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About Esperantujo

The Country

Esperantujo is either the mythical land of the Esperantists, where the national language is Esperanto, or all serious Esperantists considered as a sort of nation in diaspora. It has its own national anthem and flag, just like any other self-respecting country.

Money

The monetary unit of mythical Esperantujo is the stelo (star), named for the green-star symbol of Esperanto. I imagine A one-stelo note from the Republic
of Esperantujo.
Not visible in this simple photograph
are the advanced security features
incorporated in these notes. its value as about $10, €8, or £5. No one has ever specified what smaller units a stelo is broken into, but I would suggest either cendoj (“cents”, as for American dollars), centonoj (“hundredths”), or lunoj (“moons”).

Sometimes Esperantujans hang out in other countries, as visitors; the monetary unit in the unspecified or hypothetical foreign country is the guldeno. This is also the real monetary unit (the guilder) formerly used in the Netherlands, a real country. Go figure.

We can also speak of money of real countries:

aglo†	eagle = US$10
cendo	cent
centavo	centavo
centimo	centime
dinaro	dinar
dismo†	dime = US$0.10
dolaro	dollar
drakmo	drachma
eno	yen
euro‡	euro
franko	franc
guldeno	guilder, samolean, buck
krono	crown, krona, krone, koruna
liro	lira
marko	mark, markka
milono†	mil = US$0.001
penco	penny
peso	peso
peseto	peseta
pfenigo	pfennig
pundo	pound, punt
rublo	rouble
siklo	shekel
ŝilingo	shilling, schilling
zloto	zloty
† — I made these up myself ‡ — Some write this as eŭro instead, and pronounce it in two syllables, instead of three

Newspapers

«Ĉiuj
presindaj
novaĵoj» La O Standardo Prezo:
5 cendoj

Ludoviko, Esperantujo:

Ĵurnaloj abundas en nia lando

   Obviously, there are newspapers, and since there are newspapers in other countries named “The World”, “Le Monde”, “Die Welt”, “O Mondo”, “הארץ”, and so on, you know that there has to be a paper in Esperantujo named «La Mondo».
   Like everyone else these days, we have a few Communists in Esperantujo, who have their own party newspaper, «La Vero», after “Правда” of the former Soviet Union.
   Of course there is one called «La Tempo» after “The Times”, “Die Zeit”, “Il Tempo”, “Tidene”, “El Temps”, and others, and I like the sound of «La Standardo», meaning “The Standard” (as in flag).
   One group of journalists in Esperantujo has no imagination, and has named its publication «La Ĉiutaga Ĵurnalo». They have relatives in other countries, who call their papers “Dagbladet”, “The Daily News”, and “ Mainichi Shimbun ”.

«Ĉiuj presindaj novaĵoj»	La O Standardo	Prezo: 5 cendoj
Ludoviko, Esperantujo:
Ĵurnaloj abundas en nia lando Obviously, there are newspapers, and since there are newspapers in other countries named “The World”, “Le Monde”, “Die Welt”, “O Mondo”, “הארץ”, and so on, you know that there has to be a paper in Esperantujo named «La Mondo». Like everyone else these days, we have a few Communists in Esperantujo, who have their own party newspaper, «La Vero», after “Правда” of the former Soviet Union. Of course there is one called «La Tempo» after “The Times”, “Die Zeit”, “Il Tempo”, “Tidene”, “El Temps”, and others, and I like the sound of «La Standardo», meaning “The Standard” (as in flag). One group of journalists in Esperantujo has no imagination, and has named its publication «La Ĉiutaga Ĵurnalo». They have relatives in other countries, who call their papers “Dagbladet”, “The Daily News”, and “”.

The People

The people there all have Esperanticized names, ending in -o, like well-behaved Esperanto nouns, such as Viljamo Blanko and Paŭlino Forĝisto.

Esperantujanoj ludante damojn Esperantujo probably has an army and navy, but as Esperantujans are a rather peaceful lot, the armed services have something to do besides fighting, such as making up new ranks. Three ranks, soldato, kaporalo, and serĝento, aren’t enough to cover all the enlisted personnel, if they’re anything like a peacetime American army.

Esperantujans enjoy games as much as the next guy, so futbalo (soccer) is as popular as anywhere else except the USA, where we think it’s only for foreigners. But for the non-athletic, there’s always ŝako (chess), damoj (checkers), and the ever-popular Monopolo.

Questions or suggestions? Please write, and I’ll get back to you.

(Ĝisdatigita 9 decembro 2007)