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We are the Kamchadals. An indigenous people in Kamchatka. There are many other tribes that are nearby. Our people are spread among the southern half of the peninsula that sticks out, and most of Kamchatka.
Like Iceland, Kamchatka is a land of Fire and Ice. Great volcanic activity is here in our area, in the Ring of Fire. The largest volcano in the world is right in our back yard. Seismic activity cannot be disconnected from the Kamchatka region.
Our land of Kamchatka is only adjacent to one other land province, up the peninsula is the land we call Penzhina. The local tribes there are nomadic and have not settled the area like we have here. There is also no dominant tribe either, and various foes via for control.
The only other land we are near is the Kuril Islands to the south, controlled by the Ainu. The Ainu have four provinces, which include all of the island of Hokkaido, north of Japan.
On the far side of uncontrolled Penzhina are the Chukchi people, in the province of Kagyrgyn. They are very similar to us with fishing economy. They are on the far coast.
Inland of Penzhina and the Chukchi is another unclaimed area we call Karalveyem, also under the sway of multiple tribes. The thick forests of the region are so bad that it is hard ot carve out a civilization here.
To the west of Karalveyem and northwest of Penzhina is the Khodynt people, in the land of Omolon. They have recently wrested control of the area from other tribes, who have since fled to other regions. The thick forests continue, and they trap fur here and send it on.
To their south, and to Penzhina’s west, and along the Bay of Komenskoie is the tribe of the Chavchuveny. This people work the fur trade in the land of Gizhiga, and trade them with merchants that arrive from south.
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