DoctorLilithSophia]]
* [[[Do Not Go Gentle Into That Shark Night]]] by [[*user Jezixo]]
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+ Series
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* [[[bird|Team Bird Hub]]] by [[*user Lt Flops]] & [[*user notgull]]
 # [[[scp-3662|SCP-3662: The Doomsday Clock]]] by [[*user Ayers]]
 # [[[scp-3296|SCP-3296: The Drifter]]] by [[*user notgull]]
 # [[[Join the Flock]]] by [[*user notgull]]
 # [[[tales-of-the-automaton-the-big-birdocalypse|Tales of the Automaton: The Big Birdocalypse]]] by [[*user notgull]]
 # [[[scp-3362|SCP-3362: A Forced Self-Insert]]] by [[*user notgull]]
 # [[[spc-507|SPC-507: EAGER NETHERENDER]]] by [[*user Lt Flops]]
 # [[[scp-3570|EE-3570: Umbral Ultimatum]]] by [[*user Lt Flops]]
 # [[[The Sacred Djehuti]]] by [[*user Lt Flops]] & [[*user Ayers]]
 # [[[scp-3632|SCP-3632: Nibirdu]]] by [[*user Quantum Physician]]
 # [[[Avian Anthology I]]] by **Team Bird**
 # [[[UMBRAL MIGRATORY SEQUENCE]]] by [[*user Lt Flops]]
 # [[[Avian Anthology II]]] by **Team Bird**
[[/div]]

[[div class="modal table2"]]
+ Extradimensional Data Corruption
----
* [[[scp-1767|SCP-1767: An Agent Of The Shark Punching Center]]] by [[*user Leveritas]]
* [[[scp-4190|SCP-4190: A Twenty Thousand League Delay]]] by [[*user Lt Flops]]
* [[[scp-4416|SCP-4416: Tails of Site-42: Why The Foundation Punches Sharks]]] by [[*user Lt Flops]]
* [[[scp-6426|SCP-6426: Vampire Boat]]] by [[*user Crow-Cat]]
* [[[interview-with-a-vampire-boat|What does B stand for?]]] by [[*user Crow-Cat]]
* [[[A Taste of Theft]]] by [[*user Ethagon]]
[[/div]]

[[div class="modal table2"]]
+ International Fleets
----
* [[[spc-cn-985|SPC-CN-985: FIST CONTACT]]] by [[*user LORDXVNV]]
* [[[SPC-ES-125]]] by [[*user Lemonsense]]
[[/div]]

  [[/tab]]
  [[tab Articles by Author]]

+ Precursor Materials
[[div class="modal table2"]]
++ MrWrong
----
* [[[SPC-2615]]]
* [[[SPC-2000]]]
[[/div]]

[[div class="modal table2"]]
++ sirpudding
----
* [[[SPC-140]]]
* [[[SPC-682]]]
[[/div]]

+ Canonical Materials
[[div class="modal table2"]]
++ LORDXVNV
----
++++ Weapons Development
* [[[spc-1981|SPC-1981: RONALD REAGAN SHARKED UP WHILE TALKING]]]
* [[[spc-1258|SPC-1258: CERULEAN GLOVE]]]
* [[[spc-179|SPC-179: GLORIOUS BEACON]]]
* [[[spc-105|SPC-105: WORLD IRIS]]]
* [[[spc-166|SPC-166: CERISE CERES]]]
++++ War
* [[[spc-cn-985|SPC-CN-985: FIST CONTACT]]]
* [[[spc-6500|SPC-6500: INFINITESIMAL]]]
[[/div]]

[[div class="modal table2"]]
++ stormbreath
----
* [[[SPC-2922]]]
[[/div]]

[[div class="modal table2"]]
++ Lt Flops
----
++++ Centreverse
* [[[crispy-sex-pirates|A Surprise Encounter with Crispy Sex Pirates]]]
* [[[spc-993|SPC-993: BOBBLE THE CLOWN SHARK]]]
* [[[A Necromantic Prelude]]]
++++ Universe A-001
* [[[scp-4416|SCP-4416: Tails of Site-42: Why The Foundation Punches Sharks]]]
* [[[scp-4190|SCP-4190: A Twenty Thousand League Delay]]]
[[/div]]

[[div class="modal table2"]]
++ Uncle Nicolini
----
* [[[SPC-446]]]
[[/div]]

[[div class="modal table2"]]
++ Crow-Cat
----
++++ Centreverse
* [[[spc-6985|SPC-6985: THE ANTI-SHARK]]]
++++ Universe A-001
* [[[scp-6426|SCP-6426: Vampire Boat]]]
* [[[interview-with-a-vampire-boat|What does B stand for?]]]
[[/div]]

[[div class="modal table2"]]
++ Ethagon
----
++++ Universe A-001
* [[[A Taste of Theft]]]
[[/div]]

[[div class="modal table2"]]
++ Attila the Pun
----
* [[[spc-1810|SPC-1810: ONYX TEMPEST]]]
[[/div]]

[[div class="modal table2"]]
++ Cicada3301Fan
----
* [[[spc-2191|SPC-2191: "SHARKULA FACTORY"]]]
[[/div]]

[[div class="modal table2"]]
++ MisterFrown
----
* [[[right-proposal|SPC-001-RIGHT: THE DISAGREEMENT]]]
* [[[SPC-000]]]
* [[[SPC-002]]] 
[[/div]]

[[div class="modal table2"]]
++ DoctorLilithSophia
----
* [[[ramifications-of-fifty-five|We Need To Discuss The Ramifications of Fifty-Five]]]
[[/div]]

[[div class="modal table2"]]
++ Lemonsense
----
* [[[SPC-ES-125]]]
[[/div]]

[[div class="modal table2"]]
++ kingofmice
----
* [[[SPC-408]]] 
[[/div]]

[[div class="modal table2"]]
++ Jezixo
----
* [[[Do Not Go Gentle Into That Shark Night]]]
[[/div]]

[[div class="modal table2"]]
++ Leveritas
----
* [[[SCP-1767]]]
* [https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/is-it-weird-if-i-want-to-fuck-the-shark #IsItWeirdThatIWantToFuckTheShark?]
[[/div]]

[[div class="modal table3"]]
++ Team Bird
----
[[[bird|Team Bird Hub]]] by [[*user Lt Flops]] & [[*user notgull]]
# [[[scp-3662|SCP-3662: The Doomsday Clock]]] by [[*user Ayers]]
# [[[scp-3296|SCP-3296: The Drifter]]] by [[*user notgull]]
# [[[Join the Flock]]] by [[*user notgull]]
# [[[tales-of-the-automaton-the-big-birdocalypse|Tales of the Automaton: The Big Birdocalypse]]] by [[*user notgull]]
# [[[scp-3362|SCP-3362: A Forced Self-Insert]]] by [[*user notgull]]
# [[[spc-507|SPC-507: EAGER NETHERENDER]]] by [[*user Lt Flops]]
# [[[scp-3570|EE-3570: Umbral Ultimatum]]] by [[*user Lt Flops]]
# [[[The Sacred Djehuti]]] by [[*user Lt Flops]] & [[*user Ayers]]
# [[[scp-3632|SCP-3632: Nibirdu]]] by [[*user Quantum Physician]]
# [[[Avian Anthology I]]] by **Team Bird**
# [[[UMBRAL MIGRATORY SEQUENCE]]] by [[*user Lt Flops]]
# [[[Avian Anthology II]]] by **Team Bird**
[[/div]]

[[div class="modal table2"]]
++ Collaborations
----
* [[[critter-profile-wobbles|Critter Profile: Wobbles!]]] by [[*user Uncle Nicolini]] & [[*user Jade Skylar]]
* [[[SPC-1548]]] by [[*user LORDXVNV]] & [[*user Uncle Nicolini]]
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Setting Information
[[/div]]

The history of humanity in the Sharkest Timeline is offset from the Foundationverse by several millennia, having diverged in 1800 BCE.

The landmasses in the Sharkest Timeline are more or less the same as those in the mainline Foundationverse, with obvious exceptions (see map). The major differences concern the Global Ocean. In the Sharkest Timeline, the Global Ocean is the birthplace of the Abyssal Sharkicist civilization. Most of the seafloor is mapped, and developed settlements are spread across underwater regions. Because of Sharkic policies, the effects of anthropogenic climate change are much less pronounced, and the oceans have more biodiversity.

Remember that the nation-state is a concept that arose from modernity, and whose interpretation is contingent on a long genealogy of sociohistorical developments. We should not expect the understandings of persons and groups in the Sharkest Timeline to map 1:1 onto our own modern understandings, and vice versa.

This is true also of the current global order inherent to the Sharkest Timeline. It is largely dependent on Abyssal Sharkicist hegemony, which controls 70% of the Earth's surface and singularly governs the international oceans. But it is also, to a lesser extent, shaped by their agreements with the Global Organization of Countries, who collectively govern most of the international lands. It is an order shaped by the realities of an oceanic imperialism, and the different tendencies inherent to different generations of Sharkicist elites, who have had great influence on how today's territories were conceived.

Nevertheless, these are the countries and territories of the Sharkest Timeline. Most of these map onto modern countries (where noted) whereas others do not. Annotations are subdivided according to **[[span style="color:var(--abyssal);font-size:120%"]]Abyssal Regions[[/span]]** (under "World Oceanography") and **[[span style="color:var(--terrestrial);font-size:120%"]]Terrestrial Regions[[/span]]** (under "World Geography").

[[=image the-sharkest-map-by-thisisnalkan.png]]

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_alternative_country_names
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_country-name_etymologies
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+ Abyssal Regions

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++ 1. Atlantic Ocean
----
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#73d8e1;--hex2:#5a6f8b"]].[[/span]] **Atlantos** -- //The lost city of Atlantis.// Among the fastest-growing Abyssal substates thanks in part to its prime seafloor real estate and financial investment from the neo-Sharkicist bourgeoisie.
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#73d9b2;--hex2:#5a6f8b"]].[[/span]] **Sargassomari** -- //Sargasso Sea.// {{[lore undefined]}}
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++ 2. Indian Ocean
----
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#bec5e9;--hex2:#5a6f8b"]].[[/span]] **Time Kingdom of Lemuria** -- //The lost continent of Lemuria.// At war with Kumari Kandam. They have always been at war with Kumari Kandam.
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#85c8b8;--hex2:#5a6f8b"]].[[/span]] **Varuna State** -- //Off the coast of Southern Sri Lanka.// {{[lore undefined]}}
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++ 3. Pacific Ocean
----
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#8ad1f2;--hex2:#5a6f8b"]].[[/span]] **Great Realm of Mu** -- //The lost continent of Mu.// {{[lore undefined]}}
    [[/div]]

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+++ Other Abyssal Territories
----
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#a58594;--hex2:#5a6f8b"]].[[/span]] **Confederation of Adytum's Lakes** -- //Lakes of Central Asia.// {{[lore undefined]}}
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#6e9aa9;--hex2:#5a6f8b"]].[[/span]] **Salmonari Kingdoms of Pannonia** -- //Hungary.// The Pannonian Sea (//formerly Hungary//). {{[lore undefined]}}
    [[/div]]
  [[/div]]

  [[div class="non-abyssal table2"]]
+ Non-Abyssal Regions

    [[div class="modal"]]
++ 1. Arctic Ocean
----
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#d9e9f7;--hex2:#378bd5"]].[[/span]] **Agartha Sea** -- A massive, subterranean ocean that sits beneath the perpetually frozen Arctic Circle. During the Epoch of Discovery, explorers discovered a labyrinthine network of water tunnels connecting the Agartha Sea to various parts of Nunangat, Vampyric Svalbard, the Union of Kalmar, and the SSRU. The Agartha Sea is currently being contested by hundreds of cells of pirates and is a region deemed ungovernable by the Global Organization of Countries. A regional variation of the Centre, known as the Selachiosk Pugnix Combin, is presently tasked with patrolling the fringes of the Agartha Sea and its subterranean headwaters to deter Sharkicist infiltration.
    [[/div]]

    [[div class="modal"]]
++ 2. Great Garbage Patches
----
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#3e3e0d;--hex2:#191a00"]].[[/span]] **The Great Spire Gyre** -- //Great Atlantic Garbage Patch, Northern Gyre.// One of several garbage patches formed from the refuse of the Benthic Wars. The colossal leader of the nation converted his body into a volcanic tower that encompasses the entirety of the country. The Great Spire Gyre exists in the center of a perpetual maelstrom.
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#512a68;--hex2:#1f0033"]].[[/span]] **Forge City Gyratory** -- //Great Atlantic Garbage Patch, Southern Gyre.// Populated by giant automatons and their inch-sized leader (known as The Pint), Forge City Gyratory is the largest manufacturer in the world. Their industrial-scale manufacturing of garbage products has spread across the terrestrial and abyssal regions alike.
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#7f1919;--hex2:#300"]].[[/span]] **Eternal Gyre of Lemuria** -- //Great Indian Garbage Patch.// The resting place of all garbage, no matter the time, no matter the place, it will always end up here eventually.
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#2b8981;--hex2:#00332d"]].[[/span]] **The Serene State of Gyrefornia** -- //Great Pacific Garbage Patch, Eastern Pacific Gyre.// Led by cyborg-queen Calafia, the nation balances a blend of robotic augmentations with natural organics, such as the nation's flagship airforce; robot griffons consisting of field-grown wormdogs fitted into metallic shells.
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#0c63ae;--hex2:#001b33"]].[[/span]] **Gyron Tokyo** -- //Great Pacific Garbage Patch, Western Pacific Gyre.// Yōkai make up 43% of the demographic.
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#118877;--hex2:#00332b"]].[[/span]] **Dark Gyre** -- //Great Pacific Garbage Patch, Southern Pacific Gyre.// A black smog enshrouds the country, obscuring their dark magiks from the world. The government of Dark Gyre is one of the few that promote global pollution. Isolationist, xenophobic, and expansionist.
    [[/div]]

    [[div class="modal"]]
+++ Miscellaneous Territories
----
# **Argentine Sea** -- //Argentina (formerly).// Emerged in the wake of the Nazbol Maelstrom; survivors never found. A habitat for large colonies of //Thunnus thynnus//, popularizing the name "Argentuna" among visitors.
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#c9a3ca;--hex2:#5a6f8b"]].[[/span]] **Liberated Cetacean Union** -- //Dispersed across the South Pacific.// A GOC member state consisting of Deviant-Class Cetacean Entities, who have formed a decentralized democratic government.
    [[/div]]
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  [[/tab]]
  [[tab World Geography]]

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**NOTICE:** You are free to create any lore you wish for sections labelled {{[lore undefined]}}. Note, however, that we suggest consultation with one of the Canon Creators, and that we reserve the right to not add the specifics of this lore to the hub as the definitive version. We will link your work, but we reserve the right to link to any and all contradicting accounts.
[[/div]]

  [[div class="terrestrial table1"]]
+ Terrestrial Regions

    [[div class="modal"]]
++ 1. Africa
----
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#815eba;--hex2:#5599aa"]].[[/span]] **The Greek Republic of Aegyptos** -- //Western Egypt.// Used to be at war with the Arab Republic of Egypt, until an invasion by Khemennua forced a truce.
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#51aa68"]].[[/span]] **Angolan Federation** -- //Angola.// {{[lore undefined]}}
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#96a3c8"]].[[/span]] **Botswana** -- //Botswana.// {{[lore undefined]}}
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#ae8800"]].[[/span]] **Greater Cameroon** -- //Cameroon.// {{[lore undefined]}}
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#cd5700"]].[[/span]] **Cape Colony (formerly the Commonwealth of South Africa)** -- //South Africa.// What is left of the Cape Colony is sad. As a placating gesture towards the sea for their sins against it, the Dutch let it claim the Cape Colony, and yet the sea is only minorly satisfied. Though in ruins, the Dutch only needed it as a stopping point around Africa, so its use to the Empire has not been lost.
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#E3E479"]].[[/span]] **Federation of the Namib** -- //Namibia.// After a long history of colonisation, first by Sharkics and then by the Commonwealth of South Africa, the tribes of the Namib finally attained their freedom. Today their dry country serves as a refugee from the water-bound selachian menace. 
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#b17a06"]].[[/span]] **Punic Republic of Carthage** -- //Partial historical Carthaginian Empire; modern Mediterranean Morocco and Algeria, and Tunisia.// {{[lore undefined]}}
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#6e7b3b"]].[[/span]] **Chad Empire** -- //Chad.// {{[lore undefined]}}
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#34cf63"]].[[/span]] **Libération Djibouti** -- //Djibouti.// A former Sharkic vassal-state. After Prestor John and his forces liberated the country, the Djiboutian people embraced the third major Boatswain tradition of al-Qur'ānic Way. Considered John's friends.
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#c0d785"]].[[/span]] **East African Federation** -- //Regional union of the Republics of Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, and Tanzania.// {{[lore undefined]}}
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#c7b187;--hex2:#5599aa"]].[[/span]] **The Arab Republic of Egypt** -- //Eastern Egypt and the Sinai.// Used to be at war with the Greek Republic of Aegyptos, until an invasion by Khemennua forced a truce.
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#D5422B"]].[[/span]] **Kingdom of John** -- //Ethiopia.// Headed by Prestor John, the fabled Boatswain naval leader, who organized an extremely successful country-wide stevedorian revolution aimed at reverse-pugileering Sharkic Deviantechnology. His legionaries routed the Sharkic vassal-state of Djibouti with overwhelming force. It is said that Sharkic blood stained the water for seven years. The stunning victory spawned the namesakes for the [wikipedia:Red_Sea Blood Red Sea] and [wikipedia:Bab-el-Mandeb Dogfish-Toothed Gate], respectively.
# [[span class="spec_col_box" style="--hex:#5599aa;--hex2:none"]].[[/span]] **The Ibid Republic of Khemennua** -- //Upper Egypt (southern part of Egypt).// Nation comprised of sacred ibises, ruling over an underclass of shoebills (non-sapient). In conflict with the republics of Aegyptos and Egypt.
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#53b3c1"]].[[/span]] **Kingdom of Kongo** -- //The Congo.// {{[lore undefined]}}
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#ba7086"]].[[/span]] **Kumari Kandam** -- //Time-warrior Madagascar.// At war with Sharkic-occupied Lemuria. They have always been at war with Sharkic-occupied Lemuria.
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#518a88"]].[[/span]] **Island Kingdom of Lesotho** -- //Lesotho.// When the sea claimed South Africa, Lesotho was spared from its wrath. Now a major island in the region, Lesotho has adapted to its new oceanic position.
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#4b92db"]].[[/span]] **West Sahara Mandate (Global Organization of Countries)** -- //Western Sahara, West Africa.// An expansive territory controlled by the GOC and Navigations Unseen, given the regional instability caused by the [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#ff6a00;--hex2:#190a00"]].[[/span]] [wikipedia:Richat_Structure Richyat Structure].[[footnote]]Identified as a Boatswain holy site (//disputed//).[[/footnote]]
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#5b8752"]].[[/span]] **Republic of Sexland** -- //Ghana, Togo and Benin.// Formed from a hybrid culture of native West Africans and migrant Germanic Saxons.
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#8a1538"]].[[/span]] **Sokoto Caliphate** -- //Nigeria.// {{[lore undefined]}} 
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#fa9200"]].[[/span]] **Freedonia** -- //Liberia and Ivory Coast.// {{[lore undefined]}}
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++ 2. America (North)
----
# [[span class="col_box" style="background:#1e2832"]].[[/span]] **Union of American States (UAS)** -- //United States of America.// California has become a peninsula and Florida an archipelago of swamplands.
# [[span class="col_box" style="background:#48802d"]].[[/span]] **Cascadia Brittania** -- //British Columbia, sans Treaty 8 land.// The locus of the New Westminsterian Diaspora.
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#7D9675"]].[[/span]] **Republic of Chan Santa Cruz** -- //Yucatan.// The asteroid that killed the dinosaurs contained their souls for millions of years, until the 1800s, when the asteroid was uncovered by the Dutch and the souls were unleashed upon the land.
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#B53389"]].[[/span]] **Empire of Cuba** -- //Cuba.// Major Caribbean superpower.
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#fa70f5"]].[[/span]] **Protectorate of Haiti** -- //Haiti.// {{[lore undefined]}}
# [[span class="col_box" style="background:#912b2b"]].[[/span]] **Great Turtle Island Federation** -- //Seven Canadian provinces.// {{[lore undefined]}}
# [[span class="col_box" style="background:#b8b8ff"]].[[/span]] **Yeshuite Coxswainty of Kanata** -- //Historical New France/Lower Canada; modern southern Québec.// A port first occupied by the Boatswains in the colonial era, later administered by //La Sororité Œcuménique de Yeshua//, a French orthodoxy of the Sisters of the Cog.
# [[span class="col_box" style="background:#8273c4"]].[[/span]] **New Dawnland Confederacy** -- //New Brunswick and the Isles of Prince Edward and Cape Breton.// Adversarial towards Kanata and the Great Turtle Island Federation.
# [[span class="col_box" style="background:#ff8c69"]].[[/span]] **Transarctic Unity of Inuit and Kalaallit Nunangat** -- //Nunavut, northern Quebec, and Greenland.// Home to a mostly Inuit population and Inuit consensus government over land, water, and ice. Neutral towards the Great Turtle Island Federation.
# [[span class="col_box" style="background:#f20c6c"]].[[/span]] **Kingdom of Quetzalcoatl** -- //Mexico.// {{[lore undefined]}}
# [[span class="col_box" style="background:#750075"]].[[/span]] **Russkaya Amerika (SSRU)** -- //Alaska.// Westernmost territory of the SSRU.
# [[span class="col_box" style="background:#3ab085"]].[[/span]] **Yukon** -- //The Yukon.// Allied with the Great Turtle Island Federation.
# [[span class="col_box" style="background:#b0e000"]].[[/span]] **New Caledonia** -- //Panama.// Former Scottish colony. {{[lore undefined]}}
# [[span class="col_box" style="background:#89a7c7"]].[[/span]] **Republic of Nicaragua** -- //Nicaragua// {{[lore undefined]}}
# [[span class="col_box" style="background:#67abf5"]].[[/span]] **Federal Republic of Central America** -- //El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua// {{[lore undefined]}}
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++ 3. America (South)
----
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#C684DC"]].[[/span]] **Federal Republic of Akaiki** -- //Japanese Brazil.// {{[lore undefined]}}
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#62BF43"]].[[/span]] **Amazonia Confederation** -- //Amazon Rainforest.// Country formed by the native people of the Amazon, in an effort to resist the advances of the Dutch, Portuguese, Cipanguese, and Sharkics.
# [[span class="col_box" style="background:#cc5e39"]].[[/span]] **Democratic Socialist Republic of Chilli** -- //Chile.// {{[lore undefined]}}
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#FFD800"]].[[/span]] **Falk Lands** -- //Falkland Islands.// A Free Port in the South Atlantic. Although it suffered the Nazbol Maelstrom, one-half of the island is still above sea-level. What remains has become a hotbed for foreign investment, and unfettered capitalism, and propertarianism.
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#D6A231"]].[[/span]] **New Drenthe** -- //Dutch-colonized Brazil.// {{[lore undefined]}}
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#B5A5D5"]].[[/span]] **The Swiss Confederation** -- //Real-world Switzerland displaced in the middle of the Amazon.// {{[lore undefined]}}
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#CC0066"]].[[/span]] **Tawantinsuyu** -- //Peru and the Andys.// Modern Inca Empire. {{[lore undefined]}}
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#98283B"]].[[/span]] **Socialist Republic of Venezuela** -- //Greater Venezuela.// Largest iPhone producer in the Western Hemisphere.
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#19b361"]].[[/span]] **Federative Republic of Brazil** -- //Central Brazil.// {{[lore undefined]}}
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#6b8276"]].[[/span]] **Oriental Republic of Uruguay** -- //Uruguay.// {{[lore undefined]}}
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++ 4. Antarctica
----
# [[span class="col_box" style="background:#abbbd8"]].[[/span]] **Antarctica** -- Uncolonized. VVobbert the Viole(n)t has denied access to the continent and caused 294 deaths as of 2024.

[[collapsible show="     " hide="    "]]
[[div class="blockquote"]]
The NU began exploration missions to investigate the mysterious frozen continent and/or terminate the deviant.

All fail.

Until one day, they utilize an experimental weapon. Something to scratch thru the impenetrable toonforce of this thing.

They shear off half its face and arm. Beneath is all static. The soldiers who look too long into it feel their minds fall into the visual snow.

They see/hear/taste concepts. Memories:
“Wobbert and Friends. The feeling you’re not supposed to be born this way. 3… 2… 1… liftoff! --SPC-096--. Sputnik Studios.”

A spark of wonder, bleeding amniotic fluid out in the snow.

No wonder the tv show got cancelled after only 8 episodes.

[[/div]]
[[/collapsible]]
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++ 5. Asia
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# [[span class="col_box" style="background:#a25bff"]].[[/span]] **Union of Bharat** -- //Indian States.// {{[lore undefined]}}
# [[span class="col_box" style="background:#fede00"]].[[/span]] **Empire of Cipangu** -- //Japan.// {{[lore undefined]}}
# [[span class="col_box" style="background:#a091a8"]].[[/span]] **Free Hokkaido** -- //Hokkaido.// {{[lore undefined]}}
# [[span class="col_box" style="background:#090"]].[[/span]] **Caliphate of Eden** -- //Unified Arabia.// {{[lore undefined]}}
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#002A2A"]].[[/span]] **United Kingdom of Florensa** -- //Located in Malaysia.// A federation of kingdoms united to resist Dutch forces. Dwarf elephants are common beasts of burden in the region.
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#C8B518"]].[[/span]] **Kingdom of Formosa** -- //Qing Dynasty-controlled Taiwan.// Vassal for the Sharkic Empire.
# [[span class="col_box" style="background:#970004"]].[[/span]] **Goryeo** -- //Unified Korea.// {{[lore undefined]}}
# [[span class="col_box" style="background:#3a9300"]].[[/span]] **Jianese Federation** -- //People's Republic of China.// {{[lore undefined]}}
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#D8681E"]].[[/span]] **Khalistan** -- //Independent Sikh State.// {{[lore undefined]}}
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#3e0d5e"]].[[/span]] **Mughal Empire** -- //Afghanistan.// {{[lore undefined]}}
# [[span class="col_box" style="background:#738d3d"]].[[/span]] **Khorezm Republican Khanate** -- //Republics of Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.// {{[lore undefined]}}
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#E47A1B"]].[[/span]] **Democratic Confederation of Kurdistan** -- //Iran.// {{[lore undefined]}}
# [[span class="col_box" style="background:#9a7a46"]].[[/span]] **Free Territories of Greater and Lesser Mongolia** -- //Mongolia.// {{[lore undefined]}}
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#9DBB61"]].[[/span]] **North Việt Nam** -- //Socialist Republic of Vietnam.// {{[lore undefined]}}
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#DF73FF"]].[[/span]] **Sultanate of Oman** -- //Oman and parts of Yemen.// {{[lore undefined]}}
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#2C5923"]].[[/span]] **Huntsman Republic of the Philippines** -- //Philippines.// Monster country.
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#962f70"]].[[/span]] **Empire of Sama-Bajau** -- //Palawan and Western Mindanao.// {{[lore undefined]}}
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#702963"]].[[/span]] **Republic of Rumelia** -- //Turkey.// {{[lore undefined]}}
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#EF9F3D"]].[[/span]] **South Việt Nam** -- //Republic of Vietnam.// {{[lore undefined]}}
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#4800CE"]].[[/span]] **Commonwealth of Sundaland** -- //Former Maritime South East Asia.// Land refilled/restored by the Dutch. Majority population consists of the Flores People.[[footnote]]Also known as //Homo floresiensis//.[[/footnote]]
    [[/div]]

    [[div class="modal"]]
++ 6. Europe
----
# [[span class="col_box" style="background:#a52a2a"]].[[/span]] **Britannia** -- //England.// In the aftermath of the Second Benthic War, the country has lost its colonial holdings and territories, consists of a waterlogged archipelago, and, to a lesser degree, suffers from extreme austerity. Many Britannian asylum-seekers have taken refuge in Cascadia Britannia.
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#B20339"]].[[/span]] **Chantli Itzatlacameh** -- //Aztec-colonized Spain.// {{[lore undefined]}}
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#CA7554"]].[[/span]] **Empire of Corsica** -- //Island of Corsica.// {{[lore undefined]}}
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#B53389"]].[[/span]] **Province of Cypress (Cuba)** -- //Controlled by Cuba.// {{[lore undefined]}}
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#6F437A"]].[[/span]] **Czechoslovakia** -- //Czech Republic and Slovakia.// {{[lore undefined]}}
# [[span class="col_box" style="background:#00afca"]].[[/span]] **Enlightened Kingdom of Deutschland and the Rhine** -- //The German Empire if it formed under Bavarian leadership instead of Prussian.// The Enlightened Kingdom is ruled by the Bavarian Illuminati, whom the king of the country is both beholden to and part of.
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#B6FF00"]].[[/span]] **The Grand City of Euskadi** -- //Basque Country.// Giant Basque mega-city.
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#3333FF"]].[[/span]] **Kingdom of France** -- //West France.// {{[lore undefined]}}
# [[span class="col_box" style="background:#a81c07"]].[[/span]] **Greater Transylvania** -- //Romania.// {{[lore undefined]}}
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#FF77B4"]].[[/span]] **Helvetic Republic** -- //Switzerland.// {{[lore undefined]}}
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#2A2A5B"]].[[/span]] **Hugoslavia** -- //Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Macedonia, Albania, Bulgaria.// {{[lore undefined]}}
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#358fbf"]].[[/span]] **Union of Kalmar** -- //Unified historical Scandinavia (A composite of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden; the Isles of Faeroe, Iceland, and Jan Mayen; and several isles in the South Atlantic).// {{[lore undefined]}}
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#fa882a"]].[[/span]] **Imperial Netherlands** -- //The Netherlands.// The location of the Dutch Empire's parliament. The Netherlands are enemies not just with the Sharkics, but the very sea itself. They are harassed by storms, their vast empire held together by sheer determination. Partial inventors of colonialism itself.
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#B8860B"]].[[/span]] **Republic of Padania** -- //Northern Italy.// Fascist empire during the Second Benthic War. After being crushed, the fasces symbol in their capital was unraveled. A republic in the present day.
# [[span class="col_box" style="background:#317461"]].[[/span]] **Pan-Celtic Union** -- //A composite of Scotland; the Isles of Hy-Brasil, Ireland, and Mann; Wales; Cornwall; and the exclaves of Brittany (Northwestern France), Lusitania (Western Iberia), and mainland Nova Scotia.// {{[lore undefined]}}
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#900020"]].[[/span]] **Provinces of the Commune of Paris** -- //East France.// {{[lore undefined]}}
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#2C4E1C"]].[[/span]] **Türk Republic of Peloponnesia** -- //Greece.// {{[lore undefined]}}
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#1F5276"]].[[/span]] **Republic of Prussia** -- //Brandenburg and Eastern Pomeranian.// {{[lore undefined]}}
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#993300"]].[[/span]] **Roman Republic** -- //Italian region of Latium.// Papal states were overthrown and replaced with a republic.
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#2F4780"]].[[/span]] **Pax Sicilia** -- //Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.// Finally -- peace among Sicilies. {{[lore undefined]}}
# [[span class="col_box" style="background:#750075"]].[[/span]] **Sovereign Slavic Republican Union (SSRU)** -- //A composite of the historical Russian Empire.// Reformed at the end of the First Benthic War.
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#a81c07"]].[[/span]] **Vampyric Svalbard** -- //Svalbard.// {{[lore undefined]}}
    [[/div]]

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++ 7. Oceania
----
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#EB3B11"]].[[/span]] **Empire of Hawai’i** -- //Hawaii.// {{[lore undefined]}}
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#BAD227"]].[[/span]] **Interior Australia** -- //Commonwealth of Australia.// The people of Australia ruled to sink central Australia into the ocean to create an archipelago of beaches.
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#001921"]].[[/span]] **Commonwealth of Zealandia** -- //Bits of the old continent of Zealandia, pushed above the ocean line by the Dutch.// They're bringing it back.
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#2f8e96"]].[[/span]] **Federation of Guinea** -- //Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Basau and New Guinea.// Capital is the great megacity of Malabo. {{[lore undefined]}}
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#9a92f7"]].[[/span]] **Solomon Islands** -- //Solomon Islands// {{[lore undefined]}}
    [[/div]]

    [[div class="modal"]]
+++ Other Territories
----
++++ ##green|Land##
* [[span class="col_box" style="background:#4b92db"]].[[/span]] **Global Organization of Countries (GOC)** -- //United Nations.//
----
++++ [[span style="color:var(--celestial)"]]Sky[[/span]]
# **The Chimpanzee Republic of Airopolis** -- //Vaguely gestures at Eurasia.// Founded during the Second Benthic War by the Republican Union's Chimpanzee space program. Left abandoned by Kyiv, the apes could turn only to the one thing that promised them revenge: Communism. Quickly establishing a workers Commune and then building a giant airship with the help of Kumari Kandam, becoming the first sky empire. Now taking their revenge on the Republican Union by harassing their air space and pillaging their lands, and aiding Kumari Kandam in the fight against Lemuria.
# [[span class="col_box" style="--hex:#0047AB"]].[[/span]] **Territory of the International Revenue Service** -- //The Sky, generally.// Headed by a giant condor.
    [[/div]]
  [[/div]]

  [[/tab]]
  [[tab World History]]

Historical records are hazy because of constant overlapping reality rewrites and endless war with the Sharkic Kingdoms, which have caused irreparable water damage to historical records.

  [[div class="modal"]]
++ Prehistorical Eras
----
++++ 450,000,000 BCE
* The Selachian Menace first appears in the Global Ocean. Evolution's mistake comes to bear on the world.
  [[/div]]

  [[div class="modal"]]
++ Classical Era
----
++++ 1800 BCE
* A slave revolt breaks out in the minor city-state of Adytum. Rebel slaves speak of fraternity in their collective worship of the Mistaken Beast. United as one force, they overthrow the reigning Adytum elites, physically consuming them in the process.
* These newly self-emancipated slaves become proficient in Deviant carnomantic arts and undergo rituals to transfigure their bodies into human-shark-octopus abominations: CYAN ABYSS. The Sharkic Cult forms.
* **The Centreverse diverges from the mainline Foundationverse.**

++++ 1500 BCE
* **The Great Demersal.** Sharkic Cults attain hegemony over the Global Ocean.

++++ 300 BCE
* Initial end of the Daevite empire. Events discussed in [[[SPC-140]]]
  [[/div]]

  [[div class="modal"]]
++ Medieval Era
----
++++ 1210
* Current end of the Daevite empire.

++++ 1492
* Aristocrat and amateur sailor Cristoforo Colombo sets plans to discover a naval trade passage to the Mongol Khanate, much to the chagrin of his brother Bartolomeo and the King of Aragon. During his maiden voyage, however, Colombo's incompetence leads his expedition through a Sharkicist raiding party in the mid-Atlantic. It is alleged that two ships, 70 men (including Colombo), and 1,000,000 gold //maravedi// became lost with all hands, consumed by Sharkic Halcost, whereas one ship manages to escape and returns to Europ.
* In Middle Europ, word about Colombo's lost fortune spurs on a series of events that kickstarts the Epoch of Discovery. Colombo's fortune, meanwhile, cannot be located. It is speculated that his fortune never existed and that he forged tax receipts.
* The ensuing European discovery of America was, for its part, entirely accidental.
  [[/div]]

  [[div class="modal"]]
++ Industrial Era
----
++++ 1778
* //HMS Resolution// and //Discovery// arrive on the island of Hawai’i. Following events discussed in [[[SPC-1810]]]

++++ 1782
* Current king of Hawai’i, Kalaniʻōpuʻu, dies and is succeeded by his son, Kīwalaʻō.

++++ 1790
* Pai'ea gains control of the entire island of Hawai’i.

++++ 1800
* The Mistaken Beast takes a bite out of history. See [[[Right Proposal]]].

++++ 1810
* Pai'ea succeeds in conquering all 8 islands of Hawai’i.
  [[/div]]

  [[div class="modal"]]
++ Modern Era
----
++++ 1860
* Kamehameha’s (previously Pai'ea) maritime empire stretches from Rapa Nui to the Majol Islands.

++++ 1863–1866
* The Empires of Hawai’i and Cipangu go to war over the Mariana Islands.

++++ 1871
* Empire of Hawai’i launches a failed invasion on the Baja Peninsula.

++++ 1876
* Empire of Hawai’i suffers their greatest defeat in history during an attempted invasion of New Zealand, leading to an overthrow of its rule.

++++ 1887
* Hawai’i joins the Global Organization of Countries.

++++ 1900
* The other side of the wound in the Timeline. Only 13 people remember what happened, and even they disagree on the finer details.

++++ 1901
* Kauikeaouli, the current king of Hawai’i, is overthrown in a bloodless coup.

++++ 1908
* While on vacation in Vienna, art student Adolf Hitler paints a landscape on the shore of the Danube river. A river-bound Bull Selachian confuses Hitler for a piece of beached driftwood and consumes him whole.

++++ 1914
* **The Great Benthic War begins.**

++++ 1917
* Ravaged by the protracted conflict that forced Sharkics into battle on land, the Northeastern Eurasian confederation of Abyssal Sharkicist city-states enters a wide-scale civil war. Waves of infighting and confusion ripple across Adytum's Lakes and beyond.
* Seizing on the unprecedented opportunity, Tsar-in-Exile Konstantín Konstantínovich I marshalls his Deviant Royal Fleet and returns from Russkaya Amerika (Alaska). He leads a united front within the deteriorating Sharkic-dominated region.
* Konstantínovich's forces stage a royalist restorationist revolution. News of revolution makes its way across the disparate Oblasti Councils. From Sibir to Kamchatka, and as far west as Makhnovia, the emergent royalist-backed sovereign ministries begin referring to their collective territories as the Dýxaty[[footnote]]From Proto-Slavic //*dyxъ// + //*-ati//, meaning "breathe", and a false cognate with //*dùma// (duma), meaning “council”.[[/footnote]] or Pýxat[[footnote]]From //pýxatʹ//, similar to the Greek φῡσᾰ́ω, or “blow”, and comparable with //puffing//, a colloquialism that alludes to the act of Selachian Pugilism in classical antiquity.[[/footnote]] Union. However, the revolution is soon disparaged as “Dyshe-Rotom” -- an anti-surface-dweller pejorative meaning “mouth-breathers”, which the regional Sharkicists deploy against their terrestrial adversaries. (Revolutionaries deploy the epithet Лэндшаркс or “Landsharks” in retaliation.)

++++ 1921
* During the famous Summer Campaign, Konstantínovich's forces successfully expel almost all of the local Sharkicist Halcosts from Transbaikalia.
* **The Great Benthic War ends.**
* The aftermath of the revolution sees the diminution of Adytum's Lakes as a regional power.

++++ 1939
* **The Second Benthic War begins.**

++++ 1949
* //Bobble the Clown Shark// begins airing. See [[[SPC-993]]]

++++ 1952
* (//November 26th//) BRONZE UPPERCUT is discovered in the aftermath of a UAS government raid on a CYAN ABYSS outpost.

++++ 1953
* The Centre purchases FINIMATION Studios and gains creative control over //Bobble the Clown Shark//.

++++ 1954
* (//March//) BRONZE UPPERCUT is fully translated.

++++ 1956
* The 6th Edition of the //Manual of Selachian Pugilism// is published.

++++ 1963
* (//December 2nd//) GREY WANDERER contacts the Centre.

++++ 1964
* The film //The Fishers// is released.
* (//February 13th//) The method of enhancing BRONZE UPPERCUT by exposure to the CYAN ABYSS products is discovered.

++++ 1965
* (//April 5th//) Ronald Regan gives his acceptance speech to the Academy of Filmographic Arts and Sciences.

++++ 1968
* **The Second Benthic War ends.**
* (//July 30th//) Marianas Treaty is established.
* [[[SPC-1548]]] is discovered.

++++ 1969
* //Bobble the Clown Shark// stops airing.

++++ 1975
* 1975 New England Selachian Attacks.
* (//January 30th//) a second copy of BRONZE UPPERCUT is discovered from ruins near Muynak, Khorezm Republican Khanate.

++++ 1978
* SPC-1548 reaches its maximum velocity.

++++ 1981
* [[[SPC-1981]]] is found by GAW.
* Ronald Regan directs his film //Evil Empire//.

++++ 1984
* (//June 5th//) Initial escape of CERULEAN GLOVE entities from the Centre. See [[[SPC-1258]]]
* (//July 12th//) Discarded cetacean tracking tags are found in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, west gyre.
* (//July 20th//) GREY WANDERER meets with Serpent’s Hand to make a deal.
* (//December//) Increased disappearances of Cipanguese whaling boats in Antarctica.

++++ 1985
* (//January//) Initial cooperation between CERULEAN GLOVE and CYAN ABYSS.
* (//February 12th//) Increased seismic activity is detected on the eastern coast of the Home Islands of the Empire of Cipangu.
* (//February 14th//) CERULEAN GLOVE attacks the Home Islands of Cipangu.
* (//February 30th//) Aquatic pugilism causes seismic activity in the California Region, Australia, and Madagascar.
* (//June 28th//) The Atlantic Battle.
* (//August 18th//) CERULEAN GLOVE sends SOS message to the Centre.

++++ 1986
* Worldwide ban on whaling is established.

++++ 1989
* The infohazardous, selachian propaganda film //The Little Mermaid// is released.
* Centre begins using a Hass-Class Automated Pummeling System to continuously punch [[[SPC-682]]].

++++ 2003
* (//November 4th//) Major solar flare occurs, which pisses SPC-1548 off.

++++ 2004
* Centre replaces their Hass-Class Automated Pummeling System with a Clark-Class rig to punch SPC-682.

++++ 2008
* (//November 11th//) SPC-682 pleads for mercy.

++++ 2010
* (//April 10th//) A lone vampire boat wanders into a Way, leaving this universe. See [[[SCP-6426]]].

++++ 2012
* ONYX POET ceases communication with the Centre.

++++ 2013
* (//April//) A Sharknado hits San Francisco Bay.

++++ 2014
* (//November 25th//) Three Moons Initiative contacts the Centre, leading the formation of post-mortem MFT ARMÁ ORÚN and [[[SPC-2922]]].

++++ 2015
* Iris Thompson ([[[SPC-105]]]) wins the annual Centre Associate Triathlon.

++++ 2017
* (//February//) Bobble the Clown Shark disappears from every episode of his show, with a CGI reboot announced.
* (March 12th) Richard C. Chappell gets beat up live on television.

++++ 2018
* (//April 5th//) Marine Fighting Team CHARYBDIS begins initial tour of duty.
* (//July//) Pugilord Everwood receives WWS magazine in her subscription.
* (//August 2nd//) Marine Fighting Team CHARYBDIS suddenly vanishes while on duty.
* (//August 9th//) Centre receives extra dimensional transmission from MFT CHARYBDIS.
* (//August 13th//) MFT CHARYBDIS returns to Universe Prime.

++++ 2019
* Projected time in which the Corbenic desert will be cleared of all selachians.
* Crocodiles are banished from the dreamlands.

++++ 2021
* (//July 7th//) [[[SPC-6985]]] appears in the homes of random people.
  [[/div]]

  [[div class="modal"]]
++ The Comedic Present
----
* The Centre eliminates global capitalism to eradicate loan sharks and the so-called "Shark Tank".
  [[/div]]

  [[div class="modal"]]
++ The Future
----
* The Second Coming of Akheilos is prophesied.
* [[[SPC-1548]]] deploys.
* [[[SPC-6500]]] occurs.
  [[/div]]

  [[/tab]]
  [[tab Groups of Finterest]]

[[div class="modal"]]
++ Sharkicism
----
Sharkicism as a whole can be divided into two main groups: Abyssal Sharkicism and Surface Sharkicism. While the two share a name and a theology, only Abyssal Sharkicism has any real power.

Sharkicists are dedicated to the direct worship of SPC-001. They originated in the now-sunken city-state of Adytum.

= **__Surface Sharkicism__**

Sharkicists who live primarily on dry land have almost nothing in common with their abyssal cousins. Many of them are essentially baseline humans who find the theology or aesthetics of the Abyssal Sharkicists appealing.

= **__Abyssal Sharkicism__**

Adherents to Abyssal Sharkicism control over 90% of the world's oceans, and have done so since approximately 1500 BCE. Abyssal Sharkicists are almost universally CYAN ABYSS entities -- bizarre human-shark hybrids -- though some individuals have been observed to have appearances closer to baseline humanity. Many Abyssal Sharkicists incorporate biology from other marine life, such as octopi, anglerfish, and other terrors of the deep.

While Abyssal Sharkicists as a whole possess a shared goal, Sharkic substates have formed over the course of the centuries.

Known CYAN ABYSS substates and their locations are as follows:

* Atlantos, North Atlantic Ocean
* Sargassomari, Sargasso Sea (Atlantic Ocean)
* Time Kingdom of Lemuria, Indian Ocean
* Varuna State, Indian Ocean
* Great Realm of Mu, Northeast Pacific Ocean
* Confederation of Adytum's Lakes, Lakes of Central Asia
* Salmonari Kingdoms of Pannonia, Eastern Europe

= **__The Marianas Treaty__**

The Marianas Treaty of 1968 was established at the end of the Second Benthic War, and dictates the terms of interaction between Abyssal Sharkic societies and terrestrial societies. Roughly 95% of all terrestrial nation-states and an unquantified majority of Sharkic states are signatories as well. The Centre is not a signatory of the treaty and as such does not need to adhere to its points; however, several other NGOs with a significant oceanic presence accepted the terms.

The most significant points of the treaty are as follows.

* A ban on baseline human military and scientific use of deep-ocean waters, defined as 100 km beyond the end of the continental shelf, unless previously approved by the CYAN ABYSS government of the relevant area. Recreational expeditions are exempted.
* A cessation of CYAN ABYSS attacks and abductions from signatory terrestrial states. Vessels in deep-ocean waters are not protected.
 * License for Navigations Unseen (NU) inspectors to enter Sharkic waters to ensure adherence to the above.
* A CYAN ABYSS representative at any organization with an oceanic presence, possessing full voting rights and veto power over any action involving naval deployment.
[[/div]]

[[div class="modal"]]
++ Liberated Cetacean Union
----
See [[[SPC-1258]]]. Basically, they're dolphin and whale people. Many of them have joined the Centre as full-on agents, as seen in [[[SPC-507]]] and [[[SPC-179]]].
[[/div]]

[[div class="modal"]]
++ Marshall, Carter, and Shark Ltd
----
Marshall, Carter, and Dark, but since this is the Centreverse, Mr. Dark is an evil shark from beyond nature instead of being an evil humanoid from beyond nature. They don't show up a lot, but it's fairly consistent that Mr. Shark was overthrown in a coup that was //totally// not backed by the Centre. The company is currently trying to rebrand as "Marshall and Carter Ltd."

Whereabouts of Mr. Shark are unknown.
[[/div]]

[[div class="modal"]]
++ Boatswains of the Cog of God (BotCoG)
----
A widespread and orthodox religion. Boatswains believe that the Planet Earth is a ship (specifically a Cog) sailing on a celestial ocean (some more literally than others), and that God (the captain) has chosen them as the petty officers entrusted with keeping good order among His crew (humanity).

According to Boatswain bathyeology, when the long ages are inscribed onto the tapestry of history, God dots them with hardships designed to test the resolve of His crew. As morale and camaraderie become exhausted amongst the crew, it is then that God orders His commanders (prophets) onto the naval theatre (the world) to inspire confidence. Though these commanders are but Men, the might of God flows through them.

* The first commander, Moshe the manta ray shepherd, could move boats with the stretch of his hand. It is said that he parted the seas by ramming a gigantic ship through the waters. His faithful lead the Mosaic Way.

* The second commander, Yeshua the fisher, had a miraculous catch rate. He flooded the seafood market with his catch; for this, the Seven Seas Empire ordered his hooxicution.[[footnote]]**Hooxicution:** Execution by being strung up with line and fishhooks and fastened to an anchor that is then moored at sea.[[/footnote]] It is said that he punched clean through the Devil's bathysphere and returned three days later from the bottom of the ocean. His faithful lead the Messianic Way.

* The third commander, Mahomet the entrepreneur, knew the gift of gab. He divined God's revelations as they carried on the trade winds, learned of them, and directed them towards worldly matters. It is said that he brought stability to the tides: first, the social fabric of the masses; and then, the very movement of the ocean currents. His faithful lead the Qur'ānic Way.

These Faithful are united in their devotion to keeping watch over the Cog, in many confraternities and consororities across the world. Adherents of the three denominations each carry the duty of First Watch as it vacillates to a new sect every four years, on February 30th (leap day).

But what could be said of the Arc of the Boatswains, the city-sized mothercraft that crests the Global Ocean?

= **__The Johnson Heresy__**

The Johnson Heresy, or the Johnsonists, are an American heresy based in the state of Deseret. They believe that God's true name is YAT, and that he is akin to the admiral of a fleet. Those who have lived virtuous lives of service are rewarded with great wealth, a doctrine known as the "Commission Gospel". High-ranking members of the Johnsonists are known for their elaborate luxury recreational craft.
[[/div]]

[[div class="modal"]]
++ Great American Watchmen
----
An association of individuals dedicated to the preservation of American fine arts and cultural purity, the GAW encounters an abnormally high amount of Deviant art. Founded as a secret society in the early days of the UAS and dissolving and reforming countless times since, the GAW's current headquarters are in California. The Centre believes that some members of the GAW produce Deviant art as a form of appreciation of American culture and history.
[[/div]]

[[div class="modal"]]
++ Navigations Unseen (NU)
----
The esoteric arm of the Global Organization of Countries, the Navigations Unseen's mission is to use and understand Deviant phenomena for the betterment of humanity. Founded during the First Benthic War, the NU was crucial in preventing the extinction of baseline humanity at the hands of the Sharkic Empires. Under the stipulations of the Marianas Treaty, the NU is one of the few organizations with the power to conduct expeditions in deep-sea locations without unilateral approval from the GOC.

While not opposed to the Centre's mission, the NU does not consider SPC-001 a major priority and is primarily oriented around the preservation and improvement of human lives. As a naval and scientific enterprise under the auspices of the GOC, the NU's view on Selachian threats is fundamentally one of documentation.
[[/div]]

[[div class="modal"]]
++ Poseidon Laboratories
----
A Deviant technology conglomerate, Poseidon Laboratories is involved in Deviant technology trade worldwide since the 1900s. Many Centre researchers have approached Poseidon Laboratories to produce Deviant technology devices that the Centre refuses to fund, essentially becoming the unofficial R&D branch of the Centre.

Although Poseidon Laboratories was proposed to be merged with the Centre, all such propositions were denied. This was believed to ensure the status quo, and to prevent the loss of an unofficial R&D branch that ultimately aided the Centre's interests.
[[/div]]

[[div class="modal"]]
++ The SCP Foundation
----
An extra-dimensional organisation focused on the containment of all Deviant technologies; it has notably interfered with Centre operations on multiple occasions. Most notably, the SCP Foundation's **Department of Extra-Universal Affairs** has funded a schism within the Centre – causing sceptical personnel to oppose the Centre under the banner of **Containment Initiative**.

Ultimately, the extra-dimensional origins of the SCP Foundation have caused most dissenters to return and re-pledge their loyalty to the Centre. Despite that, the "SCP Foundation" is speculated to be dangerous and will be dealt with harshly.
[[/div]]

[[div class="modal"]]
++ World Wildlife Foundation
----
A mysterious organization, possibly funded by the Global Coalition of Countries, dedicated to speciating, conserving, and preserving wildlife. The WWF is known for having "Species Conservation Preserves", in which they house wildlife. They are believed to be responsible for preventing the beginning of a fifth mass extinction event. Their public fronts are concerned primarily with the preservation of all wildlife, but rumors suggest that they have a special interest in collecting Deviant wildlife, possibly for weaponization purposes. While uncanny similarities exist between the WWF and the SCP Foundation, reliable intelligence indicates that the two organizations do not collude.

The presence of the WWF, the SCP Foundation, and the Centre in this timeline is almost certainly a result of SPC-001 interference.

Though if I'm being honest, it's funnier if Fae and Tim Wilson are the shadowy controllers of an all-powerful wildlife conservation organization, so I've started using Wilson's Wildlife Foundation recently.
[[/div]]

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++ Union of American States' Center for Institutionalized Impacting (UASCII)
----
A proto-Centre organization existing in the Union of American States before the Second Benthic War. Not much information exists beyond black-boxes or pieces of paper pummelled into pulp. It is known, however, that the UASCII engaged in highly controversial Deviant experiments, as funded by the Union to protect humans against all Sharkic threats, real or imagined.

There is some scant evidence that suggests their reasons for engaging in selachian pugilism are drastically different from those of the modern Centre.
[[/div]]

[[div class="modal"]]
++ The Serpent's Hand
----
The Serpent's Hand is multiversal, so here, they're literally just the Serpent's Hand. Except they know that most universes aren't farces based on a pun.
[[/div]]

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[[div class="meta-title"]]
Canon Information
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[[tabview]]
  [[tab Clarification]]
+ What is the Sharkest Timeline?
++ Some Historical Context, and a Tuna Salad Sandwich
----
= //**The Sharkest Timeline** is a writing project aimed at reconstructing and resurrecting the original "central storyline" of the [[[spc-hub|Shark Punching Centre]]].//

@@ @@

The Sharkest Timeline finds its earliest inspirational roots in [[[SCP-1449]]] and [[[It Always Has Been, It Always Has Not Been]]], both written by [[*user Djoric]]. In broad strokes, these stories envision a divergence from the Foundationverse into something we will call (for the sake of comparison) the Centreverse. The divergence is caused by a universal reality-altering event, but it was not a one-time event -- it can happen again. The present state of the Centreverse depends on the relationship that relevant parties have to the punching of sharks. When this relationship changes, the entire universe forces a transformation into a different version of itself: One in which the relationship to punching sharks remains, at the expense of reality. Thus, in these articles we see two radically different Centreverses emerge:

* A less-developed world in which Selachiosk Pungix Combin, a loose collection of fraternal nomads, engages in shark-punching purely for their own survival.
* A hyper-advanced world in which The Center, a global superpower, has mastered the art of shark-punching, and whose society and social customs are incomprehensible.

In 2015 and 2016, writers [[*user MrWrong]] and [[*user sirpudding]] came around and established something new: What matters is whether the act of shark-punching remains __funny__. When the Powers That Be (AKA The Mistaken Beast, which represents the real-world contributors of the SCP Wiki, S. Andrew Swann's "Horror Writers") no longer consider shark-punching "funny", the universe course-corrects and transforms itself into something far more absurd and ridiculous. In other words, whenever the Centre stops punching sharks, or when their means of punching sharks are no longer considered funny, their universe course-corrects so that it remains funny; so that it was //always// funny. The inherent tension that comes with maintaining the humour in Selachian pugilism is a driving theme in this canon and the universe in which it resides.

+ What are some of its absurd features?
----
= //When writing for **The Sharkest Timeline**, think less grim//dark //and more grim//__shark__.

@@ @@

Thousands of years ago, a universe similar to the Foundationverse underwent a massive shift in reality, and the Centreverse emerged from its ashes. So began the Sharkest Timeline.

This is not a world where neoliberal global capitalism reigns supreme. It is a world run by an underwater cabal of power- and flesh-hungry human-shark-octopus abominations known as the Sharkic cults.

This is not a world where the Anomalous is secured, contained, and protected. In fact, there is no Veil to speak of. It is a world in which various groups use and abuse the Deviant (AKA the Anomalous) to manage and maintain the Global Ocean, power their technology, and help them punch sharks better than other groups.

It is a world where the Daeva died in a boating accident, and the Centre continually resurrects them via the Chronicle of Daeva so as to learn their increasingly advanced techniques for punching sharks.

+ How does the Sharkest Timeline differ from standard SPC?
----
Standard SPC is less constrained: It does not necessarily need to adhere to these principles. The Sharkest Timeline, however, is anything that:
# Adheres to these principles,
# Exists in a shared universe with other articles that adhere to these principles, and
# Does not contradict other articles in the Sharkest Timeline in a way that cannot be explained in-universe.

See the "On SPC-001" tab for more details on the one unbreakable rule.

  [[/tab]]
  [[tab On SPC-001]]

+ SPC-001: The Mistaken Beast
----
The original intent of the ideas that were the antecedents of the Sharkest Timeline was that there was only one SPC-001 -- the Mistaken Beast, a Pataphysical flaw in the universe. The typo SPC led to the spawning of an entire universe around the idea.

That ship has sailed. The originators of that idea are no longer around, and it would feel wrong to write an SPC-001 that is the //entirety// of the Mistaken Beast without them. However, that should not preclude SPC-001s that are proposals for //how// to deal with the Mistaken Beast.

In a way, this is more true to the spirit of SPC. There is one Deviance/Anomaly driving all the action, and every proposal is a way to take it down.

For an SPC-001 to be in the Sharkest Timeline, it must follow one of the following criteria:
# It must treat the Mistaken Beast as the "true" SPC-001.
# It must be about the Mistaken Beast; the Mistaken Beast is the 001 being described in the SPC.
# It must reveal some aspect or interpretation of the Mistaken Beast, or otherwise be some way of dealing with it.
We can't technically stop you from declaring your stuff as part of The Sharkest Timeline if it doesn't follow these rules, but we ask that you don't.
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[[module CSS]]
/* == COMMON == */

 :root {
    --header-title: "The Sharkest Timeline";
    --header-subtitle: "SEARCH, PUNCH, CONQUER";
    --link-txt-color: hsl(191, 100%, 25%);

    --abyssal: hsl(221, 100%, 25%);
    --terrestrial: hsl(101, 100%, 25%);
    --non-abyssal: hsl(181, 50%, 25%);
    --celestial: hsl(201, 100%, 50%);
}


 div#extra-div-1 {
    background-size: 150px;
}

 #header h1 {
    font-variant: small-caps;
}


/* == FORMATTING | [GENERAL] == */

 .meta-title {
    padding: 0;

    font-family: var(--head-font), sans-serif;
    font-variant: small-caps;
}

 #page-content :is(h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6) {
    display: flex;
    justify-content: center;

    font-family: var(--ui-font), sans-serif;
    font-variant: small-caps;

    line-height: 1.2;
    text-align: center;
    text-underline-offset: 25%;
}

 li, p {
    line-height: 1.5 !important;
}

 ol li,
 ul li {
    margin: 1rem 0;
}

/* == FORMATTING | [SPECIAL] == */

 .abyssal :is(h1, h2, h3) {
    color: var(--abyssal);
}

 .terrestrial :is(h1, h2, h3) {
    color: var(--terrestrial);
}

 .non-abyssal :is(h1, h2, h3) {
    color: var(--non-abyssal);
}

 .col_box, .spec_col_box { /* = COLORFUL BOX = */
    --hex: transparent;
    --hex2: transparent;
    position: relative;
    display: inline-block;
    width: 1.2rem;
    height: 1.2rem;
    margin-bottom: .2rem;
    vertical-align: middle;

    background: var(--hex);
    border: medium solid var(--hex2);

    font-size: 0;
}

 .spec_col_box { /* = COLORFUL BOX ADD-ON = */
    width: calc(1.2rem + 3px);
    height: calc(1.2rem + 3px);
}

 .spec_col_box:before { /* = COLORFUL BOX ADD-ON = */
    position: absolute;
    inset: 0;
    padding: 3px;
    content: "";

    background: 
       repeating-conic-gradient(#c7b187 0 25%, #815eba 0 50%)
    	0 0/12px 12px round;
    -webkit-mask:
       linear-gradient(#000 0 0) content-box,
       linear-gradient(#000 0 0);
    -webkit-mask-composite: xor;
    mask-composite: exclude;
}

/* == DIV BLOCKS == */

 div a {
    font-weight: bold;
}

 @media (max-width: 575.9px) {
     .modal, .jotting, .paper, .notation {
    	margin: 1rem 0;
    }
}

/* == COLLAPSIBLES == */

 #page-content a.collapsible-block-link {
    background: unset !important;
    border: unset !important;
    box-shadow: unset !important;
    color: unset !important;
}

/* == TABLES == */

 .special table {
    display: block !important;
    max-height: 85vh;
    overflow: auto;
    counter-reset: line-number;
}

 .special table a {
    font-weight: bold;
}

 .special th {
    text-align: center;
}

 .special td:first-child:before {
    content: counter(line-number) ".";
    counter-increment: line-number;
    padding-right: .3rem;
}

 .special td:nth-child(3) {
    min-width: 25%;

    line-height: 1.5;
}

 .special td:nth-child(4) {
    min-width: 20%;

    font: 1rem monospace;
    text-align: right;
}

/* == YUI TABS == */

 .yui-navset .yui-nav a {
    font-size: 1.25rem;
    font-weight: 600;
    font-family: var(--ui-font), sans-serif;
}
[[/module]]

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