Yamatai

Geography

Ashihara's largest island chain, The Yamatai island chain is located on the eastern half of Ashihara, east of the Izumo and Nakahonia regions, and south of Kumamori in the north. The Yamatai islands are roughly 40% mountainous, most concentrated in the western portion of the island, which is then broken up by Various river valleys.

Climate

The island's climate varies from north to south and west to east. This is due in part to the presence of trade winds which bring cold air from the north pole during winter months, which due to the central mountains everything south remains cool. During the summer months, warm ocean air, brings hot and humid conditions to everything but the north, because of which portions of the southwest of the island are semi-tropical.

Natural Disasters

Being in between two major climate zones, and the effects of plate movements have made it so the Yamatai islands are prone to earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis. In addition major Typhoons come seasonally around the summer months.

Major Geographical Features

Islands

Akitsu Central Island: Akitsu Island is the world's largest island, a thousand miles east to west, and an average of five hundred miles north to south.

Kaihoku Island: The second largest of the chain, Kaihoku island is located in north east a few dozen miles off the coast.

Iyo-Shima: The third largest island is located south of Akitsu, where to the north of Iyo-Shima creates Yamatai most economically important inland sea.

Mountain Chains

Akashi Mountains: The largest and Highest of the Yamatai mountains are located in the western half of the main island, and the Akashi stand from around 5k ft to 15k ft (1500m to 4500m), in between which are mountain valleys which feed western and central blank river systems.

Minami Mountains: The second of the mountains chains which make up the central spine that runs the length of Akitsu Island, the Minami mountains are smaller of the two at 5k ft to 10k ft (1500m to 3000m).

Senjo Mountains: The Senjo mountains are located run along the north eastern coast of Akitsu Island, which forms in between the Senjo and Minami a highland valley.

Major Rivers

Higawa: Located in the north, the Higawa river is the longest of the northern rivers, which is feed by a series of lakes, and the Minami and Senjo Mountains.

Nawa: Located primarily in the east, the Nawa River is longest of the Akitsu rivers.

Aisa: Located in the heart of the Akitsu island, the Aisa river is feed by Yamatai's largest lake Omi, and then by the Akashi Mountains.

Cultures

Yamatai: The Yamatai people are a complex society which is belt around a complex social network, of clans, family, and class which promote a more collective focus on tradition and promotion of the groups interests. Most professions are based around clan and family control, from farmers, to tradesmen, to merchants, to Samurai, and many others. Their professions themselves vary, with recent industrialization has created major concentration of urban workers, and emerging middle class, although much of them remain rural, centered around farming, mining, logging.

Ezo: The Exo are a tribal people which used to occupy the much of Akitsu, but are now mostly located on the Kaihoku island. They are primarily hunter-gathers, relaying heavily on fishing and hunting, although attempts have been made to promote agriculture by the Yamatai which have occupied the parts of the coastal regions.

Religion

The Yamatai religion centers around the worship of several major Kami, including Amaterasu, Sussano, Tsukiyomi, Inari, Hachiman, and Tenjin, although in addition recognizes thousands of other Kami, from local Kami, to minor Kami at a national level. The Emperor is believed to serve as an intermediary between the Takama Kami and the Yamatai people giving legitimacy to Yamatai shrines which associate with Emperor, although Yamatai people primarily worship at local shrines. . The Yamatai believe that by showing reverence and providing service to the Kami, they can ensure a better afterlife for themselves, rather than wandering in Yomi for centuries before reincarnation. This belief system emphasizes the importance of duty and service to the group, although slightly varies based on the Kami's own teachings.

Alternative Name(s)

Yamato

Type

Archipelago

Location under

Ashihara

Owning Organization

Yamatai Empire

Inhabiting Species

Yousei

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Yamatai

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Major Geographical Features

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Religion

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