Rumia | |
Member station | Rhum Barbancourt |
Appearances | |
Appearances | 113 |
Debut | NSC 55 |
Best result | 1st |
Worst result | 25th (semi) |
Rumia is a country in Galea, that has participated in NSC continuously since 55th edition.
Geography
Rumia is located in central Galea, a region in northwest of Norigin, known for vast woodlands, low urbanization and low year round temperatures. The country stretches from the Udralicis Bay in the west to the INK desert in the east. Most of it is a heavily forested lowland plain, from the sea to the Ilex Lake, which separates it from the dry eastern end of the country. To the southwest, a mountain range forms a natural border.
Cities are found mostly on the coast, but other than that, the population is evenly spread across the country. Small, isolated settlements dot the landscape of inland areas.
Climate
The climate is humid temperate in the west, but changes to extremely dry on the eastern side of the Ilex Lake (called "Lake of Fire" by the locals). The air temperature above the water is permanently warmer than above the land, which prevents the normal cycle of humid and dry air masses to occur. As a result, the warm humid air stays above water and precipitation doesn't extend east of the lake.
Volcanic activity under the surface of Ilex Lake moderates the overall climate of Rumia, making it warmer and its winters significantly milder than the harsh conditions found in northern Galea.
Regions and cities
Kameń
Kameń is Rumia's largest city, the capital and the first place most visitors see. It's located at the coast, where it serves as a major port and trading hub. If you're sailing there and from the distance you see something that looks like a giant pile of brushwood, it means you're close. Although Kameń's name comes from an old word for stone, the entire city is made of wood. Built in a typical Rumian fashion, it is a chaotic maze of tall wooden houses, narrow streets and thousands of footbridges that extend far above the street level. Many businesses are located along those footbridges, which greatly confuses newcomers. Maps prove useless when you stand directly under your destination but to get there you still need to get through a labyrinth of staircases and bridges. Kameń is also home to countless pubs and the most famous ones favor locations at the top floors, where, apart from excellent local drink, they offer scenic views on the city and its surroundings.
West Galean Forests
The forest is Rumia's heartland and covers most of the area from the sea to the Ilex lake It is home to majority of country's population and is a basis of its economy. It's an ancient mixed broadleaf/conifer forest, most recognizable by giant trees dating thousands of years. Nowadays, after centuries of human settlement, those iconic giant trees stand next to areas of younger trees, used extensively in Rumia's large lumber industry.
INK Desert
On the eastern edge of Rumia and extending further southeast, lies the infamous INK Desert. It's a mostly flat, rocky desert that was briefly populated en masse during a gold rush two centuries ago. Remaining inhabitants live in half-deserted shantytowns or travel in nomadic groups. Although the desert may seem empty at first glance, it offers distinct culture and entertainment. Deadly car races are a treat for adrenaline junkies. Battle royale fights are invariably popular and most places organize small fights at least once a week. The largest annual events can involve dozens of fighters, span over several days and many kilometers of battle area. Every year hosts invent new challenges for the combatants and incorporate elements from various shows, such as The Amazing Race.
History
First traces of human residence in Rumia date two centuries after settlement of northern Galea. However, it is speculated that maritime colonizers of today's Vylkuzeme, Blackmere and Trollheimr had set their foot on the coast of today's Rumia on their way north. But first permanent settlers are thought to be pirates, who'd set up colonies along the coast - the bay was outside the sea trade routes, but close enough to reach them quickly.
Increased demand for timber encouraged people to venture inland. By year 1000 bNSC (before NSC), they had reached west coast of Ilex Lake.
INK Desert remained uninhabited on Rumia's side (eastern and central parts of it were under control of a Papendink state of the same name) until a gold rush of year 180 bNSC. The gold supply, although sizeable, was drained over a few years by exceptionally large numbers of hopeful miners. They left behind numerous ghost towns and mining machinery. Today desert's shrinking population lives mostly on scavenging.
During 54th edition of NSC, a broadcaster and rum production company launched an initiative to join Nation Song Contest. Despite the fact there has never been country-wide political authority in Rumia, the application went smoothly. The broadcaster registered symbols commonly found in local traditions, including the yellow waves flag that is now easily recognizable around the world. One edition later, Rumia made their first appearance in NSC.
Rumia in NSC
Entries
Edition | Artist | Song | Semi | Final | ||
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Place | Score | Place | Score | |||
55 | Lyriel | Memoria | 14 | 64 | ||
56 | Korpiklaani | Vodka | 10 | 64 | 19 | 86 |
57 | Estatic Fear | Chapter IV | 9 | 73 | 16 | 102 |
58 | The Moon and the Nightspirit | Regő Rejtem | 22 | 35 | 9 | 115 |
59 | Czesław Śpiewa | W Sam Raz | 6 | 81 | 16 | 102 |
60 | Sonata Arctica | The Truth Is out There | 9 | 74 | 24 | 76 |
61 | Stary Olsa | U Karchme | 21 | 42 | ||
62 | Björk | Alarm Call | 25 | 34 | ||
63 | Ben Houge | Arcanum | 20 | 43 | ||
64 | Sonata Arctica | Don't Say a Word | 9 | 76 | 6 | 148 |
65 | Irish Rovers | Drunken Sailor | 28 | 42 | ||
66 | Żywiołak | Mój Miły Rolniku | 14 | 61 | ||
67 | Caprice | Enter Laoris | 10 | 70 | 22 | 104 |
68 | Equilibrium | Blut im Auge | 15 | 60 | ||
69 | Abney Park | Airship Pirate | 10 | 70 | 25 | 77 |
70 | Yuki Kajiura | Vanity | 13 | 57 | ||
71 | Monty Python | Always Look on the Bright Side of Life | 6 | 90 | 22 | 88 |
72 | Stuart Chatwood | The Tower of Dawn | 6 | 80 | 27 | 52 |
73 | Feuerschwanz | Ich Will Tanzen | 20 | 49 | ||
74 | Caprice | Fae Fae Fae Fae Fae Fae Fae | 7 | 72 | 11 | 130 |
75 | Nightwish | Storytime | 2 | 116 | 7 | 159 |
76 | Two Steps From Hell | To Glory | 12 | 61 | ||
77 | Rasputina | Holocaust of Giants | 5 | 102 | 14 | 118 |
78 | The Decemberists | The Mariner's Revenge Song | 11 | 72 | ||
79 | Malukah | The Dragonborn Comes | 7 | 80 | 5 | 139 |
80 | Hans Zimmer | Drink up me Hearties | 22 | 87 | ||
81 | Light your Fire | 15 | 52 | |||
82 | Princess Chelsea | Cigarette Duet | 1 | 114 | 4 | 160 |
83 | Men Without Hats | The Safety Dance | 10 | 125 | ||
84 | Lucenzo | Vem Dançar Kuduro | 3 | 85 | 13 | 116 |
85 | The Decemberists | Rox in the Box | 5 | 84 | 9 | 129 |
86 | Big Bad Voodoo Daddy | Mr. Pinstripe Suit | 16 | 57 | ||
87 | Haggard | Per Aspera ad Astra | 13 | 67 | ||
88 | Fiddler's Green | Yindy | 2 | 127 | 1 | 260 |
89 | Marty Robbins | Big Iron | 28 | 44 | ||
90 | Luar na Lubre | Chove en Santiago | 13 | 55 | ||
91 | Avantasia | The Seven Angels | 14 | 51 | ||
92 | Eisenfunk | Pong | 25 | 34 | ||
93 | Adriana Figueroa | The Hanging Tree | 12 | 72 | 2 | 197 |
94 | Turisas | Stand up and Fight | 14 | 120 | ||
95 | Fiddler's Green | Victor and his Demons | 2 | 97 | 5 | 148 |
96 | R.I.O. | Shine On | 26 | 64 | ||
97 | Mythos | Icarus | 12 | 58 | ||
98 | Diablo Swing Orchestra | Balrog Boogie | 15 | 58 | 24 | 84 |
99 | Perfect World | Lost City | 6 | 70 | 22 | 81 |
100 | Howard Shore | Song of the Lonely Mountain | 20 | 48 | ||
101 | Piersi | Bałkanica | 5 | 88 | 8 | 136 |
102 | Ghoultown | Drink with the Living Dead | 18 | 52 | ||
103 | Bad Religion | You | 12 | 60 | ||
104 | The Hillbilly Moon Explosion | My Love for Evermore | 1 | 104 | 1 | 190 |
105 | Idina Menzel | Let it Go | 5 | 143 | ||
106 | Howard Shore | Concerning Hobbits | 25 | 78 | ||
107 | Schelmish | Chaos | 21 | 43 | 13 | 118 |
108 | Magda Przychodzka | Południca | 7 | 77 | 18 | 88 |
109 | Beats Antique | Revival | 17 | 55 | ||
110 | Rapalje | Zeven Dagen Lang | 19 | 46 | ||
111 | Steam Powered Giraffe | Honeybee | 14 | 63 | ||
112 | Theocracy | I Am | 16 | 61 | ||
113 | Orden Ogan | The Things We Believe In | 3 | 80 | 13 | 117 |
114 | Mela Koteluk | Fastrygi | 21 | 43 | ||
115 | Mela Koteluk | Melodia Ulotna | 6 | 72 | 19 | 99 |
116 | Osimira | Kupia | 16 | 61 | 16 | 116 |
117 | The Red Army Choir | National Anthem of the USSR | 20 | 37 | ||
118 | Epica | Tides of Time | 1 | 116 | 9 | 129 |
119 | Gipsy.cz | Desperado | 17 | 56 | ||
120 | Dordeduh | Dojana | 8 | 74 | 14 | 113 |
121 | Van Canto | Badaboom | 21 | 44 | ||
122 | Eluveitie | The Call of the Mountains | 3 | 107 | 1 | 177 |
123 | Kirill Pokrovsky | Broken Valley Wakes | 27 | 46 | ||
124 | Leo Rojas | Celeste | 17 | 54 | ||
125 | Adrian von Ziegler | Wolf Blood | 15 | 54 | ||
126 | Van Canto | Last Night of the Kings | 19 | 44 | ||
127 | Kalevala | Nagryanuli | 12 | 71 | ||
128 | Foxy Shazam | Oh Lord | 4 | 88 | 9 | 112 |
129 | FGFC820 | Perfect War | 13 | 63 | 14 | 115 |
130 | Factory of Dreams | Back to Sleep | 14 | 62 | ||
131 | Percival | Lazare | 10 | 71 | 17 | 119 |
132 | Septem Voices | Skazki Krasok | 5 | 83 | 12 | 131 |
133 | Bill Conti | Gonna Fly Now | 25 | 25 | ||
134 | Kana | Vesnianka | 5 | 92 | 14 | 135 |
135 | Foxy Shazam | Killin' It | 3 | 98 | 2 | 166 |
136 | Marcin Przybyłowicz | The Fields of Ard Skellig | 26 | 67 | ||
137 | Paddy and the Rats | My Sharona | 4 | 98 | 1 | 183 |
138 | Good Charlotte | The River | 21 | 95 | ||
139 | Myrath | Believer | 11 | 72 | ||
140 | Faun | Federkleid | 11 | 65 | ||
141 | Whispered | Sakura Omen | 22 | 42 | ||
142 | Valkeat | Aallot | 10 | 76 | 12 | 120 |
143 | Jonathan Morali | Golden Hour | 19 | 45 | ||
144 | Koniec Świata | Oranżada | 8 | 76 | 25 | 87 |
145 | Myrath | Nobody's Lives | 8 | 84 | 17 | 103 |
146 | Miracle of Sound | Force of Nature | 16 | 59 | ||
147 | Patty Gurdy | The Longing | 18 | 48 | 8 | 144 |
148 | Therion | Lemuria | 21 | 29 | ||
149 | Light in Babylon | Istanbul | 20 | 46 | ||
150 | Pentakill | Mortal Reminder | 25 | 30 | ||
151 | Peter Crowley | A Tavern for the Night | 10 | 67 | 11 | 128 |
152 | Anna RF | Moving On | 20 | 53 | ||
153 | Waggaki Band | Tengaku | 9 | 69 | 13 | 107 |
154 | Rumian Philharmonic Orchestra | Galean Forest | 19 | 53 | ||
155 | Almora | Güneşin Ozanları | 17 | 50 | 16 | 119 |
156 | Miracle of Sound | Stay by my Side | 9 | 79 | 9 | 128 |
157 | Erutan | Jabberwocky | 5 | 82 | 11 | 128 |
158 | Me And That Man | Cross my Heart and Hope to Die | 9 | 72 | 19 | 97 |
159 | Metallica | St. Anger | 24 | 27 | ||
160 | Within Temptation | It's the Fear | 8 | 77 | 5 | 149 |
161 | Jeremy Soule | Far Horizons | 21 | 95 | ||
162 | Jar | Kupalnocka | 14 | 59 | ||
163 | Blind Guardian | Bard's Song | 11 | 71 | ||
164 | Blackbriar | I'd Rather Burn | 1 | 104 | 8 | 137 |
165 | The Flight | Odyssey | 17 | 62 | ||
166 | Jeremy Soule | Njór | 11 | 76 | ||
167 | Aviators | Red Water Dreams | 12 | 67 | 21 | 101 |
168 | Piotr Musiał | The Slopes of the Blessure | 8 | 75 | 18 | 87 |
169 | Dzivia | Dzikaje Palavańnie | 2 | 99 | 8 | 133 |
170 | Lindsey Stirling | The Arena | 3 | 89 | 21 | 77 |
171 | Sowulo | Ginnungagap | 10 | 75 | 23 | 92 |
172 | Bloodywood | Jee Veerey | 6 | 84 | 3 | 151 |
173 | HIM | Wings of a Butterfly | 25 | 72 | ||
174 | Hang Massive | The Secret Kissing of the Sun and Moon | 18 | 46 | ||
175 | Xandria | The Undiscovered Land | 8 | 78 | 10 | 127 |
176 | Xandria | Voyage of the Fallen | 16 | 61 | ||
177 | Eurielle | City of the Dead | 19 | 55 | ||
178 | Brothers of Metal | Yggdrasil | 12 | 65 | 17 | 93 |
179 | Woods of Ypres | I Was Buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery | 25 | 24 | ||
180 | Tardigrade Inferno | We Are Number One | 4 | 84 | 5 | 164 |
181 | Leningrad | Ju-Ju | 4 | 157 | ||
182 | Delain | Burning Bridges | 26 | 73 | ||
183 | Message to Bears | Mountains | 6 | 84 | 8 | 133 |
184 | Danit | Cuatro Vientos | 7 | 83 | 11 | 125 |
185 | Linked Horizon | Guren no Yumiya | 24 | 18 | ||
186 | Delain | Suckerpunch | 16 | 54 | ||
187 | Hell Boulevard | Satan in Wonderland | 14 | 65 | ||
188 | Bjarla | Obryad (Seid) | 11 | 69 | ||
189 | Samurai | Never Fade Away | 25 | 26 | ||
190 | The Last Bison | Setting Our Tables | 8 | 66 | 14 | 117 |
191 | Nightwish | The Poet and the Pendulum | 5 | 80 | 11 | 122 |
192 | Lustre | The First Snow | 10 | 79 | 6 | 147 |
193 | GreenWood | Elegia o Latach Minionych |
Voting
Most points given (finals) | Most points received (finals) | ||||
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1 | Trollheimr | 315 | 1 | Trollheimr | 424 |
2 | Noizeland | 312 | 2 | Vylkuzeme | 336 |
3 | Vylkuzeme | 287 | 3 | Zombira | 335 |
4 | Ujedinjeni Gvozd | 262 | 4 | Waiting Iist | 316 |
5 | Kordavian Islands | 262 | 5 | Noizeland | 311 |
6 | Yaponesia | 226 | 6 | Ugaly | 296 |
7 | Waiting Iist | 223 | 7 | Tir an Abhainn | 289 |
8 | Ugaly | 209 | 8 | Kordavian Islands | 274 |
9 | Kamandé | 191 | 9 | Kamandé | 264 |
10 | Zombira | 172 | 10 | Balearica Island | 213 |
11 | 10 Regions of Mobius | 157 | 11 | Waiting List | 203 |
12 | Doire | 133 | 12 | Zechonia | 203 |
13 | Papendink | 129 | 13 | Viola Per Sempre | 181 |
14 | Reym-L-Dneurb | 125 | 14 | Halito | 177 |
15 | QuiénDQ | 123 | 15 | Ujedinjeni Gvozd | 171 |
16 | Zoidiac | 122 | 16 | Yaponesia | 167 |
17 | Viola Per Sempre | 118 | 17 | Bigicia | 156 |
18 | Balearica Island | 117 | 18 | Dal Riata | 156 |
19 | New Acadia | 116 | 19 | Kadis | 138 |
20 | Anselmsmumonia | 113 | 20 | New Acadia | 137 |
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