>>20098323Republic Owl / Pecпyбликa Филин / République Hibou / 共和国 ワシミミズク
On chuubanite experimentation and it's properties
Testing out the mineral is hard for the Republic and its scientific community, Chuubanite seems to be in extremely low supply in comparison to other places of the world where it fills the surroundings. Still, research is kept in moderately good condition thanks to the information network that the Republic keeps in other states. In fact, it's the only form to obtain reliable info on chuubanite thanks to a bigger issue that will be addressed in the following paragraph. Although, other states often mix reality with myth on how their chuubanite works, so a lot of cross-referencing is needed for actually knowing and confirming information.
Chubanite seems to break apart and stop working when testing is done by the Republic and those that belong to it, this also extends to dealing with the chuubanite of other nations and places of the world, no matter the purity of the substance or what it has bonded with. In theory, chuubanite naturally connects to its surroundings in some way, storing some of its properties, althought it does not seem to do this with lead and heavy metals like steel, testing on the chuubanite of the forest of the druids is inconclusive, whenever grabbing chuubanite of the forest, it will simply give back a rock, whenever a large tree is examined for chuubanite, it will reduce its size and start dropping some of the fruit they hold to the heads of our researchers, the druids will often make fun of our teams for being "magicless fools", similar mockery from the monks to the east is common too whenever trying to use their chuubanite tools, this means that we are unable to use their specialized meditation centers and training in their ways is impossible, the space explorers are very conservative with the sharing of information regarding their testing, but it seems even they have better results in their experiments. Hoshiyomian naval experts had to make special devices that use no chuubanite in order for them to be used by our navy. It's as if chuubanite stopped bonding and became stale rocks with no use.
It is entirely unknown why or how, althought some thinkers have tried making their own theories about it ranging from the plausible to the absurd, some of these will be listed:
1. There's a certain aptitude you need for the use of chuubanite, this aptitude may be inherent to nature and living beings, if so, then we lack it. This aptitude may be inherited from the parents, or may be a degree of belief you need.
2. Other nations have stated their belief in chuubanite being a gift from the gods, if so, considering the Republic worships not a god, but humanity itself and the nameless being that represents it, the gods may have simply not given us that ability in the first place and thus the miracle stops working.
3. Chuubanite isn't real, this theory doesn't have much ground to stand on, but considering how the average population will never see it in action, its popular.
4. Chuubanite actually does manifest itself in the Republic as the periodic assaults of insanity that plague the entire world. With horrifying implications, no one likes this theory.
Other theories exist on why the chuubanite rocks stop working in our presence, only a few were listed to show the range of explanations that might or might not be.
