Imaginary Nation – Hyperboria

In speaking 3 class, we created imaginary nation. The name of our group’s imaginary nation is Hyperboria. It locates in the north form Japan.


Hyperboria’s money and cost of living

Hyperboria’s consumption is 20%. Government warrant free educational and medical expenses. They use ‘Boria’ currency. 1 Boria is about 150 yen.
Food in Hyperboria is not that expensive. Fruit and Vegetables are about half price of Japan. Fish and mean are about one-third price of Japan. Only food which is really expensive there is Penguin. People in Hyperboria love penguin meats. So even the meats are expensive, people still buy them.
They also like to spend money for their clothes. It is really cold there. So they really need to wear something to keep them warm. Hyperborians love to wear ‘Penket’. Penket is a traditional jacket of Hyperboria made with penguin leather. Usually Hyperborian have about more than 10 penkets. Penkets are not really cheap. They are more than 500 Borias which is about 30000 yen. Some rich Hyperborians spend a lot of money on their penkets. Penkets shows you how rich you are in Hyperboria.


The language of Hyperboria

The official language of Hyperboria is intimate one for Japanese. Hyperborian is so similar to Japanese. If Japanese speak their language there, they can talk to Hyperborian. The different between Japanese and Hyperborian is letter. Japanese use Kana and Kanji, but Hyperborian use Cyrillic alphabet. For example, if you want to tell to Hyperborian "Hello", you should say “Konnichiwa” like Japanese. There is only a difference whether sentences that express it are "Коннитива".
There is a reason why the language of this country is such a grammar. There is a reason why the ancestor of the leader in Hyperboria is pulling Japanese blood. Thanks to this language form, Hyperboria and Japan have built a good relation for a long time. People in a country each other will be able to come and go without the language worrying. However, it is said that Hyperborian is also as difficult as Japanese.
Below is a list which is how to translate from Japanese into Hyperborian.




Hyperborian foods and fashion

We can get rare items in this country. The most famous souvenir is meat of penguin. Nobody eats the meat. We eat it only special day, because penguin’s meat is rare food so a cost is expensive. The taste is good and very tender. It is sold in many shops so you can get it anywhere. Another famous souvenir is winter clothes. The temperature here is lower than any other country so people always wear this winter clothes called “Hyper protect”. People can live warmly with this clothes so many foreigners who live in cold places come to here to buy “Hyper protect”. But it is hard to get it in another country, because it is handmade here. (484 words)