User blog:Mavb98/The Lost World of Geia

Introduction
I was cleaning some files from the Downloads folder in one of my computers and I found some interesting things from "The Lost World" of Geia. I also remembered that in some Facebook chats about Geia there could be something about this fictional world that died in 2015 and I also found some interesting things there. Also the abandoned wiki has some things, but these are available to everyone. So this article is about this lost world and the things I am finding.

History
Geia was a group in Facebook, inicialy with the name Países Alternativos - Universo Virtual (Alternative Countries - Virtual Universe) founded by a Brazilian guy who was one of the members from the Brazilian Fictional Television. The group was created on 4th July 2013. This guy already had a fictional country before creating the group. The group had members from various countries such as Brazil, Portugal, Chile, Venezuela and Colombia.

The wiki (in Portuguese) was created on 20th July 2014 by DonOnce, but did not have a large membership. The other wiki (in Spanish) was founded in 28th October 2014, again, by DonOnce, so that members can write in Spanish without having to translate into Portuguese.

October 22, 2014 was a fateful day for the Geia community. Some smartass, impersonating DonOnce with a fake account that everyone thought was a secondary account, was added as an administrator and eliminated all the administrators in the group, leaving the group without any administration. This situation was reported by Gineki in the chat. The solution found to solve this problem was to create a new group with the same name by adding 2.0 in the name. DonOnce then created the new group and all members that were in the other group were re-added except "ghost" or "spectator" members (those who had no fictional country).

However, on 24th October 2015, and after unfortunate moments that passed between members that year, the group was closed. Some members disappeared, others joined Gapia, founded by DonOnce some months before.

The wiki in Portuguese was abandoned because it could not be updated with the new universe and the Brazilian and Portuguese members lost interest in it.

January/February 2014
https://i.imgur.com/MnNJjBy.jpg

The oldest map I found, probably from January or February 2014.

Countries:
 * NRU: Novo Rumo (New Rhumb)
 * NPC: Nova Piacaba
 * AIP: A Irmandade Perdida
 * CPT: Chocaputa
 * CLN: Calena
 * TCD: Talcalandia (Talcaland)
 * BLK: Bluko
 * MTS: Matamá do Sul (South Matamah)
 * SSU: ?
 * UDO: União Dourada (Golden Union)
 * SMA: Sierra Mayaguez
 * NOI: Nova Itacolomi
 * CZB: Cazebequistão
 * IPF: Ilha de Porto Feliz
 * PTR: Patrial
 * CLU: ?
 * CRU: Crush
 * ICP: Capilé
 * SGL: Sagelândia
 * NIP: Novo Ipiranga
 * CTL: Centrália
 * ONS: Olho Negro do Sul
 * ONN: Olho Negro do Norte
 * HIQ: Hisqaida
 * IVC: Ilha de Vera Cruz
 * WAD: Wadeyan/Wadiya
 * NCA: Nova Caria
 * UIT: Unión Itálica (Italic Union)
 * AZT: Azorita
 * BRL: Brooklen
 * SEDE DA ONFU: United Nations Head Office

February 2014
https://i.imgur.com/H3nKNrJ.png

Controversial map, because the countries owned by the map maker at that time were increased without the permission of other members.

Changes:
 * some countries increased their size (as said before)
 * some coutries change places
 * a new continent (Nortolunia) has been added with the following countries: ESP: Esperança (Hopeland), SLI: Santa Liberdade, RTL: Roterlaña (Roterlaine), GGT: Gran Gritana, GCE: Grande Centro.

May 2014
https://i.imgur.com/qrZmNmG.jpg

One of the first maps made by Gineki. Nortolunia changes location, size and shape. Chocaputa was renamed to Esciova (maybe some days or weeks before this map).

https://i.imgur.com/df4oMAn.jpg

Draft map, also made by Gineki. The names of the oceans were added (I think it was me who propose to put it in the map, the names where given by the other members, like DonaldoC1997).

June 2014
https://i.imgur.com/minhCkk.jpg

The first map made with colors. It was a proposal from Mauro Teité and was later used by Gineki.

Jully 2014
https://i.imgur.com/b5CshGk.jpg

This map was upload on the chat on 26th Jully 2014, but I think it was from 20th Jully 2014 because I remember to say to Gineki that he updated the map on my birthday.

https://i.imgur.com/AGOW1Ry.jpg

From the same day, a historical map from 1914. I don't remember if it was the first historical map of Geia and the first of its kind made by Gineki. Country names in full and different font to distinguish from normal maps. Also the empty countries in this map were filled with a historical nation.

For The Testcardiologist: look to Nortolunia and see "Nueva Azorita". It was when I have Libernia there.

Memes
Some known memes:
 * OE CALLATE! (HEY SHUT UP!): Always said when someone said stupid things or when bothering other members and in extreme cases was eliminated from chat (for a few moments or forever).
 * Burn the chat: when someone said something from the real world and we sent a picture of a fire to eliminate the error.
 * Pudding: one member didn't like pudding and we sent a picture of pudding every time he said something stupid.
 * Meu pau vai te processar por danos (My d*** will sue you for damage): the same one who did not like pudding, commented a photo in the group and instead of writing pai (dad), write pau (stick in european portuguese, d*** in brazilan portuguese). This mistake completely changed the meaning of the sentence, especially for the members who speak Brazilian Portuguese.
 * Umabalo: also from the same one who did not like pudding, when he wrote in the group about an earthquake that affected his country. He wrote "um abalo" (a shake) all together. This spelling mistake was taken advantage of by a member for the name of a food brand.