Advent 2019:Calendar/2

So day 2 is supposed to be determining what the climate of the book should be like based upon the mood of the book. Now I am doing the world building for the joy of it (not because I am writing a book) so I am going to talk about how the climate affects the moods of different regions.

The Queendom of Æthelron
Athelron is a semi-mystical land over the ocean where its always sunny and warm. In the minds of Euphorians it is utopia. Now due to the weather it never really ended up developing large trade routes and is as a result largely run by local communities with very little politics.

Illia
You would expect that Illia would go much the same way as Athelron. But this ignores the rise of the Euphorian empire and the subsequent development of large trade networks. In fact Illian localism lead to the development of competing trade networks which have helped Illia maintain its position upon the world stage. Now the weather has continued to distract people from the darker forces at play in Illia which is perhaps why its politics has become so Byzanthine (in fact the term was coined to describe Byzanthus, a state in Illia).

Leon
Leon is not quite as warm or sunny as either of the above. In fact it is often forgotten that north Leon is almost as cold as Narlwage as it exists in the same cold current. But Leon generally has good weather and that has lead to it growing large amounts of food at the expense of developing other crafts. Where such crafts have developed they are overwhelmingly artistic as opposed to technological. Thus came into being the system of powerful nobles controlling peasants and occasionally paying for a piece of art.