Forum:Territory application/UL08e - Atrèbas

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

UL08e - Atrèbas

I would be happy with the northern half of UL08e (see sketch below)

	Physical geography
	An overview of climate, topography and landscape of the country. It is advised to also create a sketch, you can add a link to this (hosted on imgur or similar)

A large West-European style physical country, with a comparable physical geography based on Germany and France.

- Climate is temperate: temperate marine in the west, temperate continental in the east.

Topography:

- large coastal lowlands and river valleys dominate in the West starting at the Morcanol Bay make up for excellent agriculture land

- aligning with the neighboring countries, a large Alpine mountain chain dominates the eastern parts

- rolling hills at the footslopes of those Alpine mountains stretch to the border region with Brennland and others

- an interior plain in the middle of the country is located at some altitude (400-500 m) and features a continental temperate climate which makes it different from the coastal lowlands (maybe more heathland and less forests - to be developed)

sketch: https://imgur.com/yXdiTiM

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

Human geography wise, Atrèbas is also a Western-Europe style country.

- It has a HDI of 0.89/0.9. Overall the west and central plain are more developed then the other parts.

- the countries economy and infrastructure is centralized around two large cities: the large capital near the sea (along a river probably), and a central metropolitan city in the central plains

• the western lowlands are rich agricultural lands, dominated by small cities and villages. There is a dense infrastructure network and a high HDI.
• the central plain is less suited for agriculture, and features a combination of agriculture, heathland, forests, marshes, ... It has one big central city and many small villages.
• the hilly lands and mountains are largely covered by natural vegetation. Large lakes occupy some over deepened glacial valleys. Small mountain villages survive from tourism, specialized agriculture (cheese) or mining activities.

Mapping style:

• Atrèbas will partially be a tribute to social geography, and I will map some social geography basic features:
  • different village styles in different regions (nuclear, round, elongated, spread out, ...) give each region its own typical landscape
  • I will also map according to some of the old fashioned settlement pattern theories, with different ranks of cities-villages-hamlets
• I do not intent to micro-map, which is anyway impossible to do for such a territory. Instead I would like to implement a ~Ingerland kind of style, although I would like to put more detail in historic city centers

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

Atrèbas will combine IRL Germanic and Latin cultures in one country (similar to Switzerland or Belgium):

- Dutch-like-con-language and culture in the West (aligning with the location of Lentië and Welstand-Westrijk)

- French or French-like-con-language in the East, aligning with the proposed culture for the country and Franqueterre

A detailed history has to be set up later, but look at Atrèbas as a OGF version of what-could-have-been Burgundy: a mighty Duchy that is spread out over several medieval states and that has a complicated relationship with its feodal ruler. At the end of the feudal period (1790s) it can somehow break free from the feudal overlords in Franqueterre (and Lentië?) and form a new country. Forming a new country in this period means setting up a (for that time) modern legislative framework, which enables innovation and makes Atrèbas one of the early industrializing countries. In the late 1800s it undertakes some semi successful colonizing attempts, but all colonies become independent before 1960.

	Past mapping
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- historic city center of Witzandmond (loosely Malaga based, with some Cape Town influences maybe) : https://opengeofiction.net/#map=15/32.5714/162.0324&layers=B

- Rural landscapes: https://opengeofiction.net/#map=12/32.8623/162.4666&layers=B

- more rural areas: https://opengeofiction.net/#map=12/30.1676/161.0096&layers=B

- no-detail-mapping of rural areas: https://opengeofiction.net/#map=12/32.0822/161.6002&layers=B

- capital city: https://opengeofiction.net/#map=13/31.4075/161.0105&layers=B

I would agree on abandoning my current territory

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Fayaan (talk) 11:00, 16 March 2022 (UTC)

	Discussion
	Discussion for clarification & decision

• Hey, thanks for the great request. However, your current mapping does not yet show much European-style urban mapping and the sketch is not detailed enough/off-scale regarding the size of the territory. You can maybe try to join the Lentia collaborative project to practice your European-style mapping first? --Stjur (talk) 21:14, 16 March 2022 (UTC)