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
Pelinai possesses a variety of distinct ecoregions within the predominantly humid subtropical climate, mediated by factors such as latitude, elevation, and the relative proximity of bodies of water like oceans and rivers; environments common to most of the country include mixed deciduous-conifer forests and wetlands, along with montane forests and tundra at higher elevations.
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. As in most of Pelinai, the region sees hot summers, mild winters, and heavy precipitation dispersed roughly evenly throughout the year; snowfall is uncommon in low-lying areas and rarely persists on the ground for more than 24 hours, though overnight frosts regularly occur during the winter months of June, July, and August. The predominant biomes in this region are temperate coniferous forest and temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, along with flooded grasslands in the Marahu River Delta and the immediately surrounding area.
Flora of the Marahu River Valley region is notably varied. Much of the area is covered by pine forests dominated by trees such as loblolly pine and shortleaf pine, red maple, and sweethum, as well as other trees such as southern white cedar, red mulberry, eastern cottonwood, black cherry, white hickory, southern sugar maple, and sweetbay magnolia. Representative terrestrial animals of the region include the gray squirrel, the eastern cottontail rabbit, the raccoon, the possum, the red and gray foxes, the muskrat, the coyote, the beaver, the bay lynx, the white-tailed deer, and the black bear, along with species such as the swamp rabbit that do not commonly occur in other areas of Pelinai. Examples of introduced species that have become common in the wild include wild boar, nutria, kudzu, white clover, and common dandelion. Representative birds known to reside in the Marahu River Valley, frequently year-round, include wild turkeys, mourning doves, northern cardinals, Pelinese wrens, Bailtemmic crows, turkey vultures, and bald eagles.
Yukisora Mountains
Eastern Banks
Eastern coastal plain
Sevarian rainforest
Topographic features
Mountains and mountain ranges
Yukisora Mountains
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. The high-altitude, relatively cold slopes of the Yukisora mountains most a range of wildlife not known to occur elsewhere in Pelinai, such as mountain laurel and Oriental spruce.
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 |
Climate
Water systems
Rivers
Lakes
Islands
Natural resources
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
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.