Forum:Territory application/AR913 - Grinzez
- Please fill in the information below to make a territory request.
 | Territory ID and proposed name |
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| The Territory ID (from OpenGeofiction:Territories, e.g. AR123a) and proposed name of the country |
AR913∈⊾ƨ is the currently inactive territory of Grinzez, which I intend to reapply under the same name and concept. I took what is effectively a few years' worth of hiatus, but with some motivation from the region's activity and collaborators, I have determined I am ready to resume work.
 | Physical geography |
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| An overview of climate, topography and landscape of the country. With the exception of Beginner territories, you should always create a sketch map to illustrate & explain your plans. You can add a link to this (hosted on imgBB, Postimages or similar, but not imgur.com) |
This has been established and will largely follow prior work in the region. The mountainous areas on either side of the country are not expected to change.
 | Human geography |
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| A brief description of the territory demographics, economic development, land occupation, infrastructure and mapping style |
Grinzez has a population of 40-50 million. Its economy is based mainly on agriculture, science and technology, and maritime trade. Economic disparity is rather low. The territory is mostly urban, but natural landscapes dominate most of the inland regions. Three municipality-level cities, including the capital Pyapyor, contain the densest areas, while numerous smaller towns span the rest of the country.
The more extensively mapped regions will aim to highlight Grinzez's present life as a place to experience its diverse cultures, leisurely activities and frontiers of economic development. If you've spent most of your time living in a 
homogeneous city and always feel like exploring 'same same but different' places, you'll get what I mean. This means major economic centres in Asia are expected to play a RW influence.
 | History & culture |
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| A brief description of the intended culture and language |
Grinzez's culture will be predominantly Austroasiatic. Users with experience in the Indochina region are welcome to reach out to make suggestions for this culture! The regional influences of Huaxia and AR922∈⊾ƨ/AR923∈⊾ƨ will remain, and discussions on integrating its history with these neighbours will be undertaken in due course.
Grinzez will retain its native conlang which has been extensively developed since I first worked on the territory. I'm looking to overhaul the region's names to reflect the state of the language better, and to replace some English in labels where appropriate.
 | Past mapping |
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| To support your request provide links to areas of OGF mapping which showcase your mapping skill. Mapping relevant to the requested theme & geography is especially useful. | |
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Grinzez's mapping will focus on dense urban development, smaller towns and cities, and 
revitalised rural areas. Natural mapping is planned to be reworked on from what currently exists.
To help with developing the territory, here are some rough categories of mapping that will be worked on:
| I (New Urbanism) | Focus on emulating RW places, sometimes wondering what if they had spruced-up transport links, TODs, etc. Also start conceptualizing new economic regions. Some swathes of farmland will also be built up.
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| IIa (Urban Core) | Dense development in the large cities, outlining the rough city-level subdivisions and their urban form.
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| IIb (Macro) | Natural mapping consisting of reworked drainage systems and more realistic transport infrastructure. | |
| III | More Suburban and small-town mapping typical of leisure-driven places and detailed city mapping.
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| Sign and date the application by typing four tildes (~~~~) without spaces or "nowiki" tags. |
Coshatiuav (talk) 07:32, 29 September 2026 (UTC)
 | Discussion |
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| Discussion for clarification & decision |
- Hi. As your neighbour, actually Huaxia's mappers have already noticed the draft application at the end of last year. Happy to see you come back to make this official application.
I've sent you messages about change proposals of the southern and northern boundary terrain, correspondingly via OGF internal mail on Jan 2025 and Discord PM at Mar 2025. However, as neither received a response, I requested the permission of Admin to implement these changes in Aug 2025, due at the last day of Dec 2025.
We have almost completed these edits except the boundary. Upon discovering your draft application, we wanted to discuss the matter with you directly. Would you consider replying us with your opinion on the boundary if you want to restart on AR913?
NM$l (talk) 10:21, 29 September 2026 (UTC)
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Territory application approved |
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| Approved, but with a 3 month check given you're coming back from a year+ mapping break. /wangi (talk) 11:36, 29 September 2026 (UTC) | |
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