The Fragile Empire – Chapter 1

By: Karuppiah Saravanapperumal

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You all might have heard of various countries such as India, Singapore, New Zealand and South Africa which are populated by humans in our planet Earth. In addition to this, there are also several planets existing like our beloved Planet Earth in our solar system about which research has been going on for several years in many aspects such as about these planets and most importantly, if they are suitable for human life.

However, you all would be receiving the biggest shock of your lives if I reveal to you the fact that there is a big purple and blue planet in the far corners of our solar system which is in fact has a huge, sprawling and very active population of 600 crores people, which is also 100 crores lesser than the current population of our beloved Planet Earth.

Zaizomba – Named After the River Zastron

This is named as Zaizomba, which is named after the river Zastron which is the lifeline of the planet and is also the prime cause for the active and bustling life in the planet. Another trivia about planet  Zaizomba that will surely surprise you even more is that about half of the population of planet Zaizomba is made up of animals: Animals yes, not in the sense of animals prying or prowling in the oceans and forests and living there or being as human pets, but animals talking, speaking, interacting and even living like humans.

Currency of Zaizomba

The currency of Zaizomba is interestingly known as the Leaf Card and this card is used for all of the daily transactions, payments and business deals in this planet and it has three versions of it: the silver card for the ordinary transactions and daily payments in the range from 1 to 10,000, the gold card for transactions and daily payments in the range from 10,000 to 500000 and platinum cards for transactions above 50 million. Most importantly, animals also enjoy all of the social, economic and political rights as humans.

Ruled by the Emperor Vijaysekaran III

Zaizomba is being ruled by the Emperor Vijaysekaran III from the Sekaran dynasty who has been ruling a large part of the galaxy for a long period of time(more about that, I will tell you later!) for the past 25 years and also has a national government at the central level to take all of the key decisions regarding finance and industries, excluding the most important fields such as defence and foreign affairs in which the national government can advise the emperor, but it is the emperor who takes the final decisions regarding these issues.

Zaizomba is made of seven kingdoms such as Tushwu, Sundara Nadu, Abuduq, Pegasus, New Behold, Captista and Bovero which except for the latter three kingdoms which is ruled jointly by monarchs and elected governments, the other four are ruled solely by the monarch from the royal families.(I will explain to you about these kingdoms in depth later on, this is just a basic introduction about Zaizomba ).

The capital of Zaizomba is Faunan City(named after the combination of fauna and human), a big and sprawling metropolis having the latest state of the art modes of transport and technology which also houses the national government and the palace of the emperor, which name is The Magnificent  Palace.

Languages in Zaizomba

In addition to this, there are four official languages in Zaizomba which are English, Tamil, Chinese and Malay(the latter are the official languages of the kingdoms of Tushwu, Sundara Nadu and Pegasus). Thus, this arrangement has been made by the national government and has been adapted unilaterally by all of the kingdoms due to the benefit of the varying sections of the people who might not be so well-educated to speak in English and due to this, any citizen of the planet can travel around the planet and can talk, communicate and interact in any of these four languages legally.

Now, coming to the most important part of Zaizomba; the constitution and the laws. Zaizomba has adopted a federal constitution due to the fact that the seven independent kingdoms are also very strong kingdoms and also due to some major issues and problems which erupted during Emperor Vijayasekaran’s conquest of the planet (This will be explained to you very soon in due course of time, So hang on!) and so under this constitution, the seven kingdoms, except for matters related to economics, defence and foreign affairs, have the complete freedom to make and implement laws regarding the administration of their kingdoms and the laws of the national government and kingdom are not compulsory binding on them. The Constitution of Zaizomba was formulated and adapted in 2033 by all of the kingdoms and monarchs in the planet.

Also, I forgot to mention about a very important law in Zaizomba: beggars are legally and very strictly prohibited by law in Zaizomba and everybody has to stand on their legs and earn their living.

If anyone is finding hard to work or set up a business, they can always approach the provincial or national kingdoms for help regarding their business or work but they should not beg or else they would face a very strict punishment of life sentence, implying that they will have to languish in jail till the end of their lives.

This is due to the belief that Emperor Vijaysekaran always believes that every citizen in the planet is unique and talented and thus they should work and live honourably and begging from others is very shameful and disgusting and it  should not be encouraging at all! The flag of planet Zaizomba is made up of three colours: green at the top of the flag symbolising prosperity, blue at the bottom of the flag symbolising stability and growth and white at the middle of the flag symbolising peace and purity along with an image of a lion and a human placed closely besides each other symbolising that both of them should always live in unity and prosperity in Zaizomba, as per the vision of the King Vijayasekaran III.

Also, in addition to this, I forgot to inform you all that Zaizomba is essentially a tropical planet and so it is very hot and humid planet during the first few months of the year and very cold during the latter parts of the year especially in Sundara Nadu and Abudq which are located at the farther end of the planet. Interestingly, the names of the month and year are similar to those in the Earth due to the calendar that is being followed in this planet by the emperors and the governments.

Now that I have given you a short introduction about the planet and its rulers, let us now immerse ourselves in the world of Zaizomba for some time to understand the planet and also what is currently going in better, shall we?….

By: Karuppiah Saravanapperumal

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