The Austro-Germanic Union is a global power within strangereal, notable for being one of the last major colonial empires in the world. Fashioning itself as such with its large and robust economy, dynamic and flexible foreign policy, and powerful military, which is considered one of, if not the most powerful in the world. Domestically it’s also considerably robust and successful, featuring a strong welfare net, universal healthcare, and a robust democratic system that has been fostered despite autocratic governments taking power from time to time.

This river is noted for its depth and length, and it being reinforced as it flows through the Hösten Isthmus, as in the past it was threatened to have it lose half of its length as it was dangerously close to breaking its banks and beginning to empty out from the Isthmus. The subsequent reinforcements to the ground and the surrounding infrastructure have mostly led to the end of the Mittelmark Canal’s existence, but has secured the water security of the peninsula proper and chunks of the economy through the Mittelmark Artificial River Bank. A sister river is also noted in branching out and emptying in the north, being extremely wide but shallow, being regarded by many names before its current moniker of the Grasnau. The final major geographic features is the extensive forests, having been protected extensively since the 19th century, and recovering from extensive logging in the previous centuries. While these forests vary from the more evergreen and conifer dominated forests near the mountains, to the temperate and deciduous forests that dominate the lowlands. Often seen is the stretches of untouched old growth forests, such as the Black Forest and the Bol Forest, both feature some of the largest remaining trees in the nation.

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