The Veridian Isles
Official Language: English
National Language: Veridian
Demonym: Veridian or Verdant
Native Inhabitants: Verdant Lynxes
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Government: Matriarchy
Legislature: Monarchy: Current 51st Verdant Queen Julianna Darkwillow
Regent Monarch: Kama Darkwillow. Elliot Darkwillow
High Court :Comprised of 32 elected officials. 8 from each island.
Military: Veridian Royal Navy
Colors: Green, Black, Gold.
Flag: A crescent moon behind and upright lynx wearing a crown on a field of dark green.
Motto: "By Skill, Not Force."
Eryra
Demonym: Eryran
Capital, and largest City: Luse
Port City: Berdea
Largest Duchy: Darkwillow
Area: 10,991 km^2
Population: 2,950,210
Biome: Temperate Coniferous Forest
Climate: Mild winters. Cool Summers with heavy rainfall
Highest Peak: Sabuja Mountain
Landmarks: Berdea Harbor, Leighton Castle, Vastil Hot Springs
Main Exports: Sugar, bananas, coffee, gold, corundum, bauxite, aluminum, textiles, precious metals, glass, paper.
Covered in temperate evergreen forest and expansive mountain ranges. Many trees inhabit these forests including pine, cedar, fir and redwood. Coastal areas experience heavy rainfall. Coast is made up of reflective, sub-tidal beaches. Eryra is known for it’s strange purple beaches caused by manganese garnet granules eroded from deposits littered throughout the region.
Laine
Demonym: Lainine
Capital and Largest City: Yasil
Port City: Zialiony
Largest Duchy: Wilder
Area: 9,989 km^2
Population: 2,000,521
Biome: Boreal Forest
Climate: Low annual temperatures characterize northerly latitudes; precipitation ranges from 40-100 centimetres per year and may fall mainly as snow.
Highest Peak: Zelen Mountain
Landmarks: Junen Oil Fields, Redmar Ski Lodge, Posk Caverns.
Main Exports: Oil and petroleum products, rolled steel, ferrous and nonferrous metals and minerals, natural gas, timber, fertilizers, machinery and equipment, armaments.
Comprised of boreal forests and taigas. Nutrient poor soils, a result of permafrost, and the resultant of poor drainage favor the coniferous species. Coastal areas are elevated with no beaches. Melting snow drains to verdant inland valleys.
Demonym: Macrilanic
Capital and Largest City: Kesk
Port City: Zelena
Largest Duchy: Weatherfare
Area: 7,251 km^2
Population: 1,856,210
Biome: Mediterranean Chaparral
Climate: Significantly hot and dry summers. It has cool and moist winters. Spring and fall are usually a mix between both summer and winter. There are moderate amounts of rain, and mild temperatures.
Highest Peak: Mato Plateau
Landmarks: Cyan Market, Zelena Harbor, Macrilan General Hospital, Royal Vineyards, Royal Orchards.
Main Exports: Spices, fruits and vegetables, fish, livestock, leather, pharmaceuticals, medical equipment.
The vegetation is mostly made up of shrubs and small trees. These include evergreen shrubs and most deciduous forms of shrub. The trees, like cork oak, live oak , stone pine, and olive, usually have low branches, are very gnarled and have thick bark. Intermediate low-tide bar beach coast. Known for its cave beaches caused by erosion and ‘blue sand’ caused by a host of bioluminescent phytoplankton scattering across the coastlines at night.
Dakannore
Demonyn: Dakannorian
Capital City: Tellan
Largest City: Roanare
Port City: Skarsa
Largest Duchy: Sorenson
Area: 6,765 km^2
Population: 962,653
Biome: Tropical Rainforest
Climate: Very humid because of all the rainfall, which amounts to about 250 cm per year.
Highest Peak: Mount Nagarr
Landmarks: Dakannore Rum Distillery, Hagma War Monument, Mount Nagarr (a Volcano)
Main Exports: sugar cane, pineapples, rum, flowers, coffee, tropical nuts and fruits.
The most diverse of is Isles in terms of flora and fauna. Intermediate sub-tidal barred 3D beaches are lined in geometric rock and black sand from high concentrations of eroded lava and volcanic rock.
