Forum:Territory application/UL26e - The Ardenlands

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

Ul26e The Ardenlands

	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)

Topography: The west island is mostly flat plains with some forest in the center, most of the mainland is on flat plains with a few hilly forests.

Climate: The country has a temperate climate. Max temps in winter are around 20C, summer around 30-35C.

Landscape: There are many forests in the country, mostly in the center, many of which are national parks. Outside of the forrests are plains mainly in the east and west.

I will remove most of the exisiting forest/rivers/mountains and make my own.

POSSIBLE MAP OF COUNTRY:

https://imgur.com/a/YOe436w

Forest & terrains will be scattered

MAP KEY

Green lines - Motorway

Yellow lines - Main road

Blue circles - Major city

Red circle - Capital city

Purple circle - Minor city/major town

Red line - Province border

Red text - Province name

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

Demographics: Most people (~90%) are Ardenich. ~85% people speak English at home, ~5% speak Spanish, ~5% speak German, ~5% other languages. Most people are atheist (~85%) with ~10% being Christian and the rest other religions.

Economics: GDP is similar to that of West Europe / US / Canada / Australia. Median income is US $ 56 000.

Land: Industrial and commercial areas are mostly on the mainland. West island is mainly rural farmland and residential. Farmland is present in non forest rural areas.

Mapping style: It will be Australia like, most cities and towns will be similar to Australian cities/towns but also mix with other Western countries' density.

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

English is the official spoken language in the country. Culture is similar to Western Europe like and leans towards that of England. Beans on toast is a world famous Ardenich cuisine.

History: The Ardenlands was settled in the 1600s by English settlers. It was a colony until the mid 1800s when it gained independence. Many old towns have very British names.

	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}} template can optionally be used to link to the OGF map - it results in a nice formatted link. Or you can paste in a URL.

City - https://opengeofiction.net/#map=14/14.2719/-107.9831&layers=5

Small rural town - https://opengeofiction.net/#map=14/14.1039/-107.7672&layers=5

Town (more detailed) https://opengeofiction.net/#map=15/12.4751/-112.6437&layers=5

Am familiar with editors and OGF/OSM map styles, have experience using editors on OSM, profile: https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/volga_shibe

	Username & date
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cheakshibe 19-01-2023

	Discussion
	Discussion for clarification & decision

Hello cheakshibe, thank you for this well-written territory application. We are especially happy to welcome mappers with OSM experience. I wonder if territories in other regions might be a better fit for your plans: As laid out in the East Uletha Concept, sector 26 is indeed intended to follow an Austronesian or South Asian (Indian) theme. What wasn't specified (in fact I just did so after reading your application) is that the region is not intended to have been subject to intensive colonialisation, be it by Ingerland (our RW-Great Britain equivalent) or other colonial powers. We have already put aside many other regions on the planet that could be host to a variety of English speaking colonial territories. In East Uletha that would mostly be sectors 29 and 32, and especially Archanta allows for much more freedom regarding this theme. Maybe the regional admins from there can also chip in on this discussion. What are your thoughts? Cheers, Leowezy (talk) 21:29, 20 January 2023 (UTC)

If you are interested in an Ingerish-colonial territory, you may be interested in one of our large collaborative projects in South Archanta. Specifically, the Federal States of Archanta is an American-inspired project, and Deodeca is something of a Canadian/Australian hybrid. Feel free to send me an OGF message and I can make some recommendations down there in regards to what vacant territories in those projects would fit what you have in mind in regards to culture, climate, and topography. --TheMayor (talk) 22:08, 20 January 2023 (UTC)

Hey, I'm not really interested in collab projects, any English speaking theme areas with small teritories that would be suitable for a flat country? - cheakshibe, 21-01