Mu Continent

**Mu Continent** is a large continent located west of the Central World and east of the Gra Valkas Empire, affiliated with the Second Civilization.

## Background

The Mu Continent is identified as the lost continent Mu - which had transitioned from the planet Earth to the New World 12,000 years ago. At that time the entire area was under the influence of Mu, but due to their initial inferiority against the local magic civilizations, large swathes of land that used to be former territories of Mu became independent nation-states or taken by foreign invaders.

In recent years, Mu has rapidly increased its national power as a machine-based civilized country, and the nations power relations with local human forces have changed from before. However, there seems to be no intention to reclaim the former territories of Mu, a non-military civilized country, and the continent was in a peaceful order centered around Mu.

However, the emergence of the Gra Valkas Empire, another mechanical-based civilized state that surpasses Mu, has changed the power balance in the region. The empire destroyed the Paganda Kingdom and Leifor and took control of a corner of the continent. They then subsequently declared war on the entire world.

## Location

### Mu Continent Countries

* **Mu** is one of the five superpowers, the strongest country in the Second Civilization, located in the northeast of Mu Continent. In a world that reveres magic, they explore the practicality and power of mechanical and scientific technology.

* **Leifor** was one of the five superpowers located in the west of Mu continent, bordering Mu in the eastern part of the country, and the Nigrat Union and the Sonal Kingdom in the south. They were subjugated and occupied by the Gra Valkas Empire.

* **Sonal Kingdom** is a nation bordering Mu in the northeast, the Magicaraich Community in the southeast, the Nigrat Union in the southwest, and Leifor in the northwest.

* **Nigrat Union** is in the southwest of Mu Continent, bordering Leifor in the north, the Sonal Kingdom in the northeast and the Magikaraich Community in the east.

* **Magicaraich Community** is in the southeast of Mu Continent, bordering the Sonal Kingdom in the north, the Nigrat Union in the west, and Mu in the northeast.

* **Hinomawari Kingdom** is in the center of Mu Continent around the three countries including Mu (east), Leifor (west), and Sonal Kingdom (south).

* **Pars Kingdom** is a nation existing in the Second Civilization under the protection of Leifor, but location in the Mu continent is unknown.

* **Pamir Kingdom** is one of the civilized countries in the Second Civilization, but location in the Mu continent is unknown.

### Outside the Mu Continent

* **Irnetia Kingdom** is an island country about 1,000 km west of Mu continent. It is about the size of Hokkaido, located in the north of the Paganda Island.

* **Paganda Kingdom** is a small island nation, located in the west of Leifor and the south of the Irnetia Island. It was under the protection of Leifor.

## Geographical Features

* **Malmund Mountains -** The mountain range that separates Alue and Kielseki. A part of the Gam de Riola mountain range, the mountain range is located about 70 km from the border with Leifor in the western region of Mu and about 50 km east of the border town of Alue. About 50 km east of the eastern end of the mountain range is Kielseki. The entire mountain range is full of holes, and the interior is a sandy plain large enough for tank battles, a fantasy in full bloom. Because of this, not only can howitzers and other howitzers not be used in a curved fire attack, but helicopters and aircraft cannot fly, so air support cannot be provided. There are at least enough entrances and exits at the eastern and western ends of the mountain range to allow a tank division to enter and exit the other side through the interior of the range. It serves as natural super tunnels that lead from Alue on the west side and Kielseki on the east side and vice versa. The mountain range is about 200 km long from east to west, and it took the 4th Armored Division of the Gra Valkas Imperial Army for two days to pass through. In the light novel, it is clarified that this landform is not of terrestrial origin. After the transfer of Mu, the wyverns that wandered into this area with low levels of magical elements died here, and other magical creatures that were drawn to the area one after another ran out of strength. Although fire is prohibited in a magic stone mine, there is almost no danger of explosion because the magic stones in this mountain range are weathered. With advanced refining technology, it would be highly valuable, but because it is located in the Second Civilization Area, where scientific civilization is predominant, it appears to be virtually untouched.
* **Florie River -** A large river that originates near Kielseki and flows through Orosenga to Mykal.
* **Mt. Daigenera -** A mountain located at the eastern side of Leiforia.

## Trivia

* The lost continent of Mu was first proposed to exist by 19th-century writer Augustus Le Plongeon, and was later popularized by James Churchward in the early 1900's. Churchward's books claimed that Mu existed 12,000 years ago and was located in the Pacific Ocean, and that many other great ancient civilizations such as ancient Egypt were remnants of the Mu civilization, while other continents contained colonies of Mu. This depiction of Mu is probably the primary influence behind the version featured in the Nihonkoku Shoukan series.
* Mu is indicated to be inhabited by some species of animals from Earth, such as pigeons.