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===Geography===

[[File:Valmae River meets Concordia Ocean.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Valmae River meets the Concordian Ocean]]

Situated in Northern Yasteria, Sweden lies west of the Asendavia Sea and South of the Arctic Ocean, providing a long coastline, and forms the eastern part of the Northern Yasteria. To the South is the Deshbva mountain chain, a range that separates Kasmiyland from Valokchia. Crania is located to its South-east. It has maritime borders with [[Valokchia]], [[Really Nice Hats]], [[Reziel]], [[Asendavia]], and Crania, and it is also linked to Asendavia by a Friendship Tunnel. The lowest elevation in Kasmiyland is in the volcanic lake Yursa, near Hetford, at 16 ft below sea level. The highest point is Mt.Jumbla at 11,926 ft above sea level.

Kasmiyland is located in central Gondwana, as a result of its equatorial location, Kasmiyland experiences high precipitation and has one of the highest frequency of thunderstorms in the world. The annual rainfall can total upwards of 3,600 millimeters in some places, and the area sustains the Valmae Rainforest, one of the rain forest in the world. This massive expanse of lush jungle covers most of the vast, low-lying central basin of the Valame river, which slopes toward the Concordia Ocean in the west. This area is surrounded by plateaus merging into savannas in the North and Northwest, by mountainous terraces in the east, and dense grasslands extending beyond the Congo River in the north. High, glaciated mountains are found in the eastern region as well.

Kasmiyland has 21 provinces, based on culture, geography, and history. While these provinces serve no political or administrative purpose, they play an important role in people's self-identity. Kasmiyland also has the Lorgtusna Nature Reserve, one of the largest protected areas in Northern Yasteria. About 26% of Kasmiyland Lies in or around the Arctic Circle. Southern Sweden is predominantly agricultural, with increasing forest coverage northward. Around 53% of Kasmiyland total land area is covered with forests.

The tropical climate also produced the Valmae River system which dominates the region topographically along with the rainforest it flows through, though they are not mutually exclusive. The river basin occupies nearly the entire country. The river and its tributaries form the backbone of Kasmish economics and transportation. Major tributaries include the Shema, SUkun, Ugika, Naroma, and Bompas. The Nuri valley has exposed an enormous amount of mineral wealth throughout the south and east of the Valame, making it accessible to mining. Cobalt, copper, cadmium, industrial and gem-quality diamonds, gold, silver, zinc, manganese, tin, germanium, uranium, radium, bauxite, iron ore, and coal are all found in plentiful supply.

'''Climate'''

'''Enviromental Importance to Urth'''

Most of Kasmiyland has a temperate climate, despite its northern latitude, with largely four distinct seasons and mild temperatures throughout the year. The winter in the far south is usually weak and is manifested only through some shorter periods with snow and sub-zero temperatures, autumn may well turn into spring there, without a distinct period of winter. The country can be divided into three types of climate: the southernmost part has an oceanic climate, the central part has a humid continental climate and the northernmost part has a subarctic climate. However, Kasmiyland is much warmer and drier than other places at a similar latitude, and even somewhat farther south, mainly because of the combination of the Gulf Stream within the Asendavian Sea and the general Southwest wind drift, caused by the direction of planet Earth's rotation. Because of Kasmiyland latitude, the length of daylight varies greatly. North of the Arctic Circle, the sun never sets for part of each summer, and it never rises for part of each winter. In Hetford, daylight lasts for more than 18 hours in late June but only around 6 hours in late December. During July there is not much difference in temperature between the north and south of the country.

The Valame forest is an important biodiversity hotspot. It is home to okapi, bonobo and the Kasmish peafowl, but is also an important source of Gondwanan teak, used for building furniture and flooring. An estimated 5 million people depend on these woodlands, surviving on traditional livelihoods. At a global level, Kasmiyland forests act as one of the planet's lungs. They are a huge "carbon sink," trapping carbon that could otherwise become carbon dioxide, the main cause of global warming. These forests also affect rainfall across Central Concordian. In other words, these distant forests are crucial to the future of climate stability, a bulwark against runaway climate change.

'''Vegetation'''

A moratorium on logging in the Kasmish forest was agreed in May 1995. Putting an end to many companies only allowing ten to log a limited amount of wood at a time a year, while also having them invest in environmentally friendly programs.

[[File:Hecklon Python.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Hecklon Python on a Tree in the eastern Valmae Rainforest]]

The government has written a new forestry code that requires companies to invest in local development and follow a sustainable, twenty-five-year cycle of rotational logging. When a company is granted a concession from the central government to log in Kasmiyland, it must sign an agreement with the local governments and residents, who give permission for it to extract the trees in return for development packages. In theory, the companies must pay the government nearly $178m rent a year for these concessions, of which 40% in taxes paid should be returned to provincial governments for investment in the social development of the local population in the logged areas.

Kasmiyland has a considerable south to north distance which causes the large climatic differences, especially during the winter. The related matter of the length and strength of the four seasons plays a role in which plants that naturally can grow at various places. Kasmiyland is divided into five major vegetation zones. These are:

The southern deciduous forest zone

The southern coniferous forest zone

The northern coniferous forest zone, or the Taiga

The alpine-birch zone

The bare mountain zone

'''Southern deciduous forest zone'''

The southern deciduous forest zone is a part of a larger vegetation zone which also includes Crania. It has to a rather large degree become agricultural areas, but larger and smaller forests still exist. The region is characterised by a large wealth of trees and shrubs. The beech is the most dominant tree, but oak can also form smaller forests. elm at one time formed forests, but have been heavily reduced due to Elm disease. Other important trees and shrubs in this zone include hornbeam, elder, hazel, fly honeysuckle, linden (lime), spindle, yew, alder buckthorn, blackthorn, aspen, European rowan, Cranish whitebeam, juniper, ivy, dogwood, goat willow, larch, bird cherry, wild cherry, maple, ash, alder along creeks, and in sandy soil, birch competes with pine.

'''Southern coniferous forest zone'''

The southern coniferous forest zone is delimited by the oak's northern natural limit and the Spruce's southern natural limit, between the southern deciduous zone and Northern coniferous forest zone. In the southern parts of this zone, the coniferous species are found, mainly spruce and pine, mixed with various deciduous trees. Birch grows largely everywhere. The beech's northern boundary crosses this zone. This is however not the case with oak and ash. Although in its natural area, also planted Spruce are common, and such woods are very dense, as the spruces can grow very tight, especially in this vegetation zone's southern areas.

'''Northern coniferous forest zone'''

The northern coniferous forest zone begins north of the natural boundary of the oak. Of deciduous species, the birch is the only one of significance. Pine and spruce are dominant, but the forests are slowly but surely more sparsely grown the farther towards the north it gets. In the extreme north is it difficult to state the trees form true forests at all, due to the large distances between the trees.

Alpine-birch and bare mountain zones

The alpine-birch zone, in the Deshbva mountains, depending on both latitude and altitude, is an area where only a smaller kind of birch can grow. Where this vegetation zone ends, no trees grow at all: the bare mountain zone.

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 ===Geography===
 [[File:Valmae River meets Concordia Ocean.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Valmae River meets the Concordian Ocean]]
+Situated in Northern Yasteria, Sweden lies west of the Asendavia Sea and South of the Arctic Ocean, providing a long coastline, and forms the eastern part of the Northern Yasteria. To the South is the Deshbva mountain chain, a range that separates Kasmiyland from Valokchia. Crania is located to its South-east. It has maritime borders with [[Valokchia]], [[Really Nice Hats]], [[Reziel]], [[Asendavia]], and Crania, and it is also linked to Asendavia by a Friendship Tunnel. The lowest elevation in Kasmiyland is in the volcanic lake Yursa, near Hetford, at 16 ft below sea level. The highest point is Mt.Jumbla at 11,926 ft above sea level.
-Kasmiyland is located in central Gondwana, as a result of its equatorial location, Kasmiyland experiences high precipitation and has one of the highest frequency of thunderstorms in the world. The annual rainfall can total upwards of 3,600 millimeters in some places, and the area sustains the Valmae Rainforest, one of the rain forest in the world. This massive expanse of lush jungle covers most of the vast, low-lying central basin of the Valame river, which slopes toward the Concordia Ocean in the west. This area is surrounded by plateaus merging into savannas in the North and Northwest, by mountainous terraces in the east, and dense grasslands extending beyond the Congo River in the north. High, glaciated mountains are found in the eastern region as well.
+Kasmiyland has 21 provinces, based on culture, geography, and history. While these provinces serve no political or administrative purpose, they play an important role in people's self-identity. Kasmiyland also has the Lorgtusna Nature Reserve, one of the largest protected areas in Northern Yasteria. About 26% of Kasmiyland Lies in or around the Arctic Circle. Southern Sweden is predominantly agricultural, with increasing forest coverage northward. Around 53% of Kasmiyland total land area is covered with forests.
-The tropical climate also produced the Valmae River system which dominates the region topographically along with the rainforest it flows through, though they are not mutually exclusive. The river basin occupies nearly the entire country. The river and its tributaries form the backbone of Kasmish economics and transportation. Major tributaries include the Shema, SUkun, Ugika, Naroma, and Bompas. The Nuri valley has exposed an enormous amount of mineral wealth throughout the south and east of the Valame, making it accessible to mining. Cobalt, copper, cadmium, industrial and gem-quality diamonds, gold, silver, zinc, manganese, tin, germanium, uranium, radium, bauxite, iron ore, and coal are all found in plentiful supply.
+'''Climate'''
-'''Enviromental Importance to Urth'''
+Most of Kasmiyland has a temperate climate, despite its northern latitude, with largely four distinct seasons and mild temperatures throughout the year. The winter in the far south is usually weak and is manifested only through some shorter periods with snow and sub-zero temperatures, autumn may well turn into spring there, without a distinct period of winter. The country can be divided into three types of climate: the southernmost part has an oceanic climate, the central part has a humid continental climate and the northernmost part has a subarctic climate. However, Kasmiyland is much warmer and drier than other places at a similar latitude, and even somewhat farther south, mainly because of the combination of the Gulf Stream within the Asendavian Sea and the general Southwest wind drift, caused by the direction of planet Earth's rotation. Because of Kasmiyland latitude, the length of daylight varies greatly. North of the Arctic Circle, the sun never sets for part of each summer, and it never rises for part of each winter. In Hetford, daylight lasts for more than 18 hours in late June but only around 6 hours in late December. During July there is not much difference in temperature between the north and south of the country.
-The Valame forest is an important biodiversity hotspot. It is home to okapi, bonobo and the Kasmish peafowl, but is also an important source of Gondwanan teak, used for building furniture and flooring. An estimated 5 million people depend on these woodlands, surviving on traditional livelihoods. At a global level, Kasmiyland forests act as one of the planet's lungs. They are a huge "carbon sink," trapping carbon that could otherwise become carbon dioxide, the main cause of global warming. These forests also affect rainfall across Central Concordian. In other words, these distant forests are crucial to the future of climate stability, a bulwark against runaway climate change.
+'''Vegetation'''
-A moratorium on logging in the Kasmish forest was agreed in May 1995. Putting an end to many companies only allowing ten to log a limited amount of wood at a time a year, while also having them invest in environmentally friendly programs.
-[[File:Hecklon Python.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Hecklon Python on a Tree in the eastern Valmae Rainforest]]
-The government has written a new forestry code that requires companies to invest in local development and follow a sustainable, twenty-five-year cycle of rotational logging. When a company is granted a concession from the central government to log in Kasmiyland, it must sign an agreement with the local governments and residents, who give permission for it to extract the trees in return for development packages. In theory, the companies must pay the government nearly $178m rent a year for these concessions, of which 40% in taxes paid should be returned to provincial governments for investment in the social development of the local population in the logged areas.
+Kasmiyland has a considerable south to north distance which causes the large climatic differences, especially during the winter. The related matter of the length and strength of the four seasons plays a role in which plants that naturally can grow at various places. Kasmiyland is divided into five major vegetation zones. These are:
+The southern deciduous forest zone
+The southern coniferous forest zone
+The northern coniferous forest zone, or the Taiga
+The alpine-birch zone
+The bare mountain zone
+'''Southern deciduous forest zone'''
+The southern deciduous forest zone is a part of a larger vegetation zone which also includes Crania. It has to a rather large degree become agricultural areas, but larger and smaller forests still exist. The region is characterised by a large wealth of trees and shrubs. The beech is the most dominant tree, but oak can also form smaller forests. elm at one time formed forests, but have been heavily reduced due to Elm disease. Other important trees and shrubs in this zone include hornbeam, elder, hazel, fly honeysuckle, linden (lime), spindle, yew, alder buckthorn, blackthorn, aspen, European rowan, Cranish whitebeam, juniper, ivy, dogwood, goat willow, larch, bird cherry, wild cherry, maple, ash, alder along creeks, and in sandy soil, birch competes with pine.
+'''Southern coniferous forest zone'''
+The southern coniferous forest zone is delimited by the oak's northern natural limit and the Spruce's southern natural limit, between the southern deciduous zone and Northern coniferous forest zone. In the southern parts of this zone, the coniferous species are found, mainly spruce and pine, mixed with various deciduous trees. Birch grows largely everywhere. The beech's northern boundary crosses this zone. This is however not the case with oak and ash. Although in its natural area, also planted Spruce are common, and such woods are very dense, as the spruces can grow very tight, especially in this vegetation zone's southern areas.
+'''Northern coniferous forest zone'''
+The northern coniferous forest zone begins north of the natural boundary of the oak. Of deciduous species, the birch is the only one of significance. Pine and spruce are dominant, but the forests are slowly but surely more sparsely grown the farther towards the north it gets. In the extreme north is it difficult to state the trees form true forests at all, due to the large distances between the trees.
+Alpine-birch and bare mountain zones
+The alpine-birch zone, in the Deshbva mountains, depending on both latitude and altitude, is an area where only a smaller kind of birch can grow. Where this vegetation zone ends, no trees grow at all: the bare mountain zone.

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