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'''Calémere''' ([kaˈreːmere] in [[Cerian]], [kaˈleːmere] in [[Íscégon]]; ''Kalêmer'' [kaˈlemɛr] in [[Nordulaki]]; ''Kalìmeri'' [kaˈlimeri] in modern [[Nivarese]]; ''Liloejāṃrya'' [ɴ̆iɴ̆ɔə̯ɟ͡ʑãːʀja] in [[Chlouvānem]], ''Rjalniszetes'' [c͡çæ͡ɑɮnisɛtɛʃ] in [[Skyrdagor]], ''C'yuweƛiłp'eɂ'' [ts'juwetɬ'iɬˈp'ɛʔ] in [[Spocian]]) is an earthlike planet orbiting the star known with names such as ''Rénon'' (Cerian) or ''Hånna'' (Chlouvānem). The demonym used in all related articles is Calémerian (natively ''Calémeron'' in Cerian, ''Liloejāṃrei'' in Chlouvānem).

! No. !! [[Cerian]] !! [[Nordulaki]] !! [[Auralian]] !! [[Chlouvānem]] !! [[Skyrdagor]] !! [[Íscégon]] !! [[Ancient Nivarese]] !! Lällshag !! [[Spocian]]

| '''Fégaránon''' || Fegárexun || Fihorâo || Nārimvājrah || || Fégarasnon || Fēʻarōson || Naarig Waachira ||

| '''Cónteo''' || Kôtekus || Cončö || Šūgrālyaneh || || Cóntegos || Kōntī || Shuheraag Janej ||

| '''Banúde''' || Banuder || Banódi || Nambiṣāreh || || Banúder || Banūver || Nambicaarej || Msełakʾut

|-

| '''Calémere''' || Kalêmer || Calymré || Liloejāṃrya || Rjalniszetes || Calémere || Kalēmerē || Taheä || C'yuweƛiłp'eɂ

| '''Ózedeni''' || Wêdeny || Eudyn || Lālimvarūjeh || || Óedeni || Ōydenī || Gaallim Waaruchej ||

| '''Écerin''' || Péskirin || Pescei || Līšabgin || || Pescerin || Pisekīn || Gyshabuhin ||

| '''Dárite''' || Dagrit || Dahryté || Talkirinān || || Dagrite || Daʻarit || Tagkirinaan ||

Human population: about 8,200,000,000<br/>

(Chlouvānem people are about 17,8%)

Calémere has two satellites: the greater of the two moons is known amongst other names as ''Ašeira'' (Cer.) / ''Axéras'' (Ísc.) / ''Hulyā'' (Chl.) / ''Eszjel'' (Sky.), while the lesser is known as ''Dógato'' (Cer.) / ''Dalgato'' (Ísc.) / ''Tuva'' (Chl.) / ''Othjol'' (Sky.).

[[File:Continents of Calémere.png|thumb|The continents of Calémere (according to the Cerian definition of Evandor and Márusúturon).]]

Calémere has, depending on definition, five to seven continental masses, which do not coincide with the culturally defined continents (from a Western Calemerian (Evandorian) prospective; other languages as e.g. Chlouvānem do not express the concept of "continent", even though they have adopted names for the same lands as the Evandorians.). Most Calemerians, thus, recognize seven or nine different continents<ref>Conventional names are Íscégon, and the Cerian is given if they differ. Chlouvānem names are usually different as both cultures gave those lands the name of some of the first inhabitants they found, but they discovered different parts of the continents first (except for Ogúviutón)</ref>:

* '''Evandor''' (Cer. ''Evandó'' [ɛvanˈdoː]) is the cradle continent of Western Calemerian civilizations. From a geographical point of view, it is only a part of a greater landmass together with '''Márusúturon''' [maːruˈsuːturon] and '''Védren''' (Cer. ''Véduren'' [ˈveːduren]; Chl. ''Rālmānas''). While Védren has a single pretty large connection with the other parts and the border is only undecided in where in this large area should be put (the isthmus of Tabal is considered the geographical border, but many countries to the east of it, while geographically in Márusúturon, are often grouped with Védren for cultural, historical, political, and economical reasons), for Evandor and Márusúturon there is no real divide, as even Evandorian countries have their own definition. A large part lying between the two major mediterranean seas of the Evandor-Márusúturon-Védren landmass is considered completely as part of Evandor by a few Evandorian nations such as Nivaren, Kalo, or Gathuráni, while for others, such as Ceria or Nordulik, the geographical border of the Síluren Mountains, which splits the area roughly in half, is the eastern limit of Evandor; with this definition, Evandor is the second-smallest of the seven continents.<br/>The Chlouvānem Inquisition, which occupies (according to the broader definition of Evandor) most of Márusúturon, recognizes Evandor and Márusúturon as a single continent called ''Mārṣūtram'' (an adaptation of the Cerian name); the part that Evandorians call "Márusúturon", however, is in Chlouvānem usage divided in many smaller areas (i.e. the Southern Rainforests; the Skyrdegan area; the Toyubeshian area...) all considered areas of primary importance just as other "continents" (the internationally defined ones) are.

* '''Púríton''' [puːˈriːton] (Chl. ''Dhorāluka'') and lies in the western hemisphere, mostly in the northern hemisphere but stretching up to about 18ºS; it and Márusúturon are the only continents which have all major biomes and climates (though Púríton has only marginal areas of tundra and, unlike Márusúturon, has no polar ice cap).

* '''Ceránento''' [kɛˈraːnento] (Chl.: ''Vṛtāyas'') is a continent in the western hemisphere, the smallest of the seven commonly accepted continents, completely in the southern hemisphere and mostly temperate.

* '''Fárásen''' [faːˈraːsen] (Chl.: ''Kūdrivas'') is almost a twin continent of Ceránento, about 20º east of it and some 10 degrees of latitude south of southwestern Védren. It stretches more to the south and is larger than Ceránento (and the Cerian definition of Evandor), and it is also the southernmost continental landmass, reaching about 74ºS.

* '''Ogúviutón''' [oguːvjuˈtoːn] (Chl.: ''Pašīrgamis''), completely in the southern hemisphere, is the third-largest continent (Márusúturon and Védren are larger in any definition), with a distinctive elongated shape extending mostly longitudinally. Its climate is roughly divided by a mountain chain running all its width in a temperate north side and a more subpolar taiga on the south side. Some islands south of its main continental landmass are the southernmost continent-bound islands on Calémere, nearing 78ºS.

* '''Queáten''' [kweˈaːten] (Chl.: ''naleiyutei lanāye'' "Eastern Islands") lies mostly in the northern hemisphere, between Púríton and Márusúturon, but it is not a single continental landmass, being a large island with lots of smaller ones around it.

* '''Gurdugal''' (Cer. ''Gúrodogáro'' [guːrodoˈgaːro]; Chl. ''Gudarghāla'') lies mostly on the same continental plate as Evandor/Márusúturon, from which it is divided by skerry-filled straits, but it is usually considered a different continent first of all for its sheer size - even if more than half of it is tundra or, most commonly, ice cap - and also because it is the only "continent" which is not mainly populated by humans (apart from really small settlements on some coasts) but by orcs. Its northern coast is also the northernmost land on the planet, reaching over 84ºN.

'''Evandor''' is the continent where Western Calemerian civilization developed; its eastern border with Márusúturon does not have a commonly accepted definition, but the historically Evandorian cultural space is the area west of the Síluren mountains - Evandor's definition according to countries such as Ceria, Nordulik, and Holenagika. Its population is mostly concentrated in the northern temperate zone, where most of the continent lies (the whole of Gathurani and Hyxyn, as well as most of Holenagika are north enough to be considered subpolar and not temperate - though especially Gathurani and Hyxyn are considerably warmer than other subpolar areas at the same latitudes.

Evandor is divided in about 50 countries, the majority being fairly small (two of them, Helinetian-speaking Vuntálica and [[Cerian]]-speaking Noméde Ínéma, are small enough to be considered city states), with the notable exceptions of Ceria, Nordulik (two of the superpowers of the Western bloc), Kalo, and the two countries of Gathurani and Holenagika, which, however, are mostly uninhabited tundra, taiga, or high mountains. Holenagika is also by far Calémere's largest island.

'''Márusúturon''' is the common name for the part of the largest Calemerian continental landmass which is not defined as either Evandor or Védren. It is, according to climate and biomes, the most varied continent, containing every single major biome type. At the present day, Evandorian anthropologists define it as being mostly divided in four large cultural spaces: the Chlouvānem one - whose [[Verse:Chlouvānem Inquisition|Inquisition]] covers a third or even half of the continent depending on definition, Greater Skyrdagor, the cultural Nâdja-lands (in the part of Márusúturon that is considered to be part of Evandor by countries such as Nivaren or Kalo), and the Dabuke cultural area straddling the geographical border with Védren. The steppe countries (<small>AKA</small> the Kenengyry steppe and nearby areas, e.g. the high mountains of Kŭyŭgwažtov) between the two inland seas are sometimes considered to be a distinct area, which, however, has historically had major influences first by the Nâdja, then by the Skyrdegans, and finally by the Chlouvānem; this classification also excludes New Égélonía in the far northeastern taiga, a former Cerian colony which is the only country in Márusúturon where the majority of the population is of Evandorian descent.<br/>

Modern Védren has had more Evandorian influence than Márusúturon, but not to the extent that for example Africa has suffered European colonization. Actual Evandorian control of Védrenian lands has been more limited to coastal lands and not in the whole continent, and Evandorian innovations like in most of the rest of Calémere have been later adopted by local rulers. This has contributed to form the current Védrenian political map, which is divided into more than a hundred countries, most of which quite small and - in many cases - densely populated.

'''Ceránento''' is the smallest Calémerian continent and, despite the later colonization, its history and current status is not that different from Púríton. The temperate northern area of the continent, divided into various countries of different languages (but mostly Evandorian ones) is today a growing economic center and this area may overtake Evandor in cultural and economic importance in the coming hundred years. The city of Uny Gurmoit [uɲ gurˈmɔtʃ], capital of the former Nordulik colony of Þerxá, is the largest city of the Western bloc and the fifth-largest worldwide<ref>After the Chlouvānem cities of Līlasuṃghāṇa, Ilėnimarta, and Līlta, and Mangarhazy in the eastern Védrenian country of Nuhengorj.</ref>.

'''Fárásen''', Ceránento's eastern almost-twin, has had a quite different history, with stronger native civilizations and delayed colonization. It is currently the Calémerian continent with the poorest economy as many parts of it - with the most striking exception being the chain of the Ísenuóte islands in the northeast - have largely preindustrial economies.<br/>

====Ogúviutón====

'''Ogúviutón''', at least on the northern side of the continent, historically had some civilizations developed to a much greater level than on Ceránento, Fárásen, and Púríton, but still less than on Evandor or Márusúturon because of the greater fragmentation of the land. Climates of biomes of the continent are fairly equally divided by the mountains that divide it into a northern, temperate side, and a southern, subpolar one.

Modern day Ogúviutón is not unlike Ceránento or Púríton, with many fairly developed countries with a strong colonial past; however, there is a much larger influence of local customs and languages. Auralian is the main lingua franca in the eastern part of the continent and in many subpolar whaling communities; the western side has had more varied colonizers. Parts of modern-day Ésínenda and various other communities in the area were in colonies of various Chlouvānem countries, the only actual ones outside of Márusúturon (excluding the minor settlements in Holenagika as well as the current Inquisition-held stations, which were all mostly on uninhabited land, often remote non-continental islands).<br/>Among native languages, the most spoken ones are Spimbrionic languages, native to the western part of the continent. The two most notable ones are ''Hālʾọgbi'' and ''Boitembẹn''.

* '''Nadrenic Ocean''' (Cer.: ''sotéa Nadoréneo''; Nor. ''xotá Nadrênt''; Spc.: ''č'łup' e t'weyƛ'' <small>"Northern Sea"</small>; Chl.: ''våšidælti mairān'' <small>"Spocian Ocean"</small>; Western name from ''Nadren'', the Goddess of the Seas in Nivarese mythology), lying between Védren to the south, Púríton to the west, and Evandor/Márusúturon to the east. Its northern limit is usually defined as a straight line between the northernmost point of Evandor (on Holenagika) at 71ºN and the northernmost point of Púríton at 67ºN; its southernmost limit between Védren and Púriton is considered to be between Cape Sóroten on Púríton (5ºN) and the westernmost point of Cáren Island off Védren (8ºN).

** '''Evandorian (Inner) Sea''' (Cer.: ''čésion Évandorion''; Nor. ''kix Êvandurin''; Chl.: ''hålinaiki jaryā'' <small>"Sea of Holenagika"</small>), the inner sea of Evandor, officially a part of the Nadrenic Ocean, delimited by the main landmass to the south (whose shores are mainly divided between Ceria and Nordúlik) and Holenagika to the north. Its western end, the Holenagic Strait, connects to the main Nadrenic Ocean, while the northern end, the Gathura Straits (whose narrowest part is just north of the Polar Circle), connects to the Northern Polar Ocean.

** '''Carpan Sea''', '''Nähärian Sea''', or '''Eastern Sea''' (Cer.: ''čésion Cáropo''; Nor. ''kix Neħer''; Chl.: ''vīṭadælti jaryā'' <small>"Sea of Wírdaryȁngdé"</small>), the inner sea which is the easternmost part of the Nadrenic Ocean, enclosed insider Márusúturon and Védren except for a small passage at its western end - the Ránon Strait - at the westernmost point of Márusúturon.

* '''Védrenian Ocean''' (Cer.: ''sotéa Védurenon''; Nor. ''xotá Vêdrenin''; Chl.: ''šortumi mairān'' <small>"Ocean of Harpies"</small>), the ocean lying between Védren (NE), Fárásen (SE), Ceránento (SW), and Púríton (NW). The northern limit is the southern limite of the Nadrenic Ocean; the western limit is a line from Cape Ħaig, the northwesternmost tip of Ceránento, to Bérin Point, the southernmost point of Púríton; while the eastern limit is a line from Cape Tunar, the southernmost point of Védren, to Cape Áburon, the northernmost point of Fárásen. There is no internationally agreed limit to the south between Ceránento and Fárásen, nor internationally agreed definitions for that area of the world ocean.

* '''Rondian Ocean''' (Cer.: ''sotéa Róndenon''; Nor. ''xotá Rûdanys'' (from Róndan, an area in northwestern Védren); Chl.: (partially) ''maichleyuñci camimairān'' <small>"Great Southern Ocean"</small>; (partially) ''naleiyuñci kūdrivi mairān'' <small>"East Fárásenian Ocean"</small>), the large ocean between Védren, western Márusúturon, Ogúviutón, and reaching to the northeastern shores of Fárásen. Its eastern limit is not clearly defined, as it is a line from Cape Dhūrandėvi - the southernmost point of Márusúturon and of the core area of the Chlouvānem Inquisition - to one of five different points on the central part of the northern coast of Ogúviutón depending on the source. Chlouvānem sources have a completely different definition as they consider the waters from Fárásen to a line from the southernmost point of the Keros Peninsula in Védren - also the southernmost point of the Védrenian mainland - to the westernmost point of Ogúviutón (a line very close, in its southern part, to the Cerian Prime Meridian) to be a different ocean, the East Fárásenian Ocean (''naleiyuñci kūdrivi mairān''), and the core Rondian Ocean is not distinguished from the Antipodal Ocean to the east, forming a larger ocean called the Great Southern Ocean (''maichleyuñci camimairān''), as it lies south of most of the Chlouvānem Inquisition.

* '''Antipodal Ocean''' (Cer.: ''sotéa táserótodon''; Nor. ''xotá taseroitiħ''; Chl.: (partially) ''maichleyuñci camimairān'' <small>"Great Southern Ocean"</small>, (partially) ''lanāyumi mairān'' <small>"Ocean of Islands</small>), so called because it lies on the opposite side of the planet to Evandor (even if not all Evandorian areas are actually antipodal to it), lying between eastern Márusúturon, Ogúviutón, southern Púríton and northwestern Ceránento, including most of Queáten inside its waters; its northeasternmost limit - between Márusúturon and Púríton - is usually considered to be the Equator, which cuts across Ecáréton, the main landmass of Queáten. Chlouvānem sources consider most of it to be part of the Great Southern Ocean, but the eastern third of the Evandorian definition (east of a line starting from the southernmost point of Tanomaliė island at the southeastern end of Márusúturon, cutting through the Nukahucė atoll chain, and reaching the northeasternmost point of Ogúviutón) is known as a separate ocean, the Ocean of Islands (''lanāyumi mairān''), so called because of its large number of high oceanic islands.

* '''Doron Ocean''' (Cer.: ''sotéa Doron''; Nor. ''xotá Dôron'' (from a mythological figure of Western Púrítonen natives); Chl. ''kaitajašu ga mairān'' (from ''Kāitazashu'', "East Water" in the Toyubeshi language)), lying between Márusúturon, Púríton, and the northern shores of Queáten. Its northern border is internationally agreed as the northern Polar Circle between the continental islands associated to the two continents.

* '''Northern Polar Ocean''' (Cer.: ''sotéa púrodon časúnnon''; Nor. ''xotá pureħ kjosîħ''; Chl.: ''lalla kehamyuñci mairān'' <small>"High Northern Ocean"</small>), the ocean lying north of all continental landmasses up to the North Pole. Due to the continents' position, the geographical "Polar Ocean" actually extends as far south as 27°N in central Márusúturon.

** '''Orcish Straits''' (Cer.: ''cárotósio orógiodon''; Nor. ''kartoig euriħ''; Chl.: ''etekleṃrān šimbroe''), a series of skerry-filled straits lying between northwestern Márusúturon (and far northeastern Evandor) and the "orcish continent" of Gurdugal.

** '''Skyrdegan Inner Sea''' (Cer.: ''čésion terósi Sucirodágoron''; Nor. ''kix prait Xkirdaigiħ''; Sky.: ''skyrdegan szavyk''; Chl.: ''ṣkurdauri jaryā'' <small>"Sea of Skyrdagor"</small>), a sea inside Márusúturon named after the Skyrdegan islands that are the most prominent geographical feature inside it. It is, practically, a closed sea for about half of the year, as the only possible connection to the other seas is by the Orcish Straits (both of whose ends are above the Polar Circle, and usually freeze during the winter), as circumnavigating either Gurdugal or eastern Márusúturon would mean reaching latitudes of over 84°N, well into the permanent sea ice area.

* '''Southern Polar Ocean''' (Cer.: ''sotéa púrodon quéšonion''; Nor. ''xotá pureħ hexuniħ''; Chl.: ''lalla maichleyuñci mairān'' <small>"High Southern Ocean"</small>), the ocean lying south of all continental landmasses up to the South Pole; its northern limits are the southern coasts of the three southern hemisphere continents.

* Orcs (Cer.: ''orógio''; Chl.: ''eteklen''), living mostly in subpolar areas - all of Gurdugal and northern Púríton in the northern hemisphere, and a good part of central-southern Fárásen and the southern reaches of Ogúviutón in the southern; orcs of the two hemispheres are still of a single species, but there are three radically different races. They're the largest non-human civilization.

* Lizardmen (Cer.: ''féronébosa''; Chl.: ''mevišlas''), living in wetlands and swamps by some coastlines; like orcs, there is a southern hemisphere race, living mostly in eastern Ogúviutón, and a northern hemisphere one on the islands between Márusúturon and Quéaten (even if, geographically, some of these are actually south of the Equator).

# Cypyrranh (Auralia), 7.123.819 ab.

# Hërinas (Zeure), 10.284.311 ab.

Ogúviutón:

# [[Chlouvānem]] (''Chlǣvānumi dældā'')

# [[Auralian]] (''Ourolilhónh'')

All of the largest language families of Calémere are native to the "Old World" (Evandor/Márusúturon plus Védren). The largest language family from the rest of the world is likely the Spimbrionic one, native of western Ogúviutón.

The "New World" (all other continents) is nowadays often dominated (esp. Púríton and northern Céránento) by speakers of Evandorian languages introduced in the colonial era, but some areas where native languages survive have a very high diversity. Such clusters include southern Púríton, large parts of inland Fárásen, eastern Ogúviutón, and inland Écáreton (Queáten's largest island). In the Old World, the areas with the widest language diversity are western and southwestern Védren and the southern rainforests of Márusúturon. In most of the landmass, however, successive migrations and invasions have led to only a few major groups to prevail. Scattered isolates (or members of other families, including e.g. Yombu-Raina languages in central-western Márusúturon or all non-Chlouvānem Lahob languages) still persist in some areas, especially more remote mountains, taiga, or other isolated areas.

# Spocian ～ Soenyŏk

There are two main calendar systems in use today on Calémere: the Western and the Chlouvānem ones — the Western calendar has spread to most continents due to colonization, while the Chlouvānem calendar is in use in the [[Verse:Chlouvānem Inquisition|Chlouvānem Inquisition]] and some fellow countries of the Eastern Bloc (except for Greater Skyrdagor, which uses the native Skyrdagor Calendar for cultural events and the Western one for business). Both main calendars are based on the 418-day long solar year, but are very different in their treatment of months (none of them link actual months to the moon): the Chlouvānem calendar has 14 months of mostly 30 days (four of them have 29 and two have 31), while the Western one has 29 periods of 14 days and a special one, halfway through the year, of 12. Neither calendar has a concept similar to our week — the Western calendar's months are short enough to serve also that purpose, while the Chlouvānem calendar uses a system of 17-day long lunar phases (originally linked to the natural moon cycles, today bureaucratically standardized).<br/>A further difference between them is that in the Western calendar, days begin at midnight; in the Chlouvānem one, they begin at dawn.

The Western year's first day is in the middle of the northern hemisphere winter; the Chlouvānem year's is the autumn equinox (the first day of the Western year is the 139th of the Chlouvānem one).

# ''Dérencórion'' (12 days)

Given Calémere's division in two very different "blocs" (even though there is a sizable Third Bloc of not quite aligned countries), the leaders of each bloc's respective most prominent countries may be said to be the most powerful people on the planet. Currently (2312/4E Ɛ1 <small>(133₁₀)</small>), they are Pétéro Bafín, Prime Minister of Ceria, and Hæliyǣšāvi Dhṛṣṭāvāyah ''Lairė'', Great Inquisitor of the Chlouvānem Inquisition.

* Cerian Party of Freedom (''Socólio Čérízon re Bácífa'', a black party), currently the majority - standing for free trade, globalization, economic liberalism; strong interventionism, favouring the Pan-Evandorian Economic Union; socially liberal, progressive, aiming at multiculturalism;

In a number of modern Calémerian countries, especially on Márusúturon, Communism (Cer.: ''orániontési''; Chl.: ''yaivcārṇædani'') is the official state ideology. Calémerian communist states are sometimes divided between those that follow "traditional Western communism" and those that follow "Yunyalīlti communism". The former are, by definition, atheist states that follow the theories of Western communist thinkers, while the latter follow a hybrid of [[Verse:Yunyalīlta|Yunyalīlti]] religious interpretations applied to economics - while substantially similar in many aspects, there are various differences, especially on the social side; anyway, due to the fall of many Western-style communist states in the last two decades, Western-style communism and Yunyalīlti communism have come noticeably closer. It is also notable that most Yunyalīlti communist countries do not even have a sizable Yunyalīlti population, but Yunyalīlti communism does favour religious freedom rather than state atheism.<br/>

Yunyalīlti communism is widespread in the former Kaiṣamā: the countries of Fathan, Soenyŏ-tave, Kŭyŭgwažtov, Ebed-dowa, Enegen-toven, Nerekton, and Brydwezon-tavi are single-party states, but most countries of the area (including, amongst others, Qualdomailor, Brono, Leny-tḥewe, or Džemleštew) are multi-party democracies with strong Yunyalīlti communist influence throughout their society. Of all Yunyalīlti communist countries, only Brono, Fathan, and Qualdomailor have a majority Yunyalīlti population. The Chlouvānem Inquisition is not a Yunyalīlti communist state, being a theocratical Yunyalīlti state instead, even if many traits of Yunyalīlti communism are found in its society.

It is to be noted that not all communist states are part of the Eastern Bloc; in fact, some of the stricter remaining Western-style communist countries cite state atheism as a cardinal value and are therefore strongly opposed to the Inquisition.

This external history is basically why five continents of Calémere are geographically and often historically quite similar to others on Earth: Evandor to Europe, Márusúturon to Asia, Védren to Africa, Púríton to the Americas, and Queáten to Oceania. It is obviously not equal to Earth as there are spaces missing from them (like, where is South America gone? Or Central Asia? Siberia?) and their different dimensions as well as different "connecting spaces" have a huge impact on giving (or at least trying to give) Calémere that "it is familiar but it also isn't" atmosphere I personally try to aim at, but the West-East opposed relationships are just as alive as they were in my earlier proto-conworlding projects. As for Ceránento, Fárásen, and Ogúviutón, honestly the real reason why I decided to add them was "I want/need land in the southern hemisphere", but I take the fact they exist as a stimulus to make me characterize them more; given that such a presence is not something that really has analogues on Earth, it's probably going to be the most difficult part of my conworlding... but I am surely not going just to take them away or leave them as uninteresting, only mentioned places: time will tell what I'll make of them.