Utania

About Utania

Utania is the eastern Continent, with two main sections to it and comprised of several subcontinents. Western Utania lies to the west of the massive 'White Sea', and Eastern Utania lies on its east. The continent is ecologically diverse, with a large and arid desert in the middle of it lying to the southeast and southwest of the White Sea known as the 'Lathe Desert'. This desert is also near the region also called 'Lathe' which lies to the west of the middle of the White Sea, and is commonly referred to as a cradle of civilization as it is where most Arvaldians can trace their heritage to. Arvaldians migrated out of Lathe likely because of the changing feeding patterns of the Bison-Like 'Willigoot', a 4 hooved mammal thick with fur that grazed to the northeast of the lake (They now have spread all across the northern part of the continent, feeding on the sparse Tundra shrubbery). To the far east there is a mess of Peninsulas north of Buelekund, making up the Orgen coastline. These are lined with barrier islands off the shore, creating perfect little bays and harbors all across the southern Coastline. The East is mostly alpine and oceanic in climate, but in the far north just like on the rest of the continent, (except Qingshu) it lies in Tundra.

Most of the western coast is of temperate or pleasant climate, but anything south of Legumia is Mediterranean or even tropical (down in Tanessiat). The southernmost Peninsula straddles the Equator, making it's interior and southeast coast rich in Jungles and biodiversity. Sadly though, the Tanessians and Hollicans have been chopping down trees there steadily for the past 30 years, which has decreased the Rainforest's size by 15%.

Tectonics

Utania is comprised of 6 continental plates, (not including the Rhybo sea plate or Buelekund and Minillia), that are mostly all moving towards eachother, which is the reason behind the Zarwonian Mountains or called the 'Central Utanian Mountains', a large chain and thick region of mountains where the Legumian, Taness, and Mues Plate hit the Zarik Plate. These mountains are some of the Tallest on Arvald and also are composed of older mountains that were already in the Zarik plate which stretch up towards Walldavia, and Smaller mountains the stretch all the way to the southern tip and cause a rain-shadow effect, causing most of the east and central Taness plate to be dense rainforest all the way to the Gernalan plate. In the sense of Volcanic activity, the most activity is occurring where the Rhybo and Buelekund plates divide forming the Rhybo Rift which falls down into the crust about 5 miles. The Gernalan plate and the Mues plate also are grinding against each other, causing the formation of the Wetsern Mues mountains in the desert over millions of years. This is one of the most difficult terrain on Arvald to traverse due to the weather and lack of infrastructure, desertification, and rugged terrain for miles and miles.

Politics

The politics of Utania are deeply intricate and intertwined, but most of it revolves around the spread of socialism and the aggressive backlash towards it in the West, and the increased power and influence of the Orgen Federation to the east. Starting this off, the most interesting relations are in Zarwonia, which displays anger and agression to almost every nation it borders and especially Vyoxia, which took more than half of Zarwonian land during the 'Great Liberation War' which ended the UUSR (United Utanian Socialist Republics), a copycat faction of the UTSR (United Talanian Socialist Republics) Which was more successful and has existed ever since the old Hacorian government fell in the 20's. The Walldavians and Caforans also display interesting relations, having been at near full scale war on a multitude of times the closest of which was in the 30's when the Walldavian civil war occured, and Appel and the UTSR invaded either to gain land or to stop the fighting. This created great animosity between the two and only served to grow the Appelian colony south of Qingshu which is still strategically held by the Island Empire to this day. The UTSR was spared Walldavian grievances since it returned all land it secured during the intervention. As of the Orgen, they are of huge political concern not just for Utania but Talan and everyone else too as they have recently (as of 55 VY), taken over Gernalan and used loopholes in Non-agression treaties to take over Buelekund during the Kinosu-Sotahend war and force Minillia into vassalization.

"We too watch the Orgen in eastern Utania with anxiety. Not long ago they presented a threat to all of civilized Arvald, and we have not forgotten how many Isigaki lives were lost in the Orgen trans-oceanic assault on us. It is an understatement to say we are worried about them, but so far not enough to break our policy of not interfering in Utania." -Sigak Fujiwara (Isigaku) addressing the Orgen threat.

The other nations not Already mentioned are Tanessiat, Abzalia, and Keldin, all of which have interesting personal history. Tanessiat was once global superpower, running a large island federation which ended up controlling most of southern Utania, and was one of the key Assets for defending the west against the Orgen invasion in The First Orgen War in the 20's. The nation is relatively peaceful now although it has been used as a political pawn by the new and much more crafty Orgen government. Keldin is one of the oldest established Nations on Arvald, holding good relations with their socialist neighbor Lekemia (Legumia) despite ideological differences. Keldin has been one of the most peaceful nations on Arvald however like Tanessiat and Zarwonia, the little kingdom shows concern over Hollican complacency to the spreading Orgen Influence in the east. Keldin is also home to the 4th biggest port in Utania, and the capital holds the HQ for ASETL, the 'Arvaldian Search for Extraterrestrial Life.' Abzalia has a much more screwed up history, having gone through multiple civil conflicts since 1 VY despite being in the perfect position to have a flourishing maritime economy. The Abzalians got on track in the 10's and 20's, resulting in extreme Hollican Investing in the Abzalian Market. But when the Abzalian trilite crash happened this caused the investors in Hollica to fall too, and soon there was a global recession that lasted for several years. To make matters worse, Abzalia was taken over by a dictator named Freosi (who is the last heir to to Abzalian throne), who took control of the country for nearly 5 years before the Vyoxians intervened and 'liberated' the country, annexing land and exiling Freosi. Recently however, a small coalition has been established by the Abzalians, Walldavians and Zarwonians, with the goal of taking down Vyoxia and returning ancestral land to the Zarwonians and Abzalians. The Walldavians had to carefully coerce Abzalia out of their NAP with Vyoxia, and soon there is thought to be a large scale war between them. If so, this would be the second large armed invasion of Vyoxia within the century, and would endanger democratic agendas in Utania.