Arvostland

## Autonomous Antarctic State of Arvostland

Map of the Antarctica Republic, in the continent of Antarctica, highlighting the state of Arvostland in red.

## Location

### Region

West Antarctica (most of state)
East Antarctica (eastern part)

## State Information

### Nicknames

The Frosty State
The Frozen State

### Demonyms

Arvostlander (official)
Arvostlandian (traditional)
Arvostlandic (occasional)

## Miscellaneous

### Abbreviations

AV (official)
Arv. (occasional)

**Arvostland**, officially the **Autonomous Antarctic State of Arvostland** (pronounced *ARE-VUST-LAND*), is one of the thirteen states of the Antarctica Republic in the continent of Antarctica in the television series *Antarctica Thirteen*. Its capital is Froston and its largest city is Frostonville. Armie Kashimary is the administrator of Arvostland.

## Etymology

According to the first episode of *Antarctica Thirteen* "Establishing Antarctica", the name *Arvostland* comes from Armie's first name which is split into *Ar*. The word *frost* is manipulated to *vost*, which is her version of the spelling and pronunciation of *vast* meaning *massive*, *big*. The *land* part means obviously *land*, which some etymologists thinking that "Arvostland" means *land of frost*, which Armie said it is not, but she accepts describing it's a great idea and observation.

## Geography

It is located in the northwestern part of Antarctica (as it looks on the map without a compass rose), mostly in West Antarctica, with the easternmost part in East Antarctica. The Transantarctic Mountains runs along the eastern side of the state, separating the two Antarctic regions. Arvostland is bordered by Peninsulitica to the northwest, the Southern Ocean to the north, Tisstrost to the east and northeast, Southopolic to the east and southeast, Jarkolonco to the south and southwest, and the continuation of the Southern Ocean to the west. Arvostland is the only Antarctic state to have two separate coastlines. The Gulf of Antarctica bordering the longer north coast is between Peninsulitica are Tisstrost. The Peninsulitica Sea bordering the shorter west coast is south of Peninsulitica and northwest of Jarkolonco. The Great North Ice Shelf (also called Wennette Kashimary Ice Shelf) lies mostly within the majority of Arvostland.

## Climate

Arvostland is nicknamed "The Frosty State" or "The Frozen State" because Armie Kashimary is nicknamed "The Frosty Girl" and most places in the state, such as the Arvostland Administrative Palace, are made of mostly ice. It is also the second coldest Antarctic state after Peninsulitica due to them sharing borders and both Arvostland and Peninsulitica are the coldest places in the world. Their climate is one of the sources freezing places and is capable of generating ices that surrounds the buildings and houses, forcing Arvostlanders to use large hammers called Shatteroids to break ices, and Meltomizers or Thawmometers to melt and thaw them. The cities of Froston and Frostonville are also prone to getting frozen and frosted, which is why they get their names by having "frost" in them and their buildings are also made of ice. Other municipalities in Arvostland are also named in favors for ice, such as Icedale and Coldenburg. Arvostland, after Peninsulitica, is the second windiest state in the Antarctica Republic. The two states barely get any snowfall and rainfall of all the thirteen states because the continent is so dry as it is classified as a desert.

## Languages

The three official languages in Arvostland are English, Spanish, and Portuguese. The other spoken languages include Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, and Russian.

## Flag

*Main article: Flag of Arvostland*

The state flag of Arvostland is designed by Armie Kashimary. It consists of a blue field representing the daylight sky, a white field representing snow or ice, followed by three eight-pointed snowflakes with each point having three branches. The snowflakes represent precipitation. The first flake means snow, the second flake means rain, and the third flake means hail or sleet. The yellow semicircle represents the midnight sun that never rises or sets due to Arvostland's location in Antarctica which is in the Antarctic Circle. The silhouette of an igloo means to give love and support for ice giving great cultures and heritages.

## Territorial claims

Arvostland is located within the claimed territories of Argentina, Russia, Brazil, Chile, and the United States.

## Inhabitants

People who were born or live in Arvostland are called Arvostlanders. Arvostlandian is the name of a person who were born in Arvostland and it is used traditionally. Arvostlandic is something or someone whose ancestors or descendants are from Arvostland and it is used occasionally. 75% of Norwegians inhabit eastern Arvostland while 25% of Russians inhabit western Arvostland.