Editing Earth Shin (section)

==Cultural notes and Divergences==
Shin has a landmass in the Atlantic Ocean, called the Alleghenian Ridge, that is not present in other recorded Earths. It made possible early migration from war-torn Europe to Americas.<ref name="UniLang&War">They either know our customs and speak our language, due to Goddess’s enforcement of English as a universal language, or they speak their own language and the translators know us and will adapt.”<br/><br/>“Universal language?” Sveta asked.  “Ew.”<br/><br/>“It’s convenient, if nothing else.  Divergence was ages ago but the world progressed along fairly similar tracks.  They had a very war-torn past that leaves them conflict averse.  Wars in their approximation of Europe saw multiple groups fleeing across what our side has termed the Alleghenian Ridge.  To them it’s the Spine or the Bridge, in various dialects.  Many groups fled, then either conflicted with or mingled with previous refugees and settlers at the end of the long journey.  The coalition of nations that resulted is going to be who we’re spending the most time talking to, if we talk to any Shin governments.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/05/28 Excerpt] from [[Breaking 14.4]]</ref> They also suffered two additional extinction level events at some point in their history (compared to other Earths).<ref>“How advanced are they?” Kenzie asked, her voice still nasal.<br/><br/>“They lunged ahead of our Earth a long time ago, but they also had two near-extinction events that slowed them down.  That’s not counting Gold Morning. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/05/28 Excerpt] from [[Breaking 14.4]]</ref><ref>“To clarify, they were more advanced early on, but then slowed down after two near extinction-level events, so they are more or less at parity." - [https://old.reddit.com/r/Parahumans/comments/bzg8d3/breaking_148_parahumans_2/eqskxni/?context=2 Wildbow on subreddit]</ref>

Scientists on Earth Shin were extremely interested in investigating powers. Goddess herself claims to have benefited from Shin science.<ref name="science">I can tell you that people in my world were very interested in deciphering powers.  They helped make me what I am, unwittingly, but they were happy in the end. - [[Gleaming 9.2]]</ref> She also claims that [[Cauldron]] would deposit [[Case 53]]s and other curiosities on Shin for her labs to puzzle out.<ref name="labs">"The, ah, monsters who made you, painted Tress, that icon on your cheek-” [...] “-they would deposit the monsters and the unsolvable riddles in my world.  We solved most.  My understanding of powers helps, our labs help more.” - [[Gleaming 9.2]]</ref>

Earth Shin had a limited use of petroleum, they either were not relying on it as heavily as Bet and Aleph during their industrialization period, or phased it out early. Shin increased gasoline production only under Goddess, as part of her previous deals with Cauldron, and mostly for trading purposes.<ref>Shin didn’t use a lot of gasoline, and had only really started producing and refining it for Gimel at Goddess’s behest, as part of deals struck before Gold Morning.  Cauldron, Chris had said. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/09/28 Excerpt] from [[From Within 16.z]]</ref><!-- this one is a head-scratcher, industrialization without oil industry? early nuclear? 
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Cloth used in architecture and design 
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The architecture tended to be grandiose, regal and heavily decorated.<ref name="WDA">They lead the way through, onto a rooftop. The wind blows, the sky is dark and roiling, and something about the city feels -off- somehow.<br/><br/>"I know that it's strange to say the PRT is minor, when it's the largest group of capes in the world, but..." the man trails off. He indicates the world before you.<br/><br/>The architecture is odd. There's a goal or a design behind it all. A regality, like the ornamentation of a grandfather clock. You're pretty damn sure that this isn't architecture you've seen in any photos about Earth. - [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d5KFMIh0jK_W3-JPJMDr08-nA6UTS06MFMqVga5tPPg Lausanne RP]</ref><ref>Skyscrapers, but modified, augmented, and decorated.  The Wardens’ old headquarters had included a giant statue as part of it, but it was the norm here.  A skyscraper with a castle built into one face of it.  A tower was crowned with statuary of what might have been a hawk.  Red was a dominant color. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/05/28/breaking-14-4/ Excerpt] from [[Breaking 14.4]]</ref><ref>Towers extending up from one of a building’s four faces.  Another squat building had no third and fourth floor, a stone figure curled up within, holding the fifth floor up. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/06/01/breaking-14-5/ Excerpt] from [[Breaking 14.5]]</ref> Local national flags follow the same trend.<ref name="flags"/> Clothing styles, while practical, are similarly quite distinct in style and decorative elements. In region equivalent to North-East American coast, colorful braiding is a very popular motif. Local capes, indeed, do wear capes, and exceedingly complex at that.<ref>The Shepherds who’d been stationed at the entrance had backed off, as a crowd of capes emerged.  Half-and-half.  Half had clothing in the Shin style, with masks and draping cloth.  Capes, like more old fashioned capes had worn on Bet, but with more emphasis.  Layered with one cape atop another with a slightly different cut, so the edge of the one beneath framed the one above.  Stylized drapings of cloth made to evoke images, or made so overwhelming that the cape was ninety percent of the costume.  There were patterns recurring across the costumes that looked like Shin’s equivalent of tartan, argyle, or houndstooth, but more complex. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/10/26/sundown-17-8/ Excerpt] from [[Sundown 17.8]]</ref>

Shin has heavily formalized negotiation culture, with honorary mirroring and subtle nuances of positioning. When performed properly it has poetic qualities.<ref>[[Breaking 14.5]]</ref> It seems to be a product of contradiction of violent, but war-averse culture.<ref name="UniLang&War"/>

However, when formality is not mandated, Shin denizens tend be very relaxed, eschewing even some basic rules, that would be self-evident for Aleph/Bet person, such as road traffic regulations or work schedules.<ref>Shin tended to be very informal when formality wasn’t stipulated, and that included roads without lanes or signage, that trusted people to fend for themselves and watch where they were going.  It meant the work week was often a flexible thing.  Obviously someone couldn’t not go to work at all, but arriving a few hours late, staying an extra few hours?  That was fine. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/09/28/from-within-16-z/ Excerpt] from [[From Within 16.z]]</ref>

The tradition of [[:wikipedia:Page_(servant)|page patronage]] is still practiced on Shin, although in modified shape, where lower class kids are randomly chosen as official and domestic servants to the people of importance.<ref>[[Interlude 14.z II]]</ref>

Shin's approach to law enforcement while mentioned as expansive in scope, in many ways still very medieval and anarchic, favoring low regulation, short imprisonment, communal jails, courts-of-peers, and violent punishments.<!-- no panopticon influence? bless them-->

There is a heavy reliance on manual labor and lax safety standards.<ref>People milled around the stalled traffic on that raised throughway that took cars over three-story buildings and hills.  Those people were Shin service workers with shovels and brooms, weaving between cars to get snow off of the roadway.  With the platform being raised, lacking railings or dividers between the edge and the city below, it produced a constant plume of white. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/09/28 Excerpt] from [[From Within 16.z]]</ref>

[[Goddess]] attempted to make English universal language of the planet. While some locals are able to understand and speak English, it did not take hold en masse due to shortness of Bianca's reign.<ref name="UniLang&War"/>