OpenGeofiction:East Uletha

This page is dedicated to admin plans concerning the development and organization of East Uletha.

Sectors and commentary

Sector 18 (East Ulethan Taiga)

• Challenges: none (both countries are empty)
• Advantages: Blank area with great potential for interesting mapping
• Proposals and projects:
  • 18a – Reserved for a multi-owner collaborative territory, possibly with a Slavic theme.
  • 18b – Available to experienced users mainly interested in mapping natural features.

Sector 19 (Polar East)

• Challenges: none (both countries are empty)
• Advantages: Likely a vast area of taiga, tundra and other unique subpolar vegetation types
• Proposals and projects:
  • 19a – Reserved for collaborative territory with native subpolar (native Siberian or North American, non-Russian) theme.
  • 19b – Available to experienced users mainly interested in mapping natural features.

Sector 20 (Central Ulethan Steppe)

• Challenges: Large grey area
• Advantages: Convenient location in Central Uletha, could be an interesting melting pot for various languages and cultures with strong slavic influence.
• Proposals and projects:
  • 20c – "Little Sister" of Midistland in terms of function as chokepoint.

Sector 21 (Temperate East Uletha I)

• Challenges: unexplainable mix of Germanic, Finnish and Romance influences.
• Advantages: some consistent large-scale mapping, nice coastline and natural feature mapping
• Proposals and projects:
  • UL21c – should be cleaned up and parts of "Vatican" equivalent moved/newly assigned (World-religion discussion?)
  • UL21d/e – would User jak consider moving to a romance/Italian speaking area? Germanic theme would fit well with other territories around this bay.

Sector 22 (Temperate East Uletha II)

• Challenges:
• Advantages: Good large-scale mapping across the sector. Countries in this sector are generally owned by experienced users, they have overall good mapping quality and appropriate use of languages and culture. No significant changes are to be expected in the area.
• Proposals and projects:
  • General – none

Sector 23 (Emerald Sea North)

• Challenges: Only one active territory. Requires restrained, cold-climate mapping.
• Advantages: none
• Proposals and projects:
  • General – none

Sector 24 (Nautical East Uletha)

• Challenges: All territories occupied
• Advantages: Good sea access and optimal climate, consistent Germanic language theme
• Proposals and projects:
  • General – None

Sector 25 (Whale Sea states)

• Challenges: Incoherent mix of Scandinavian, French and English themes
• Advantages: Interesting cold oceanic theme
• Proposals and projects:
  • General – Establish new long-term goal for more coherent cultural sphere

Sector 26 (Ulethan Mideast)

• Challenges: Chaotic, messy mapping and related blue territory problems (26a)
• Advantages: Great cultural potential, the southern part of the sector possibly having an East Asian theme in the future
• Proposals and projects:
  • 26a (Midistland) – Midistland remains one of the last large, uncontrolled blue territories in the OGF world, which is a concept currently viewed as obsolete. In the past, there have been efforts to coordinate mapping in the territory with various level of success. The current state of the territory is in any case not up to the standard territories in Uletha are expected to follow. The blue portion of the territory will be downsized to about 5% of its original area, or the current region of Bend, which will be sufficient for the new users (it is about 30,000 sq km). Development of the remaining part remains a matter of discussion, it is however clear that it will in some way involve thorough cleanup and reconstruction of the territory. The potential new theme of landscape in the territory could be similar e.g. to New Mexico, Lebanon or Western India. Redevelopment will take place in 2021 and will begin with the reduction of the blue territory area;
  • Other countries – The remaining five territories in the sector are currently kept as a reserve for future projects. Plans for the area have included introducing a South Asian influence; the final form will be developed in cooperation with users from neighboring area of West Uletha as well as the general community. This is a long-term plan, it is to be realized in 2021 or later.

Sector 27 (Kaspen Sea countries)

• Challenges: none
• Advantages: Available to new users
• Proposals and projects:
  • General – In June 2020, the region was cleaned up, the number of territories has been reduced from 12 to 7 and some have been made available to new owners. In general, countries in this area are expected to be more arid, possibly sharing the theme of steppe or semi-desert climate.

Sector 28 (South Darcodian Sea Coast)

• Challenges: none
• Advantages: A temperate territory immediately available to a new user (28b)
• Proposals and projects:
  • UL28i – Territorial reserve for future development.

Sector 29 (Lantian Peninsula)

• Challenges: none
• Advantages: none
• Proposals and projects:
  • General – Territories in this region are more variable and open to a broader range of cultures and mapping styles;
  • 29f, 29g - As a part of the broader strategy of territory count reduction in East Uletha, territories will eventually be merged with the neighboring ones;
  • 29g – A cleanup will be performed.

Sector 30 (Axian Peninsula)

• Challenges: Poor mapping quality (30a)
• Advantages: Could become East Asian in the future (some territories already following this theme)
• Proposals and projects:
  • 30a – Territory has recently been withdrawn from its original user; on their request, they are allowed to continue editing there. However, in correspondence with the neighboring countries and the future direction of sector 26, an Asian theme is likely to be introduced into the territory.

Sector 31 (East Ulethan Grassland)

• Challenges: none
• Advantages: Interesting use of East Asian cultures
• Proposals and projects:
  • General – Territories in this region are open primarily for users wishing to map in Korean, Japanese or other East Asian languages, following the established theme of the area (Izaland).
  • 31a – Territorial reserve for necessary expansions, user relocations. Cleanup of vandalism will be performed;

Sector 32 (Monsoon East Uletha)

• Challenges: none
• Advantages: none
• Proposals and projects:
  • General – Sector 32 is a stable area with established countries, where no major changes are expected.

Sector 33 (Tropical South Uletha)

• Challenges: none
• Advantages: An area with generally good mapping quality, coherent language and climate scheme
• Proposals and projects: none

Completed projects

• Territory renumbering (April 2020)
• Sector 27 cleanup (June 2020)
• Splitting former Darcodia / UL21c (June 2020)
• Territorial changes in sectors 28, 29, 31, 32 (July 2020)
• Cleanup of sectors 28, 29 (August 2020)