Sodor
Sodor Sudragh (Sudric) Sudronge (Pandish) | |
|---|---|
 Flag | |
| Capital | Suddery |
| Largest | Tidmouth |
| Official languages | Sudric, Pandish, Engilsh |
| Population | |
• Estimate | 4,194,304 |
• Census | 4,194,304 |
Sodor is an province and autonomous community on the Island of Sodor, self-designated as a nationality by its Statute of Autonomy.
History
Geography
The island is roughly diamond-shaped, 62 miles (100 km) wide east to west and 51 miles (82 km) long north to south. Its north-west coast is separated from the Isle of Man by a sea strait called the Sudrian Sea (Faarkey-y-Sudragh), four miles (6 km) wide.
The place names on Sodor are mostly a mixture of Manx and Norse. Its highest mountain is Culdee Fell, which was modelled on Snowdon: the ridge of Devil's Back copies the Clogwyn ridge on Snowdon. The summit is reached by the Culdee Fell Railway, which is based on the Snowdon Mountain Railway in Wales.
The capital and administrative centre of Sodor is the city of Suddery, however, Tidmouth has grown to be the largest town on the island. One of the more famous settlements on Sodor is Ffarquhar, the terminus of Thomas the Tank Engine's Branch Line.
Climate
Even though Sodor is very close to the United Kingdom, it has a climate different from there. It has been shown that Sodor gets much more sunshine than its neighbors and therefore warmer temperatures in spring and summer.
Despite recieving warmer temperatures than nearby countries, Sodor also has far cold winters that bring snow that arrives around late November to mid-December and stays around until early March, when it is melted by rain.
Of course, being an island, Sodor is very prone to being struck by thunderstorms, snowstorms, and blizzards.