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.

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.

The wiki in Portuguese was abandoned because it could not be updated 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 of which the map was made at the time were increased without the permission of other members.

Changes:
 * some countries where increases their size (as said before)
 * some coutries change places
 * a new continent (Nortolunia) has been added with the following countries: ESP: Esperança (Hopeland), SLI: 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.

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

Draft map also made by Gineki. The names of the oceans were added.

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.

Memes
Some known memes:
 * 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.