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[nexility-sims]

What is the terrain/climate of your Kingdom like, and what kinds of outdoor activities are popular there?

i love this question, and not just because i already have a map with which to answer it (big boy version here):

as you can see, there are a variety of biomes in uspana, which i've labeled according to this map from wikipedia. i generated this particular map 1724814 years ago when i started the story (an old version of it is on this page) but i didn't go through and label the regions until ... today. so, there's some slight inconsistencies. in the story, we've seen settings in most of these cities, but i will freely admit to ignoring the rules of Climate and Geography routinely. it's fiction; i'm allowed !!!! anyway. the capitals have historically been in coastal areas: nakawe is in a more desert-y location while canaris is in a tropical one. yaas, from which the house of tecuani comes, is in a tropical rainforest area. zurine's family, by contrast, are from a much colder, mountainous region in the west. i think elevation accounts for a lot of the variety; there are mountain chains that produce the colder climates as well as the deserts.

rowena & zurine visit her homeplace, which happens to be covered in snow at the time; city center of the same place

alfonso & rowena had their marriage ceremony in yaas with a great view of the forest; the family visited alam palace, which is pretty remote; view from alam palace; the paintings in this post are also meant to represent historical yaas; this outtake is what the "urban" part of yaas looks like in the 1930s; it looks like this a century later

german & barbie had a yachting day in canaris; train station in 1920s; canaris montage with rowena and alfonso

one of the palaces in nakawe is, as you can see, in a very dry area; meanwhile this is another palace in a different part of the area; another area

i actually can't remember where this is but it's temperate and coastal, i reckon; woo more by-the-water family time

zurine & fernando do a tour, which involves a stop in texict; ander's big speech was also in the same area

because the tourist destinations are canaris, nakawe, and sometimes yaas, i think the most well-known activities are in the categories of watersports and hiking. plenty of coastal areas and rivers to support fishing, swimming, paddle boarding, kayaking, boating, etc. there's probably ziplining and atv activities in certain areas, too. the alpine areas, i would imagine, have winter/snow sports. basically, uspana is large and diverse enough to support a ton of different outdoor activitis, as long as you're willing to travel to experience them. i have recently concluded they have a fabulous rail system, so it's not even hard !