Samang

Samang is featured in Kaleidoscope.

Main

 * bowl-shaped world divided horizontally into four distinct biome layers
 * outside the first layer, which is the bottom, the world starts inclining upward until the last one is close to a sheer rock wall with the occasional indent and flat plane
 * at the top is a separate paradise realm
 * a lot of people want to get into the paradise realm so they climb the world
 * climbing the world is also seen culturally as a path to self-discovery and self-improvement even if you don't get into paradise
 * aesthetics: oceanian filipino and southeast asian in general
 * naming scheme: tagalog
 * may or may not have been made by an oldwalker as a training facility a la amonkhet. that oldwalker may or may not be dead
 * economy: barter

The Layers

 * Simua: the bottom of the bowl. a sea in the middle with beachland around it and islands inside it. most of the people live off fishing here but culturally are expected to begin the climb at some point
 * Pagakain: rainforest. has wild beasts and Weird Beings roaming around
 * Suglit: volcanic land. Hot. localized earthquakes happen. elementals also happen. weirdly enough you can actually set up a relatively decent living situation here and some do
 * Pawus: non-volcanic wasteland. caves and plateaus of stone within a super steep mountainside. nothing lives here natively except for like really stubborn plants and insects and shit. filled with bitter assholes of varying validity who would love it if no one got into paradise, because they didn't
 * Gimpala: the paradise realm. fluffy cloud heaven. a demiplane like nyx. you get to come if the leader (see Points of Interest) or another angel thinks you deserve it. no one grows old or suffers and people can shape reality through willpower (but not harm each other with that). if you meditate hard enough you ascend into an angel and get even better reality-shaping powers and get to have authority

Points of Interest

 * Liguno: the leader of Gimpala. angel. huge fella (think Iona). genuinely cares about virtue and justice and honor and all that jazz but is an arrogant classist jackass in that he thinks people who've been in Pawus too long don't deserve to be in Gimpala until proven otherwise. yes, even if they were born there. allows people to duel or debate him if they think he's ruling unjustly, though, and concedes gracefully if he loses.

Metaphysics

 * if you die in Simua you die for good
 * if you die between Simua and Gimpala you reincarnate in Simua and gradually regain parts of your old memories
 * if you somehow manage to die in Gimpala, you respawn immediately

Nature
- no overtly european-grounded races

- no demons