Forum:Territory application/UL04e - Republic of Alaniva

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	Territory ID and proposed name
	The Territory ID (from OpenGeofiction:Territories, e.g. AR123a) and proposed name of the country

UL04e - Republic of Alaniva (Castellanese: República de Alaniva)

	Physical geography
	An overview of climate, topography and landscape of the country. It is advised to also create a sketch, you can add a link to this (hosted on imgur or similar)

Map: https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/918607729407442954/1121808481012432906/image.png; purple area = wetlands

Main information:

- Capital: Verdeia

- Population: XXX (in the millions; 7M - 10M) [2020]

- Motto: Libertatis ac Felicitatis (Freedom and Happiness)

- Anthem: The Hymn of Alaniva

- Official language: Ingerish, Castellanese

The Republic of Alaniva (RoAL for short) is a republic located southwest of the Republic of Alora, and east of Ellarca, Lustria and some islands of Castellan. There are 15 states, however there are 4 regions: Northern - Gramvermon Mountains, Cental - Gulf, South - Nenapon Mountains and the Santa Maria Islands.

There are a lot of mountain and forest ranges in the north and south of the country, and there are a lot of settlements on the coasts of the central gulf and the southern coast.

	Human geography
	A brief description of the territory demographics, economic development, land occupation, infrastructure and mapping style

Map containing highways, big cities, forests and lakes: https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/918607729407442954/1121814513931534407/image.png?width=544&height=616; red lines = highway; orange triangles = mountains; green = forests/mountain range with forest that have not/been chopped down completely.

Overall, the country (mainland) has a lot of small rivers but only 1 big river (Sosoma River), and 1 river with a delta and wetland (Deius River).

The Santa Maria Islands are small, but are full of tourisms and marinas.

(Mainland is based off of Greece, Santa Maria islands are also based on Greek Archipeligo).Overall, the country (mainland) has a lot of small rivers but only 1 big river (Sosoma River), and 1 river with a delta and wetland (Deius River).

Northern - Gramvermon Mountains: Famous mountains known for hiking, contains a lot of ethnic groups such as Ga-aga, Minuli, Setish,...

Central - Gulf: Contains capital region, mainly Ingerish people, Portugese people (I forgot the name in this scenario), and some Castellanese.

South - Nenapon Mountains: Known also for high mountains and surfing coast, many big cities, main people groups are Ingerish, more Castellanese in the southwest and Kamason people in the east (Toki Pona Conlang!)

Santa Maria Islands: Old Castellan Islands, contains a lot of surfing marinas, fishing towns, and tourists, along with great Castellanese architecture.

Alavania is on a project to provide drinking water to every village and town in the countryside of Alavania. They're planning to complete it by 2028. Also, the percentage of people homeless in Alavania is only 14% of the population. (<-- fun fact)

	History & culture
	A brief description of the intended culture and language

This territory used to be claimed by natives (Kamason people) and Castellanese (Santa Maria islands and some mainland parts). Capital happened to be a ethnic fort that ethnic people built to protect themselves against the more hostile ethnic groups and the Castellanese. (Yes, the Castellanese used to try and eliminate the ethnic people here) Around 1800, the ethnic minorities started welcoming migrants after a lot of time without the Castellanese. Thus, this meant a lot of Ingerish and Portugese people came to Alaniva and merged with the ethnic population to form a union between the ethnic states: The Alavanja Union. (named after Cassbero Alavanja, a ethnic - Castellanese who gained independence for Alavania) This union was growing in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Sadly, a lot of trees were chopped down from the forests surrounding the central gulf, and it still remains as a dark spot in history. In the late 1900s, the country changed it's name to Alavania and became a republic. This was also the time the Santa Maria islands were reclaimed from Castellan. Alavania officially became a republic on the 7th of February, 1974 and found itself doing a lot of farmwork in the countryside and mechanics business in the urban areas along with industrial business. This made the country have a economical miracle in the 1990s. The rest? Well, that brings the history to modern day. Now, the country is still growing, but it's very stable and life is usually very normal in every part of the country. Hope you understand :P

	Past mapping
	To support your request provide links to areas of OGF mapping which showcase your mapping skill. Mapping relevant to the requested theme & geography is especially useful
	The {{coord}} template can optionally be used to link to the OGF map - it results in a nice formatted link. Or you can paste in a URL.

https://opengeofiction.net/#map=18/10.88642/-111.61391&layers=B - The town of Comforta, outside from Oriolez. (my first time trying to make a town)

https://opengeofiction.net/#map=17/12.84098/-114.36452&layers=B - The town of Princess Hill, very near Abujuma. (my second time making a town, I'm proud of it for some reason...?)

https://opengeofiction.net/changeset/1306051#map=15/11.8942/-111.6072&layers=B - Intersection that I tried to make, pretty bad for some reason

https://opengeofiction.net/#map=16/11.1412/-111.8760&layers=B - T intersection that I made (pretty new so it might not load for now)

I started drawing maps like 2 years ago IRL, but I don't want to show pictures because I'm fairly private so I just want you to know that :)

	Username & date
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Awesomeboy123 (talk) 15:25, 23 June 2023 (UTC)

	Discussion
	Discussion for clarification & decision

Hello. Thank you for the application. A couple of quick things before I close it, however:
1. The territory request indicates a "new world"-style territory with moderately late colonisation and liberation. That model does not fit in the requested location and would be better suited in a different area (parts of Tarephia and Archanta may be more appropriate).
2. Your sample mapping also indicates that you would benefit from a chance to have a beginner territory to practise, sandbox, and experiment. If you would like a BG territory, I would be more than happy to provide one for you. Please let me know below if you would like one.
Thank you! — Alessa _(talk) 02:16, 24 June 2023 (UTC)

	Territory application closed
	Please consider a BG territory instead. — Alessa _(talk) 18:02, 26 June 2023 (UTC)