GEOGRAPHY

RELIGIONS

There are thousands of religions on Kastatlan, but namely 5 occupy great portions of the planet, which are often called different “worlds”:

1. Ixenthacronism (the largest and only true religion)- the White World includes all nations of Ixenthacron majority, of which the Ixokai Maxotlan is the most notable.

2. Anpaulotism- the Blue World includes all nations of Anpaulot majority, of which Athnogaula is the most notable.

3. Avarastrism- the Orange World includes all nations of Avarastrian majority, of which Silam is the most notable.

4. Ambas- the Green World includes all nations of Ambasic majority, of which Baobar is the most notable.

5. Hua Laych- the Yellow World includes all nations of Laychist majority, of which Hanai is the most notable.

Both Ixenthacronism and Ambas prohibit the consumption of alcohol, tobacco, and other intoxicants. It is for this reason that brewing traditions have been largely extinguished across large stretches of the planet where those religions are dominant.

Human sacrifice is common across many folk religions all over the world but only Feihelan Ixenthacron sacrifice can contain Sauralachi. It is for this reason that all of Sauralachi’s malignant spirits puppeteer the nations and false religions against the Ixenthacron world, aiming to eradicate Feihelan sacrifice and thus free Sauralachi. The heathen nations themselves don’t know they are being used for this purpose however, nor that their religions are false and demonic.

The Curine Crescent (a region made of 16 countries) on the continent of Laslaben is the world's capital of secularism and subsequently the principal center of obesity, drug use, suicide, democracy, alcoholism, pornography, and cancer. 

A worldwide Ixenthacron state would see the total destruction of all local and false religions. 

FLORA AND FAUNA

Kastatlan has several flora and fauna species that are distinct from Earth’s. 

ANIMALS

Apart from all regular cervids, there are species of deer megafauna on Kastatlan that developed six limbs. These six-limbed elks are native to the continent of Antelor and more specifically the Ixo Huëy Plain. Humans domesticated them some shortly after horses. They were instrumental to the Huëy’s military supremacy and their conquest of most Antelic peoples.

The species of six-limbed elk are:

• Kaprozernox- The largest species of deer in the world. They have six, strong, feathered legs and a thick, woolly mane like a bison’s. They have a long bovine-like tail with a tuft and an auburn, almost red, coat with a white underbelly. Their antlers can measure up to 4 meters from tip to tip and bulls can be 2.5 meters tall at the shoulder. Kaprozernox were historically extremely important for construction, warfare, sacrifice, and religious and national pageantry. They can be ridden and put to work with as much ease as horses. Kaprozernox were and still are slaughtered as part of the sacrificial customs surrounding war, primarily to the gods Feihelix and Leokalix Kronon. They are the animal after which Leokalix Kronon, the Stag Lord, is modeled after, not a regular deer stag. Today they are both sacred animals and farmed for their enormous quantities of meat. Their bones, hides, and antlers have been part of cultural artistry for millenia. Kaprozernox leather is extraordinarily strong which makes it not just an incredibly durable parchment but also the basis for Classical Ixokai armor. Ixokai foot soldiers would wear a tunic of Kaprozernox leather as armor which by itself could stop an arrow. Ancient copies of the Ixentheox Kythras were written on kaprozernox parchment, and today special artisanal copies continue to be made from parchment instead of paper.

• Ryzernox- The most common species, they have six legs and a strong build with no mane and a long, tufted tail. At 185 cm at the shoulder, they are as strong and large as draft horses, if not more. They are the fastest runners out of the three species and the most versatile. Historically they were used in warfare, agriculture, transportation, and construction, being more manageable and cheap than kaprozernox but stronger than horses. Their meat is also commonly eaten with their meat being industrially farmed. 

• Sylerix- Perhaps the most unusual animals in the world. Their third pair of limbs developed into feathered wings with a wingspan of 10 meters. These flying deer with wings and a long tail with a broad tuft like a fluke were instrumental to Imperial administration in premodern times. Despite being the size of horses, sylerix cannot carry much weight because they need to be able to fly, so the only people who can ride them are those with small or slender frames, namely women and certain men. In antiquity, these people served as messengers who would mostly deliver written documents or, when possible, even some provisions. The ability to carry messages through flight is what kept the otherwise unwieldy Empire together most of the time. Today their primary function has disappeared but they remain distinct and inspiring elements of national culture, pageantry, and art.

Six-legged elks are the primary source of venison in Ixokai culture, just above the white-tailed deer.

PLANTS

• Albasax- A 5-meter-tall plant shaped like a stalk with long leaves and more than five cobs at the top. It is native to the Antelic Center and the primary grain of Ixokai culture. The god of agriculture, Leikalon Phys, is depicted creating the plant by cutting open his palm and letting his blood hit the soil. Albasax is high in protein, extremely nutritious, and yields over five times more than corn while needing half the water. The cobs can grow to 50 cm and are covered in kernels. Albasax kernels are bright orange with the shape of corn kernels, the texture of rice when cooked, and the size of lentils. They are a source of flour and subsequently bread, pasta, deserts, beverages, oil, and all kinds of dishes. The stringed stalk of the plant itself can be harvested for its fiber which served and continues to serve as a coarse, cheap textile. Historically, commoners wore cotton clothing while paupers and peasants often wore albasax fiber. The flowers (and the cob’s pith) of the plant itself are also significant with their nectar and sap being important ingredients in ancient Ixokai shampoo which repelled lice entirely, allowing the Ixokai to maintain a culture of long hair. The kernels themselves can be pressed into oil which when heated and applied to hair straightens it. Once stripped of kernels, the naked cobs are often burned for fuel, boiled to make shampoo, made into wood-like tools, or used to make effigies and dolls (together with the husks and brush). The image of a naked albasax cob is a recognizable symbol of famine and disaster in art.

• Tarmun- The extremely important flowering plant of Antelor. The petals of the tarmun flower are a vivid brick color with bright red stamen. The petals are used in Ixenthacronism to represent blessings. Though the flower is actually quite aromatically mediocre, the petals themselves when dried and ground up into powder become the extremely strong tarmun spice. Tarmun the spice is the foundational spice of Ixokai culture, having a very intense flavor. Together with albasax pith and sap, the stamen of the tarmun flower form some of the ingredients of Ixokai traditional shampoo.

• Kem- The kem tree is an aromatic tree native to Antelor, namely the Ixo Huëy Plain and the Thasta Keon Coast. It was the primary source of wood for ancient Ixokai culture and other peoples of Central Antelor. Its resin is the principal incense used by Ixenthacronism and its flowers are symbols of the male sex and masculinity (vanilla flowers are symbols of the female sex and femininity). Almost all wooden folk items, musical instruments, and other cultural artifacts created by the Ixokai today are traditionally made from kem wood to maintain their authenticity. Unlike oyamel, the kem tree grows on the plain and river valleys instead of only the mountains. And unlike copal, which does grow on the plain, the kem tree is not restricted to tropical and subtropical climates. 

• Kankrait- Kankrait is an extremely bitter-tasting herb native to Antelor historically used in ritual medicine, purification, asceticism, and penance. Boiling Kankrait produces a disgustingly bitter tea which was and continues to be drunk as penance. It is also used as punishment: an uncooperative prisoner might have kankrait leaves forcefully inserted into his mouth and then gagged, forcing him to savor them without being able to spit or vomit.

GEOPOLITICS AND DEMOGRAPHICS

In the modern day, Kastatlan is broken up into well over 200 sovereign states.  There was no period of colonialism dominated by one single region meaning vast quarters of the world remain underdeveloped and there is little global unity.  There is no concept of human rights on Kastatlan, there is no international organization the way we have our UN on Earth. There is no international law, only supranational laws established by regional powers with no global scope. It is for this reason that chattel slavery, cannibalism, genocide, and child sacrifice remain rampant and alive institutions on Kastatlan even to this day. 

TERRORISM

Athnogaula is the world’s premier sponsor of terrorism. Because Anpaulotism regards the Ixokai State as the Cosmic Evil and because Athnogaula suffered defeat at Ixokai hands during the War of the Hemisphere, it sponsors terrorist groups with the expressed purpose of destroying the Ixokai State and its allies. It backs both international terrorists and Anpaulot terrorist organizations operating within Ixokai territory. Anpaulotism, along with all other false religions, is illegal in the Ixokai Maxotlan meaning its practice inside the country is already a clandestine activity by default. Anpaulot organizations operate in the criminal underworld of the Ixokai Maxotlan and constantly smuggle contraband across the strait separating the two countries. 

Terrorist organizations with foreign ties operating inside the Ixokai Maxotlan:

• Arsau Pharon- An Ixokai-Maxotlan-based Anpaulot terrorist group consisting of both Athnogaulan and Ixokai nationals. Ixokai members do not disclose their apostasy in order to not draw suspicion and remain legal citizens of the Ixokai Maxotlan. The Athnogaulans are both illegal immigrants and legal immigrants. Their leader is Uzur’an Enphaga, an Athnogaulan man. The name purposely alludes to Kantra Pharon. 

• Hetten Halash- An extremely dangerous Anpaulot terrorist group based in Athnogaula infiltrating multiple White Arch nations including the Ixokai Maxotlan.

• Prodgala- An Anpaulot terrorist group based in the Ixokai Maxotlan

• Hizunbulai- An occultist terrorist group backed by Athnogaula native to the Ixokai Maxotlan.

• Huum Aban- An Ambasic terrorist group based in Ikran and operating in the Antelic South.

NATIONS IN DEPTH

ATHNOGAULA

Athnogaula is a terrorist devil state. It is the civilizational enemy of the Ixokai Maxotlan and a theocratic social republic under the Athnogaulan Liberation Army which has held power since reunification. It’s a resilient and culturally conservative superpower sitting just an ocean strait across from the Ixokai Maxotlan. It is a founding member of the Countervail and a deeply resentful military state.

Exports:

• Steel

• Petroleum and natural gas (to other nations, it doesn’t use them itself)

• Uranium

• Weapons

• Fertilizers

• Wheat

• Chemicals

Athnogaula is a vast continental power stretching from subtropical, to temperate, to boreal, to arctic. It’s extremely flat for its massive size, with many great rivers cutting through its temperate southern half while tundras cover its North.

Athnogaula is the center of Anpaulotism and both the largest country on Petroxae and the third largest in the world by land area. It is extremely ethnically homogenous, consisting of just two major ethnic groups despite its size:

• Athnotan- A Theixon people and the dominant majority population. Athnotans are closely related to the Huëy and share their stature and physical features. They occupy the temperate southern half of the country.

• Gaulati- An Alvazite people closely related to the Kaltheix. Just like the Kaltheix, the Gaulati are differentiated from the Theixon majority by their blonde hair and light eyes. They populate the geographically vast but largely empty north.

Its vast concrete cities, mass housing projects, wheat farms, and religious sites spread endlessly on its flat face. Ahnogaula is highly conservative, having many laws that kill sexual minorities and dissenters. Anpaulotism worships twin gods who fight against a Cosmic Evil. The Cosmic Evil is interpreted to be the Ixokai State, whose signs and miracles it dismisses as demonic works. Anpaulot temples are pristine white, favoring alabaster, which they make their idols out of. Anpaulotism suffered a devastating heritage loss when the Ixokai destroyed Thgatron, the previous capital, with a nuclear weapon. One of the most important losses was the destruction of the House of Light. The House of Light was the central temple of Anpaulotism, where the two great alabaster idols of their gods Rgalgon and Thnamar were housed. The idols were towering totem-like alabaster statues that were kept behind a gigantic screen of opaque glass. The only thing that could be seen from outside the matte glass were the blurry, shadowy silhouettes of Thnamar and Rgalgon. Only the Anpaulot high priest could enter behind the veil of glass. All of that was lost forever along with the central archive of the religion and the senior clergy. 

Newly militarized after their crushing defeat, they’re trying to keep up with the Ixokai Maxotlan in developing their own weapons of mass destruction. Before the war they were already an industrial powerhouse and had opted for solar and nuclear energy entirely. They’re still using fission, however. They tolerate slavery in Silam while advocating imperialist resistance at home.

Athnogaula had and has an incredible industrial and military capacity, with conscription practices that rival and even surpass the Ixokai Maxotlan's. They push the limits of conscription farther, especially now that the Liberation Army is in power, requiring every man receive full combat training for 1 year and continued service for 2 more years resulting in 3 years of total service. Athnogaula's weapons arm terror groups and Countervail states all over the world. Among Countervail nations, it is the largest exporter of uranium and wheat, supplying considerable portions of the alliance's supply of both.

Athnogaula sits just across from the Ixokai Maxotlan, separated only by a long ocean strait called the Great Bimundial Strait. The east coast of Athnogaula and the west coast of the Ixokai Maxotlan face each other, creating and explosive tension zone which simultaneously acts as a trade corridor and smuggling gateway. Travel across the strait is legal but heavily regulated and the waters are regularly patrolled. Nonetheless, the vast majority of contraband (namely alcohol and tobacco) entering the Ixokai Maxotlan comes in from Athnogaula across that very strait. 

Ixenthacronism is illegal in Athnogaula on pain of instant death. Homosexuality can be punished with death when considered a "profanation of national dignity", basically meaning when it exists in public at all or is visible in any way. This prompts homosexuals to remain in secret or escape the country. 

THE WAR OF THE HEMISPHERE

In 5487 AFT, Athnogaula invaded the Ixokai Maxotlan. It led the largest invasion force in history across the Great Bimundial Strait, making landings on the Ixokai West Coast and punching as far inland as Hexicron in the Center. The tide of war ultimately turned against Athnogaula's favor resulting in an Ixokai counter-invasion culminating in crushing defeat and the destruction of the Athnogaulan capital, Thgatron, with a nuclear weapon. The war resulted in 50 million deaths.

Athnogaula was occupied for 11 years and partitioned into 3 Ixokai puppet governments after the occupation ended. The Ixokai split Gaulatlan from Athnotlan and subsequently cut the Athnotlan region in two. The remaining arrangement was as follows (from north to south):

1. Gaulatlan- racially Gaulati

2. Hutonzi- racially Athnotan

3. Yaton- racially Athnotan

These three puppet states stood for about 8 years after the occupation ended in 5505 before collapsing in a wave of nationalist and unificationist insurgencies in 5513 led by the Athnogaulan Liberation Army. 

OCCUPATION AND REUNIFICATION

During Ixokization, the occupational government began the systematic destruction of the religion of Anpaulotism. Anpaulotism was outlawed overnight. Anpaulot temples were sacked and demolished, idols smashed and artifacts destroyed. All religious texts they could get their hands on were burnt or otherwise destroyed. Seminaries and teaching institutions were closed down; the clergy were disbanded and ordered to cease all activities. Those who refused were killed. All Anpaulot teaching tools (including manuscripts, philosophical and theological works, religious manuals, calendars, and auxiliary religious texts) were destroyed. The total erasure of Anpaulotism was the goal, and it sent waves of devastation throughout the entire Anpaulot world outside of Athnogaula. The entire religious heritage needed to be destroyed, the same way the Ixokai had exterminated all heathen religions on their own continent.

Certain historical artifacts and original manuscripts (that had not been in Thgatron) were taken back to the Ixokai Maxotlan to be stored in museums and the Republican Library where they all sit to this day. The Ixokai also reclaimed several artifacts and treasures that the Athnogaulans had taken from the Ixokai Maxotlan during the first half of the war when they invaded Antelor. The Ixokai began the total transformation of Athnogaulan society and the reinvention of its culture. Anpaulotism has never recovered and great portions of it have been lost forever.

The old legal system was overturned, replaced by Ixenthacron-inspired laws. Prisons were sifted through, releasing prisoners who were vindicated by the new laws and executing those whose sentences were elevated to death. Alcohol and tobacco were outlawed immediately. Ixokai authorities moved quickly to destroy all alcohol in the country, along with every brewery, storage facility, and factory related to its production. By the time the occupation ended, the alcohol industry in the country was irreparably destroyed. 

The Ixokai had free-reign over the entire territory, allowing them to take everything of value or interest to them back to Antelor. All military facilities were looted and stripped, with all armaments seized. Everything was extracted from scientific installations, libraries, and universities that could be useful to the Ixokai. The entire space program was confiscated and shipped back to the Ixokai Maxotlan. 

The war had bankrupted Athnogaula, which made the destruction of the capital even more devastating. The Athnogaulan civilian population had been bled dry and about 40% were starving, so the Ixokai occupation had the task of rebuilding the nation’s economy. Enormous shipments of food and medicine were brought to the occupied territory from the White Arch. Large portions of the countryside remained relatively untouched while the major urban centers were destroyed, leaving millions homeless. Albacran Kypron ordered the construction of Mouse Housing Blocks in Athnogaulan cities to house them during reconstruction.

Another thing the Ixokai did during the occupation was examining the effects of nuclear weapons on the environment and human anatomy. The Thgatron site became the center of their study and was instrumetal in their conclusion that nuclear weapons needed to be abandoned in favor of cleaner alternatives.

After the end of the occupation, when the Athnogaulan Liberation Army usurped the Ixokai client governments and reunited the 3 puppet states, they began undoing everything the Ixokai Reunification was marked by extraordinary violence. All Ixenthacron people, Ixokai collaborators, government figures, homosexuals, dissidents, and remaining Ixokai nationals were killed on sight, including women and children. Many of them desperately fled across the Great Bimundial Strait to take refuge in the Ixokai Maxotlan. The Ixokai also granted asylum to all people fleeing the reunified state, Ixenthacron or not, Ixokai or not.

All Ixenthacron temples erected during the occupation were destroyed and looted, along with all Ixenthacron grave sites established by the occupation. The clergy were slaughtered. Ixenthacron institutions (universities, seminaries, non-profits, etc.) were disbanded or expelled. 

The government bodies and congresses of all 3 client states were dissolved, replaced by a recreation of the old National Congress. Marshal Utray Blogan installed himself as president, a position which he has held ever since.

SILAM

Silam is an extremely ancient and culturally proud state, the epicenter of Avarastrism, and one of the world’s largest economies. One of the founding members of the Countervail, it is the largest far-eastern power and an ideological enemy to the Ixokai Maxotlan. Silam’s posture is nonetheless more pacifist, and it acts as a counterweight to Athnogaula's zealotry. It’s geared towards commerce, science, and cultural export.

Official name: Avarastrian Republic of Silam

Capital: Arsharat

Population: 1.8 billion

Government style: Presidential Avarastrian republic

Exports:

• Slaves

• Manufactured goods

• Services

• Lead

• Coltan

• Textiles

• Agricultural goods

• Plastic

• Petrochemicals

Official languages: Yindalun, Duzuri, Helagali, Udurzi

Official religion: Avarastrianism

Vast continental power spanning from the tropical and subtropical South (where 80% of its people live) to the temperate and subarctic North. Highly populated river basins, humid subtropical forests, tropical coasts, and warm temperature in the South.

Silam is the largest country on Laslaben and the fourth largest in the world by land area. The population is fundamentally Ashtunite and made up of 3 races:

• Kerenesh- The majority population, concentrated in the South. They have darker brown skin, straight black hair, and short stature.

• Pashtar- A major central group with brown skin and black wavy hair.

• Zaplun- A northern population with lighter skin.

Silam is the largest slaver state in the world, with 50 million officially counted slaves within its territory. Its society is stratified by caste, a system codified into the country’s law as an Avarastrian theocracy. Avarastrism is a polytheistic and incredibly ancient religion, manifesting in animal sacrifice, extreme ornamentation, colorful rituals, depravity, strict caste systems, and cultural exuberance. It is an extremely ethnically and linguistically diverse state. Often characterized as colorful but outdated and morally bankrupt.

Nonetheless, it places incredible importance on academic prowess with many mathematics, science, robotics, and engineering experts among the free population. 

Key Silamese contributions to world culture:

• Badmington

• Yoga

• Checkers

• Silk

• Advancements to algebra, calculus, and geometry

• Turmeric, cumin, tamarind, nuttmeg, bay leaf, cardamom, coriander

• Advanced domes, sculpture, and arches

• Intricate embroidery, dye weaving, and fine goat wools

• Tug of war

• Jataz Hita (martial art)

• Advanced pigments and mineral dyes

Silam is the world’s capital of cheap labor, which has made it a manufacturing and mining superpower. Its economic output is immense which makes the state itself extremely wealthy. Nonetheless, it is extremely unequal, with large portions of the population living in modern megacities and even larger portions in slums and villages round about them. The human development index within the country varies with extreme disparities which ultimately drag down the overall average metric.  Silam's outward appearance and urban centers are extremely curated for foreign eyes and its cultural exports, academic contributions, and scientific collaborations are massive, but the country's ugliness is unconcealable since it only takes one wrong turn down the street to see open gutters and slave markets. 

Silam is the world’s largest polluter with the country having a major trash and fossil fuel problem (which most of the modern world has already abandoned). Its leadership in global slavery has made it a bitter enemy of the White Arch, who advocate incessantly against it. 

Under White Arch pressure, Silam held a national referendum for the abolition of 

slavery 2 years ago. The abolitionists lost with only 20% of the vote.

Silam is a champion of chattel slavery and a cesspool of human despair. It is often said, "Silam is the world's septic tank".

RACIAL TAXONOMY

Humanity originated on Antelor and ultimately was scattered all over the world. The humanity is divided into 4 racial kingdoms which are then divided into 7 racial phyla or "Great Races". The Great Races are then divided into 15 race families which then colectively contain 33 racial genera. Each genus contains its own Race Propers of which there are 84 in total. And there are subsequently dozens of subraces. 

There are then several terms used for classifying races according to their skin, eye, and hair color combinations sin the racial taxonomy on Kastatlan is very granular compared to Earth's. A deviation in eye and hair colors between two populations even when the skin is the same can qualify as entirely distinct races:

• Leucodermic= "white-skinned", used to describe races with white to olive skin.

• Melanodermic= "black-skinned", used to describe races with black and generally dark skin.

• Fuscodermic= "brown-skinned", used to describe races with any skin color between very light and very dark skin. So anything from tan or yellowish all the way to reddish and dark browns.

• Melanotrichous= "black-haired", used to describe all black or very dark hair.

• Leucotrichous= "white-haired", used to describe any color of hair that is not extremely dark, meaning anything from chestnut and ginger all the way to blonde.

• Melanophthalmic= "black-eyed", used to describe black and brown eyes.

• Leucophthalmic= "white-eyed", used to describe any eye color that is not dark brown, meaning anything from hazel all the way up to green or blue.

These terms are then listed together in a set to build a basic phenotypical profile of a race. For example:

The Huëy are white with black hair and very dark eyes, so they are a leucodermic, melanophthalmic, and melanotrichous race.

The Tlao are black with black hair and very dark eyes, so they are a melanodermic, melanophthalmic, and melanotrichous race.

The Kaltheix are white wih blonde hair and blue eyes, so they are a leucodermic, leucophthalmic, leucotrichous race.

The 4 racial kingdoms and their Great Races (phyla) are:

• Hyelgan:

  • Arzanoid (phylum)- A melanotrichous phylum that is generally leucodermic and melaopthalmic with some fuscodermic groups. Characterized by extremely tall stature and generally "Caucasoid" features as they would be considered on Earth. Found across the continents of Antelor, Petroxae, Arshyr, and Dacronai.

  • Nalmanoid (phylum)- A leucodermic, leucophthalmic, and leucotrichous phylum with some fuscodermic variation. Found across the continents of Antelor, Petroxae, Arshyr, Laslaben, and Kleun.

• Somkalan:

  • Kaplanoid (phylum)- A deeply melanodermic, melanotrichous, and melanophthalmic phylum characterized by deep black skin, longer and narrower noses than the Sumanoid races, full lips, great stature, and coiled hair. Found across the continents of Antelor, Kaolun, and Dacronai.

  • Sumanoid (phylum)- A melanodermic, melanotrichous, and melanopthalmic phylum characterized by broad noses, thick lips, and coiled hair. Found across the continents of Antelor and Kaolun.

• Tonyacunzi:

  • Ormanoid (phylum)- A melanotrichous and melanophthalmic phylum with variations that have very dark fuscodermic skin bordering on melanodermic and then others with almost leucodermic skin. Characterized by prominent noses, deep black hair that can range from straight to curly, expressive eyes, and generally short to medium stature. Found across the continents of Antelor, Dacronai, and Laslaben.

  • Xipulconoid (phylum)- A melanotrichous and melanophthalmic race with fuscodermic and leucodermic diversity. Generally characterized by almond-shaped eyes (both monolid or double-eyelid), very straight black hair, shorter stature, and higher cheekbones and faces that can range from oval and long to very round. Found across the continents of Antelor, Kaolun, Lasaob, and Dacronai.

• Sunmori:

  • Malmanoid (phylum)- The most distant phylum from the rest of the human populations. It is melanotrichous and with very dark skin from melanodermic to fuscodermic but with striking leucophthalmic eyes. Generally characterized by prominent noses, curly and lush hair, medium stature, and eyes that can range from hazel to even blue. Found only on Dacronai.

You can view the entire racial taxonomy in tree form here: https://miro.com/app/board/uXjVH3QJL60=/?share_link_id=755200438468

Each of the Great Races and their subsequent families, genera, and race propers are:

The race propers native to Antelor are marked with a star ★

ARZANOID:

• Hestryonite. This is the family found on Antelor, Arshyr, and Petroxae characterized by a leucodermic, melanotrichous, and melanophthalmic appearance with tall stature:

  • Theixon (genus):

    • Huëy- found on Antelor. ★

    • Athnotan- found on Petroxae.

    • Fauraxen- found on Arshyr.

  • Thastarite (genus):

    • Arinthian ★

    • Thalix ★

• Heidromite. The family stretched across Arshyr and Dacronai. Their skin ranges from dark to very light tan:

  • Dacronite Heid (genus):

    • Azcamite- fuscodermic Arzanoids with slightly thicker facial features. They are a primary race of Daqar.

    • Zecari

  • Arshyrite Heid (genus):

    • Irkenaui

    • Tulacon

• Araztol. Found only on Dacronai. The darkest skinned family of the Arzanoid phylum:

  • Aranzite (genus):

    • Taurtamite

    • Caracronian

  • Bantalite (genus):

    • Bantoplani

    • Edayan

NALMANOID:

• Etronite. The entirely leucodermic, leucophthalmic, and leucotrichous family:

  • Alvazite (genus):

    • Kaltheix ★

    • Gaulati

    • Sereven ★

  • Petro-Kleunian (genus):

    • Galgasian

    • Kleunian

  • Kalasite (genus):

    • Kortoxen- tall and known for their very distinct almond-shaped monolid and double-lid eyes that are nonetheless blue.  ★

    • Kisnithan ★

    • Halmenite

• Halvanite:

  • Arshyrite Halvan (genus):

    • Myznite- the most physically imposing of the Nalmanoids, combining stature with musculature. They are the primary race of Sylane. Found on Arshyr.

    • Satpolite- these are the darkest skinned of the Nalmanoids, ranging from tan to olive and with hair that can reach black. Found on Arshyr.

  • Laslabite Halvan (genus):

    • Siphenian- found in Siphene which stretches across Arshyr and Laslaben

    • Curine- found only on the western coast of Laslaben.

KAPLANOID:

• Tolteonite:

  • Kantanite (genus):

    • Tlao- has some of the darkest skins and are endowed with tall stature. Their noses are longer and narrower and their lips are less full than the rest of the melanodermic peoples, similar to certain Ethiopian groups and other populations from the Horn of Africa and African Red-Sea Coast here on Earth. They are found on Antelor.  ★

    • Ikranite- extremely similar to the Tlao but found on Kaolun instead. They likewise have very dark skin and distinctive features.

  • Talisan:

    • Mau- among the shortest of humans. Found on the islands off of Antelor's East Coast. ★

• Opulconite:

  • Zausunite (genus):

    • Latran- they are a major population of Kaolun and are found on its Eastern Coast. The principal race of Calca Latra.

    • Raunite- similar to Latrans except with slightly ligher skin and narrower features. The principal race of Xentros Rauna.

  • Utmoran (genus):

    • Uzunite

    • Kaolunesian

    • Chedrite

SUMANOID:

• Autlanite:

  • Tepelite (genus):

    • Andrax ★

    • Maimori ★

    • Ilurax ★

  • Ithulite (genus):

    • Ithuluc ★

    • Calacan ★

• Tonarzite:

  • Kephelan (genus):

    • Tozankelan

    • Marodjilan

    • Cuncuni

  • Kulkalite (genus):

    • Nilodite

    • Chuktagrite

    • Coxazcite

    • Azarite

ORMANOID:

• Handrite. The Ormanoid family native to Antelor, characterized by copper to dark brick skin, straight black hair, varying statures, almond eyes, and noses that vary from prominent to smaller but broader:

  • Undokite (genus):

    • Salvex ★

    • Mariphet ★

  • Hiracite (genus):

    • Ralaphet ★

    • Arphimac ★

    • Lau ★

    • Kaukat ★

    • Taxtl ★

• Ashtunite:

  • Kashadac (genus):

    • Inzarite

    • Tobancite

    • Feruzite

    • Kidranite

  • Hurinashite (genus):

    • Pashtar- A fuscodermic race stretched wide across the interior of Laslaben with brown skin, wavy hair, and medium stature.

    • Kerenesh- dark fuscodermic race with straight black hair, shorter stature, and round eyes.

  • Hadajite (genus):

    • Unyacan

    • Zaplun

XIPULCONOID:

• Yurastran. This is the family that would most resemble East Asian and Pacific peoples on Earth. They have almond-shaped eyes (monolid and double-lid) with fuscodermic skin ranging widely from tawny to wheat to very light:

  • Atrayansi (genus). At the darker end of the spectrum in terms of skin color. Found on Dacronai and Lasaob near the Equator:

    • Baobari

    • Yanasyan

    • Yalapan

  • Jotunite (genus):

    • Shantanese

    • Amacese

    • Yatnamese

    • Huyanese

  • Hanlanite (genus):

    • Yodmonsan- A light fuscodermic race with medium stature, narrower faces, medium eyes, and softer features.

    • Hanaisan- A continental fuscodermic race which typically has rounder faces, taller stature, and larger eyes.

    • Tolanese- Lighter fuscodermic race that can teater on leucodermic with short to medium stature, longer/oval faces, and smaller eyes. Inhabit the island of the Dacran Ocean.

    • Almunesian

• Zupaltine. This family is found mostly on Antelor and the islands off of Western Kaolun on the Kanthric Ocean. They are fuscodermic with very dark, reddish skin and oval to round faces with almond-shaped eyes, straight black hair, and short stature:

  • Taluni (genus):

    • Palpatec ★

    • Uliral ★

  • Yanoskayan (genus):

    • Xire

    • Ixirite

    • Yidpolite

MALMANOID:

• Lusmanite:

  • Sulensalite (genus):

    • Razdarite

    • Sulmoani

  • Zidirite (genus):

    • Hoazdonite

    • Diriman

• Ajalunite:

  • Hoskawon (genus):

    • Ziphiruzi

    • Tosankali

  • Kuzudanki (genus):

    • Urosan

    • Yynpolite

REGIONS OF THE WORLD

Antelor:

1. Central Antelor: Origin of Ixenthacronism, polo, the airplane, the automobile, airships, gunpowder and firearms, albasax, tarmun, six-legged and winged cervids, the kem tree, nuclear fusion, the printing press, cotton, the internet, the Osomerix Device, vaccination, surgery, and the computer.

2. Northern Antelor: Apart from including the north of the Ixokai Maxotlan, this region is where the only other two independent countries on Antelor are: Hibeyan and Sargatlan/Kortoxlau.

3. Southern Antelor

4. Western Antelor 

5. Eastern Antelor

Petroxae:

1. Athnotlan: The south of Athnogaula where the Theixon Athnotans live.

2. Gaulatlan: The tundra-ridden north of Athnogaula where the Gaulati live. Together, Athnotaln and Gaulatlan form all of Athnogaula. Athnogaula occupies the entire eastern half of Petroxae while the western half is called Galgasia. Petroxae in general shares a lot of its ecology with Antelor, with significant overlap in sheep, buffalo/bison, horses, turnips, potatoes, carrots, cattle, and turkeys.

3. Galgasia: The western half of Petroxae. Galgasia is an enormous fluvial region containing most of Petroxae’s mountains and lush forests. It is broken up into 3 regions stacked on top of each other:

   1. Theixon/Southern Galgasia: The southernmost portion of Galgasia where the other Theixon peoples of Petroxae live. Key nations include:

      1. Vilnuth

      2. Tiscan

      3. Idicap

      4. Herudal

      5. Hivanon

   2. Central Galgasia: The purely Nalmanoid Galgasian region of Galgasia. Key nations include:

      1. Aegon

      2. Darcasor

      3. Toladren

   3. Northern Galgasia: The northern most region of Galgasia and the second Nalmanoid Galgasian section. This area is cold and generally underdeveloped. It includes only 2 countries and 3 territories:

      1. Philocrad- the larger of the 2 countries. It is a large, continental, and poor nation that borders the 3 savage unorganized territories, two of which fall within its sphere of influence:

         1. Calytire- a small, coastal savage territory which actually has some cities and organized settlements.

         2. Adaloy- the larger, continental territory mostly occupied by tundra and barely inhabited. 

      2. Kelnan- the smaller but most prosperous of the 2 countries. It is an island chain off the coast of Galgasia which has many modern cities, developed ports, and international connections including with the White Arch.

      3. Olaka- the third of the savage territories. It is continental, frigid, and large with a more significant population than the other two. Olaka is under the influence of Athnogaula, which it borders.

4. Aegonesia: The collection of islands off of the western coast of Petroxae. This region has one major country:

   1. Galgasen: A large island chain running from north to south that contains 6 major islands and thousands of smaller ones. Galgasen has is a key regional ally of the White Arch.

Kaolun. The eastern half of Kaolun is occupied by one region while the western half is split into two regions stacked on top of each other (Kephelan Kaolun on top and Sub-Kephelan Kaolun beneath it): 

1. Eastern Kaolun: The most developed and internationally connected region of Kaolun. Tropical and jungly north, arid to subartic southern tail. Elements include alpacas, flint and obsidian tools, pecaries, advanced astronomy, and philosophy. It shares cacao, linen, corn, paper, copal, vanilla, and sugarcane with Antelor, Subkephelan Kaolun, and Azcamania. It is inhabited by two Kaplanoid races: the Latrans and Raunans. Both races have several countries in the region:

   1. Latran countries: 

      1. Calca Latra

      2. Xgrula

      3. Paxumoc

      4. Uchil Pa

      5. Lam Cuxu

      6. Kex Ramul

   2. Raunan countries:

      1. Xentros Rauna

      2. Axraun

      3. Ikalar

   3. Plus the tiny tropical island nation of Kaolunesia which is the only non-Ixenthacron country left in the entire Thasaleic Ocean region. It is beset by the White Arch on all sides.

2. Kephelan Kaolun: An extremely diverse region with drastically different development levels. It includes Tonarzite races and an Opulconite race, the Ikranites. It is separated from Sub-Kephelan Kaolun by the Kephelan Mountain Range. It is a thick jungle with various advanced and savage regions, including the upper half of the Central Kaolun misery belt. It shares pecaries, guava, flint and obsidian tools, and accordion codices with Eastern Kaolun. Key nations include:

   1. Ikran

   2. Maro Djilo 

3. Sub-Kephelan Kaolun: A region as profoundly diverse as its upper brother but with an even greater number of unorganized savage territories caught in the tributary systems of modern coastal nations. This region is drier than Kephelan Kaolun and entirely Tonarzite. Elements include alpacas, pecans, and peanutes. It includes the southern portion of the Central Kaolun misery belt and its 4 tributary masters who are also the only 4 countries in the region:

   1. Nilodan and its tributaries

   2. Chuktagran and its tributaries

   3. Coxazcum and its tributaries

   4. Azaran and its tributaries

4. Palpanesia: A region off western Kaolun made up of the massive tropical island Xilaban and its surrounding island chains. It is a Xipulconoid region made up of Yonaskayan populations. Fundamental to the spread of Ambas from Dacronai to Kaolun across the Kanthric Ocean. Historically connected the two. Wealthy island kingdoms in the past. Its countries include 3 nations on the island of Xilaban itself and 2 island chain nations:

   1. Xilabanese nations:

      1. Ixirum

      2. Garam Xire

      3. Kalhara

   2. Island chain nations:

      1. Xil Kalamaz

      2. Yabadun 

Arshyr:

1. Myzena: The extremely advanced and ancient center of Arshyran civilization. Temperate to boreal region with a hot south. Origin of classical instruments (piano, violin, cello, trumpet, saxophone, clarinet, etc), the steam engine, republicanism, photography, film, many cheeses, sausages, oil painting, chestnuts, hazelnuts, elaborate wheat baked goods, ribbed domes, and stained glass.  It is made up of both Arzanoid and Nalmanoid populations. Its 4 countries include:

   1. Sylane- Nalmanoid Myznite superpower

   2. Irkenau- Arzanoid Arshyrite Heid superpower

   3. Fauramax- Arzanoid Theixon superpower on Arshyr

   4. Halson- Nalmanoid Halmenite superpower

2. Satpol: A sandier, hillier region of Arshyr that stretches from east to west. It is generally less advanced than Myzena (especially its inland regions) but its coasts and Ixenthacron centers are extremely advanced, wealthy, and cosmopolitan. Origin of various string instruments (harp, lyre, guitar, mandolin, lute, etc), wine (extinct in Ixenthacron regions), flat wheat breads, and wheat pastas. It is Satpolite and its key nations include:

   1. Karposat

   2. Argatrop

   3. Dormosat

   4. Durasat

   5. Galasat

   6. Faulasat- the inland, communist devil nation 

3. Siphene (stretches across Arshyr and Laslaben): A vast, boreal region spanning two continents across an ocean strait. It has extreme developmental disparities with pronounced poverty in some regions and modern states in others. Key nations on the Arshyran side include:

   1. Sipon- an enormous nation on the Arshyran side of Siphene that is closely aligned with the White Arch despite being heathen.

   2. Kenran- a northern subarctic country with extreme poverty and black beaches. 

   3. Espertaron- a cold, northern country which grants the otherwise land-locked Faulasat access to the coast through its territory. 

Dacronai and Lasaob:

1. Azcamania: The massive, technologically advanced westernmost tip of Dacronai inhabited by Arzanoids (both Dacronite Heid and Araztol races) along with a Kaplanoid minority (the Uzunites). Tropical and jungly at the north and stretching towards subtropics towards the south. Origin of algebra, the compass, the nautical sextant, bananas, plantains, pitanga, cashew apples, acai, Azcamanian stepped pyramids (different from Antelic stepped pyramids), and pan flutes. Shares cacao, corn, and vanilla with Antelor and Kaolun. All its 5 countries are:

   1. Daqar- Azcamite (Dacronite Heid), Caracronian (Araztol), and Uzunite

   2. Azcaracron- Azcamite (Dacronite Heid) and Caracronian (Araztol)

   3. Drasnamon- Azcamite (Dacronite Heid) and Drasnamite (Araztol)

   4. Taurtamar- Taurtamite (Araztol)

   5. Zecar- Zecari (Dacronite Heid)

2. Malmavar: The arid and desertic heart of Dacronai stretching along the Dacran ocean from its south to its center and containing a wide variety of indigenous cultures and half the Central Dacronai misery belt. Usually on the poorer side with a few exceptions. Origin of dates, pistachios, camels, and almonds. Key countries are:

   1. Ila Calmi Federation

   2. Ul Cari

3. Kashadac: The long southern coast of the Kashadac Sea running along the top of Dacronai. It is right on the equator and fairly green with arid stretches. It has some overspilled Arzanoid populations but the rest of it is Ormanoid (Kashadac).  Origin of coffee, celery, cantaloupes, watermelons, peas, chickpeas, radish, beer, and domesticated goats. Shares wheat flat breads with Satpol, Eastern Laslaben, and Malmavar. Together with the Dust Plain and the finges of Malamavar, it is also the home of elephants, lions, zebras, giraffes, hippopotami, rhinoceros, hyenas, camels, and wildebeasts. All of its countries are:

   1. Bantoplan- large Arzanoid Araztol country with an Ixenthacron majority and chokehold position at the western entrance to the Kashadac Sea. Key White Arch ally in the region. 

   2. Fantadron- the Ixokai's former colony and the primary center of operations in the Far East. Fantadron acts as a regional headquarters for Ixokai military excercises, economic projects, and espionage. Right across the sea from Fantadron, to the north, is Silam. Fantadron is also placed near the eastern entrance to the Kashadac Sea, though Silam and Boabar overwhelmingly control it.

   3. Coracan

   4. Alsheram

   5. Abayan

   6. Yiban

   7. Edayan- tiny Arzanoid Araztol country

   8. Intara

   9. Heskaret

   10. Kopta

   11. Gelezba

   12. Yaneba

4. Eastern Dacronai: The large, humid-to-temperate region at the eastern tip of Dacronai which includes various continental and island powers. It ranges from very advanced to extremely poor, depending on the subregion and country. It is the home of the Hanlanite and Jotunite races and has a very ancient, distinctive, and organized collection of cultures. Key staples from the region include white rice, bamboo, soy, and citrus fruits (which originated here). It is also the origin of the junglefowl (chickens), pork, cashews, ginger, horseradish, fermented milk, chopsticks, noodles and rice pastas, regional roofing (hipped, gable and hip, overhanging gable, flat-topped hip, etc), tofu, paper, and porcelain. It has many key continental and island powers, the key ones are:

   1. Hanai- Major continental ally to the White Arch. Very developed for the region.

   2. Xu Amac- major continental Countervail member in the region. Repressive and violent government despite its ancient history.

   3. Tolan- major island power in the Dacran Ocean made up of 10 home islands. Cold and mountainous. Important White Arch ally. Very developed, culturally distinct, and with a rivalry against Hanai.

   4. Helmon

   5. Yankau- a small, repressive country in close relations with Xu Amac and a member of the Countervail

   6. Almunesia- a small island nation at the very limits of the region and near the bottom of the world (right on the Antarctic Circle). Very poor and virtually uninhabitable.

   7. Yatniem

   8. Anhay

   9. Shantai

5. Kanthric Meganesia: The sprawling protrusion of Dacronai made of islands that connects it to Lasaob. This region includes the entire continent of Lasaob since it is itself a giant island. Home of the Atrayansi races, it is humid, equatorial, and extremely populated. Elements specific to the region are star fruit, water buffalo, golden architecture, rambutan, jackfruit, durian, and lychee. It shares mangoes, tamarind, wood apples, and ambarella with Eastern Laslaben.  Key nations include:

   1. Baobar- the largest and most populous (1 billion people). An enormous, tropical sultunate measuring 8,000 kilometers from east to west. Made up of a dozen large islands witth thousands of smaller ones. Incredibly diverse and fragile, held together only by the ruling dynasty's power which unified most of the peoples. A world leader in the international slave trade.

   2. Yalapo- a developing island nation made of 5 main islands and hundreds of smaller ones.

   3. Malyanas

   4. Havarastra

6. The Dust Plain: An arid, Ormanoid region of Central Dacronai that overlaps with the Central Dacronai misery belt

7. Chedric Cape: Home of the country of Chedra and the Chedric Cape misery belt which is under its influence. Kaplanoid region.

Laslaben: 

1. Eastern Laslaben: Made up almost entirely by Silam and includes a tripartite Ormanoid population of Kerenesh, Pashtar, and Zaplun peoples. Tropical, fluvial, and jungly at the south, more temperate and subtropical at the north and center. Elements include flat wheat breads, cumin, coriander, turmeric, tigers, lions, elephants, rhinoceros, several bovine species, and ginger (which it shares with Eastern Dacronai). Apart from Silam, it includes its 5 Kerenesh sister nations:

   1. Lasa

   2. Diyadja

   3. Sastramed

   4. Enir

   5. Jenja

   6. Plus the city-state of Gabarong, world capital of gambling and casinos

2. Inzar: Shares a vast amount of elements with Kashadac, except it is on the opposite shore of the Kashadac Sea. Shares coffee, celery, peas, chickpeas, radish, beer, and domesticated goats with Kashadac. It also shares walnuts, onions, garlic, and camels with Pashtar. Its countries are:

   1. Kidran

   2. Chretia

   3. Enaz

   4. Cancay

   5. Olgorat

   6. Hesmet

   7. Zilar

3. Curine Crescent: A western, Nalmanoid (Curine) region of Laslaben which consists of 16 countries and is the world center of secularism and democracy. Typically uniformly developed but internationally mediocre and the principal center of obesity, drug use, suicide, democracy, alcoholism, pornography, and cancer. Its 16 nations are:

   1. Thedron

   2. Algany

   3. Beshen

   4. Adara

   5. Galas

   6. Welse

   7. Ligeden

   8. Helvum

   9. Elmand

   10. Herence

   11. Medeny

   12. Zyre

   13. Iren

   14. Hras

   15. Salner

   16. Hiren

4. Pashtar: The vast internal region of Laslaben after which the Pashtar race is named. It contains almost entirely the Central Laslaben misery belt.

5. Unyacan

6. Siphene: The Laslabite side of Siphene which contains two countries:

   1. Dalsany, the smaller but more successful of the two

   2. Tzakanyr, the vast, colder, poorer of the two which stretches inland and aligns with the Countervail because of its communism.

Kleun: All of Kleun is one region and only has 3 countries, all of them Nalmanoid (Kleunian):

1. Jeun- richest and smallest, aligned with the White Arch. A small, fairly developed and stable northern yet geographically isolated nation. It sits to the north of Silam, meaning it is a strategic ally.

2. Yaens- larger than Jeun and less developed

3. Suhner- poorest and largest. Mostly uninhabitable, its northernmost tip is almost a dozen miles short of the north pole. For this reason it is a major thrill-seeker destination. Tourists heading to the north pole fly to Jeun and from then they cross to Suhner.