Kjeropan/Geography of Kjeropan

# Geography of Kjeropan

This page describes the geography and provinces that make up Kjeropan.

Kjeropan inhabits a single, large territory in the Northwest of the Western Continent. This territory occupies a vast stretch of hilly terrain leading to mountains in the East, and giving way to deciduous forests beyond its western border.

## Biomes

Kjeropan exists in two ecological regions. The northernmost part lies in the Northern Prairie, while the southern part covers most of the nation and is located in the Western Savannah. The biomes reflect this, with the northernmost part of Jorkwam composed of grasslands, while the rest of the nation is a savannah.

## Geographical Features

### The Kanoki (major river)

(English: "Little Dancers") The Kanoki is a major river (the only one also on the actual in-game map) running through Bājikano and Kolijio. It supplies fresh water for the growing capital of Sunsleep, and the farms, ranches and orchards surrounding it.

### The Kanwa (lake)

(English: "Big Dancer") A beautiful lake and source of the Kanoki. Located on a wide plateau in the savanna, and an epicentre of wildlife in the nation.

### the Nipjikano (minor river)

(English: "Mossy Dancers") Typically shortened to "the Nipji". Named for its source in the caves around the city of Moss/Nip.

### the Biljikano (minor river)

(English: "Milky Dancers") Typically shortened to "the Bilji". Named for its source in Jorkwam, whose main export is dairy products.

### The Anpone (cave system)

(English: "No Sun") A huge cave system that stretches from the Bilji river up north, through the city of Moss, and to neighboring provinces to the south and west.

## Kolijio (Core Administrative Province)

(English: "Sleepy Plains") A vast open low-lying savannah where most Kjeropani live. It contains the nation’s only two cities so far: the magnificent capital of **Ponekoli** (Sunsleep), and the cliffside cave city of Nip (Moss). In the very west of the region lies a humongous system of underground caves called the Anpone, which extends to Nip and far beneath neighboring territories to the south and west. It contains most of the **Kanoki**, a river that runs from its source in Brownbison all the way south through Gwerith into the Old Coast.

### Ponekoli (capital)

(English: "Sunsleep") Sunsleep is a small city with big ambitions near the Southeastern border, on the East bank of the Kanoki.

Sunsleep is home to a small population. The houses are rudimentary but well-cared for, built from carved wood and clay and adorned with flowers, and the people are extroverted and generally hospitable and welcoming to outsiders.

Sunsleep has grand dreams, hoping to attract travelers by advertising its festivals, natural beauty, food, schools, (expected) riches, and openness to immigrants.

The city is surrounded by prairie-like savannah, much of its food provided from fishing the river, hunting the plains, trading with nearby tribes and states, and from the city of Jorkwamik.

Sunsleep's patron hero is **Little Jan**, the mythical figure credited with Kjeropan's formation in the unification of the Owampanese and Kjero tribes.

### Nip (city)

(English: "Moss") A tiny city located in a vast cliffside cavern near the Western border, connected to the endless cavernous labyrinth that is the **Anpone**.

The city's primary function is the farming of Little Saviors, a sweet and protein-rich mushroom that can be used as a nutritious food source, ground to a flour, or formed into a lilac dye.

Moss' patron hero is **Oie**, a legendary scout who made contact with Iskelkla and Yonange and discovered the cave system Moss is now housed in.

## Jorkwam (Core Administrative Province)

(English: "Brown Bison") The highest region, made up of tall rolling hills covered by fertile grasslands in the north and rocky savannah in the southwest. It’s the heart of Kjeropan’s big bison economy, with tons of little villages each sustained by a single, extremely well-cared for family of big bison, separated by ranches of entheox, regular bison, capybara (ankanji) and grazers. **Jorkwamik** is the oldest of these towns, now a city, populated by humble farmers descended from the nomadic Owampanese tribe.

### Jorkwamik (town)

(English: "Brown Bison Town") Jorkwamik is the second-most populated city after Sunsleep/Ponekoli. It's known for huge and frequent markets of farming products, showcasing an immense variety of bison cheese, tju (tuber), tjukki (spice), grape juice, grape wine and grape sugar, live ducks and dead entheox, capybara/ankanji, meerkats and antelopes, and foods from other countries, from rice and wheat to exotic fruits and dried meats. Jorkwamik serves as a key trade nexus, located closer to nations to the North and being a popular destination for foreign farmers and traders in and of itself.

Jorkwamik supplies most of the nation's food, and virtually all of Sunsleep/Ponekoli's.

Jorkwamik's patron hero is **Lejo**, the Girl Who Spoke First.

## Bājikano (Core Administrative Province)

(English: "Lucky Dancers") A stunning land on a flooded savannah (according to the rainfall map, this the region that gets the most rainfall in the entire nation), with Lake Kanwa as a hub for wildlife and the source of most people's freshwater, as it feeds the Kanoki River running through Sunsleep/Ponekoli. The Kjeropani, who generally fear and don’t quite understand their lakes and rivers, make no distinction between ‘water’ and ‘dancer’. They see waves as little spirits vibing to their own sound and dancing to it for eternity. The Kanwa is the main source of the Kanoki, which is the only body of water pictured that’s actually on the world map of Delthoria (the rest are just worldbuilding).

Bājikano, while sparsely populated, is an attractive spot for hunting, and the main source of Kanoki Duck that's at the heart of Kjeropani cuisine.