Forum:Territory application/TA243 - Dihalox

Forums → Territory application → Territory application/TA243 - Dihalox

Please fill in the information below to make a territory request.

	Territory ID and proposed name
	The Territory ID (from OpenGeofiction:Territories, e.g. AR123a) and proposed name of the country

TA243^∈^⊾^ƨ - Dihalox

	Physical geography
	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)

Climate: The country has a hot tropical climate due to it being situated relatively close to the equator. The country is basically split to 3 in every aspect including climate (see sections) and the climate varies heavily between these 3 parts. The coastal north part is rainy and averages around 25-26 degrees celsius and its flatter compared to the other 2 sections with some hills found generally within 10 km off the coast or near the border to the 2nd section, and a mountain range in the middle, dense jungles are commonly found in this zone. The low lying middle part is in a massive geographical depression, 800-900 meters below sea level. There is a lake in this part in the bottom of this depression called Lake Fundroiz, this part has still lots of flat plains but a more rugged terrain compared to the coastal part, this area has a yearly mean temperature of 30-31 degrees, more rainy near the lake and more arid the further you go and is the most densely populated part where the capital Sobesso is found. The 3rd part is the high zone in the south between 1 km to 2 km above sea level, the area is less flat with a bunch of hills and less dense but it still has some decently sized urban areas, it gets rainier, colder and higher the more you go south.

annual precipitation sketch (darker green is 1.1 k to 1.2 k mm/reddish orange is 200 to 300 mm)

average temperature sketch

	Human geography
	A brief description of the territory demographics, economic development, land occupation, infrastructure and mapping style

The country is (p.s. I dont know how to calculate the land area) I guess around 550 to 600 k square kms so it makes sense for the population to range between 65 and 95 million people. The country is fairly developed and still developing with an hdi of 0.840 and not so rich with a gdp per capita of 17 to 18 thousand dollars. The country is heavily industrialized and most of the economy comes from "secondary economy" a.k.a. production like factories but mining of a limited amount of oil and gold, the rich cuisine and the agriculture-suitable terrain also benefit the country's economy. Most of the land is used for farming, vineyards, bushes or tropical jungles. The country has few toll roads but a good amount of freeways (trunk roads) to every province of the country, the country's seaports are used for trade, tourism and public transit, the Lake Fundroiz is also used for tourism and public transit like a miniature sea ecosystem; the country hasn't got many airports, give or take 30, with 6-7 of them being international but the capital and the largest city Sobesso's airport is massive. The trains see less use in Dihalox with a major line running through north to south and some more smaller lines but their importance is stolen by asphalt roads.

	History & culture
	A brief description of the intended culture and language

The country began as a small community made by Tarephian nomadic people, around south of Lake Fundroiz around 235 BC. They built schools, malls, roads, praying zones and became a country in 11 with the name Licustan and their capital was Licu'ol-Tung (now renamed to Naskara.) During the same time a coastal country called Akta formed and in 409 they declared a war and with the treaty of Nussy they became a city state that owned Aktral and the surrounding area and in 495 they ended up just joining Licustan. Not much happened after that except Licustan changing its name to Dihalox, the land of the strong people [Dihe(the)+Alan(land)+Loeus(strong)+Xij(people)] after Licu became known as a racist slur for Licustanis. They also expanded to the south section and switched their government to a republic in 1506. Between 1554 and 1898 they went through economic problems but the country started developing quicker and they left the situation. They believe in Dihaloxism (traditional religion) with weird beliefs that shape the country like "lower elevation places are more valuable because they hide 'enchanted ores' and gold" or that "Lake Fundroiz is holy juice and everyone should drink the water yearly to make god wash your sins away" which is done in one specific beach. Their language Dihaloxian is a weird but grammar wise simple language which has some words that are similar to English like Qust and Coast, Biche and Beach, Onovarsteth and University.

	Past mapping
	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.
	The {{coord}}, {{node}}, {{relation}} or {{scalehelper}} templates can optionally be used to link to the OGF map - they result in nicely formatted links. Or you can paste in a URL.