Forum:Territory application/UL12k - Soderia

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

UL12k - Soderia

	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)

Map (version 1)

Attached on the right is a general map of my plan for this country.

The territory is made up of a rocky coast, a flatter (but still somewhat mountainous) island, and some assorted smaller islands. Being in the temperate/taiga biome, the climate is fairly cold and most of the trees are coniferous.

The tallest mountains in the south are over 2000 metres in height, but the mountains on the Major Island (name to be chosen) are around 1000-1500 metres in height. This is consistent to the Vinhish Catens mountain range from the West Ulethan map.

Please note that I intend to move or remove much of the existing mapping on this territory.

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

Economic Development:

Raw goods include mining, agriculture, and forestry.

There is also a manufacturing and small tourism sector

Politics:

Multiparty Parliamentary Democratic Republic.

Terminology: Leader, Deputy Leader, Evaluators

Mapping Style:

European / Unique Style

The capital city of Tidford contains the vast majority of Soderia's 1.2 million people. It is quite a dense city.

There are other larger towns of Gorel, Burnfoy, and Dinuel in addition to a large multitude of small towns and agricultural villages in the western plains of the major island.

Due to the diverse coastal climate, there are winter sports available on Major Island and the "Rocky Mountainous Coast"

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

This territory could be mapped in either two/three languages, depending on the request of the coordinators (what they think would be more realistic:

1- English

PROS:

It is the language I am fluent in, so mapping in it will be more cohesive and realistic than perhaps a different language

It appears to be plausible that an English speaking country could exist here, as it is in the "Germanic Languages" section and English is a Germanic Language.

CONS:

Not precise (not very close to Ingeria)

2- Conlang 1

This conlang is very different (initial wordset is randomized) and has a unique style probably unlike anything in the region. West Uletha is stated to be "Conlang Friendly"

3- Conlang 2

This conlang is much less different to English, and pretty much is English, but with more stringent pronunciation, writing, and grammar rules (in fact pretty similar to a previous application to this territory)

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The culture will be European-esque (though I will admit that it will be my first time mapping this way seriously). The capital city will have some areas mapped in an extremely old style, though other areas will be more modern, having been more recently developed.

**** HISTORY ****

Key Points:

• People were not very expansionist, so country stayed small
• Mostly stayed on the fertile major island until relatively recently
• Originally was a monarchy, but the monarchy became quite oppressive
• Major revolution in 1872, only to be replaced with a dictatorship until 1878
• Now politically is a democratic republic.

	Past mapping
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Most of my mapping has been done here:

https://opengeofiction.net/#map=8/-43.622/136.467&layers=B

Ateria, Deodeca (mapped from March 2022 - Present)

Oldest (and probably worst) mapping here:

https://opengeofiction.net/#map=12/-8.3194/173.9112&layers=B

Kelby, Inolokala, Rhododactylia

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The Elephant - Double Territories This would be my second territory if approved. Due to its small size, I don't think that the approval of this territory would cause me to be overwhelmed enough to ignore duties from my first territory.

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Enderbyte09 (talk) 01:38, 30 November 2024 (UTC)

	Discussion
	Discussion for clarification & decision

• Hello! I am not an admin but may i recommend using layers on your map image? I have no clue what software you used for the creation of the image but things like the text could be layered above the other items. Just hope this helps in the future! MiniMapper (talk) 19:44, 1 December 2024 (UTC)