Hakkou

Hakkou is a large fan-made region situated to the south of Japan in the pokemon world. It was created by SPPf user Arcanine Royale and is used in his Now and Forever fan novel.

The Lay of the Land
Hakkou is a large region situated directly south of Japan and the Orange Islands. It can be equated to our world's Taiwan. However, it is much larger than our world's Taiwan. There are similar large islands throughout the world in Arcanine Royale's fan fiction series, and thus one can assume that the alternative universe with pokemon has more islands, as well as other differences.

The land of Hakkou is varied in climate and terrain. There are islands and island chains on all sides. On the west are the large islands of Freede and Juan, each housing multiple cities and hundreds of thousands of people as well as thousands upon thousands of pokemon. To the south of Juan Island is Pearl Island. These islands are quite varied.

To the north of mainland Hakkou are a series of islands called the Emerald Chain. These islands are small and varied in shape, but mostly are vocanic in origin and feature forests lining the extinct cone. The largest of these islands is Sumatra, while Emerald Island has the largest city, Emerald City. Republique de Nebula (alias Team Nebula) is said to dwell in Emerald City, though most consider this to be a myth.

The mainland is divided into many geographical regions and small coastal ranges flank small inland plains before the large Hakkouan mountain ranges rise upward. The mountain ranges fill most of the island, although to the southeast the elevation changes less rapidly.

=The Fifty-six United Provinces of Hakkou=

Hakkou was first colonized by England in 1347 CE and by a united Japan in 1442 CE. Since then, fourteen countries have claimed a part of Hakkou. By 1847 when Hakkou declared itself independent, thirteen nations claimed thirty-one districts that lined Hakkou's coast. The revolution brought all of Hakkou under control of its independent self. Nearly two-hundred years later, Hakkou is divided into fifty-six provinces.

Freede Island
Freede Island is a large, elongated island. It by itself is a state, named the same. The state is governed in Freedan City, the largest city on the island and the twelfth largest in the nation. To the east of Freede Island the Freede Plains stretch, a mountain range running southward and forking into two at the Botantine area. Here, the two mountain ranges form a rain shadow desert called the Botantine Desert. Below this desert is the Botantine Forest, which fills much of the south. The end of Freede Island is marked by a bridge that runs to Jaun Isle and the State of Juan to the south.