Welcome to the Kingdom of Daruny!

Daruny is a small prosperous country in central Europe, about 10,000 square miles (close to the size of Massachusetts), occupying the Darunian High Plain and part of the surrounding ring of mountains. 5 million people call this country home. It is more tolerant of gender-variant people than any other country in the world, because gender is entirely about presentation; physical appearance doesn't even figure into it. Thus even the most masculine-looking man can be seen as a woman if he presents as one, and, similarly, even the most feminine-looking woman can be seen as a man if she presents as one.

Daruny is a constitutional monarchy, currently ruled by Queen Sonia IV. Her castle is in Liskom, Daruny's capital and largest city. She has no real power; her duties are entirely ceremonial. All the governing power lies in the Parliament and the President. The Darunian Parliament is one of the few in which each party is perfectly proportionally represented.

READ THIS FIRST: Gender as Darunians see it The Darunian Culture Test How Darunian are you?	The Darunian Sesame Street All your favorite characters, plus a few added to suit the needs of Darunian children.	Is a culture like Daruny possible? The story behind Daruny My blog entry about Daruny A real-life attempt at something like Daruny
	Mrs. Sara Liskomanu was Sam Walters of Prairie Home, Nebraska, until she emigrated to Daruny at the age of 25. Now she's the creative genius behind Daruny's equivalent of Nintendo.	Liskom International Airport If you like imaginary countries, you might want to see these other geofictions and general geofiction links. University of Liskom, Department of Languages If you like constructed languages, you'll like these.
The Darunian Language Palati Darunianu? Samples of Darunian The famous Babel Text translation, screenshots of Darunian versions of Nintendo games, and more. Darunian Names Why people have three names and how gender changes are handled--plus your name in Darunian. Darunian History	Can you believe this man is biologically female? This is Alesanderu Simon, the president of Daruny. (In reality, it's a picture of an Albanian Sworn Virgin.)	Local time in Daruny (GMT +1) "Proof by design: If it's not true in today's math, invent a new system in which it is." --36 Methods of Mathematical Proof Before we can become a transgender-friendly country, we've got to imagine what one might be like.

DISCLAIMER: Daruny is not a real country. It's just a thought experiment. It is not a political movement to form a new country like some "micronations." The existence of a tradition of allowing children to choose their gender in this fictional country does not constitute an endorsement of such a cultural practice. The scenery comes from pictures of various places in Europe, and the pictures of Darunians are really pictures of crossdressers (with the exception of the Sworn Virgin shown above, who lives as a man and thus does not count as a crossdresser).

This geofiction is part of the transgender website Boy On The Outside, Girl On The Inside, for transgendered people who choose not to alter their bodies. Even if you're not transgendered, take a look; there's some information about real-world cultures that accept transgendered people and about the condition of being transgendered.