The Jīgepukoja Woods (/ˈʤige/ /puˈkoʤa/ Market [trade] [furious]) are a group of subtropical woods within the temperate rainforest of the Illa's Panhandle region. Jīgepukoja Woods are a relatively typical woods for Illa's Panhandle, as well as Eyom as a whole.
The Jīgepukoja Woods has a yearly average temperature of 23°C (73°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a pleasant 25°C (77°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant 21°C (69°F). The Jīgepukoja Woods receives an average of 288 cm/y (113 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. The Jīgepukoja Woods covers an area of nearly 16971 km2 (10547 mi2), and an average elevation of 2446 m (8024 ft) above sea level.
The Jīgepukoja Woods are home to the average number of species with their population figures well below average for a subtropical woods, and a large number of different species with their population figures resting somewhat below average for a subtropical woods. The keystone species of Jīgepukoja Woods are as follows:
The Jīgepukoja Woods has an MDI of 1, which is nominally safer than the Homeland. The Jīgepukoja Woods, therefore, does not offer bounties on monsters, nor is monster insurance required. Travelers are advised to heed warning signs and read any warning brochures provided by local authorities in order to avoid known monster habitats.
The most common monstrous creatures within the Jīgepukoja Woods are:
Imperial Warning: The following section of this document deals with biological race. In deference to the traditions of Eyomic peoples, we have foregone town-specific racial census. However, as our culture lacks a taboo for classification of peoples by their biology and such information is highly important for our medical practices amongst other institutions, we have stated the racial demographics of this region. We do not do so to sew the seeds of disunity. We do not do so to belittle or bemoan any group. Such issues are why we use the term 'peoples' rather than races, cultures, or species.
In respect to this universal cultural element, we have split racial classification by culture while keeping the name of each race for our own purposes. Should you see the same race listed more than once in the following section, this is to designate a major cultural division within a race.
The Jīgepukoja Woods are home to 301483 people. They break down into the following demographics: 60% Iron Elves, 25% Iron Elves, 9% Elf, 4% Imperial, and ~2% Other.
The Jīgepukoja Woods are's peoples are culturally Tauranian, but have their local customs and traditions. Their shared values and traditions include ascetic unworldliness and pious poverty and personal development and limit-pushing, as well as a unique fire festival and a summer festival.
The Iron Elf subculture native to the Jīgepukoja Woods are noticably much bigger and bulkier than neighbors. While they follow the broader tennents of Iron Elf culture, they have diffrenciated themselves by adopting a tradition of impractical or elaborate role-based clothes and base their sence of individual idenity on warbands or civic military service groups. They also place greater cultural emphasus on ethnic purity of blood and culture and individual rights and freedom of action.
The Sylvian subculture native to the Jīgepukoja Woods are noticably either short and stocky or tall and slender. While they follow the broader tennents of Iron Elf culture, they have diffrenciated themselves by adopting a tradition of patterned hair shaving or depilation and base their sence of individual idenity on lineages based on ancient hero-ancestors. They also place greater cultural emphasus on personal sacrifice for one’s causes or purposes and industry and the ability to work tirelessly.
The Elf subculture native to the Jīgepukoja Woods are noticably much bigger and bulkier than neighbors. While they follow the broader tennents of Iron Elf culture, they have diffrenciated themselves by adopting a tradition of color choices with social meaning to them and base their sence of individual idenity on ideological groups or philosophical sects. They also place greater cultural emphasus on humanistic reason and “rational” religion and aesthetic beauty in material goods and architecture.
The Imperial subculture native to the Jīgepukoja Woods are noticably same height and weight as the neighbors. While they follow the broader tennents of Iron Elf culture, they have diffrenciated themselves by adopting a tradition of socially-meaningful animal motif items and base their sence of individual idenity on patron-client relationships with major figures. They also place greater cultural emphasus on submission to the collective will or culture and harmony with nature and existing life.
The Jīgepukoja Woods are overseen by Potentate Qhohthos Pononeus Gorawyll, a god serving within Labdsism, the region's principal religion. Approximately 34% of the population self-report as devout. The Jīgepukoja Woods is overflowing with shrines and holy sites, with most noteworthy divines having one or more shrines in any location relevant to their portfolio.
The Jīgepukoja Woods has an Imperial Development Index of 35. For the reference of Eyom's native peoples, a IDI of 35 means there are 35 locations within the Jīgepukoja Woods which the Empire can securely and regularly transport materials and personnel..
As a courtesy for scholars and agents, the Jīgepukoja Woods is rated C2 by Eyom’s banks. Business ventures within the Jīgepukoja Woods are expected to return market rate with some volatility.
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