Minuka

**Minuka** is a country located primarily in Parania, but Paradise Island, an island located just off the coast of southern Minuka, can be classified as Pasiea. The country is bordered by many countries, most primarily in Parania. Some significant borders include Kosna, Hartnett and Obnivir to the south and west, Sidrova to the west, Podochovia to the north and Kordovica to the east. The country also shares maritime borders to Mecirhan, both in its contiguous and island portions, with Paradise Island being located directly off the coast of Mecirhan. Chuliana, Nacida, Newtonia, and Edmund Island are others that share maritime borders. Minuka ranges in development, with most of the mainland having multiple corruption issues likely due to it being the closest proximity to its "enemies" of Sidrova and Podochovia making it an easy target to the countries, the capital of Sharino has been named one of the worst cities to live in due to many corruptions and homelessness present in the city due to what they call a corrupt mayor, cold weather, and high pricings in apartments and houses. The southern panhandle of the mainland, however, is seen as developing, especially along the Kosna border, and the island of Panstivo, located directly off the coast of mainland Minuka, is so developed, some call it the most developed area in the world, however, most illegal and alien items from countries such as Owanda, Kutwhe, and Nacida mainly make it towards Panstivo Island first with 55.5% of all illegal and alien substances and items in Minuka shipped to Panstivo first.

## Geography

Minuka has six portions, with the most prominent being the Mainland Province which contains the capital of Sharino, the others are Panstivo, Taro Island, Paradise, Southern Mainland Province, and Northern Mainland Province. The Southern Mainland Province spans along the Hartnett, Kosna and the southern end of the Obnivir border and is the most diverse part of the country in terms of geography with the inland portion consisting mostly of marsh and swampland and the coast containing mostly chapparal and portions of desert-like conditions. The southern half of the Mainland Province located just above Taro Island, the vegetation is mainly that of a temperate rainforest, consisting mostly of conifers and firs with small pockets of maples, alders, and swampy areas. Historically, the now long and gone Parania redwood, which used to thrive along southeastern Parania, thrived mainly in the southern half and coast of the Mainland Province, the central and northern half of the mainland Province consisted mostly of plains but small pockets of year-round snowy boreal forests that start to grow into bigger quantities the north north you get, Sharino is one of the snowiest cities in Parania and despite being located at such a southernly latitude compared to most other countries in Parania, its climate can be compared to that of Parlinn and Elsenord, sometimes even colder. Panstivo is mainly all temperate rainforest except for portions closer to the mainland which has almost tundral conditions, Taro Island is also consisting most of temperate rainforest but with a more "island" climate and Paradise Island can be seen as subtropical and temperate with dry chapparal and palm-rich biome.

### Southern Panhandle of Minuka

The southern panhandle was once home to one of the largest swamplands in the world but now only has small pockets of swamplands located in the inner portion of the area along Hartnett and Kosna's borders. Plants include olive trees, oleanders, squirting cucumbers, bull thistles, dragon arums, and multiples species of pines. Windmill palms and trees-of-heaven are heavily naturalized in the biome. The biome is endangered and has a lack of biodiversity except sometimes making habitat for golden jackals, common rabbits, brown hares and darolles. Recently, the introduced opossum has made way into the biome and has been flourishing ever since, likely as it parallels that of their native habitat in Nareemia. Mallards and golden eagles also thrive in the swamplands. Centuries ago, stoats, red foxes, and minks were abundant in the area but populations began to drastically decrease as jackals, culpeos, and darolles became more dominating. The area today is a hotspot for spotted cucumber beetles, a heavily invasive species in Parania that was introduced into Sharikba but made way into the swamps. The coastal chapparal, however, is still thriving with wildlife, but most are not natives and parallel that of Sharikba's, the area is a heavy hotspot for culpeo activity with up to 50,000 culpeos being trapped in the single area of the coastal chaparral, with actual numbers said to be around triple the size (Around 150,000), other species include black-winged stilts, black vultures, opossums, golden and common raccoons, blue iguanas, green stink-bugs and spotted cucumber beetles, the area is also home to a significant fox population compared to other parts of the country with up to 230 individuals being present in the area which is way more than Panstivo Island and most of mainland Minuka.