Baytonia

United Provinces of Bayton
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Motto: Dry sticks make the best fire
Baytonia, bordered by Gladysynthia to the east
Capital	Duburn
Official languages	Allieuan
Government	Parliamentary
• Prime Minister	Even Nendresen
Establishment
• Independence	1897
• Abolishment of monarchy	1959
•	1981
Area
• Total	385,207 km2 (148,729 sq mi)
Population
• Census	8,422,000
Date format	mm-dd-yyyy
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Baytonia, officially the United Provinces of Bayton, is a nation located in northwestern Euronia, sharing borders with Allieu to the east, and with the enclave nation of Karnaim along the southwest peninsula. Baytonia shares maritime borders with Caspiaa, and its outlying islands in the Olympic Ocean are near the Saint Offeatean-administered Swaylan Island and the Elbresian administered List Island. Baytonia's territory comprises the western and southernmost portion of the Baytonian peninsula and archipelago. The country has a population of 8.4 million people, concentrated in the southern half of the country and the capital of Duburn. It has coastlines along the Olympic Ocean to the west and the Kasuum Sea to the east.

Baytonia is a member state of the CCA, the CTO, and other international organizations.

Geography

Baytonia's core territory comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Baytonian Peninsula and the entirety of the northern Baytonian Archipelago. The rugged coastline is broken by huge fjords and thousands of islands. The coastal baseline is 2,532 kilometers (1,573 mi). The coastline of the mainland including fjords stretches 28,953 kilometers (17,991 mi), when islands are included, the coastline has been estimated to 100,915 kilometers (62,706 mi). Baytonia shares a 1,619-kilometer (1,006 mi) mountainous border with Gladysynthia to the east and a maritime border to the south with Zamastan's Northern Isle Archipelago.

Mount Baaljo highest mountain in Baytonia at 2,469 m (8,100 ft)

At 385,207 square kilometers (148,729 sq mi), much of the country is dominated by mountainous or high terrain, with a great variety of natural features caused by prehistoric glaciers and varied topography. The most noticeable of these are the fjords: deep grooves cut into the land flooded by the sea following the end of the last ice age. Baytonia is home to the world's second deepest fjord, and the world's longest at 204 kilometers (127 mi). Baytonia has about 400,000 lakes. There are 239,057 registered islands. Permafrost can be found all year in the higher mountain areas and in the interior of the county. Numerous glaciers are found in Baytonia.

The land is mostly made of hard granite and gneiss rock, but slate, sandstone, and limestone are also common, and the lowest elevations contain marine deposits. Because of the Horseshoe Bay Stream and prevailing westerlies, Baytonia experiences higher temperatures and more precipitation than expected at such northern latitudes, especially along the coast. The mainland experiences four distinct seasons, with colder winters and less precipitation inland. The northernmost part of the mainland has a mostly maritime Subarctic climate, while the northern island chain has an Arctic tundra climate.

Climate

The southern and western parts of Baytonia, fully exposed to oceanic storm fronts, experience more precipitation and have milder winters than the eastern and far northern parts. Areas to the east of the coastal mountains are in a rain shadow, and have lower rain and snow totals than the west. The lowlands around the capital have the warmest and sunniest summers, but also cold weather and snow in wintertime. Because of Baytonia's latitude, there are large seasonal variations in daylight. From late May to late July, the sun never completely descends beneath the horizon in northern areas. Conversely, from late November to late January, the sun never rises above the horizon in the north, and daylight hours are very short in the rest of the country.

A Baytonian fishing village

The coastal climate of Baytonia is exceptionally mild compared with areas on similar latitudes elsewhere in the world, with the Gulf Stream passing directly offshore the northern areas of the oceanic coast, continuously warming the region in the winter. Temperature anomalies found in coastal locations are exceptional. The northern coast of Baytonia would thus be ice-covered if not for the Gulf Stream. As a side-effect, the coastal mountains prevent continental winds from reaching the coastline, causing very cool summers throughout the coastal regions. Duburn has more of a continental climate. The mountain ranges have subarctic and tundra climates. There is also very high rainfall in areas exposed to the the ocean

Parts of southeastern Baytonia have warm-summer humid continental climates (Köppen Dfb), while the more southern and western coasts are mostly of the oceanic climate (Cfb). Further inland in southeastern and northern Baytonia, the subarctic climate (Dfc) dominates; this is especially true for areas in the rain shadow of the coastal Mountains. Some of the inner valleys get so little precipitation annually, thanks to the rain shadow effect, that they meet the requirements for dry-summer subarctic climates (Dsc). In higher altitudes, close to the coasts of southern and western Baytonia, one can find the rare subpolar oceanic climate (Cfc). This climate is also common in Northern Baytonia, usually in lower altitudes, all the way down to sea level. A small part of the northernmost coast of Norway has the tundra/alpine/polar climate (ET). Large parts of Baytonia are covered by mountains and high altitude plateaus, many of which also exhibit the tundra/alpine/polar climate (ET).

Ecology

The Baytonian fox has its habitat in high elevation ranges on the mainland.

Muskox in the low alpine tundra.

The total number of species include 16,000 species of insects (probably 4,000 more species yet to be described), 20,000 species of algae, 1,800 species of lichen, 1,050 species of mosses, 2,800 species of vascular plants, up to 7,000 species of fungi, 450 species of birds (250 species nesting in Baytonia), 90 species of mammals, 45 fresh-water species of fish, 150 salt-water species of fish, 1,000 species of fresh-water invertebrates, and 3,500 species of salt-water invertebrates. About 40,000 of these species have been described by science. The red list of 2010 encompasses 4,599 species.

Seventeen species are listed mainly because they are endangered on a global scale, such as the European beaver, even if the population in Baytonia is not seen as endangered. The number of threatened and near-threatened species equals to 3,682; it includes 418 fungi species, many of which are closely associated with the small remaining areas of old-growth forests, 36 bird species, and 16 species of mammals. In 2010, 2,398 species were listed as endangered or vulnerable; of these were 1250 listed as vulnerable (VU), 871 as endangered (EN), and 276 species as critically endangered (CR), among which were the grey wolf, the Arctic fox and the pool frog.

The largest predator in Baytonian waters is the sperm whale, and the largest fish is the basking shark. The largest predator on land is the polar bear, while the brown bear is the largest predator on the Baytonian mainland. The largest land animal on the mainland is the elk (moose).

Government and politics

Provinces

Each province of Baytonia is named after the tribal groups that inhabited the area. Many of the names of towns are unique to the history of that tribe and Baytonia at large.