Chernarus facts??

[Andi 10]

imagine playing on the entire map, and the AF was at one end and obj at other lol. jumps in helo....wake me up when we get there...zzzzzzz

Actually it would be pretty awesome :cc:

[nominesine 0]

Semantically Chernorus seems to be a mix of Montenegro and Belarus. It's apparent if you happen to speak russian:

Montenegro (Black Mountain) is called Chernogoria in russian.

Belarus is quite obvious, with the prefix Belo (white) changed into Cherno (Black).

If you're into folk lore and fairy tales (wich Marek Spanel happens to be) there's also a strong connection to Georgia/Gruzia in the name Chernorus. Gruzia is russian for Georgia. According to a popular fairy tale, Gruzia was God's personal demesne which he saved for himself, since it was the most beautiful land in the world. He reluctantly gave it to the Georgian people becuase they didn't have anything else to call their own.

I think BIS worked quite hard to create a country that shouldn't be pinpointed on a map, or at least a country that could be pinpointed to several locations. After all, isn't that better than a fixed location that only hampers your willing suspension of disbelief?

[MasterChief096 10]

Yeah I'd rather not know where the country is on the map but rather a relative location. That way it can have as much land, as many people, and as big a military as BIS says it has.

I'm glad the in-game map isn't the entire country, I can't remember where I read it but the countries population is in the millions and I just don't see how its possible after being in every town/city and seeing the sizes. Chernagorsk is a really tiny capitol city.

[jakerod 254]

Yeah I'd rather not know where the country is on the map but rather a relative location. That way it can have as much land, as many people, and as big a military as BIS says it has.

I'm glad the in-game map isn't the entire country, I can't remember where I read it but the countries population is in the millions and I just don't see how its possible after being in every town/city and seeing the sizes. Chernagorsk is a really tiny capitol city.

Keep in mind it is a regional capital not the capital of the whole country. That honor falls to... *checks map* Novigrad.

[EricM 0]

Yeah, but they're all jerks in Novigrad. They're too posh and I can't stand their attitude "Oh look at me, I'm from the real capital, you must be a peasant, do you have Electricity"...

Man, I'm from F**king Elektrozavodsk, YOUR electricity comes from MY CITY !!

(Joke : I'm not a lunatique)

[lone.wolf 80]

Hehe nice one EricM... I would although like to see a addon where you have the Novigrad city in, and also one with the northern border lake Beloe...!

I really feel the country of Chernarus has a lot of super potiential for mission making...

[jakerod 254]

Once the new tools are out I was thinking about making that Moshnya island I think its called. I already have the terrain in ArmA I and had some objects on it but I decided I would just hold off until ArmA II to make it.