The Cragscars

The Isle of Chark includes **the Cragscars** as a country. The Cragscars encompasses the northern end of the Isle of Chark and shares a border with Alexandria. It is bordered to the north, east, and west by the Cragscar Sea, and to the south by the Castlerodge Sea. The population of Cragscars is 17,340,224, with nearly 25.0% of the people residing in the capital of Sallowbight (4,333,056). Lattwittow, Gregley, and Saint Margaret are the other most populous cities. The Wenchhow Valley, which lies between the Cragscar Highlands, is home to the four most populous cities. Because of the rocky and rough terrain, much of the Cragscars, besides the Wenchhow Valley, is uninhabitable.

## Etymology

The Cragscars are named from the rugged landscapes of the area, which have resulted in many travellers receiving scars and injuries after falling off the cliffs. Many in Alexandria's major population referred to the entire rocky and cliffy territory north of them as "The Cragscars" to warn visitors that if they ventured up there, they might as well return with a few scars from traversing the jagged terrain. In The Middle Ages, the natives of the land, however referred to the land as "*Rostavette*".

## Geography

The Cragscars occupies the northern end of The Isle of Chark which lies off the coast of Christenland in western Parlinn and south of the country of Lavland. The Cragscars, though obtaining multiple maritime borders, only land border is with Alexandria to its south and the two countries are split by the Carolina River Valley. Its maritime borders are with Windsure, lying 23 km from the Western Barrows in the country; Christenland, lying 314 km to the northeast and Lavland lying 289 km to the north.

### Climate

The Cragscars' climate is thought to be cooler than the rest of Parania due to its location. Much of the climate is temperate and oceanic, but climates easily vary with the diversity of the country's natural regions, with the northern and western ends of the country classified as a 'subarctic' climate and parts of the southwestern beaches having a 'subtropical' feel (though they are still in the temperate climate) where trees and shrubs such as palm trees can be cultivated. The coldest parts of the country are located in the southwest in the Malossa Mountains, which give a tiny portion west of the range in the southwestern corner of the country a warmer and wetter climate then the rest of the country due to a humid ocean air flowing west and coming into the same environment as the Malossa Mountains, it then rises quickly, cools, and loses moisture to condensation, resulting in heavy rain. These coastal mountains, which are 2,000 to 4,000 feet (610 to 1,220 m) above sea level, receive the most precipitation in the state. Snowfall is very rare for much of The Cragscars and is not thought of in most of the country, especially in The Wenchhow Valley, due to its protection from the The Cragscar Highlands from the south and north.

### Flora and fauna

The Cragscar Highlands have the most wild creatures on the Isle of Chark, with the majority of them found in the woods of the Malossa Mountains' eastern side and the Cragscar Highlands' foothills. The Cragscars are the only site on the entire Isle of Chark where lynx, brown bears, wolves, elk, and walruses can be found, but they are the rarest of the hundreds of animals found there. Along the coast, multiple breeding seabirds can be observed, notable birds include: herring gulls, black-headed gulls, northern fulmars, great skuas, and great cormorants. The more common land animals found in the Cragscars are rock ptarmigans, mountain hares, stoats, wildcats, red squirrels and red deer.

## Demographics

### Ethnicity

The Cragscars is one of the most homogeneous and Caucasian countriess in the world, with 75 percent of the inhabitants being Caucasian and identifying as "Craggish." 24 percent identified as a different ethnicity, primarily those of Arabian, Celestial Islander, and African origin, with Celestial Islanders accounting for 9 percent of the population (37.5 percent of the minority population), Peisybakuans at 6%, and Africans at 6% each; 3 percent of the population identified as 'two or more races.'

### Religion

The Cragscars is classified as a Christian country, despite its Christian populace practises Christianity only nominally, with church attendance averaging only 3%. About half of the population is Christian, with Protestantism accounting for 47%, Catholicism for 2%, and Orthodoxy for 1%. Judaism and Islam are two other religious groupings, with Judaism accounting for 4% of the population and Islam accounting for 3.7 percent, 57.7% of the population is religiously affiliated. Religiously unaffiliated people account for 42.3 percent of the population, up from 32.8 percent in 2016.