Rumia

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

Map of Rumia

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 abrupt change from humid to dry climate has been subject of much research by climatologists, who mostly attribute it to the underwater volcanic activity of Ilex Lake (which is sometimes 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.

Temperature data for Pòmòrskô (coastal city)
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	9	11	14	17	19	20	22	21	20	17	12	10
Average low (°C)	4	5	7	9	12	14	15	14	13	10	6	4

Temperature data for Karihe (desert town)
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	2	6	13	18	23	29	34	33	27	19	8	3
Average low (°C)	-8	-4	-1	3	7	11	15	12	8	3	-1	-7

History

One of the best preserved port towns of early piracy era

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.

Ghost town in INK Desert

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.

Politics

Rumia is an anarchy, in a sense that there is no central authority and no monopoly on force recognized anywhere in the country. Different regions have evolved different social orders within this framework. For example, in coastal cities, where trade and agriculture companies are highly influential, the socio-economic situation borders on corporatocracy. Companies there use some of their profits to provide public services in their hometown, from road repairs to law enforcement. Central areas, dominated by small settlements of a few hundred people, are more democratic and disputes are usually settled at village gatherings. In the east, people of the deserts tend to be most individualistic, dealing with their problems and protecting their land and property on their own.

Culture

To be added

Rumia in NSC

Entries

Edition	Artist	Song	Semi		Final
			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

Voting

Most points given (finals)			Most points received (finals)
1	Noizeland	289	1	Zombira	331
2	Trollheimr	264	2	Trollheimr	327
3	Waiting Iist	223	3	Waiting Iist	316
4	Ujedinjeni Gvozd	208	4	Noizeland	284
5	Ugaly	203	5	Ugaly	278
6	Yaponesia	199	6	Vylkuzeme	249
7	Vylkuzeme	191	7	Tir an Abhainn	247
8	Kordavian Islands	177	8	Kordavian Islands	197
9	Zombira	172	9	Kamande	196
10	10 Regions of Mobius	157	10	Zechonia	186
11	Kamande	152	11	Viola Per Sempre	181
12	Reym-L-Dneurb	125	12	Balearica Island	163
13	Doire	124	13	Halito	159
14	Zoidiac	122	14	Dal Riata	156
15	Papendink	120	15	Yaponesia	147
16	Viola Per Sempre	118	16	Ujedinjeni Gvozd	138
17	New Acadia	116	17	New Acadia	137
18	Anselmsmumonia	113	18	Waiting List	128
19	Balearica Island	112	19	Reym-L-Dneurb	127
20	QuienDQ	112	20	Zoidiac	125