Greater Regions of Archaeon

## Geographic regions list

### Auburnia

Auburnia consists of the northeastern-most regions of Sarvet. Named for the Auburn river which runs through it and whose watershed comprises most of the region, Auburnia is mostly devoid of both resources and people. The southernmost and easternmost corners of the region are sparsely populated by Maretonians and some native Auburnian peoples, but it is mostly unfit for agriculture or the rearing of animals. Most people here thrive on hunting or in some cases imports.

Until recently Auburnia was an unexplored, unclaimed land. Arnhassian expeditions in the 700-800s charted the territory and the elusive northern coastline, which allowed the western nation to claim most of it, a claim that has gone uncontested into today. Presently it is controlled almost entirely by Arnhassia, with some of the easternmost islands claimed by the Republic of Hadria. Other than strategic location, resources number low with local fauna being mostly small mammals. Presently lumber is the regions largest export.

### Chentho-Vidonia

Chentho-Vidonia is the region between the Chuni mountains and Dannebbian Shield, and is named so because it is occupied primarily and historically by the nations of Chentll and Vidonia. Environmentally the valley is in majority temperate steppes, with sparse forests. Historically the region has been contested by many powers for its resources and strategic position, and has been the cradle for multiple empires of its own, most notably Chentll.

### Great Divide

The Great Divide is the collection of vast mountain ranges that separates east Sarvet from west Sarvet. With its highest peak 34,000 feet the region is largely uninhabited, and until the 800s virtually intraversible. Despite this the ranges have had a profound impact on national and cultural developments, furthering the divide between east and west.

Today the region is known for, in part, its hiking tourism, but mostly resource extraction of coal and precious metals. The Divide goes through six countries, but is almost exclusively controlled by the Republic of Hadria. In Arnhassia the Divide splits and creates the Lauren Watershed, which feeds Lake Lauren which is the second largest lake in the world.

### Greater Nichollea

Greater Nichollea has been a hotly contested central region in Nichollea for millenia, since the dawn of the Nichollattean Empire there 2300 years ago. Primarily encompassing the lower basin of the River Nich, the region is known for its rich agricultural output and dense population. For much of history its central location as well as the calm waters of the Familiar Sea have made the region an important node for world trade.

Greater Nichollea is considered a dry subtropical climate, with harsh and wet winters and calm, dry summers. Its largest export is grain, with tomatoes, and wine close behind. Nichollea has also been known contemporarily for its shipbuilding industry.

### Hackthlonia

Hackthlonia, contiguous with the County Hackthlon in the House of Hackthlon, is one of the most densely populated regions in the world. Home to the City of Hackthlon, capital and namesake of the House of Hackthlon and former capital of Hadria, Hackthlonia is home to several million people. Most natural resources (lumber, metal ores, oil etc) have been exhausted for decades and so its largest exports are intellectual property and agricultural goods.

First inhabited in the 600-500s BPCE, the region is lies between the Great Divide and Lake Alhon, specifically between where the Divide curves away from the Lake's northern reaches and back towards its southern shores by Bakecene. Hackthlonia was gifted with many natural resources, lush forests, and fertile farmland, as well as strategic location in the middle of Lake Alhon, making the region an ideal place for settling Holonian tribes and giving it the disposition of becoming home to their capital region and powerhouse of their kingdoms, tribes, empires, and later Republic. Presently much of Hackthlonia has been paved over under the jurisdiction of the Hackthlon-Holocene Metro Area, home to nearly 40% of all people in the Republic and a quarter of all people in Archaeon. Today, Hakcthlonia is considered the center for all global trade and the end node of all trade routes.

### Hadria

Hadria, the namesake of the Republic of Hadria, refers to the land mass between the Sea of Hadria and Lake Alhon. It is the common land mass between the House of Hackthlon and the House of Pearsall, and the home of the capital of the Republic. Hadria is home to many other cities as well, along with the bulk of the agricultural output of the Republic. It is divided by the Hassock Mountains in the west, which separate the coast from inland regions.

Mostly temperate, Hadria is an economic powerhouse, producing a plurality of the world's food as well as many other natural resources such as lumber, metals, oil, and coal, along with many other natural resources and intellectual property.

### Heronia

Heronia composes the western drainage basin of the Sea of Hernen (also Sea of Trech), formed by the Great Divide. The region is considered humid subtropical, and is the homeland for Hirenia. With little natural resources, historically Heronia has been more or less overlooked until the rise of Hirenia. The Straights of Job form many port cities along the Islands of Heronia.

### Hiburnia

HIburnia, also Hisburn, is a semi-arid region that makes up the dry flatlands between Hadria and Risonia, between the Hassocks and the Great Divide. It is traditionally home to much of the Alhonian civilization, and has recently experienced an agricultural boom.

Hiburnia was considered for much of history as the "backlands" of Alhonia, which occupied the southern reaches of Lake Alhon, and were for a time considered endless and useless until the Aureal and the Coninuum when trade routes were established and irrigation systems made agriculture feasible there. Today it makes up a plurality of Hadria's agricultural and quarry industry.

### Kkaddebettia

The steppes between the Great Divide, Chuni mountains, and Vidonian Shield make up Kkaddebettia, which has historically been home to many nomadic peoples. Its inland location, blocked by multiple mountain ranges, coupled with high altitude have made it a dry and undesirable region. Kkaddebettia has been the springboard for many of the Horde Invasions of the middle period, as well as the home of the Aggadrian Empire which united the tribes of the steppes.

Contemporarily, the region is controlled entirely by Hadria and Arnhassia, after the annexation and partition of the Aggadrian Empire. The region is home to much of Hadria's industrial output, including oil drilling/resource extraction as well as manufacturing. The Aureal made the region a major crossroads in global trade as railways and highways through the Great Divide spangled through the region across the rest of the continent.

Kkaddebettia is also known for its meat and dairy industry.

### Maretonia

The many seas and islands of the Far East make up Maretonia. Throughout ancient history the region was considered the heart and home of civilization, domineered by major empires and important trade outputs. This was the case until the rise of the Nichollattean Empire which shifted the center for global trade and culture to the Familiar Sea. Today Maretonia is still considered diverse and strategically important, the Eisollian Sea and Sea of Tel home to some of the busiest and most important shipping routes in the world. During the War of Global hegemony and the War with the UECSR the region was considered an important chokehold.

Maretonia comprises many climate regions ranging from humid subtropical to subarctic and arctic.

### Minnia

Minnia, home to the Arnhassian people, is a subarctic region in the West that lies north of Hadria and Winsor-Holonia and east of the Great Western Archipelago. In a cold, dark corner of the world, Minnia is isolated from much of the rest of the world so for most of history Arnhassia's foreign dealings lied exclusively with Hadria

Minnia is known for its rich fishing and natural resource industry.

### New Alhonia

New Alhonia composes the westernmost reaches of the Great Western Archipelago. Until the Aureal the region remained undiscovered and uninhabited by humanity. Today it is home mostly to scientific research stations and a small fishing industry. New Alhonia is a subarctic climate and, other than New Winsor, is considered the only continent other than Sarvet on Archaeon.

### New Winsor

New Winsor, also called Jaavel's Land, is the southernmost continent in Archaeon. A temperate climate, New Winsor has proven itself suitable for food production but has thus far not been taken advantage of due to lack of necessity and distance from the rest of the world. New Winsor, historically divided between the Republic of Hadria and Hirenian Empire, has been used as an important strategic naval point in both the War of Global Hegemony and War for New Winsor, which recognized the continent as being hand-in-hand with controlling the Southern Ocean and Risonian Sea.

### Pearsallia

Pearsallia consists of the Gulf of Pearsall and the archipelago which forms it. A humid subtropical climate, it is the heartland for Pearsall and home to its capital Whitesea. Pearsallia is home to many naval bases as well as a rich fishing and tourism industry.

### Risonia

The barren butt of Sarvet, Risonia has been contested tensely between Hadria and Hirenia for its importance in oceanic trade and small food production and resource industry. Historically Risonia was almost entirely uninhabited except for a few coastal trade hubs that served essentially as rest stops for trade from West to East.

Risonia was the spark which ignited both the War of Global Hegemony and the War of Hirenian Aggression as it has been inhabited by both Pearsallians and Hirenians.

### Surnia

The diverse, rich heartland of Sarvet, Surnia is the homeland to multiple nations and dozens of cultures. Part of the basin of the River Nich, Surnia has much rich farmland and natural resources.

Temperate in climate, its food output in only a portion of its economy, with natural resources such as metals, coal, and oil, as well as manufacturing of important computer parts and other goods, Surnia is also rich in both tourism and intellectual property. It is the geographic elbow wedged between the Enttrian Shield, Great Divide, Dannebbian Shield, and Chuni Mountains.

### Thyro-Dannebbia

Thyro-Dannebbia, more an ethno-linguistic region than a geographic one, comprises Dannebbia as well as the inland hub between Thyro-Taurria and Nichollea

### Trechibut

Trechibut is surrounded on the west, south, and east by the Hirenian Sea, the Southern Ocean, and Familiar Sea, respectively. To the north it is bordered by the Enttrian Shield mountain range and the River Mhener. The subcontinent is known for its coasts defined by many barrier islands, which form many important sheltered deepwater ports such as Daio, Adaiir, Armaii, and Trechebia.

Trechibut's main bodies of water are the Vissian Sea and lake Malt, both of which are remnants of the ancient lake of Heredi formed by the sea level rise and fall during the pre-modern glacial period. the Great Central Basin of the continent is the dried lakebed of this body of water. Trechibut is home to multiple mountain ranges, and its climate is cold semi-arid, receiving little rainfall with only small portions of the subcontinent suitable for agriculture.

### Western Arch.

The Great Western Archipelago, split between the Republic of Hadria and Arnhassian Republic, is the island chain that borders the Gulf of Deals and Northern Ocean. A generally subarctic climate, the Archipelago is largely unpopulated and devoid of natural resources. Its greatest export is derived from its fishing industry.

The Archipelago contains the Great Western Island and the Island of Dree. Tectonically the Archipelago is part of the same island chain as the islands of New Alhonia, but are separated by great distances and thus Alhonia has remained uninhabited until recently.

### Winsor-Holonia

Winsor-Holonia is the region north of Hadria encompassing the northern bounds of Lake Alhon and the Bay of Winsor. Winsor-Holonia is mostly subarctic or humid continental climate type, meaning most of it (except, notably, the Oburnian River Valley) is not suited for agriculture. Most of the region is dedicated to industrial manufacturing. The birthplace of the industrial revolution, its natural resources and extensive, dense forests as well as numerous ports make it an ideal place for most industries, and is thus densely populated despite lack of agricultural resources.

Winsor-Holonia is home to the Dinnow-Alhon Canal, a vital chokepoint for trade into Lake Alhon. The Canal divides Hadria and Winsor-Holonia, and is an important sea route which allows international trade by sea into Alhonia and Hackthlon, the heartland for Archaeon's global trade. This heightens the importance of Winsor-Holonia as an industrial powerhouse and trade center.