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Along the Eastern Shoreline the lands is heavily forested and somewhat flat lands referred to as the “Colonies”. These lands are the most heavily populated and industrialized areas and are made up of ‘'''11 Colonies'''’ (see below). None of the Colonies extend much more than 200-300 miles inland, and the lands past them and running all the way to the Ghost Mountains are collectively called the ''''Territories''''. These are unclaimed by any one of the Colonies, and the people living out in there for the most part want to keep it that way. | Along the Eastern Shoreline the lands is heavily forested and somewhat flat lands referred to as the “Colonies”. These lands are the most heavily populated and industrialized areas and are made up of ‘'''11 Colonies'''’ (see below). None of the Colonies extend much more than 200-300 miles inland, and the lands past them and running all the way to the Ghost Mountains are collectively called the ''''Territories''''. These are unclaimed by any one of the Colonies, and the people living out in there for the most part want to keep it that way. | ||
| − | The lands of the southern Territories are a semi-arid '''Badlands''', of high mesas and plateaus, deserts and arid grazing lands where the winters are very cold with good a bit of snow (about the only rainfall that the lands get). These lands are the least settled of the Territories, mostly prospectors and a few cattlemen. Shattered settlements dot the landscape, increasing in number the farther north one goes. Too the south the land falls a bit with badlands to the west and the '''Ever-Marsh''' near the coast. Even farther south is the Colonial outpost of the '''''Grey-Company''''', a breakaway group from the lands of the '''Confederate Cavaliers'''. North of the Middle Mountains, called the '''Great Plains''', the lands are much more futile plains with extensive grasslands settled fairly heavily by farmers and ranchers. Farther north (around where Canada would be in our world) the land rises sharply – called the '''Up-Lift''' or the '''Shelf'''. These lands at the top of the Up-Lift are heavily forested with huge pine-wood timber, and settled by mostly woodcutters and a few trappers. Farther north of this are the White Cap Mountains and mostly inhabited. South of the Shelf are the great lake system of | + | The lands of the southern Territories are a semi-arid '''Badlands''', of high mesas and plateaus, deserts and arid grazing lands where the winters are very cold with good a bit of snow (about the only rainfall that the lands get). These lands are the least settled of the Territories, mostly prospectors and a few cattlemen. Shattered settlements dot the landscape, increasing in number the farther north one goes. Too the south the land falls a bit with badlands to the west and the '''Ever-Marsh''' near the coast. Even farther south is the Colonial outpost of the '''''Grey-Company''''', a breakaway group from the lands of the '''Confederate Cavaliers'''. North of the Middle Mountains, called the '''Great Plains''', the lands are much more futile plains with extensive grasslands settled fairly heavily by farmers and ranchers. Farther north (around where Canada would be in our world) the land rises sharply – called the '''Up-Lift''' or the '''Shelf'''. These lands at the top of the Up-Lift are heavily forested with huge pine-wood timber, and settled by mostly woodcutters and a few trappers. Farther north of this are the White Cap Mountains and mostly inhabited. South of the Shelf are the great lake system of Spirit Lakes that feed the mighty Green River that cuts south east all the way to the coast. These lands are settled by backwoods trappers and fishermen. |
Most of the Colonies and the Territories are fairly peacefully with each other, or at least there aren’t anything more than a few small border wars going on. The ‘'''Border Wars'''’ between the '''Confederated Cavaliers''' and N'''ew Furyondy''' was the most recent and most violent ones ended just over a year ago over a border dispute that cost thousands of lives. The other major troubles were called the ‘'''Brand-Wars'''’, which have calmed down a bit, including hanging and reprisals between Magi and Blackhands, but continue in the Badlands to this day. There are also the ‘'''Range Wars'''’ between various cattle barons over grazing right, the ‘'''Claim Wars'''’ between the mining Unions and of course raids by Hallowed (generic term for the Undead or recently risen), especially around the Ghost Mountains but spreading east (unofficially called the ‘'''Ghost Wars'''’). | Most of the Colonies and the Territories are fairly peacefully with each other, or at least there aren’t anything more than a few small border wars going on. The ‘'''Border Wars'''’ between the '''Confederated Cavaliers''' and N'''ew Furyondy''' was the most recent and most violent ones ended just over a year ago over a border dispute that cost thousands of lives. The other major troubles were called the ‘'''Brand-Wars'''’, which have calmed down a bit, including hanging and reprisals between Magi and Blackhands, but continue in the Badlands to this day. There are also the ‘'''Range Wars'''’ between various cattle barons over grazing right, the ‘'''Claim Wars'''’ between the mining Unions and of course raids by Hallowed (generic term for the Undead or recently risen), especially around the Ghost Mountains but spreading east (unofficially called the ‘'''Ghost Wars'''’). | ||
