Audum Archipelago [WIP]

United Republic of Audum
Capital: Arrun
Currency: Crescents
Demographics: 76% Human (64% Auduman, 12% Coxish,) 10% Drowl, 8%Centicrus, 6% Other
Islands: 68 Islands, (14 Central Islands & 54 Outer Islands)
Government: Democracy
Ruling Bodies: The Congress, The Council, The Court
Executive Office: Council Chair

Audum is an archipelago of many islands, which are in close proximity and all spining together around a center. The islands close to the middle are larger, while the outter islands tend to be more broken up. The islands have always shared a common language, religion and culture, but did not consider themselves one united country, until they were all conquered by Imperial Coxland. They were considered one colonial nation by Coxland for many years, but only truly united thirty years ago, when they had their revolution against Coxland.

However, already the young country is having trouble maintaining its unity and a rift between the inner and outter islands has been steadily growing since the revolution. In inner islands are larger and are where the majority of Coxish immigrants settled. They have more wealth and a much more stable econmy. They also dominate the political powers. The Outter islands have much less Coxish and are overall much more impovrished and undelveloped. The ecomy is corropt and chotic and pirates and tribal tyrants often run political interests.

Climate: The climate of Audum is very unique, because, unlike most islands that have a fairly stable position, the Audum Archipelago is in constant rotation, moving though different climate areas. About 50% of the area if rather hot and dry, while about 30% of the area is tropical and rainy. The other 20% is transition between the two and will have fairly regular seasons of wet and dry. Besides the wet and dry seasons, the movement of the islands causes extremely strong and treacherous wind currants and air storms, which can be hard for ships to predict and navigate.

The inner island move the least, spinning a tight circle. The climate there is in the 20% of space where rainy and dry seasons come and go and as a result the inner island have a balanced seasons and a good environment for growing crops.

The further out in the archipelago one goes, the more extreme the seasons get. The outer most islands take about seven years in their revolution. Roughly three of the seven years is spent in very hot and dry conditions, with almost no rain, two years are spent in tropical conditions where it rains almost every day and then there is a transitional year between each of the two extremes. Because of this it is difficult for many plants and animals to live on the outer islands for the whole revolution and Audum is known for the vast amounts of migratory creatures it has. Island hopping to keep within the ideal climate conditions is a regular practice among many of the native animals and their are literally thousands of evolved means of flight.