Bellica

Introduction
This is a thought experiment to generate a fictional world with real geography to allow mental experimentation with various political and economic problems.

Overview
Bellica is a continent with six major countries.


 * Orecal (pronounced Oracle)
 * Tresidia
 * Teton
 * North Teton
 * Mateosia (Islands off the coast)
 * Wonton

Geographically the northwest is primarly temperate rainforest. The southwest is mostly desert, and the interior is highly mountainous. Rivers generally run east to west to the ocean, and there are a series of islands off the coast.

History
History is told from the year 999 when the Berzerka began. Prior to that the interior was mostly a conglomeration of animist tribes, while the area that is now Wonton and Orecal were civilized, and Parsini. The area that is now Tresidia was mostly tribal. That lead to the spread of the Ursidian religion throughout the interior of the continent. In the southwest Tresidia consolidated from a series of smaller ethnically related tribes into a large central oligarchy.

During the 19th century through to the 20th Century the entire region was colonized at varying degrees by the militaristic state of Jakistan. THis has continued to affect the borders of the region, and it continues to be a point of contention for the much of the region.

Cultural makeup
There are a bunch of different cultures:


 * Ni'Mushi

Religious makeup
There are four religions:

Probably the last surviving example of a Paleolihic bear cult. Followed by the Ni'Mushi distributed in the high mountain areas of the ill-defined Teton, North Teton and Alkali triborder
 * Parsini
 * Ursideanism
 * Animist:
 * Luddist

Regional Conflicts
The only conflict at this time is in the area of Revod especially the due to the monument of Lorad. The area is a part of the majority Parsini Tresidia with which it shares an ethnic heritage, but is predominantly Ursidian. It has enjoyed roughly autonomous status since Tresidia transformed into a religious oligarchy, but with increasing strictness in the laws there has been a growing separatist movement. Because the area is a source of much of Tresidia's water, and it abuts the major food producing region for the continent it is a point of much concern for the entire continent.

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