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Thank you, Pan-pan! I didn't update this page too much recently, because of all the other work I had to do. ~BigJ

This is MY page. MINE! You can post comments and all that jazz, but I edit it. YOU don't get to change anything on it! Just kidding. Well not exactly, but this will be the place I'll put my work and ideas for the Island Project. Or maybe I'll put some other stuff related to school, but that is not very likely...


 * __Island Group Fact File__**
 * NAME**: Big J
 * SPECIALTY**: Biography of a Historical Person


 * __Island Fact File__**
 * NAME**: Incignia Island - archipelago
 * ORIGIN OF NAME**: Incignia is latin for 'fire'.
 * POPULATION**: Approximately 450 people
 * OFFICIAL LANGUAGE**: Perfect English - and developing a new language...
 * LOCATION**: 76 N, 45 E
 * CAPITAL CITY**: Terra City (terra is latin for island)
 * OTHER TOWNS**: Two towns - Abyssus (hello in latin) and Nadowe (um...)
 * NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES**: Svalbard, Norway, Finland, Russia
 * HIGHEST MOUNTAIN**: The Mountain of Light is the tallest mountain in Incignia; it's so high, that when the Aurora appears (on Carnivale) and you journey to the peak, you're almost level with it. It's the place where Valde Deus can converse with the Elders of Incignia, and tell them of the fortunes to come.
 * OTHER TYPES OF LANDFORMS**: Coastal shelves around the islands; small isolated islands that serve as jail
 * RIVERS**: Ring River is the only source of water in Incignia, but people are forbidden to drink from it, or taint it with dirtiness. It's a circle of blue expanse--there isn't any source of the rushing water, just that it continues around and around. On the inside of the Ring, all of Nature's laws are broken. There's fresh green grass, flowers, everything that shouldn't be found in the cold. That's where Valde Deus dwells--kind of like his domain. Sometimes, people make the great trek there to either prove theirselves worthy for Carnivale, or to repent.
 * SEA PORTS OR HARBORS**: Port Cignia. There is a harbor in the southwestern part of the island, where it is closest to Russia - Russia is where Incignia gets some of their supplies.
 * OTHER BODIES OF WATER**: The ncignia Islands are in the Barents Sea
 * CLIMATE**: Wintertime - snows at night. Rest of the seasons - lots of frost, 5 degrees C, and is sunny every other month (strangely...)
 * DATE OF DISCOVERY**: 1995, September 13th**(actually it's 1894,September 13th)~Pan-Pan**
 * FOUNDERS**: Pan-pan, BigJ, Tippy, Jenno, Maiza - a.k.a. the TASens
 * DATE OF INDEPENDENCE**: ~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - for a few years before that, Russia had taken over the islands, but here is the story of gaining independence:
 * NATURAL DISASTERS**: It happened in the year 2003, and was a real big disaster, because a huge glacier crashed into Incignia Island (the main part), ruining the harbors and docks so ships weren't able to come in and give us supplies. We were left there without supplies for two whole months, forced to fish through the ice and beg Valde Deus for a miracle. Fortunately, we survived and only one person died.
 * WARS**: War of the Arctic Islands - //My group, is this name okay?// - with the TESens
 * TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES OR INVENTIONS**:
 * FAMOUS PEOPLE**:
 * RELIGION**: Valde Deus
 * RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL**: Carnivale of Valde Deus
 * TYPE OF GOVERNMENT**: Valde Deus is the one who controls Incignia. When he wishes to speak, he converses with the Elders, who then relay his message to the people.
 * CURRENCY**: There is no currency in Incignia, since money is of no use, and people can simply trade what they need for what they have. When supply ships come, pure spring water and coal are given in exchange for the supplies that we need.
 * LEADING EXPORTS**: Coal and pure spring water