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Fortuna is a collection of islands, nineteen of which are larger than 50 km2, within the Aspirian Isles off the east coast of [[Yasteria]]. The islands are split into three parts;: the Fortunan Archipelago, the Medium Islands, and the Islands of Eridani Theta. The Fortunan Archipelago is a collection of islands that form a circular-like pattern and are located around 27°N and 113° E, just above the Tropic of Karakta. The Medium Islands consists of all islands found between the Fortunan Archipelago and Eridani Theta.

The land area of Fortuna is 135136,796229.7629 km2 (52,431598.42 sq mi), making it one of the smaller nations found on Urth by land area. Most of the land area consists of the four largest islands of Emili, Ancona, Toscani, and Eridani Theta. A large percentage of Fortuna are covered in forests and mountains, making much of the land area unsuitable for agricultural, industrial, or residential use. This causes much of the population of Fortuna to locate themselves along the coast, and a continuously growing population has led to a high population density of 326345.34 km/2 (844894.344 mi/2).

Due to its location, Fortuna consists of a few dormant volcanoes, occasional earthquakes, and tsunamis. Within the Fortunan Archipelago, the way the islands formed helps create a barrier against tsunamis and tropical storms for those on the inside of the circle. This is one of the reasons why much of the population are found in the inner circle of the archipelago. Earthquakes are still a problem, ranging from small quakes up to 9.0-magnitude earthquakes, examples including the 1923 earthquake that killed nearly 100,000 people and the 2004 tsunami, a disaster which caused over 15,000 deaths in Kaoghon of the Free Pacific States, which led to heavy damage to southern Emili and the city of Baronburg. There hashave been steps taken to monitor earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis to help reduce chances of death, but this doesn't prevent Fortuna from having one of the highest natural disasters.

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The climate of Fortuna is predominantly temperate, specifically a humid subtropical climate, along with four distinct seasons. Within higher elevations, climate categorized as cool humid continental climate is more commonly found. Along the southern side of Emili and a small part of Toscani also consists of warm tropical rainforest climate. Sitting just above the Tropic of Karakta, the climate of the islands areis heavily effectedaffected by the East Yasterian monsoon. Fortuna is a fairly rainy country with annual rainfall averaging between 1,500 and 3,000 millimeters (59 and 118 inches). Rain is more prominent on the south end of Emili where it is common for it to rain every day during the rainy season. The season of summer is considered to be from the months of June to September, during which a rainy season will occur in June with the weather becoming hot and humid following afterwards. The average temperature during summer sticks around 25.2 °C (77.4 °F) with the highest recorded temperature being 39.8 °C (103.8 °F) in 2019 within the city of Baronburg. Typhoons are also most common between the months of June and October with an average of six to eight typhoons hitting the Aspirian Isles, causing heavy rainstorms. As for winter, this seasonal period is considered to occur between the months of December and February. Some snow does occur during this period, especially inland at higher elevations. The average winter temperature is recorded to be around 3.6 °C (38.48 °F) with the lowest recorded temperature being -21.4 °C (-6.52 °F) in the western mountains of Eridani Theta.

Fortuna has a range of ecosystems that varies from island to island, ranging from tropical rainforests in the south, temperate and boreal forests at higher altitudes, and more humid subtropical climate for most of the Aspirian Isles. This has allowed for a large diversity of flora and fauna to continue to exist even with an ever -growing population and more settlements being created. On the southern end, species that are typical to tropical areas are more commonly found, especially on the island of Emili. Further north where it is more temperate, these islands share a variety of flora and fauna commonly found in Fuso and Isklevyu. The island chain consists of some of the highest diversity of marine creatures on Urth. Fortuna also has a variety of endemic species found only on the Aspirian Isles, making many species quite rare and a handful considered endangered, further pushing the need of environmental protection by the Fortunan government.

There existsexist around 4000 species of plants on the isles, a few that are endemic to the region. tropical rainforests can be found on the southern ends of the Fortunan Archipelago, with subtropical making up the rest of the archipelago, the Medium Isles, and Eridani Theta. Temperate and boreal forests are found in higher altitudes, most prominently on the island of Toscani and Eridani Theta. A few of the most dominant trees on the isles include the Larole cypress, Amber oak, and Fortunan velvet pine. Bamboo is more common within the inner part of the Fortunan Archipelago.