Hesperida

Hespia
Hespia
Population	4,500,000,000
Density	47.4/km²

Hespia is a continent located in the Northern 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 Northern Ocean to the north. A string of waterways, including the Strait of Vulkaria, Elkjop Bay, Salliut Bay, and Qiaodun Sea separate the continent from Catica to the south.

Geography

Regions

Geographically the Hespian continent has many regions and subregions. These include cultural, economic, and geographic regions. Economic regions included those formed by trade blocs. Linguistically and culturally, the continent could be divided into several additional zones.

List of states and territories

Name	Capital	Population	Area	Head of State	Head of Government	Government type
Laeral	Laeralsford	79,200,000	km2	Liu Mei-han	Nicolas Martin	Federal Semi-presidential Republic
Libertas Omnium Maximus	Litudinem	59,503,000	km2	Lucas Brown	N/A	Federal Presidential Constitutional Republic
Zerphique	New Horadam	18,492,015	km2	Richard Gramittara	Marco Oppenheimer	Federal Semi-presidential Republic
Lauchenoiria	Buttercity	34,219,000	km2	Alex Marwick	Josephine Alvarez	Federal parliamentary republic
Kerlile	Grapevale	12,240,000	km2	Rebecca Arnott		Matriarchal dictatorship
Kvask	Noskv	69,841,923	km2			Devolved democratic communist collectives
High Fells	Queensgrace	26,147,987	km2	Marc Thierry	Ryong Sang-chol	Unitary parliamentary Minjian republic
Vulkaria	Vulkar	66,903,000	km2	Farhen Brooks		Federation
Slokais Islands	New Liverpool	40,003,000	km2	Joseph Chavez	Alexandra Ahmad	Federal semi-presidential republic

Demographics

Economy

Most of the nations on Hespia are developed countries, and many such as Laeral and Libertas Omnium Maximus have some of the wealthiest economies in the International Democratic Union. While levels of human development are typically high across the Hespian continent, the region of southwest Hespia, including Iustos, Vulkaria, and Zerphique, is less developed.

Religions

Hespia is home to a wide variety of religions. Catholicism is an important faith in nations such as Libertas Omnium Maximus and, to a lesser extent, Laeral. Religions originating in Hespia include the Minjian Faith, which originated in Laeral, and the Lurian religion of Aeluria. Many Hespian nations, including Lauchenoiria and Kvask, also have a significant proportion of nonreligious people.