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QUEENDOM OF KYRIATINE

Kyriatinian: Κεριατίνη Ϙυενταυɯ αηο Ζειρίηι κα Λκαⱡίηι

{ translation: queen of honor, serenity and tranquility }

 

The national flag of Kyriatine. The blue stripes represent the ocean and lakes of Kyriatine while the white represents

the holy spirit of its people. The bird shown on this flag is the national bird, the giant golden plover.

 

NAMESAKE AND KYRIATINE EXPLAINED

 

The official name of the country is the Queendom of Kyriatine. In native Kyriatinian the name means queen of main honor.

Other widely accepted names for the country include the Serene Maiden Republic of Kyriatine (formal), the Holy Dytican Republic

of Kyriatine (no longer in use), Kyrotine (Mosquetanian), Kyria (simplified) and Kýria-Timí (old republic).

 

The nation of Kyriatine draws its inspiration from various places in the real world, including the most apparent Greece as well as my

native Iceland, other Nordic countries as well as France and the Roman Empire. The country also draws heavy inspiration from the

people in my surroundings, namely my friends and family who inspire the various regions, cities and wonders of Kyriatine.

 

I decided to not only change the name of my country but also to move it because I have always hated the shape of Mosquetania.

The main reason for this change is because when I created Mosquetania there was really no thought behind any of it: the name,

flag, country shape, all of it was just sort of random. But I wanted my country to reflect more about me and have more meaning

to me so I decided for a complete rebranding. Mosquetania will continue to exist as a small Kyriatinian territory in Vinorel but I

redraw the borders and leave the rest of the previously occupied territory to be claimed by other players. Kyriatine instead exists

on a series of islands off the coast of Jupiterdonia in western Orchidia.

 

SOME BASIC STATS AND INFORMATION

 

Capital City (and largest city): Mithera (population 1.7 million)

 

GEOGRAPHY OF KYRIATINE

 

[ map of kyriatine will come here ]

 

Continent: Western Orchidia

Total Area: 207,138 km²

Climate Type: Mild temperate; dry/hot summers (Köppen: Csa)

 

RANDOM STATS GALORE

 

Time Zone: Western Orchidian Time (WOT) (-10)

Calling Code: +123

Date Format: dd/mm/yyyy

ISO Code: KYT

Internet Domain: .kt

National Animal: Giant golden plover

National Flower: Yuva blue rose

 

Mosquetania & Kyriatine / BJSC History

 

2018

BJSC 103 | Mosquetania: Kilian & Jo - Suburbia (feat. Erik Rapp) (DNQ / 28th)

BJSC 104 | Mosquetania: The Brocks - My Love (14th)

BJSC 105 | Mosquetania: Digital Farm Animals - Say My Name (feat. IMAN) (DNQ / 24th)

 

2019

BJSC 113 | Mosquetania: BRÍET - Feimin(n) (feat. Aron Can and Arro) (DNQ / 24th)

BJSC 114 | Mosquetania: Sam Bluer - Body High (30th)

 

2020

BJSC 126 | Mosquetania: Ina Wroldsen - Pale Horses (5th)

BJSC 127 | Mosquetania: Merk & Kremont and SVEA - Numb (feat. Ernia) (23rd)

BJSC 128 | Mosquetania: Vera Blue - Lie To Me (5th)

BJSC 129 | Mosquetania: Ruben - Burn Down This Room (8th)

BJSC 130 | Mosquetania: JP Cooper - In These Arms (30th)

 

2021

BJSC 131 | Mosquetania: Glowie - Unlovable (12th)

BJSC 132 | Mosquetania: Hopium - Sunglasses (DNQ / 23rd)

BJSC 133 | Mosquetania: Bonn - Spaceships (11th)

BJSC 134 | Mosquetania: Drew Sycamore - 45 Fahrenheit Girl (13th)

BJSC 135 | Mosquetania: Ruben - Running (7th)

BJSC 136 | Mosquetania: Matt Simons - Better Tomorrow (Disco Mix) (DNQ / 22nd)

BJSC 137 | Mosquetania: Klangkarussell - Shipwreck (DNQ / 21st)

BJSC 138 | Mosquetania: Hayley Kiyoko - Demons (DNQ / 22nd)

BJSC 139 | Mosquetania: Au/Ra - Screw Feelings (21st)

BJSC 140 | Mosquetania: BYRTA - Minnist Tú (7th)

 

2022

BJSC 141 | Mosquetania: Tinlicker - Lost (feat. Run Rivers) (18th)

BJSC 142 | Mosquetania: Ylona Garcia - Entertain Me (5th)

BJSC 143 | Mosquetania: Chambray - Someday (Feat. Rebecca & Fiona) (DNQ / 22nd)

BJSC 144 | Mosquetania: Charlotte Jane - 10 percent (20th)

BJSC 145 | Kyriatine: Bakermat - Temptation (feat Elise LeGrow) (29th)

BJSC 146 | Kyriatine: Oliver Nelson & Lilla Vargen - Long Summer Nights (19th)

BJSC 147 | Kyriatine: Elley Duhé - PIECES (25th)

BJSC 148 | Kyriatine: Pussy Riot & salem ilese - PRINCESS CHARMING (39th)

BJSC 149 | Kyriatine: Dylan Fraser - It Took A Lot To Get To This (8th)

BJSC 150 | Kyriatine: S10 - Nooit Meer Spijt (feat. Froukje) (30th)

 

2023

BJSC 151 | Kyriatine: SKAAR - Something Like This (15th)

BJSC 152 | Kyriatine: Raissa - I Will Wait (DNQ / 22nd)

BJSC 154 | Kyriatine: Elderbrook & Bob Moses - Inner Light (DNQ / 21st)

 

2024

BJSC 163 | Kyriatine: Whethan & Nessa Barrett - sick of myself (22nd)

BJSC 164 | Kyriatine: GDRN - Vorið (DNQ / 28th)

BJSC 165 | Kyriatine: Wastemall - Glaciers (feat. Jude York) (DNQ / 23rd)

BJSC 167 | Kyriatine: Carine & Holy Molly - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (DNQ / 26th)

BJSC 168 | Kyriatine:

Meg Smith - Jesus Christ in a Mini Skirt (TBA)

 

 

Spin-Off History

 

Halloween

Halloween 3 | Mosquetania: Bonnie McKee - Sleepwalker (9th of 36)

 

Masquerade

Masquerade 3 | Mosquetania (as Bøtanikkä): GusGus - Within You (11th of 35)

 

Movies

Movies 2 | Kyriatine (The Hunger Games): Stromae - Meltdown (ft. Lorde, Pusha T, Q-Tip & Haim) (1st of 25)

 

Pride

Pride 1 | Mosquetania: MNEK - Tongue (2nd of 46)

Pride 2 | Mosquetania: Vök - Waiting (27th of 29)

Pride 3 | Kyriatine: VINCINT, Hayley Kiyoko, MNEK, Kesha - Taste So Good (The Cann Song) (2nd of 24)

 

WorldVision

WorldVision 5 | Mosquetania (for Austria): Thorsteinn Einarsson - Leya (YOUNOTUS Remix) (29th of 38)

WorldVision 6 | Mosquetania (for Slovakia): PACE - Fallen (9th of 29)

WorldVision 7 | Kyriatine (for Copenhagen): Drew Sycamore - Jungle (16th of 21)

 

X-Mas

XMAS 4 | Mosquetania: Yohanna - Ætla ekki að eyða þeim ein (17th of 30)

 

This vs That

90s vs 00s | Mosquetania (90s): Texas - Summer Son (5th of 38)

Exciting! RIP Mosquetania though, they have been a truly great participant for so long. I look forward to seeing how your new nation establishes itself in BJSC universe! *.*

will finish updating this later today!

Today has been a long day it seems lmao. I need to get to updating. Third entry under the new moniker is in semi 2 this week, vote 4 elley duhe / me pls 🥰

Think I'll be putting more of a focus on icelandic (or iceland adjacent) artists from now on.

I'll be revisiting my BJSC + Spin-Off entries (36 BJSC entries, 11 Spin-Off entries) in this thread for both Mosquetania (2018-2022) and Kyriatine (2022-Present) in chronological order. Going over how I feel about the entry now, whether I think its placement was deserved or not, as well as how I rate it compared to other entries I've sent.

 

First up will be my very debut entry for BJSC 103:

(feat. Erik Rapp), which got me what was, until very recently, my worst result ever when it placed 28th in its semi lol. It held this title alone until it was matched by my BJSC 164 entry in April of this year.

KILIAN & JO feat. ERIK RAPP

Suburbia

 

 

Contest: Buzzjack Song Contest 103 [CIII]

Date & Place: March 2018 in Åsnesia, Tinnmark

Results (Final): Did Not Qualify

Results (Semi): 28th out of 30 songs (27 points)

Results (Overall): 54th out of 61 songs

Trivia / Accolades:

- First ever entry for Mosquetania

- Also the First Entry in the Main Contest and for me overall

- First non-qualifying entry

- Lowest placement in a semi final (tie)

 

 

'Suburbia' was my very first entry and I for sure thought I had a hit on my hands. But looking back now, 6 years later and I... still think I was robbed. Honestly this is SUCH a banger, and to be reminded that not only did I not qualify but I was literally scraping the bottom of the barrel is honestly SHOCKING for me. This hits SO hard and knowing how many dance fans there are in this game it's strange to be reminded that they all either were in the wrong semi or just slept on this masterpiece. This is one of my all time favourite songs and it still gives me goosebumps. Deserved to not only qualify but based on the songs I remember from that final it would have been a well deserved Top 5 entry (totally not biased and all that), personally I feel like it would have been a deserving winner but I suppose we all feel that way about our entries every time lmao.

 

The song has such a sexy beat that makes me feel the urge to actually make my way to a club in Berlin despite being close to 5 years sober now. There is just something about this song that is legit filthy but beautiful at the same time, and it just makes. me. feel. things. If anything I think I love this song even more today than I did back in 2018.

 

I gave my 18 points to FSR Rontvia's eventual runner-up/tied co-winner 'Lost Without You', which of course went on to be a huge hit IRL afterwards, while the actual winner (New Lexico) got 9 points from me. I don't recall the winner at all but it features Bree Runway who has released some solid stuff since. No doubt these were deserving of their eventual placements but for me personally 'Suburbia' has my preference by far. Other great songs that I spotted on my ticket include my 15-pointer Bishop Briggs (14th), my first introduction to Vera Blue (21st) who eventually represents my nation as well, and the same for Robinson (18th) who has since become a mainstay on my pop playlists. CXLOE (41st) is also someone I didn't realise I'd been introduced to so long ago. Finally, seeing the other finalists I'm a bit shocked to see I didn't give any points to KSHMR's 'Shiva' (10th) as it actually made its way onto my playlist in the aftermath. Don't know any of the other non-qualifiers at a glance, but no doubt there were probably some other injustices in this contest given how I fared.

 

All Entries Ranking:

01. Kilian & Jo ft. Erik Rapp - Suburbia (BJSC 103)

(Updated in real time as I revisit further entries.)

 

My BJSC 103 votes:

+18 :: FSR Rontvia :: Freya Ridings - Lost Without You (Live At St Pancras Old Church)

+15 :: East Rukahavian :: Bishop Briggs - White Flag

+13 :: Lotunia :: FAUN - Federkleid

+12 :: Tartford :: Vera Blue - Lady Powers

+11 :: Bhangra :: Offer Nissim feat. Ania Bukstein - Rokedet

+10 :: #00274E :: Mai Lan - Blaze Up

+09 :: New Lexico :: Metroplane feat. Bree Runway - Word Of Mouth

+08 :: Daehun :: Riton & Kah-Lo - Fake ID

+07 :: FARC :: Miriam Bryant - Black Car

+06 :: Espen :: Flight Facilities feat. NÏKA - Need You

+05 :: Unovia :: Robinson - Nothing To Regret

+04 :: Buzzjack Mountain :: Ace - Heavensent

+03 :: Ramrynia :: Asmik Shiroyan - You & I

+02 :: Holland-Oats :: CXLOE - Monster

+01 :: South Danaelanda :: Elektronomia & JJD - Free

(totally did not forget about this)

 

TEXAS

Summer Son

 

 

Contest: 90s vs. 00s [spin-Off]

Date & Place: April 2018 in Aeroche

Results (Final): 5th out of 38 songs

Results (Semi): N/A

Results (Overall): N/A

Trivia / Accolades:

- First Spin-Off entry for Mosquetania and for me overall

- First Top 10 and Top 5 placement in any contest

- Only song I have sent TO DATE that was not released in the 21st century (or post 2010 tbh)

- Therefore easily the oldest song I have sent in any contest

 

 

Gotta love the church bell trend of the late 90's and honestly this still slaps SO hard. I remember I had rather recently rediscovered this song at the time of submitting it to my first spin-off and was so happy to see my love for this song was shared by so many of the participants. After getting my ass handed to me in the first main contest it was a nice consolation prize to immediately go top 5 in a spin-off afterwards.

 

I remember the final was really exciting for me and I even peaked at #2 a couple of times during the results reveal. Although the top spot was never within reach given just how much of a landslide victory this was for Espen, but I was happy with my performance in the end. Not bad at all for a second outing! The competition was strong too, with Texas managing to outperform a whopping 33 other songs, a lot of which were proper bangers! Today I think my points would have been distributed a little differently but Ojnoj (10th), Espen (1st), and Botanikka (12th) would have given each other a good run, although I think it would have been a gold medal for Addy this time around (shocked it didn't go top 10 tbh). Happy to see Jade get some love too, our preferences don't always go together but from what I've seen in the past we usually see eye-to-eye when it comes to a cheesy early noughties bops lmao.

 

Overall a very solid first spin-off entry for me, but 'Suburbia' still stays on top.

 

All Entries Ranking:

01. Kilian & Jo ft. Erik Rapp - Suburbia (BJSC 103)
02. Texas - Summer Son (Spin-Off 90/00)

(Updated in real time as I revisit further entries.)

 

My '90s VS 00s' votes:

+18 » 2000s » Ojnoj × Blue Lagoon - Break My Stride

+15 » 2000s » Jadakissnia × Arash - Temptation (feat. Rebecca)

+13 » 1990s » Espen × Chicane - Saltwater (feat. Maire Brennan)

+12 » 1990s » Land of DW × Kim'Kay - Lilali

+11 » 1990s » Bøtanikkä × Ace Of Base - Beautiful Life

+10 » 1990s » Dobago × BT - Flaming June

+09 » 1990s » Lotunia × Secret Garden - Windancer

+08 » 1990s » Fljótavík × The KLF - Justified and Ancient (Stand By The JAMs) (feat. Tammy Wynette)

+07 » 1990s » Holland-Oats × Pulp - Common People

+06 » 2000s » Aeroche × Darude - Feel The Beat

+05 » 2000s » Platformtrainersdonia × Artful Dodger (feat. Melanie Blatt) - Twentyfourseven

+04 » 2000s » St. Burbia × Keri Hilson - Turn My Swag On

+03 » 1990s » Altyr Muunilinst × Vanessa Williams - 2 Of A Kind

+02 » 2000s » Niceland × The Knife - Like a Pen

+01 » 1990s » New Lexico × Starz On 54 - If You Could Read My Mind

Also using this chance to pimp my BJSC 168 blasphemy entry 'Jesus Christ in a Mini Skirt' by Meg Smith. Pop banger with beautiful lyrics about love, lust, and

murder

. A surefire way to rile up all of your conservative friends and family, coming to a Tr*mp rally near you.. maybe?

 

Don't leave me in the semis again pls. Vote.

don't ignore ms cardin this month, let her make u feel good

 

vote for song nr two

if u know whats good for you