Fantasy Worldbuilding Questions (Geography)
Geographical Worldbuilding Questions:
What is the terrain like for key setting regions – which regions are coastal, mountainous, arid, or have dense vegetation?
What effect does geography have on other aspects of world, such as transportation, trade and industry, environmental challenges, clothing, food and drink?
Who lives in each geographical region and how have they adapted to it?
Who prefers which regions or biomes, and why?
Where are the world's borders and boundaries? Are there separate nations or kingdoms? What distinguishes the geography of each?
Where are the largest metropolises or wilds? Or is everything undeveloped (e.g., if your story features extra-terrestrial exploration)?
When was this world first mapped? Are there regions people know little about or tell legends about ('There be dragons')?
When has landscape changed, due to natural causes or development? What effects did this change have?
Why is this world's geography interesting or unusual?
Why is any region in this world habitable or uninhabitable? What are its dangers, threats, or quirks?
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