Kosna

**Kosna** is a country in southeastern Parania. It is bordered by Hartnett to its northwest, Minuka to its northeast, and shares maritime borders with Mecirhan to its south, Orirbella to its west and Cheskachena to its north. The capital is located in the country’s central-east, Sharikba. It houses the third largest population to Kutwhean people with 15% of the population identifying as Kutwhean.

## Kosna

### Religion

53% Orthodoxy
23% Unaffiliated
10% Islamic
8% Roman Catholic
5% Shia Muslim
3% Hindu

### Climate

Coastal warm Mediterranean (south and west)
Temperate and dry (North and east)

## Geography

The country is surrounded by dry-arid chaparrals to the south and east and dry boreal forest in and around the country. The country is bounded by the Marima Ocean to both its east and west, Mecirhan to its south, Hartnett to its northwest, and Minuka to its northeast. The country is the closest country in Parania to Pasia. In the north are the Spanninged Mountains which span from Hartnett in through Kosna.

### Climate

The country’s climate is temperate and dry with warm summers ranging from 26° C to 31° C and winters with minimal snow with temperatures dropping to 9° C. However the spanninged mountains have a colder and drier climate with warm summers but snowy and harsh winters with temperatures dropping to -7° C.

### Flora and Fauna

An unknown, exact amount of animals are present in the country but it is estimated around 90,000 species of animals occur in the country due to the huge biodiversity of habitats and biomes present in such a small country. Common animals seen are blue iguanas (*Cyclura lewisi*), green iguanas (*Iguana iguana*), culpeos (*Lycalopex culpaeus*), northern raccoons (*Procyon lotor*), house mice (*Mus musculus*), western honeybees (*Apis mellifera*), adonis blues (*Polyommatus bellargus*), seed gerbils (*Meriones unguiculatus*), black vultures (*Coragyps atratus*), lesser bamboo rats (*Cannomys badius*), giant mesquite bugs (*Thasus neocalifornicus*), Pasia hares (*Lepus pasianus)* and blue fungus beetles (*Cypherotylus californicus*), but the most commonly seen animal and noxious pest in the country are spotted cucumber beetles *(Diabrotica undecimpunctata)* and striped cucumber beetles (*Acalymma vittatum*) which are so common in the summertime many call the season "beetle season." A majority of animals in Kosna are introduced due to its diverse habitats and climate, and its mainly the mammal and insect species.

A group of discus fish (*Symphysodon aequifasciatus*) were released into the warm waters of Sharikba to diversify the area and add atmosphere and beauty to the city's waterways, today an estimated population 3,000,000 discus fish individuals roam the waters alone and are considered very invasive as they take down smaller, native fish species. The lalibon red fox (*Vulpes vulpes*) are the only remaining foxes in the country and can only be found in the southern and central Lalibon Mountains just north of Sharikba and span into southeastern Hartnett and Minuka. White-sided jackrabbits (*Lepus callotis*) are planned to be introduced to the southwestern arid portions of Kosna and along the lower foothills of the Spanninged Mountains for biodiversity boosts, other planned introductions are those of the gray four-eyed opossums (*Philander opossum*) which are planned to be introduced exclusively in Sharikba's metropolitan area and the northeastern point of Mecirhan, pygmy spotted skunks (*Spilogale pygmaea*) which are planned to be introduced to the southern half of Kosna and are expected to extend ranges into northern Mecirhan and southwestern Hartnett, southern cricket frogs (*Acris gryllus*) which are planned to be introduced to the swamps at the far eastern coast of Kosna (East of Sharikba and the Lalibon Mountains) to replace extirpated frog species, oriental fire-bellied toads (*Bombina orientalis*) are also to be introduced alongside the cricket frogs to diversify the swamplands, oriental magpies (*Pica serica*) and black-billed magpies (*Pica pica*) are both planned to add magpie populations to replace the absent common magpie and that ranges in most of western and northern Parania and will likely be confined to the northern and eastern half of the country where they will stay close to the Lalibon and Spanninged Mountains, though the Lalibon magpie will likely remain the dominant in the Lalibon mountains. Considered introductions are gray foxes, which are heavily abundant on Panstivo Island, but many fear they will just add more threats to the native wildlife.

## Demographics

Kosna is a pretty populated country with 6,900,000 peoples but many live in the eastern half of the country while the western half is very sparsely populated. 61.0% of Kosna's population are adherents to Christianity with 53.0% of the entire population being Orthodox Christians and 8.0% being Roman Catholics, 23.0% of Kosna's population are not adherents to any religions at all, 15.0% are adherents to Islam, and 3.0% are adherents to other religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, as well as Makolan and Indigenous folk religions. Kosna is home to a large Kutwhean, Makolan and Orchid Islander population with most being overseas workers, about 15.0% of the population identifies as either Kutwhean, Makolan, Orchid Islander or any other southern Herethearian, other races present in the country are 33.5% Pasien, 25.0% ethnic Kosnans, 10.3% British, 8.8% other races, and 3.3% two or more races. Only 1/4 of Kosna are ethnic Kosnans while 3/4 of the population are other groups, about 41.0% of the population were not born in Kosna and moved from other countries. Kosna has the largest LGBTQ+ density in the world with 1/5 people (Around 21.0%) being either gay, lesbian, bisexual or pansexual, the more east you get in the country, the higher LGBT populations begin to rise, and the more west you get, they began to lower down. Boridaka, a city located directly south of Sharikba, is over 40.0% LGBTQ+. Kosna is also home to one of the highest Muslim and Arabic population in Parania with 25.0% of all Pasian Paranians living in Kosna