Forum:Territory application/TA242 - Anternia

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

TA242 - Anternia. (Or preferably a division of TA242 into TA242a and TA242b taking the islands and the main land respectively so that I could get TA242a as an initial territory to develop due to its small size and my lack of development of my own territories in the past.)

	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)

Anternia features a tropical climate consisting of mountains in the southeast mainland and beaches on the coast. Its landscape is flat near the coastline without any hills however as we venture into the mainland we find its 3 major mountains sitting next to each other as a mountain range.

The islands feature a tropical climate which contains low hills but a lot of beaches surrounding them.

https://imgur.com/a/YEJT1dI (Sketch of natural land features)

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

Anternia has been a magnet for life since the old ages. Due to its ideal climate for life consisting of a cool atmosphere around the bases of the mountains and hot temperatures on the islands and beaches during the summer but also cold atmospheres on the mountains mainly near the mountain tops all year round but mainly in the winter.

Anternia's main economic sources during the old ages but still up to today are its export of fish and wood. Wood is gathered from the Anternian Forest (pictured in the sketch uploaded on the previous section) in lumber mills while fish are fished near the coastlines of the islands. It suffered a large depression in its economy in the Anternian Forest fire of the summer of 1928 caused during an intense heatwave. A third of the forest was burned down while the fire burned for 3 days before being contained. This caused the forest to be placed under protection for 1 year meaning the lumber mills had to halt all production and export of wood while a re-plantation of the forest was underway. Today, the forest is thriving with 2 primary lumber mills.

The islands were inhabited almost instantly after the initial habitation of Anternia. Their inhabitants invested heavily into fishing turning it into one of Anternia's primary exports. While the islands continued to evolve culturally in the same way the mainland did, nothing interesting happened to them.

The capital of Anternia is Thereia featuring a population of around 1 million citizens. It is located on the Gulf of Elia (Greek word for oil. The anternians have a language very similar to the real life Greek language sharing many words.) on the Northwest end of the mainline near the island of Gea. Its location was historically chosen due to the short routes to get from the mainland to the islands. Due to its seaside nature it features a marina on the coast and a port.

Throughout the rest of the mainline we can see spurs of villages and ancient castles built providing tourist destinations all over the country.

Last but not least, the mapping style of Anternia is very similar to European/Greek mapping.

	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.

Ashton Town

https://opengeofiction.net/#map=15/-36.6280/156.2389&layers=B

Willowbrook

https://opengeofiction.net/#map=16/-36.6705/156.4688&layers=B

(While the quality of mapping showcased in my previous work is not ideal for a tropical climate or even for any mapping, I am willing to improve my mapping style in order to adequately respond to the needs of my own territory. In the example given I was also not used to North American style mapping which is why I did not produce a very good looking grid. Which is also why I request the division of the above territory into a and b so that I can focus on the islands first and then expand onto the mainland however if that is not possible I am willing to accept the mainland and the territory as a whole as well.)

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Roofboy (talk) 05:47, 26 June 2024 (UTC)