Esperantujo

Esperantujo, also called Esperantio, is the community of speakers of the constructed language Esperanto and their culture, together with the places and institutions where the language is used. Its name is formed like the Esperanto names for countries, and it is used as if it were a country, although it has no territory of its own and no governmental system, since it is not a true state. About 120 countries have a national Esperanto association, and the countries with the most members of the World Esperanto Association are Brazil, Germany, Japan, France, the United States, China and Italy. Places tied to the language include Białystok, the birthplace of L. L. Zamenhof, the creator of Esperanto, and the German town of Herzberg am Harz, which has advertised itself as an Esperanto city since 2006. Its social structure is a hierarchy of associations headed by the Universal Esperanto Association, founded in 1908, with its central office in Rotterdam. Several attempts to found an Esperanto state, including Amikejo in Neutral Moresnet, did not last.