Geography of Pelinai (Pacifica)

The Geography of Pelinai encompasses the approximately 304,702 km² of land area within the borders of the Pelinese state, along with its rivers, lakes, coastal littoral zones, mountain ranges, islands, and other geographical features. It covers a wide range of climate and biotic zones, including the tropical rainforests of Sevaria, the eastern coastal plains, the Yukisora Mountains, the Marahu River Valley, and many outlying islands within the Seiko Sea and the Eastern Ocean.

Area and borders

Pelinai is the fifth-largest country in Bailtem and the largest country in the Milayakh region as of December 2024, with a total land area of 304,702 km². It shares short land borders with the countries of Myria and Jazeera, as well as maritime borders with Livana and Ubesii.

Pelinai possesses coastlines facing two aquatic regions: the Mediterranean Sea, and the Eastern Ocean. Because of its relatively long, thin distribution of territory in predominantly coastal areas, it also possesses an extensive exclusive economic zone located primarily in the Eastern Ocean.

Ecoregions

Marahu River Valley

The Marahu River Valley accounts for the entirety of southwestern Pelinai; it extends from the western border with Myria and Jazeera to the southwestern edge of the Yukisora Mountains, including the entire federal regions of Samara and Loshkaria as well as the western edges of Yukisora, and envelops the nearby Seiko Sea on three sides.

Topographic features

Mountains and mountain ranges

Yukisora Mountains

Main article: Yukisora Mountains (Pacifica)

The Yukisora Mountains are the longest and tallest mountain range in Pelinai, extending for approximately 1,500 kilometers from the northern edge of Sevaria to the southern peninsula of Stelossia. It forms a natural barrier separating the eastern side of the Pelinese crescent from the South Bailtemmic Plain and the Marahu River Valley, and formerly acted as the primary dividing line between the historical states of Yukisora, Loshkaria, and Stelossia. Its tallest peak is Mount Tenshinoe at the chain’s northwestern edge, with a measured elevation of 5,037 meters as of a 2017 survey.

Tallest mountains

Rank	Mountain peak	Part of	Region	Elevation (m)	Prominence (m)
1	Tenshinoe	Yukisora Mountains	Sevaria	5,037
2	‘Āryāl	Yukisora Mountains	Stelossia	4,891

Natural resources

See also: Economy of Pelinai (Pacifica) § Agriculture, and Economy of Pelinai (Pacifica) § Mining_and_extraction

The territory of Pelinai encompasses a great supply and variety of natural resources, including arable land, minerals, energy resources, fresh water resources, forests, fisheries, and more. Sectors such as agriculture, forestry and mineral extraction have played a significant role in Pelinai’s economic and political history from the Bronze Age to the present era.

Pelinai possesses approximately 18.9 million acres of agricultural land, covering roughly 25% of its total land area, dispersed across most of the country. Agricultural land in Pelinai is supported by nutrients provided by the Marahu River in the southwest and the abundant presence of volcanic ash in the east, both of which have supported intensive agriculture of corn, squash, fruit trees, and other crops since the beginning of civilization in the region.

All of the primary energy minerals can be found in abundance in Pelinai, including coal, petroleum, and natural gas. Proven coal resources consisting of 40.2 billion tonnes of total economically extractable mass are mined in all five federal regions of Pelinai, though most significant deposits occur in Loshkaria, Sevaria, and Stelossia and the largest active mines are in Stelossia. Proven oil reserves consist of 131.9 billion barrels as of 2023, including a wide range or conventional onshore wells, offshore wells, oil shale, oil sands, and other resources; the largest occurrences are located in southern Stelossia, along with Pelinai’s sections of the Seiko Sea and the Eastern Ocean. Natural gas is extracted from both reservoirs and coalfields, primarily in Zholtiya and Stelossia.

A great variety of economically significant minerals and stones occur in Pelinai, including metals, nonmetals, gemstones, dimension stones, clays, and sand. Most deposits in Pelinai are derived from layered igneous intrusions, hydrothermal sources, and placer sources, with lesser involvement of other ore deposit formation processes.

Natural hazards

Hurricanes

See also: Eastern hurricane (Pacifica)

Hurricanes are a major extreme weather phenomenon in Pelinai, which is located entirely in the affected zone of seasonal Eastern hurricanes. An average of five hurricanes of varying intensity make landfall in Pelinai each year during the Eastern hurricane season, which extends from November 1 to April 30, with the most commonly affected areas being the eastern coastal plains, the Yukisora Mountains, and the island of Zholtiya. Hurricanes also occasionally affect the country’s southwest as well, whether directly by entering the Mediterranean Sea or indirectly by crossing into the Marahu River Basin and causing flooding along the Marahu River.