Shangri-La Island

Shangri-La Island or Shangri-Lan Nation is the Chinese Papua New Guinea under the Ocean Empire

*Because the geographical environment of Shangri-La Island is very suitable for the development of rubber plantations, this will be the second largest industry after the planned sugar industry, and it may develop into a pillar industry in Shangri-La in the future.*

*Shangri-La Island has an average rainfall of 6000 millimeters, and it has a vast area and fertile land, suitable for the development of rice planting and cane sugar industry. Nowadays, rubber industry has been added.*

*With these troikas, coupled with the abundant fish resources in the South Pacific Rim, Shangri-La Island can steadily develop into a production base for grain, cane sugar, natural rubber, and a marine fish product center even if no high-value minerals are found. .*

*With these important industries, the population size of 400,000 to 500,000 in the first five years is stable, and in the long run, there is no problem with a population of 3 to 4 million.*

*Shangri-La Island is located near the Pacific Rim Seismic Belt. There are many volcanoes on the island, and there are many active volcanoes. There are frequent earthquakes. It is not suitable for the development of large cities and industrial centers, but it is very suitable for the development of agriculture and aquaculture.*

*For millions of years, the island has been covered with layers of volcanic ash, plus rotting leaves and organisms to form a nutrient-rich soil. From the dense vegetation, it can be seen that this is a good place for the development of agriculture.*

*Especially rare is that due to millions of years of isolation, the mosquitoes here do not carry the falciparum malaria, providing a relatively friendly living environment.*

*Nowadays, most of the people who immigrate to Shangri-La Island are from the South, who have strong resistance to tropical malaria and have a low mortality rate.*

*According to the statistics;*

*Now immigrating to Shangri-La Island, the total population is 87,200. Among them, tropical malaria has an incidence rate of 23% and a mortality rate of 3.2%. After more than a year, more than 2,700 deaths due to illness are within an acceptable range.*

*Tropical areas where Plasmodium falciparum is prevalent, the annual mortality rate due to malaria is 4 to 5 times that of 3.2%, and the child mortality rate is more than half, which is the biggest obstacle to population growth.*

*Limited by the expensive price of cinchona cream, not everyone can get the treatment of this special medicine, and most immigrants must rely on their own resistance to support the past.*

*Red River Valley can only be used by officials and soldiers, which is also a key factor affecting the number of immigrants.*

*Nowadays, large-scale cinchona saplings are being cultivated on the island, but it will take 5-6 years to become a fruit. Currently, they can only be purchased at high prices, and the number is very limited, which cannot meet the needs of tens of thousands of people.*

*The quinine contained in cinchona cream cannot be synthesized by today's chemical methods. In the face of deadly tropical diseases, strict hygienic measures can only be used to prevent them. Anti-mosquito products and mosquito nets are widely used to fill dead ponds and ditches. Measures such as reducing sewage that is easy to breed mosquitoes and flies, etc., take strict precautions.*

(Chapter 251)