Calxia


Location:

North-Western Calm Belt Sea (separating the New World from North Blue)

Culture:

nomadic clans, stationary remnant

Language:

Spanish, Japanese


Population:

Total-1,809

Nomadic-774

Stationary-1,135

Clans-7 (nomadic/stationary/total):

Vuur (103/217/320)

Koue (10/200/300)

Bliksem (50/350/400)

Aarde (79/115/194)

Tebras (200/75/275)

Goleuni (125/140/265)

Lofti (117/38/155)


Government:

Clan head- oldest of the clan who is both physically and mentally able, aided by Advisors (elders)

Clan council- voted by the separate clan members; 1 vote per stationary clan, 2 votes per nomadic clan; meets every other year, with monthly stationary council meetings

Council head- voted by the clan council


Island:

Size—12,170 km2 (4,700 sq. miles) – vertical pear shape

Climate:

Inverted Continental (cold summers, hot winters) May-August is cold, November-March is hot

Terrain:

deciduous forest, rolling hills, a central mountain (contains treasury, library, crematorium and columbarium) , cliff face on southern end (towards Grand Line), one harbor (western coast), sloping beach (eastern coast), lighthouse on northern point

History:

Mt. Xilan (central mountain) used to be a volcano and is now a dead one due to the movement of the ocean's plates; has treaties with World Government and Marines to mine Kairoseki from the surrounding seabed; the island remnant is very isolationist and relies on the nomads for news