Noun

**Noun** is a village located along the northwestern coast of Panstivo, it has a local population of 4,055 but sees an average of 500,000 visitors a year who come for its uniqueness of using boats and watercrafts as the primary source of transport. Noun is also considered to be among the safest cities in Parania with no risk of natural disasters and crime rates being almost nonexistent due to a large police presence in the town.

## Description

Noun is a very small town but considered very 'charming'. It is located in the center of nature being the only major town with a population over 500 in its vicinity, being filled with flowers, rolling cobblestone streets that line the canals of watercrafts, a lack of the atypical asphalt roads for cars, and described as being the most walkable city in Parania due to organized transportation; over 80 % of the locals of Noun claim they use watercraft and waterbuses as their source of transportation while the other 20 % use some other form of transportation such as bikes, skateboarding, or walking. Vehicles are not permitted in the village and before entering, an organized group of policemen direct any visitors to a large parking space that is lined across a pedestrian bridge that connects to Noun. In the plaza, there is a brick schoolhouse, which is the largest of the only four schools in the village, a post office, a hospital, a bank, a fire station, a department store, an antiques store, a java, an Italian restaurant, three hotels, a museum, a library, a operahouse, and a theater. All buildings are designed primarily with the Victorian, cathedral, and baroque architecture(s) and the village is known for having an English ivy problem, with most buildings having climbing plants and vines such as ivies present.

### People

Out of the 4,055 locals in Noun, about 45 % (1,824) of them were born in Noun, 22 % (892) of them were born somewhere else in Panstivo, and 33 % were born outside of Panstivo, with most born in the Isle of Charquinnt (20 % of the population, 811 peoples), with the remaining 13 % (527 peoples) being born in another place of Parania or outside the continent. The local population is very homogenous with 93 % (3,771 peoples) of the population being Caucasian, 4 % (162) being two or more races, 2 % (81) being Filipino, and 1 % (40) being another race. The second largest ethnicity amongst the local population are the Filipinos. Most of the village (50 %, 2,027) are Millennials, 21 % (851) are Gen Z, 20 % (811) are Gen X, 6 % (243) are Silent Generations, and 3 % (121) are Boomers. The village is growing largely amongst seniors due to the laidbackness and slow pace of the village, low crime, and the walkability rates of the village. Females dominate males amongst the local population where they comprise 55% (2,230) of the population while males only comprise 45 % (1,824) of the population.

### Tourists

Of the 500,000 tourists yearly, the average tourist taken from statistics are Caucasian, between 30-35 years old, female, and traveling with a family. About 25 % of tourists come from another place in Panstivo, 21 % come from the Isle of Charquinnt, 20 % come from Kutwhe or any other southern Herethearian island, 13 % come from another place in Parania, 10 % come from another place in Talim, 9 % come from Pasia, and 2 % come from somewhere else. About 21 % of tourists are seniors, and among the tourist population, those thinking of moving to Noun is highest amongst the senior tourists.

### Pronunciation

Contrary to popular belief that Noun is pronounced like the grammar definition, noun, meaning a person place or thing (which is pronounced like nown); Noun is pronounced as No-un.

## Geography

### Climate and Geography

Noun is located along the northwestern coast of Panstivo and is a coastal city with the north of its city facing the northern Marima Ocean. Noun sits 129 km away from Naliland. The city sits primarily in deciduous woodland and partially sits in wetland to in the south and sees quite temperate climates, averaging 19° C as a high and 12° C as a low in the summer and spring months and 9° C as a high and -1° C in the autumn and winter months, though the city only sees light snowfall which are so light to even be considered "snowfalls".

### Flora and Fauna

The village has a very concentrated population of eastern mute swans at around 20 nesting pairs that mainly live in the forests and wetlands surrounding the city, the northwestern coast of Panstivo has one of the highest populations of mute swans in the world. Other animals that have crossed paths with the village include eastern black deer, white-tailed deer, beavers, culpeos, jackals, pipistrelles, flying foxes, and multiple species of shrews and moles. The most commonly observed birds of the village, however, is not the mute swan, but the Panstivo veery. Rabbits, squirrels, and mice are amongst the most commonplace mammalian species and about two or three moose pass through the village annually, and averagely, around three or four foxes pass the village's ground annually as well. Moose and foxes are marked as 'elusive' in Panstivo, but their range covers Noun with Noun accounting for 50 % of reported foxes in Panstivo annually and accounts for 41 % of reported moose. Panstivo black bears are commonplace outside the village and may venture into the plaza during dusk, but are considered amongst the rarest to be sighted inside of Noun.