Unione Coasteria

Unione Coasteria is a country situated on the southern coasts of the continents. It is mainly home of penguins, and other sea birds (like seagulls, albatross, puffins, ducks, etc.). It is a hotspot for sea-trades, as well as good ports and underwater ports for immigrants.

## POLITICS

U.C is a Democratic Republic country. Though it doesn't involve much in the world's affairs and instead, focuses on its own. It's a country that has a large sum of land, but only uses a small portion of it. That portion being the warmer, more habitable spots as the rest are arctic terrains. The warmer portion is a place sea trading and they have stations sea birds have to pass through in order to migrate.

## PORTS

Port cities are mainly populated by pigeons, ducks, seagulls, pelicans, chickens, albatross, and puffins. They mainly go seafaring and take up the sailing, and often are out of sea. Unione Coasteria is one of the only few countries that have their major cities located near ground. This is because there are lack of forests on the coast, and they need to pave way for ships, and paths for merchants who have to carry heavy loads. So port cities like these tend to be on the ground, building out of stones and palm leaves. However, there are port cities that have mountains sorrounding the bay, therefore some birds choose to build their houses of cliff sides and in caves.

There are cities and towns that provide underwater ports for swimming birds (like penguins migrating from the arctic). These birds swim to these ports in packs and groups that are led by a guide, following careful instructions of glowing underwater corals (that marks the road to the port). These ports have coral platforms as ladders under the water, and a station where the arrivals can dry off and get their passports stamped, before entering the town/city.

## PENGUINS

Penguins live in houses carved into magic glaciers near the coast. Although these glaciers don’t melt for some time, they have to be repaired once in a while. Some penguin towns are situated on rocks instead if there aren’t any glaciers. Their homes are small and cozy, lined with feathers and furs to keep warm. They usually get their supplies from trades with other birds who migrated past their towns. They used fur, fish, feathers, etc. that they collected, and traded for wood, foreign food, technologies, etc.

Fairy penguins, unlike other penguins, stay on warmer coasts and burrow there. So they form coastal underground cities. They, unlike the prairie underground cities, are not linked together. Some homes can still choose to link with their neighbors for support, but the whole underground city doesn’t link together in fear of flooding tunnels and constant repairing. Each family has their own den burrow with 2-3 rooms (a family shares a whole bedroom, curling up together). Their dens are decorated with seashells, sea flowers, crystals, pearls, etc. They farm seaweed and fish on nearby farms, along with coconut and palm trees. The parents often switch turns hunting for fish and making dinner. Because of the city not connecting, they have above-ground open markets. They trade furs, seaweed, and some sea animals (like fish, jellyfish, crabs, eels, etc.)