CaptainBuzzkill

The Lost Republic

Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Euclid

Special Containment Procedures: Any instances of SCP-XXXX must be located and contained in standard low-security document storage. SCP-XXXX-2 is to be contained in a standard warehouse facility, and is thought to be a unique example. Foundation web-crawlers are to locate and block websites listing information about SCP-XXXX.

Local law enforcement in Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan is cooperating with the Foundation to monitor the area for possible appearances of SCP-XXXX, although none have been reported yet.

Description: SCP-XXXX is a collection of books, photographs, a website and other information relating to a non-existent central Asian country ('Kuzeybati'). A detailed historical and geographical background has been applied to SCP-XXXX based on such material, placing it in a space that cannot physically exist between the borders of Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan.

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Item # SCP-XXXX-1

The Foundation was first alerted to SCP-XXXX over the dissemination of six travel guides titled 'Lonesome World Kuzeybati 1997 - Ultimate Sights to See' to several bookshops in the United Kingdom and Russia. No records existed of the stores purchasing the books for stock or having them donated or traded in.

The guidebooks, some 150 pages long, detail a list of locations within the non-existent authoritarian 'Holy Golden Republic of Kuzeybati', including a map which suggests that the continent of Asia should be 60,000 square kilometres larger than it actually is, in order to accommodate for the country.

SCP-XXXX-1's anomalous features manifest by portraying the reader posing in the photographs of the various tourist attractions, all of which have the caption 'This could be you!'.

SCP-XXXX-1A lists unremarkable locations for sightseeing, such as a hill with no unique qualities and a sheep farm. SCP-XXXX-1B contains more appropriate listings, such as the capital city's grand mosque. This pattern culminates in SCP-XXXX-1F, which prominently features the Quduqni o'ldirish - literally the 'well of killing' in Uzbek - which is described as being a gateway to hell.

SCP-XXXX-1F ends in a rambling epilogue in which the author complains that nobody visits Kuzeybati and aggressively challenges the reader to do so.

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Item #: SCP-XXXX-2

After all instances of SCP-XXXX-1 were contained, Foundation agents on a separate mission in Kazakhstan were alerted to an anomalous vehicle hereby referred to as SCP-XXXX-2. Resembling a standard car of the late Soviet Union missing its wheels, SCP-XXXX-2 hovered around thirty centimetres above the ground and has the words 'kuzeybati manulfacturing corpotation' [sic] written in prominent letters on its front, confirming its association with SCP-XXXX.

SCP-XXXX-2 was quickly recovered and taken for investigation at Site-██. Several items of interest were discovered, mostly in the glove compartment, including a map with a route highlighted in marker pen leading from SCP-XXXX-2's location of discovery to 'Kuzeybati', annotated with nonsensical comments, a newspaper clipping written by journalist Arkady Ryshevo for an apparently non-existent newspaper, the Golovolomki, and a link written down in an otherwise blank notebook to the 'Kuzeybati Natural Gas Corporation' website.

After the removal of these items, SCP-XXXX-2 lost its ability to hover and regained its wheels. It is being kept in low-security storage as a precaution.

Expedition to SCP-XXXX subsequently proposed by Dr. Nunes. Approved on 24/02/2004.

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Item #: SCP-XXXX-3

Following the lead from the recovery of the notebook in SCP-XXXX-2, SCP-XXXX-3 is a website describing the mining operations of the 'Kuzeybati Natural Gas Corporation' under President Qoyechkisi which range from shale gas to 'abyssal smoke'. The website possesses a confusing layout which has been observed to sometimes change between reloads, rendering some pages inaccessible.

The page for abyssal smoke was particularly difficult to locate, but gave an extensive, rambling description of the gas, which SCP-XXXX-3 claims is being mined to appease a sadistic deity rather than for commercial purposes. This entity is implied to be the source of Qoyechkisi's control over the country, which had been experiencing a protracted civil war.

+ Excerpt SCP-XXXX-3A

…abyssal smoke is the True source of power and the Future. It was discovered personally by our great President Qoyechkisi when he began digging the foundations for a new Temple for his reign. The One said it would punish us if we didn't find the Smoke, but our great President Qoyechkisi again saved Us All with his genius and cunning. If it were not for Him, we would not have our world-renowned system for Abyssal Smoke Extraction now employed in every major country around the world to satisfy the needs of The One, whom to the benevolence of is Unending and we are grateful. Concerns remain about Disposal of the abyssal smoke but have been dismissed as Unpatriotic.

Another notable aspect of SCP-XXXX-3 is its news feed, which stops on the 2nd of November, 1991, giving a casual warning for 'abyssal smoke leakages' and urging both the general population and foreign stockholders in the company to remain calm. The design of the website and its nature means it could not possibly have existed in 1991, and how it remained online until containment is a mystery.

+ Excerpt SCP-XXXX-3B

All rebel strongholds have been Neutralised and the leader of the so-called Opposition, Mr. Bekish, has been detained. This is a reason for Great Celebration and thus we at the Corporation can recommend all citizens and foreign shareholders to Remain Calm. Abyssal smoke is not dangerous and in fact helps the Breathing by lining one's lungs with Healthy Minerals. These Minerals are from so deep underground that they are Very Healthy. In fact they come from the Primordial Zone, the exquisite residence of The One, who grows more stronger and Benevolent by the day with our Gracious Help. So we urge everyone to remain Very Calm and to not upset our great President Qoyechkisi with looting or Panicking or it might not End Well. Remember we live at the infinite wisdom and mercy of The One and it has Punished us before for acts of Insolence.

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Item #: SCP-XXXX-4

Using the map from SCP-XXXX-2, an expedition was mounted to follow the marked route. The mission's objective was to determine if SCP-XXXX physically exists. SCP-XXXX-4 refers to this anomalous road.

The road supposedly leading to 'Kuzeybati' does not appear on non-anomalous maps, nor in satellite imagery. Despite this the team located the road and followed it for several days, measuring a distance of over a thousand miles which should have placed them in Tibet. No change in scenery was noted, remaining flat, arid desert. The road suddenly ended after roughly a thousand miles. When the team investigated the area, they located a shoebox placed on the edge of the road, referred to as SCP-XXXX-4A.

SCP-XXXX-4A contained a collection of photographs, some annotated on the back, all numbered and stacked in order, apparently belonging to journalist Arkady Ryshevo. These document his journey to locate SCP-XXXX, which he succeeded in some time in 1994. The photos show abandoned villages and plumes of smoke resembling burning oil wells in the distance. Some of the annotations note there are no people nor any dead bodies to be seen.

Eventually the annotations become paranoid in nature, describing the author's experiences of mild hallucinations and the increasing aggressiveness of his friends who had joined him. Finally, the last photo depicts an abandoned border post with an annotation suggesting Ryshevo lost contact with the people he travelled to SCP-XXXX with when they stole his car and would attempt to return home by foot.

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Item #: SCP-XXXX-5

Some weeks after the expedition to SCP-XXXX was met with failure, SCP-XXXX-5 was discovered in Dr. Nunes' mail at Site-██. The document appears to be an arrest warrant issued by the Kuzeybati Patriotic Border Guard for Dr. Nunes and the team sent on the expedition, citing illegal crossings of international boundaries and the 'personal disparagement of President Qoyechkisi', crimes punishable by death.

It is unknown how SCP-XXXX-5 got through security at Site-██ - it has been theorised it materialised inside of the mail bag after security checks, which would imply that SCP-XXXX items are not physically distributed but rather simply appear. It is equally unknown how SCP-XXXX has knowledge of the names and locations of Foundation personnel.

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Addendum:

While there are records of a Dr. Nunes in the Foundation database, none of the personnel involved in the investigation of SCP-XXXX-2 can recall having met him; a similar situation exists with the five members of the expedition to SCP-XXXX. The cause of these disappearances - or database anomalies, it cannot be determined which - are thought to be linked to SCP-XXXX-5 but currently nothing can be proven.

Research of SCP-XXXX temporarily suspended on 19/23/2006 pending an investigation.

The Uncontainably Contained Containment Breach

Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Keter

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX can not be contained under any circumstances. Both internal and external monitoring operations are to be maintained to ensure SCP-XXXX is never considered for containment. It is understood that SCP-XXXX is indestructible. The concept of SCP-XXXX must remain abstract and undefined to prevent its harmful effects from manifesting. Any photographs or physical descriptions of SCP-XXXX are to be destroyed.

Description: SCP-XXXX is an anonymous object that manifests anomalous properties when it is used for any purpose, including conceptual visualisation, or containment by the Foundation. These anomalous properties involve the distortion of time and reality, and the physical growth of SCP-XXXX.

SCP-XXXX communicates with the Foundation by dispensing letters. These letters (designated SCP-XXXX-1 instances) do not possess SCP-XXXX's anomalous properties and appear to be handwritten.

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