Map 2

My second attempt at a classy map. This time showing roughly what I've so far decided in terms of geography. Unfortunately I may have to change things when I write my way into a section that uses a particular country and the geography doesn't fit with what I want...

Key:
Red dots with a yellow centre: capital cities
Red Dots: Towns/ cities
Tiny yellow dots: sand/ desert
Tiny pale blue dots: Snow/ tundra
Tiny dark blue dots: Ice- no land beneath- eg. Arctic.
Green dashes: plains
Green bumps: dales
Green squiggles: swamp
Green tree-shapes: Jungle
Green lollipop stick: Trees (there's only two of these on the map. There are obviously more trees around I just haven't decided where- definately in the green zones though.)
Brown triangles: mountains
Blue lines: rivers

Big blue dots (not to be confused with lakes- which are blue patches attached to rivers): thermal springs.

Other useful info:


Months of the Year in the Standard World Calendar:
Iojenry
Auldary
Nuinch
Eylth
Naeon
Detu
Ruli
Outenst
Hepti
Tocrea
Vembreni
Sedentin
Yewdri

Rough information on the Kingdoms:

You've got to love stories which give locations uniform climates... and this is roughly where I started when mapping out what each country is. When coming up with the geography of the world I did have various real Earth countries in mind, which I afterwards realised was sadly affecting my choice of names for places- and in one occasion occured after noicing the shape of the country I'd just drawn (sigh). I'll bracket which Earth location I had in mind for general interest purposes. If there is a country you think should have its name tweaked in retrospect- mention it in the comments and I'll see what I can do.

Callania (Britain- yes I am that sad and obvious as basing my main characters in a country similar to my own.). A temperate downs kingdom. Capital city is Geveny. Minor town is Ystia.

Aetyorthiri (Scotland/ Norway/ Denmark). A bordering kingdom that slopes up into the mountains and down to wet plains.

Tygeriq (Sahara/ Egypt) A desert kingdom.

Setzenein (Himalayas) A mountain Kingdom.

Arrozale (Cornwall) A Coastal Kingdom. Capital is Dirdarn.

Koutuamaa (Finland/ Alaska/ Arctic) An arctic Kingdom.

Silvetera (London/ Rome) A central, urban Kingdom specialises in trade, biggest market, richest province. Capital city is Silvetera.

Gentrare (Greece/ Italy) A rich, hot valley Kingdom.

Daiiroda (China) A wet, fertile plains region with a damper, hotter south and salt marshes to the south west.

Maoniong (India/ Australia) A small, hot, rocky Kingdom.

Wahalanang (Brazil/ Indonesia) A jungle Kingdom.

This is the main continent in the world- although it is not the only landmass. The people who live on the continent are not interested in what lies beyond the Unchartered Oceans and it doesn't feature in the plot that I am writing.