Mescona – a map

Work thus far on a map of Mescona. In the alternate world setting which I am thus far calling ‘Terra Incognita’, Mescona is the cultural and geographic equivalent of America. It is also the chief locale of the setting thus far – specifically the western end of the Northwest territory.

It should be noted of course that New Vitrea and Borealia – equivalent to Mexico and Canada respectively, if that was not immediately obvious – are not part of Mescona either politically or culturally, although in the former case of New Vitrea some cultural bleedover necessarily occurs along the borderlands.

This map is unfinished – at present it is just a rough outline. The chief physical difference – which the final map will reflect more – between Mescona and America is the presence of several large craters hundreds or in some cases thousands of miles across that dot the nation, altering or even drastically changing the political and cultural boundaries of the land.

There is still much work to be done on the map – the placement of more large craters (crater lakes), the inevitable splitting off of the land we would call California, an added emphasis on the divide formed by Rocky Mountains (Mons Lapidem is the first alternate name off the top of my head), further dividing of the four cardinal territories into individual counties and commonwealths, etc.

On that note, here is a list of counties and commonwealths:

NE –

Lagos – Predominant county of the central northern lake region. This area is thick with lakes and mountains. Fairly rough terrain that gives rise to a hardy people. Here the native blood of Mescona flows strong.

Novodys – Named long ago in honor of the Odyssean Empire which originally claimed the Northeastern shore region, the meaning of the name has now been lost along with any remembrance of the empire in question. The mountainous region of Novodys competes with the southeastern region of Fleur for honor of being the civic and political capital of Mescona.

Rather than articulating the proper demonym of ‘Novodyssean’, the people of the west refer to the dwellers of Novodys as “Odd’ns” – a name which reflects their strong views on ‘them queer folk what lives too far east’.