OpenGeofiction
Hi!
I have now been mapping on UL080 for a month. The country is now called Eelanti. The country will be based on Nordic area and Nordic culture (mainly Finnish culture). The official language of Eelanti is Eelandese (which is based on Finnish language).
There are already some basic roads, rivers and railways in Eelanti. Some of them are only drafts and they will be edited to look more realistic.
I have also been mapping the village of Peräkylä. There is still a lot to do in Peräkylä but many areas are already mapped. The central part is mainly quite big apartment buildings and some public buildings. The outer parts will be smaller houses. The odd railway is used by the train factory of Peräkylä (Peräkylän junatehdas in Eelandese).
Because this is the first time I map anything this big, I would like to hear your opinions on my work.
Thanks
Eevee
Discussion
Comment from TurkishSeal on 5 September 2017 at 21:44
My advice: Create a lot of lakes. This will give your country a stronger Finnish influence.
Comment from Sarepava on 5 September 2017 at 23:28
Use motorways sparingly. Lots of forest, lots of lakes. Not many large towns inland, low population density.
If you write a wiki article, mention that Karolian (closer to Estonian and really a conlang, but sounds a lot like Finnish) is in the same language family. Geographically the countries are not too far away so a prehistoric common ancestor is plausible.
Comment from zhenkang on 6 September 2017 at 00:59
One question, why there is an expressway in a loop?
Comment from Eevee on 7 September 2017 at 16:03
Thanks for the comments! Any opinions on Peräkylä?
Sarepava: I will mention that but I will map a lot more before I write a lot to the wiki.
zhenkang: The expressway is a loop because i think there will be a big natural area in the middle of Eelanti with only few people living there. I will be adding more detail to the expressway in the future but I think the loop will be there in a way or another.