Caxcana

Catica
Catica
Population	3,200,000,000
Density	22.9/km²

Catica is a continent located in the Southern and Eastern Hemispheres of the Earth, also known as the International Democratic Union. The vast continent is bounded by the bustling Olympic Ocean to the west, the Tenebric Ocean to the east, and the extensive Southern Ocean to the south. A string of waterways, including the Strait of Vulkaria, Elkjop Bay, Salliut Bay, and Qiaodun Sea separate the continent from Hespia to the north.

Catica's first humans appeared around 40,000 years ago, with indigenous tribes, clans, and empires such as the Kelownan Peoples, Åethnoa, Osirisans, Xiomerans, and the Shen Empire warring for control of the land for thousands of years. The continent was also largely colonized in the second half of the 2nd Millennia C.E.. Following the blooming of nation states across the continent, including the establishment of Legionas in 1776 and Zamastan in 1804, the continent became an industrial center of the world.

Due to the expanse of the Shen Empire, Zamastanian conquests, and Legionite Kingdoms, much of the continent speaks Shen-Mandarine, Caticeze-English, and Ermizi-German.

History

Pre-Catica period

The indigenous peoples of the Catican continent have many creation myths by which they assert that they have been present on the land since its creation, but there is no evidence that humans evolved there. The specifics of the initial settlement of Catica by ancient Hespians are subject to ongoing research and discussion. The traditional theory has been that hunters entered the Stratoy land bridge between eastern Vulkaria and present-day Gladysynthia from 27,000 to 14,000 years ago. A growing viewpoint is that the first Catican inhabitants sailed from Libertas Omnium Maximus or Laeral some 13,000 years ago, with widespread habitation of Catica during the end of a Glacial Period. The oldest petroglyphs in Catica date from 15,000 to 10,000 years before present. Genetic research and anthropology indicate additional waves of migration from Hespia via the Strait of Vulkaria.

Before contact with Hespians, the natives of Catica were divided into many different polities, from small bands of a few families to large empires. They lived in several "culture areas", which roughly correspond to geographic and biological zones and give a good indication of the main way of life of the people who lived there (e.g., the mammal hunters of the Great Plains of Pahl, or the farmers of Xiomera). Native groups can also be classified by their language family. Peoples with similar languages did not always share the same material culture, nor were they always allies. Anthropologists think that some branches of the Åethnoa people of the Gladysynthian plains came to Catica much later than other native groups, as evidenced by the disappearance of cultural artifacts from the archaeological record.

During the thousands of years of native habitation on the continent, cultures changed and shifted. One of the oldest yet discovered is the Cardozan culture (c. 9550–9050 BCE) in modern Paraboca. Later groups include the Kelownan culture and related Mound building cultures, found in the Zian River valley. The more centralized geographical cultural groups of Catica were responsible for the domestication of many common crops now used around the world, such as tomatoes, squash, and maize. As a result of the development of agriculture in the south, many other cultural advances were made there. The Xiomerans developed a writing system, built huge pyramids and temples, had a complex calendar, and developed the concept of zero around 400 CE. The Shen peoples were known for their massive architectural advances through their empirical quests.

Geography

Regions

Geographically the Catican continent has many regions and subregions. These include cultural, economic, and geographic regions. Economic regions included those formed by trade blocs, such as the Northwest Catica Trade bloc and Shen Imperial Trade Agreement. Linguistically and culturally, the continent could be divided into several additional zones.

The largest countries of the continent, Zamastan, Osirisa, and Shen, contain well-defined and recognized regions along geographical features, such as rivers or mountains (i.e.: the Adama River between Zamastan and Osirisa and the Louise Mountains between Zamastan and Shen).

List of states and territories

Name	Capital	Population	Area	Head of State	Head of Government	Government type
Zamastan	Tofino	103,450,000	km2	Foley Sakzi		Democratic republic
Shen	Sharanfo	195,000,000	km2	Wu Zhao		Unitary Imperial Buracracy
Legionas	Aunistria	143,476,000	km2	William Müller	Nicholas Moretti	Federal Constitutional Monarchy
Gladysynthia	Mönusÿnthys	75,402,000	km2	Seswitch LaFlaunce	Guillermo Rivera	Centrist Democracy
Arcadia Dazeber	Verinia	94,640,000	km2	Fredwrick IV	Paul Weber	Duel Constitutional Monarchy
Eiria	Geminus	90,850,000	km2	William Lancaster	Leah Stendē	Federal Semi-Presidential Republic
United New England	Boston	14,800,000	km2	Elizabeth Tyagi-Kennedy		Democratic republic
Rio Palito	San Beausoleil	3,600,000	km2	Benjamin Bousieras		Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Paraboca	Cardoza	32,800,000	km2	Garr'n Cardoza II		Federal parliamentary democracy
East Chanchajilla	Vilanja	47,800,000	km2	Gideon Boer		Federal republic
West Chanchajilla	Ivora	16,300,000	km2	Frederick Armbar		Federal presidential constitutional republic
Quetana	Vongane	7,400,000	km2	António Brafeo	José dos Reis
Monagon	Ikh Torolt		km2	[[]]
Andhra Republic	Navsari		km2	[[]]
Osirisa	White Hall		km2	[[]]
Sunemia	Nashai		km2	[[]]
DeBeeland	Pinnacle City		km2	[[]]
Agury	Dekadu		km2	[[]]
Milintica	Huānoch		km2	[[]]
Xiomera	Tlālacuetztla	51,709,098	km2	Empress Yauhmi
Cape Auria	Lumière		km2	[[]]
Rhand	[[]]		km2	[[]]

Demographics

Economy

Most of the nations on Catica are developed countries, and many such as Zamastan, Shen, Legionas, Xiomera, and Eiria, have some of the wealthiest economies in the International Democratic Union. However, there are great swaths of regions considered developing and consisting of lower-tier economies, such as Paraboca, East Chanchajilla and West Chanchajilla in West-central Catica.

Languages

Due to the expanse of the Shen Empire, Zamastanian conquests, and Legionite Kingdoms, much of the continent speaks Shen-Mandarine, Caticeze-English, and Ermizi-German.

Religions

Religions in Catica are defined by historical growth of individual nations and their influence over specific regions. The corridor of Western-Catican nations stretching from Gladysynthia down to Quetana are largely Christian nations, while North Catica and the nations with Shen influence are heavily influenced by the Minjian Faith and Hespian-origin belief systems.