Anásthias

Anásthias [a-NAS-thee-ass / ænæsθiːæs], or [an-ass-THEE-as] is an equatorial island continent, heart of the Civilised Worldplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCivilised World

The Civilised World refers to the known regions of human civilisation, notably the continent of Anásthias, the Natorn Archipelago and surrounding islands.

Gastrinimer's 3rd century BME Map of the World, showing Anásthias and the Natorn Isles. Note: old maps place north to the right.AnásthiasAnásthiasAnásthiasAnásthias. The north straddles the equator and is hot and humid, while most of the equatorial centre is an upland plateau with fertile river valleys, and stretches of arid plains and desert in the shadow of the mountains. The south is temperate but more wild, separated from the civilisations of the north by the almost impassable Dun Trisan mountains. Politically the continent is dominated by two great powers: the sprawling theocratic state of Ororr to the northwest, and the maritime empire of Hartheraplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHarthera

The Hartheran Union, commonly named Harthera, is an imperialist maritime nation state dominating the northeast of Anásthias. It is one of the two great powers of the modern epoch, arguably the most technologically and militarily powerful nation in the world, only matched by the vast size and wealth of its neighbour, viridOrorrMEOrorrOrorrOrorrOrorr in the northeast, separated by the wall of the Dun Jaen mountains.

The ancient Miyarrain called the continent Shahmuzroo, meaning “home island”, but the Iskean Anas Thias, meaning “the great land”, is now the standard term.

Anásthias is approximately 7100 km north to south, covering 44 degrees of latitude. The north coast lies just north of the equator, central parts being tropical and the far south of Munatanplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMunatan

Munatan [Moo-Nah-Tahn] is the southernmost region of Anásthias, south of the Dun Trisan mountains. The name possibly derives from a ancient Thalsic, meaning “Land of One Sun”, since the daystar is not visible in the southern hemisphere. Or it may be a reference to the Manthi people who were once the majority population of western Munatan. The term is an OrorrOrorrOrorrHartheraHartheraOrorrOrorrOrorrHartheraHarthera in the cooler temperate zone. It is surrounded by ocean on all sides, being at least five thousand kilometres from any other continental landmass. It is roughly rectangular in shape, dominated by two great mountain ranges which divide the continent in a great curve from northeast to southwest, the Dun Jaen mountains being in the north and the Dun Trisan to the west.

Geopolitically it is divided into five regions which are geographically and ethnolinguistically discrete. Northwest of the great mountain ranges lies the vast theocratic nation-state of Ororr, the largest, most populous and wealthiest nation in the world, encompassing a third of the continent. In the northeast is Harthera, a maritime imperial nation, arguably the most technically advanced and militarily powerful in the world.

South of Harthera is Otekahré, a region with many nomadic tribes and independent communities with no central government. Most of the coastal region is Kahtoyn, a fertile crescent of green land surrounded by plains, jungle and the foothills of the Dun Jaen.

South of the Dun Trisan mountains is Munatan, a cooler and wilder region traditionally isolated from the great powers of the north, made up of many city states and nations.

There is little recorded history about the earliest settlement of the continent, but the most ancient civilisations were centred in the northeast of the government, during the Jade Epoch from around 6000 BME, when the sea level was much lower. Human civilisation thence spread westward along the coast of modern Ororrplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigOrorr

Ororr [o-ROARR, ɒ̝rɔ'ɾ], also called the Holy Motherland of Ororr, is a theocratic nation in Anásthias, one of the world's great powers. It the largest nation in the world, perhaps the largest empire in history, occupying the entire northwest of the continent between the mountains and the sea. Ororrviridlanguagelanguagelanguage, and south. Settlement of the inland regions spread more slowly because of the challenge of dense virid vegetation, although the Wiyel Valley became an important centre of population. There is also evidence of very ancient habitation in Torthien and the sheltered upper valleys, which in those times would have been free of viridplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigVirid

Referring to the Virid Kingdom of flora and fauna, toxic to human life. forest and perhaps more easily settled.