Palmva

Palmva is a collection of islands that represent an open palm. Each digit has their own unique environment, with their own exports and focuses.

It is controlled by the Venoqara, who named the islands The Holy Nation of Palmva, and rule it as a theocracy. They have names for each of the islands. The main part of these islands is that even the smallest hamlet has a church. A church is placed in the center of each settlement, and no building is further than a 2 hour walk from a church or temple. The most remote of houses would often build a personal temple as well on their property to visit. The temples are large spiraling buildings, with some spaces on the building only reachable by flying. The main roads in the cities always lead to the churches. The other buildings of the cities will always try to mirror the church, but are never allowed to be larger than.

Each of the 6 islands has a virtue attributed to it that defines the specialty of religious focus there. Usually the exports and imports they produce also symbolize that virtue.

Aanapos (Mainland):

This is the largest island, or the palm of the hand. It is the most populated island, and holds the capital of Holy Ceto. The religious virtue of Aanapos is True Perfection. They embody all the best of all the other 5 islands. TO be successful here, you have to be an embodiment of such. Many Venoqara- or religious converts of other nations- may move here for the express purpose of proving their virtues to gain importance within the culture. There is little to no tolerance for crime, and the religious police here is incredibly strict. They allow visiting folks, although many report they are watched heavily when they visit. The cities, towns, hamlets, and roads are beautiful and clean- but the crime there is very secretive, organized, and intense. This does mean they don't usually waste time on small targets.

The ecology is similar to a taiga, with plentiful lakes and high trees. It is cold, but not oppressively so. The animals are usually made for the colder weather, and very few are openly hostile. The most agressive species are a monster known as the Egotries- a large ape like creature with a mouth on its stomach- and the Nevdo- a cloven-hoofed reptilian like creature with large horns that targets Venoqara specifically. The most famous animal from this area is the Wooly Tree Mouse- a fluffy rodent about the size of a basketball and a somewhat hidden face. The most commonly hunted animal is the Laa'ra's Yalo, a medium sized four legged herbivorous mammal with large ears. The largest of the Yalo family. A common fish is the River Zen, a large, calm fish that some keep as pets. The eggs and meat are both edible. The most common foragable is the Wild Hanberry, a small, sweet purple berry on a thorny bush. It looks dangerously like the Killer Pea. The most common edible crop is the Snowball Brassica, a round cabbage like vegetable that is in shades of white to blue. It tastes vaguely bitter, the carries taste very well. The most common crop in general is the Jumping Thread, a bush like plant that holds a fiberous material. This plant jumps onto a person that brushes onto it, hoping they will react poorly and run off with the seeds attached. The fabric made from it however is incredibly fine, easy to die, and their biggest export. The lack of bugs causes them to import more wax than anything else for religious items. Gemstones and luxury items are also imported.