South Oz - Sapphire

South Oz is the southernmost territory of the planet Sapphire, occupying the southern portion of Alpha Continent. 
As of the Solar Year 7200, the population of South Oz was
approximately 450 million. Its largest city and regional capital is New
Cleveland, located on the southern coast of Lake of the Loons near the center
of the province. South Oz has a highly diverse geography. Much of the central South Oz Region is grassland savannah, but the
southern coast is rocky and frequently ice covered. The areas surrounding the
two large inland lakes (Lake of the Loons and Lake Thunderbird) feature heavily
forested hills and there are more heavily forested mountains in the west along the
border with Arcadia. The southeastern border of the territory along the Panrovian frontier is semi-arid and desert-like. Savannah also happens to be the name of one of South Oz’s
other large cities, situated on the southern bank of the Longwater River. 
South Oz is bordered to the west by Arcadia, to the north by
Graceland, to the east by Panrovia, and to the south by the Cold Southern Sea.
The Longwater River marks the boundary between Graceland and South Oz. The
Snakeskin River and the edges of the Arcadian Rainforest mark the western
boundary, while the Nef desert defines where Oz ends and Panrovia begins. 
The region is known for commerce, banking, and the
production of high end consumer goods and highly specialized industrial
components. Its forests produce more timber and wood products than Arcadia,
despite covering less land area.  Seabed
mineral harvest operations off the southern coast have supplied a significant
portion of the planet’s rare minerals. Though costlier than asteroid mining,
the minerals of the southern ocean have unique molecular properties not found
elsewhere in the system. 
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