The Nation on Waves

Art By: Rima Salloum

Nomadic cultures are easy enough to imagine. Now try to imagine an entire society that migrates on the water. Much more than a floating island, the Nation on waves would be hundreds of canoes and rafts that sail and paddle together as the people aboard follow good weather and fish schools. The Nation on waves is much like real world Bedouins or steppe nomads, but instead of horses or camels, every family pilots their own boat.

Even more interesting if the oceans were full of competing and cooperating tribes of these nomads. Atolls and coral reefs would be traditional hunting grounds for the nation on waves, and different families would meet up to share news, get married, or have contests to see who can hold their breath the longest.

The nation on waves might very well have contact with landlubbers: selling seashell necklaces, pearls, and of seafood. but they wouldn't give up on their traditions, and if wars are wagged on land, the Nation on Waves has about 70% of the globe to retreat to!

If the heroes are from the Nation on Waves, what business have they on land, or what oceanic locales do they need to visit? If the Heroes are visiting the Nation on Waves, how do they hope to find them in the near endless seas?