The geography of Dekavur in 1312

Last update: 2 April 2007

• Name: The source of the province's name and its meaning, where known.
• Population: In thousands, as of the start of 1312.
• Capital: The name of the province's capital, where its Thünn and other Important Administrative Persons are supposed to live.
• Other towns: Names of all the other towns shown on the Map. Populations in thousands are shown for the most important.
• Area: In square kilometres, as of 1312.
• History: How the province came to be.
• Geography: A brief description of the province's location and general features.
• Climate: The type of weather the province experiences.
• Language: The principal languages spoken in the province.

The echeaudes of the province, its capital, and some other towns are shown at the end of each section, along with their tiées; see Heraldry for details of how to understand these. If you're interested, they were drawn by a Python script I wrote myself, using clip art from this site; the results may not be exactly the same as their official Dekavurian versions, but they're good enough for here :-)

Athuncia

• Name: Astarien ath "sun" + uncia (unknown).
• Population: 1257
• Capital: Athuncia (148), Dekavur's second city and one of its oldest, at the confluence of the Gemma and Devri rivers.
• Other towns: Sciezza (22), Athinza, Düvessama, Ezze, Isciema, Notza, Sancia, Sandruva, Senyica, Vancolya.
• Area: 15080
• History: Created in 1053 from southern and south-western parts of Mashkla and north-western parts of Valdaborga.
• Geography: Dekavur's third most populous province is located in inland east central Dekavur and includes land on both sides of the rivers Devri and Gemma. The only natural boundary is the one with Mashkla in the north-east, which is defined by the Athubierghe.
• Climate: Mediterranean to temperate. All parts of the province experience rain in winter; dry summers are common in the southern parts, while the regions by the Gemma receive lower rainfall due to their location in the rain-shadow of the mountains. Temperatures are variable but rarely extreme, except in the north where snow falls regularly in winter.
• Language: East-central Dekavurian.

• Athuncia: gele, bloif houd, reu feue.
• Athuncia city: rit-deaute reue a bloive, gel lim-trisi, gel toise-trisi.
• Sciezza: rit-deaute reue a bloive, sié gel fiursis druse in.

Caldura

• Name: From Kaldurthan, the King who created the province, itself believed to be dialectal late Liotan kal "shine" + durth "gold".
• Population: 90
• Capital: Caldura.
• Other towns: None.
• Area: 18086
• History: Famously, created in 872 by Kaldurthan out of south-western Dima to make himself feel safer.
• Geography: A sparsely-populated province, much of which is forest, moor, or badlands. It occupies the uplands between the Devri and Caldura rivers, with the Caliste forming the north-west boundary.
• Climate: Very variable, although summers are usually warm and winters cold. Precipitation falls all year round, and the hilly north-west is regularly snowbound in winter.
• Language: North-west Dekavurian, tending towards west-central in the south-east. Machren is spoken by 25 thousands in the north.

• Caldura: bloive, groive fluende ere. Ere is "eagle".
• Caldura city: bloive, groive lamb.

Chastu

• Name: Probably Genistien or Chastuvien; meaning uncertain.
• Population: 1655
• Capital: Tur Kurpen (122), Dekavur's third city and the most important in the south-west, which contains the country's greatest concentration of Genistien speakers.
• Other towns: Chastu (24), Aboncha, Dúsku, Hyarbucha, Lorshena, Ondzan, Rònza, Thélka, Tur Kórashan, Tur Asila.
• Area: 21661
• History: Added in 819 as part of the original province of Galena, then transferred to Lerin in 872, the mainly Chastuvien-speaking south-west was combined with the Genistien lands around Tur Kurpen in 1053.
• Geography: The coastal regions south of the Nózhehyaston together with the peninsulas and islands to the south.
• Climate: Mediterranean. Summers are dry in all parts of the province except the extreme north, and in general the rainfall decreases with more southerly latitudes; the extreme south is often dry for as much as half the year. Temperatures are moderated by the pervasive influence of the sea.
• Language: This is the part of Dekavur where the Liotic languages are most vigorous: Genistien is spoken by 470 thousands mainly in the north-west and Chastuvien by 370 thousands mostly in the remainder. The peninsulas and islands are almost exclusively Chastuvien; the principal dialect of Dekavurian is western.

• Chastu: huie, bloive autredruse.
• Tur Kurpen: huie, bloif futu, brun chif.
• Chastu: ait-autredeaute reue, suarte, a huie.
• Abontca: tris-flé-deaute suarte, huie, a reue.

Chila

• Name: Devrian, meaning unknown.
• Population: 533
• Capital: Zudara (18)
• Other towns: Gambra, Kyélen.
• Area: 5547
• History: Created in 1053, somewhat arbitrarily, from parts of what was added in 819 as Galena and subsequently assigned to Lerin in 872.
• Geography: Despite its predominantly rural population, this is the third most densely populated province in Dekavur, occupying the coastal regions between Chastu, Galena, and the Nózhehyaston.
• Climate: Mediterranean, with warm dry summers and mild wet winters. The northern, hillier, parts experience slightly more extreme temperatures, although variations are not great.
• Language: Mainly west Dekavurian. There are 185 thousand Chastuvien speakers, mainly in the west, and 60 thousand Astarien speakers in the east.

• Chila: reue, bloif echaille gel autredruse an. The echaille ("shell") is a common çu in echeaudes of this area.
• Zudara: aita jauge-deaute reue a bloive, houd gel, feue gel.

Cotora

• Name: Unknown; possibly from Liotan tor "fortress".
• Population: 95
• Capital: Gemmaborgo, on the shore of Gemmasieva. Gemma "gem, jewel" is ultimately a loanword from Latin, and refers to the produce of the mines in the Estrevahodoste.
• Other towns: None.
• Area: 79898
• History: An original province, created in 815 and largely unchanged since.
• Geography: Dekavur's second largest and most northerly province is one of its most sparsely populated, due to the unproductiveness of much of the land.
• Climate: Extreme. Summers are warm to hot, especially in the south, and see most of the precipitation. Winters are cold to severe in the north, where snow lasts for half the year.
• Language: North Dekavurian.

• Cotora: leuve, gel feue-trisi.
• Gemmaborgo: huie, brun jauge, saviere, ruvigne, mariede, a antiste.

Dezdre

• Name: Devrian, variously given as "pine" or "forest".
• Population: 558
• Capital: Kirtse (21), at the mouth of the river Swnce in the west of the province.
• Other towns: Sönce, Dezdriborga, Shüdre.
• Area: 25575
• History: One of the nine original provinces, divided in half in 1053 into the current province and Kabra.
• Geography: The northern half of the Kabra peninsula in southern Dekavur. Much of the province is covered by coniferous forests.
• Climate: Mediterranean. All of the province experiences the characteristic mild wet winters and dry summers, which become drier further south and hotter inland; in particular, summers in Dezdriborga are notoriously hot and dry.
• Language: 25 thousand Lemython speakers live in the forests. The dominant dialects of Dekavurian are south-eastern in the eastern parts and east-central in the remainder.

• Dezdre: greune, hui reu-marqui leuf. Leuf here means "leaf", not the hive.
• Kirtse: greune, reue druse.

Dima

• Name: Dialectal Liotan, "moor", or maybe Dekavurian, "dim".
• Population: 331
• Capital: Socha (9).
• Other towns: Dima Ruva (8), Geauriche (8.5).
• Area: 49805
• History: An original province, until 872 and 1055 including what are now Caldura and Hanna respectively.
• Geography: Dekavur's fourth largest province, Dima consists of a large rough triangle between the Urxesti, the Marrabergues, and the Devri, Socha, and Caldura rivers.
• Climate: Continental, with considerable temperature ranges. The south has warm summers and cool winters, while the north has slightly warmer summers and very cold winters with much snow. All parts experience precipitation all year round.
• Language: North-west Dekavurian in the north-west, west-central in the south-east, plus 145 thousand Machren speakers.

• Dima: gel, brun fere-trif mit greunes lofas. fere-trif is "fir tree".
• Socha: gel, brune fiursi flé.

Esgaidon

• Name: Devrian, from est galed "land of the great white wind", a reference to its frequent blizzards.
• Population: 87
• Capital: Rouça.
• Other towns: Doirunja, Berguema.
• Area: 80935
• History: An original province, created in 815.
• Geography: Dekavur's largest and remotest province, in the mountainous and heavily-forested north-west; frequently regarded as the domain of large wild animals and Strange People.
• Climate: Continental, and among the most extreme in Dekavur. Summers are usually warm and wet, and winters are cold with snow which stays on the ground for several months. The north-west beyond Berguema receives the coldest winter temperatures in Dekavur.
• Language: North-west Dekavurian.

• Esgaidon: himble, suarte sidi druse, brune marque.
• Rouça: jauge-deaute suarte a himble, brune marque.
• Dourinja: himble, angue-vaite suart flé, brune marque.
• Berguema: himble, suart feue-trisi houd du, brune marque.

Etche

• Name: Kimbarin "dry region".
• Population: 128
• Capital: Etcheborga, in the southern parts where the majority of the population lives.
• Other towns: The only other settlement of any size is the mining town of Züdenäm in the north-east.
• Area: 20132
• History: Created in 1053 from lands won from the Kimbarin.
• Geography: A long thin province in eastern Dekavur, Etche lies between the Kisha river and the Äklübärhüs.
• Climate: Continental, tending towards cold steppe in parts of the central and northern regions; due to its location in the rain-shadow of the mountains, Ethce's climate is drier than that of the western parts of Dekavur. Summers are mild and winters cold, especially in the north, which experiences snowfalls every winter, the snow staying on the ground for months. Chinook winds from the east, known locally as "the Kimbar Breath", provide occasional warm spells.
• Language: South-east Dekavurian.

• Ettce: huie, suart toise, suart lim, thris bloives drusefiursis rit in.
• Ettceborga: jauge-deaute bloive a suarte, hui jauge.

Gadasto

• Name: Dialectal Astarien; gada "lonely" + asto (not known).
• Population: 26
• Capital: Sunkadru.
• Other towns: None.
• Area: 1293
• History: The island was part of Galena from 819, then transferred to Lerin in 872. It was made into its own province in 1053.
• Geography: The second-smallest of Dekavur's provinces, with the second-smallest population. A crescent-shaped island with five high hills, hence its alternative name of "Five Hills Island".
• Climate: Mediterranean, tempered by the sea; dry for at least half the year with warm to hot summers and mild winters.
• Language: Astarien, exclusively; this is the only province with no Dekavurian speakers.

• Gadhasto: aita jauge-deaute greune a leuve, hui houd, hui feue.
• Sunkadru: leuve, greun flé.

Galena

• Name: From Liotan gailean, meaning uncertain but probably "herbs".
• Population: 648
• Capital: Tur Galenan (17)
• Other towns: Modhrena, Tur Iskiven, Tur Zhercúmen.
• Area: 11744
• History: The original province of this name, which was incorporated into Dekavur 819, consisted of contemporary Chastu, Chila, Gadhasto, Norhusto, and Teirse, plus much of modern Galena. It was split up in 872, the western and eastern halves being transferred to Lerin and Lishdala respectively. The name was revived in 1053 and applied to the eastern mainland of the original province plus the adjacent western coastal areas of Lishdala.
• Geography: Situated in the coastal regions between Chila and Zötce. Although not very large, it is quite densely populated.
• Climate: Mediterranean, very similar to that of Cila, but a little hotter and drier.
• Language: 90 thousand Astarien speakers live in the province. Dekavurian is divided between west and south-west.

• Galena: himble, tris geles echailles reue druse an.
• Tur Galenan: bloive, huie fisc, himble houd a himble feue.

Galviga

• Name: Dekavurian, from galga "a cross" + wiga "way, path, road". Named for the town, which sits at the meeting of two major trade routes.
• Population: 1076
• Capital: Surabruge (67), Dekavur's fifth city owing to its strategic position.
• Other towns: Asservica, Endi Ruva, Galviga, Nathruva, Olta, Reuchine, Segrine.
• Area: 10594
• History: Created in 1053 from the eastern inland regions of Licdala.
• Geography: A small but populous province in central Dekavur to the south of Hannasief.
• Climate: Ranging from near-Mediterranean in the south to temperate in the north. Like that of Hanna, but the south is warmer and drier in summer.
• Language: West central Dekavurian in the north, and south-western in the south,. There are 160 thousand speakers of Astarien.

• Galviga: bloive, himble jauge.
• Surabruge: gel, brune bruye. Yes, I know that's not a bridge, but it's the nearest I could find in the clipart.

Hanna

• Name: Unknown; believed to be someone's name.
• Population: 366
• Capital: Hanna Ruve (45)
• Other towns: Paumure.
• Area: 4363
• History: Part of Dima since 815, but seceded in 1055 when the Thünn of Dima fell out with one of his advisors, who came from Hanna Ruve.
• Geography: A small but densely-populated provice to the north of Hannasief.
• Climate: Comparable to that of southern Dima: summers are generally warm, while the winters are cold with occasional snow. Rain can fall in any season.
• Language: West central Dekavurian.

• Hanna: suarte, himble jauge, gele marque.
• Hanna Ruve: jauge-deaute reue gel esterne, suarte, gele reue esterne, suarte.

Hellichen

• Name: Probably Kimbar; meaning uncertain.
• Population: 74
• Capital: Gaishta
• Other towns: None.
• Area: 3900
• History: Part of Valdaborga since 815, made into a separate province in 1053 when the islanders, sensing their chance, refused to be identified with the mainlanders any more.
• Geography: The three large islands off the south-eastern coast of Dekavur, known locally as "the cow and calves" (käube a kalvus) after their shape.
• Climate: Mediterranean, with temperatures moderated by the sea; mild winters and warm dry summers.
• Language: South-east Dekavurian.

• Hellichen: reue, greun feue, himble mié mit groif houd. Mié is "seagull".
• Gaishta: reue, greun geuse, gel suen. Suen is, of course, "swan".

Kabra

• Name: Unknown.
• Population: 354
• Capital: Kabruva.
• Other towns: Bridde, Iveshe.
• Area: 25036
• History: Part of Dezdri since 815, and made into a separate province in 1053.
• Geography: The southern part of the Kabra peninsula in southern Dekavur. Even more so than Dezdri, it is heavily forested.
• Climate: Mediterranean, with hotter and drier summers than Dezddri, especially inland in the north. Some of the inland regions receive the hottest temperatures in Dekavur in the summer.
• Language: Mainly east-central Dekavurian, with south-eastern in the north-east corner. 95 thousand speakers of Lemyzon live in the forests.

• Kabra: drusejaugedeaute suarte a porpre, greun drusedjaugegaug.
• Kabruva: rit-deaute flé-deaute suarte a porpre a greun. Equivalently: jauge-deaute suarte, greune, porpre, greune.

Kishuvra

• Name: South-east Dekavurian kisha + uvra, "over the Kisha".
• Population: 1022
• Capital: Verreborga (36).
• Other towns: Ashtorva, Deshkruna, Zhüne, Kütche, Nötse, Thaudura, Ussaborga.
• Area: 29447
• History: Much of the area of this province was originally part of Valdaborga. It was made into a separate province in 1053 and augmented with some of the lands won from the Kimbarin.
• Geography: The alluvial land around the Kisha delta west of the Nethubärhüs, much of which is very fertile.
• Climate: Mediterranean, with warm dry summers and mild winters. Winters are colder in the north; the north-east, in the rain-shadow of the mountains, is drier.
• Language: South-east Dekavurian.

• Kishuvra: huie, brune ife, reue marque.
• Verreborga: huie, brun feue, reu houd-trisi.

Lerin

• Name: Old Genistien, from Tur Lerin Sharon, "City of the White Hart". The titular animal was caught by a local lord in 443; its antlers still grace the wall above the Ruling Chair of the Thünn.
• Population: 880
• Capital: Tullerin (39), Dekavur's eighth city.
• Other towns: Dishtenruva, Kamosta, Kebrine, Traunutha, Urdola, Hounshura. All of these are on the road by the Lisha river.
• Area: 11045
• History: An original province, created in 815. The lands making up contemporary Chastu, Chila, and Gadhasto were added in 872, and removed again in 1053.
• Geography: The densely-populated upper Lica valley between the parallel ranges of the Alkohyaston and Nózhehyaston, and some less hospitable land to the north of the Alkohyaston.
• Climate: Temperate. Winters are mild and summers warm, with precipitation all year. North of the Alkohyaston it is colder generally.
• Language: West Dekavurian. Genistien is the main language of 300 thousands.

• Lerin: huie, groive suart-marqui jauge.
• Tullerin: jauge-deaute huie a groive, suart jauge.
• Tullerin (old): huie, jauge-deaute jauge suart a groif. This echeaude was closely identified with the Kòzha dynasty, which became increasingly corrupt and was forcibly deposed in 1053.

Licdala

• Name: Dekavurian lica + dala, "Lica valley".
• Population: 722
• Capital: Grinecte (14).
• Other towns: Chieleborgue, Glauka, Ilenda, Voisama.
• Area: 36057
• History: An original province, created in 815. Formerly much larger, including what are now Galviga and eastern Zwtce, it acquired its current borders in 1053.
• Geography: Like Lerin, which borders it to the west, Licgwttce includes part of the Lica valley and land to the north of the Alkohiaston.
• Climate: Similar to that of Lerin, but slightly warmer with drier summers in the south-east. The north-west is colder, especially in the winter.
• Language: Mainly west-central Dekavurian. Genistien is common in the west (120 thousand), Astarien in the east (210 thousand), and north Dekavurian north of the Alkohiaston.

• Licdala: jauge-deaute himble a bloive.
• Grinecte: himble, bloives us-jasdies lim a toise.

Mashkla

• Name: From Liotan Masgail, meaning unknown.
• Population: 448
• Capital: Mashkla (85), Dekavur's fourth city.
• Other towns: Kaluta, Mödingäma, Myndisa.
• Area: 27621
• History: Created in 815 as one of the nine original provinces. Formerly included areas north of the Devri which were transferred to Athuncia in 1053.
• Geography: In east central Dekavur, surrounded mostly by mountains except in the south-east.
• Climate: Continental, and rather dry due to the mountains. Temperatures tend to the extreme, especially in the north, where very cold winters are not unusual.
• Language: East Dekavurian.

• Mashkla: suarte, gel fif-jasdi gout-marqui esterne. One of the oldest echeaudes, it is the first known use of gout, and was chosen (not granted) by the brother of the local king in 533.
• Mashkla city: gel, suart houd, suart feue; thris goutes fif-jasdies esternes biet an. biet is "both".

Marko

• Name: Dekavurian, meaning "border".
• Population: 586
• Capital: Markoborga (28).
• Other towns: Orguna (12), Shezingäm, Eske, Zerdre.
• Area: 22694
• History: Created in 1053 from land won from the Kimbarin.
• Geography: As its name suggests, this province occupies the border regions of eastern Dekavur west of the Markobärhäs. Most of the population is concentrated in the south.
• Climate: Mediterranean in the south to cold steppe in the north; rainfall is low except west of the gap between the Markobärhäs and the Nethubärhäs. Summers are generally warm, and winters range from mild in the south to cold in the north.
• Language: South-east Dekavurian.

• Marko: druse-deaute bloive a gel.
• Markoborga: drusejauge-deaute bloive a gel, tou geles a tou bloives esternes. The placing of the stars on the areas of the opposite colour ("counterchanging" in terrestrial terms) would be understood.
• Orguna: bloive, gel jauge.
• Eske: himble, porpre-sivle estru. The porpres sivles represent grapes; this is one of the principal wine-producing regions.

Norxusto

• Name: Astarien; norh "mist" + usto (unknown).
• Population: 594
• Capital: Suindruva.
• Other towns: Edöre, Savulla, Stenheme.
• Area: 25447
• History: Originally part of the older province of Galena; transferred to Lishdala in 872 and made into a separate province in 1053.
• Geography: The whole of the large eponymous island, together with nearby smaller islands.
• Climate: The Mediterranean climate typical of southern Dekavur. Because no part of the island is far from the sea, summers are rarely hot and winters are very mild. The southern half of the island regularly experiences dry summers.
• Language: East-central Dekavurian, with 240 thousand speakers of Astarien.

• Norhusto: himble, porpre craib. A more formal crab would be nice.
• Suindruva: bloive, greun lim, hui ancre.

Nöshtre

• Name: From the Kimbar for "golden yellow", referring to the colour of the grass.
• Population: 240
• Capital: Lochatha (26).
• Other towns: Ötine.
• Area: 18995
• History: Created in 1053 from land won from the Kimbarin.
• Geography: Between the Kisha river and Vindrebärgüs. As with Etche and Marko, the majority of the population lives in the south.
• Climate: Temperate to continental. Wetter than Marko and Ethce, although summers are drier in the south. Snow is common in the north, where winters are often very cold.
• Language: South-east Dekavurian.

• Nöshtre: huie, jasdi bloifes houd a feue.
• Lochatha: aita-espreud bloive a huie.

Reshke

• Name: Kimbar, meaning "desolate".
• Population: 67
• Capital: Hathugard.
• Other towns: Döunire.
• Area: 50216
• History: Created in 1053 from land won from the Kimbarin.
• Geography: The third largest but least populated province; most of the land is unproductive and suitable only for grazing.
• Climate: Continental, and extreme. Summers are warm with most of the (low) precipitation, whereas winters are bitterly cold. Snow is not common, but once fallen it lasts throughout the winter. As with northern Etche, the province experiences warm Chinook winds - known locally as sträbäitäris, literally "snoweaters" - from the Äklybärhys.
• Language: A conservative variety of south-east Dekavurian, with a distinctive accent.

• Reshke: fiur-flé-deaute huie bloive suarte a huie.
• Hathugard: flé-deaute bloive a suarte, huie druse.
• Döunire: flé-deaute bloive a suarte, hui toise-trisi.

Teiskre

• Name: Unknown.
• Population: A few hundred; note that this is not in thousands!
• Capital: None.
• Other towns: None.
• Area: 7
• History: The same as for Norxusto, until the fiercely independent Lauricta family seceded from that province in 1057, reputedly because the head of the family beat the Thynn of Norxusto in a game of cards and cleaned him out of most of his money. The Thynn was allowed to keep his money if he let the Laurictans secede.
• Geography: A small island between Galena and Norxusto. inhabited mainly by the Lauricta family.
• Climate: Mediterranean, very like that of Norxusto.
• Language: South-west Dekavurian.

• Teirse: huie, porpre goud-sidi flé. An echeaude which flaunts the weath of its bearers.

Valdaborga

• Name: Dekavurian valda "king, governor" + borga "town".
• Population: 2421
• Capital: Valdaborga (260).
• Other towns: Lots of these: Augita (56), Duicha (16), Meggen (15), Tanzun (11), Brechingäm, Dailoshka, Dorashka, Herkaborga, Hirdäm, Lossa, Nöudenäm, Sellendre, Telingäm, Timüre, Zondara.
• Area: 16454
• History: The original province of this name was created in 815, and included regions which were transferred to Athuncia and Kishuvra in 1053.
• Geography: Dekavur's most populous province, containing one sixth of the total population, and its most densely populated thanks to the highly fertile alluvial plains around the lower Devri.
• Climate: Mediterranean, with warm dry summers and mild wet winters. The southern coastal areas experience less extreme temperatures than the north, where the climate resembles that of southern Athuncia.
• Language: South-east Dekavurian.

• Valdaborga: huie, tou himbles hieres drusejauge in, reue horde.
• Valdaborga city: huie, thris reues arfes lim, toise, lim du rit in, goute marque. The middle part is literally "three red arrows to left, right, left, vertically".
• Augita: gel, bloive a reue sivle-estru. The colours show this town's historic allegiance to Athuntca.
• Duicha: reue, hui jauge. Nothing to do with Denmark.
• Meggen: sié-veule-deaute reue a huie.
• Tanzun: sié-rit-deaute reue a huie.

Zöche

• Name: Unknown; not traceable to any known Dekavurian or Sunovian root.
• Population: 765
• Capital: Sünishte (33), a major port in south Dekavur.
• Other towns: Enkersheruva, Enöuborgo, Hidezdyn, Lactinruva, Zeshkinruva.
• Area: 21384
• History: Created in 1053 from southern parts of Lishdala, some of which was part of the old Galena between 815 and 872.
• Geography: South central Dekavur, to the west of the Kabra peninsula.
• Climate: Typically Mediterranean, with warm dry summers and mild winters. Temperatures are slightly more extreme in the inland north-east.
• Language: Mainly east-central Dekavurian; south-west Dekavurian in the west and a bit of west-central in the north. The Astarien-speaking population numbers 120 thousand.

• Zöche: flé-deaute reue a bloive, gel lim-trisi.
• Sünishte: greune, bloive druse, brune autredruse. This echeaude unusually has two echeves.