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UL28a - Angersche Föderation

	Physical geography
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Geography:

The North mostly consists of flat with patches of marsh land near the coast, going southward the altitude slowly rises. The river Kesser is a major geographic landmark of the Nort. The Mid-North has a major low mountain range called Oberwald, its peaks are higher in the west than the east, their peaks reach up to 1400 meters in altitude. Going a bit more south, there we have the plains, this region is a plateau which lies an avarage 350m above the sea, the altitude drops a bit though when going east as Lake Segara is located there. The south has an alpine look comparable to the Tyrolean Alpes of Austria, coniferous forests are mostly being found here above the deciduous forests in the valleys.

Map Link: (the locations of cities, forests, rivers, etc. may vary in the end)

https://ibb.co/C3VQ4JMG

Climate:

• Northern flatland: Cfb  (Ø 21°C summer, Ø -3° winter)
• Midland mountain range: Dfc (in higher locations, Ø 14°C summer, Ø -9°C winter), Cfb (in the valleys, Ø 18°C summer due to mountain ifluences and Ø -7° winter)

• Midland Plains: Cfa (Ø 24°C summer, Ø 0°C winter, rarely snowfall)

• Southern Alpine Region: ET (mountain summits, from September to April snowy), Cfa (east of Hirschingen and same climate as the Midlnads Plains)

• South West Region: BSk (Ø 26° summer, 5°C winter, around Besch and Plässen)

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

Human Geography:

The majority of the population of the Angersche Föderation speaks German while a few areas in Semanenland speak Semanyan, making this minority 1.5%. Speaking of demographics, the geographic being of the north and mid region of the country and the rapid industrialization, the provinces Velmarn, Angermark, Wershland and Nenningstein became densely populated, with the Angermark having a slightly higher density than the other mentioned provinces as it being the only province with direct access to the sea. This also took the effect of the country having an economically good position, especially noticeable on the well-developed railroad network and specialization in the engineering of trains. As the south has major mountains, it attracts tourists from both the country itself and neighboring countries, making the provinces Oberkarst and Semanland partially dependent on tourism.

Landuse:

Next to industrial areas, agriculture is also widely performed all over the country, in the Angermark especially for its cultivation of wheat, corn and beets. On the foothills of the Oberwald, viticulture developed namely in the province Nenningstein, as the climate there has the optimal conditions for growth. The center region of the country, speaking of Nenningstein, Wershland and northern Oberkarst have a variety in agriculture reaching from crops to plantages all over even the cultivation of rice. The southern region has some viticulture again, including some olive plantages in the southern region of Oberkarst.

Envisioned population:

Total: 20 Million (~200/Km²)

Major cities:

• Velmarn (ca. 1.9 M) (Capital)

• Wershfurt (770.000)

• Steinfeld (590.000)

• Weidheim (520.000)

• Kössen (410.000)

• Hirschingen (320.000)

• Obersee (300.000)

• Bad Grevenhafen (260.000)

• Sieksdorf (230.000)

• Sinning (220.000)

• Plässen (180.000)

• Besch (160.000)

• Meundorf (130.000)

	History & culture
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History:

The Gaermanic Language in the country originated from Kalmisch Migrations in the 7th Century. In the mid 12th century many small kingdoms got annexed into a big one. forming the Kingdom Werrenthal. A few decades later civil unrest arose in the Kingdom, destabalizing it's stability resulting the Kingdom became a vassal state in charge of Semanya in 1178. Subsequently in the early 13th century an autonomy treaty got drawn up, where an selected steward to rule under the suzerainty of Semanya. The Kingdom regained full independence after a civil revolt across the Kingdom in 1363 lead to the treaty of Wershfurt. In the early 15th century the Kingdom Bessin got annexed, due to their cultures being very similiar. In 1644 the first constitutional monarchy was formed, by introducing a parliament for the people of the country, the kind itself is now only a representational figure of the country. The country itself is now an Empire. In 1794 the defenestration of the current Emperor, lead to the fall of the Empire, as he had no relative to reign after him and additionally was a very disputed figure, trying to restrict the parliament in rights. Just a few weeks later on the 22nd May in 1794 the country was declared a federal state, which marks this day as national day.

Industry:

First sings of Industrialization started in the early 19th Century the industrial boom came around 50 years later. Due to the majority of mines across all of the country railways got constructed to connect them up for the easier transportation of ressources across the country. The broad availabilty of Iron to connect cities by railways together and the Industrial boom results in urban sprawl around 1860. In the late 19th century the recent invention of cars made the interconenction of industries more cost-effective, leading to the railways slowly going to be more focused on the transportation of people than the transportation of goods. In the early 20th century the car became also more available for the general consumer, which also lead to the construction of motorways, alongside of the elctrification of important railway connections in the country.

Civil war of Semanland:

In 1916 the underdevelopment of Semanland caused an uprising against the infrastructually well developed mid-region, a demand for better health and working conditions were needed, armed shootings happened in the cities Besch and Hirschingen. After almost 2 years of war a treaty was made to guarantee better infrastructual connection and better working conditions.

	Past mapping
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https://opengeofiction.net/#map=12/12.5249/-113.6694&layers=B I mapped Neuenburg all by myself started with that September 2024

https://opengeofiction.net/#map=14/-9.9694/169.7911&layers=B Paverton, this is a bit older. (I tried a bit of nature mapping aswell bu not really good)

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Exon (talk) 09:35, 7 August 2025 (UTC)

	Discussion
	Discussion for clarification & decision

Dear Exon, thank you for this very well thought out territory application. Your past mapping also qualifies you for your own territory. Before proceeding with your application, may I ask you to ponder on the following points that came to mind:

• I like how your history involves neighbouring territories, adding to the realism. Please indicate if you have discussed your plans with your neighbours and whether they agree.
• The sector UL28 and its surroundings have quite a few German-speaking nations, so the language is a good fit. Note that the Germanic homeland, Kalm, is situated in West Uletha. It is the current canon that the German language was brought to West Uletha by either one or both of land migration in ancient times and sea colonialization roughly between 1000 and 1500. Have a look at some wiki articles of other German speaking countries and past territory applications; maybe you can integrate this aspect into your timeline somehow?
• As per the East Uletha Concept, the south of your territory is part of a steppe climate zone, so perhaps a little drier than currently envisioned by you (Cfb). Mappers have considerable freedom in how they shape their territories climate, but maybe it would also add some interesting structure to your country to take this gradient in humidity into consideration? You already envision differences in agriculture between the north and the south, maybe those could be accentuated a little more with this climate framework in mind?
• Lastly, after giving these points some thought, it's also always encourated to think about the population density of your country's region and the total population number. This is, like everything in your application, not set in stone for the future, but it helps in getting a feeling for how to get started with your own territory.

I'm curious to hear your thoughts on this. Best! Leowezy (talk) 08:14, 8 August 2025 (UTC)

Greetings!

• To resolve some of your points, I haven't yet discussed my plans with my neighbouring countries, that would effectively only apply to Semanya though, thing about Semanya is that it's history is kind of, let me say: 'rudimentary', and neither the wiki page of Semanya itself, states what happend compliant to the history lore of my requested country, the last edit on the page was 8 months ago, I will reach out to Geoboi.

• I added a sentence to the history lore stating how the Gaermanic language came to he country.
• I also added BSk to the Climate being found in the South-Western region and also added temperatures next to all the Koeppen climates.
• Lastly I added a list of the envisioned population of each city and the total population

Kind regards! Exon (talk) 09:37, 8 August 2025 (UTC)

	Territory application approved
	Approved. Happy mapping! Leowezy (talk) 12:14, 8 August 2025 (UTC)
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