Geography

1. Location: The C.D.S.P. lies in the northwest of the continent upon which it sits. It is bordered to the north by Bigtopia, to the east by Marche Noire, and to the south by East and West Lebatuck and Brasilistan.

2. The C.D.S.P. is broken into eleven territories. Arranged from north to south, Columbia, Shiprock, Tule, Yerba, and Temecula are bordered on the east by the ocean. Shasta and Nodaway form the agricultural heartland of the nation, and Nodaway extends to the Western Mountains. North of Nodaway rests Casco. West of Temecula and Yerba lies Scioco, which borders our southern neighbors. Atchafalaya is the westernmost region, containing the Western mountains and parts of the Marche Noiran Swamps. The northernmost territory, forming most of the noncoastal border with Bigtopia is Big Sky.

2. Coastline: Since the Confederacy of Separatist Peoples annexed much of what was once Bigtopia, as well as the somewhat more recent surrender and subsequent admittance of what was one Maxtopia, the total length of the C.D.S.P. coastline went from somewhere around 500 km to 32,000 kilometers, a move strongly pushed for by the Navy in an effort to secure more funding for national security and commerce.

3. Maritime Claims: the C.D.S.P. claims the waters 200 miles from the mainland as sovereign waters and an exclusive economic zone, and remains in constant dispute with the World Assembly on the matter.

4. Natural Resources: Lumber and lumber products, fishing products, natural oil, zinc ore, iron ore, gold ore, in order from greatest to least.

5. Terrain: Land in the C.D.S.P. is mountainous and heavily forested in the north and west, diminishing to rolling hills in the east. Desert forms the majority of the southeastern territory, though the Western Mountains tend to define the extreme eastern borders.

6. Land Use: Wilderness is the primary use of land, and is viewed as a viable land management plan. The next greatest use is agricultural, generally in the heartland of Shasta and Sioto, followed by industrial, which is often scattered around the central coastal portions of the nation.

7. Climate: The climate of the C.D.S.P. falls, according to the Koppen climate classification system, primarily as a Dsb (High-altitude, hemiboreal) type in the mountains, and a Csb (dry-summer, subtropical) type to the east and west of the Western Mountains.